Travis In Austin
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Michael,
Did you fill out Klipsch Form SDJ-3402/R2-4, in triplicate, signed by your supervisor, the Department Manager, initialed by the Divison Manger with a CC to the VP of operations before making claim to those pallets? If you didn't, next weekend your project will be filling out paperwork.
I was hoping to see your project was moving stuff around to make room for more new stuff and hooking up new stuff, but not yet. As least it was a project to make moving stuff easier so when you do get new stuff your back won't be so bad.
Travis
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As of 6 pm CT the results are as follows:
Yes, open them up. Music isn't to look at, it is to be played and enjoyed (81.8%)
No, are you crazy, those could really be worth something someday, get the CD instead (4.5%)
No, I don't care for Jazz, you should trade them for some killer rock (9.1%)
I forgot the question, it was 420 appreciation day on Friday dude (4.5%)
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You could be right about the pressing plant being the second letter.. Like I said, I don't know very much about Columbia pressings--just what I've heard from others in passing. Now, ask me about Blue Notes and Contemporarys I can speak with confidence.
I just looked at my mono KOB--no second letter, 1-A on both sides. I pulled out my Stereo copy-- 1-AC on side one, 1-B on side two. WTF?
Somebody somewhere knows the answer I am sure. All I know is that the mono KOB sounds way, way better than the stereo version!!
Thanks Allen, I wasnt' sure on those numbers, I was not able to find much with google about Columbia matrix numbers. I think I will quit looking for the stereo KOB based on your impressions and it looks like I am going to pop the top on the KOB R2R.I love the sound of my mono lp as well. Not a pop or a click, dead quiet lead in, blows away the special edition CD.
I sent you an email about a different subject
Travis
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By the way, I here is a photo of my mono LP., this was in near mint and has this in the trail off wax-XLP47325-1AA on side one, and -1AJ on side two. I have another copy that has XLP47325-1BA on side 1 and -1BJ on side 2. They are in blocked letter, not hand written. Can you tell me what the numbers mean? I am looking for a stereo now to complete things.
Travis
I am no expert when it comes to Columbia pressings, but what I've learned from the late Leon Levitt and more recently from Jack Seaton, every time Columbia made a new stamper they changed the matrix number. The first pressing of any title would have "1-A" at the end of the matrix, second pressings would end with 1-B. So one of yours comes from the first run and another comes from the second. The true "First" pressing end it 1-A with no second letter. Every time a stamper was used they added a letter, so 1-A for the first run, 1-AB for the second, etc. Not sure how many in a run, but someone told me only a few hundred at most, so the 1-A pressing is like one of a few hundred--or so I've been told.
What I don't understand is that you see some copies with 1-BA on one side an 1-BJ on the other, with doens't jibe with this info.
Suffice it to say, 1-A pressings are "first" pressings and 1-B are second.
But, as Miles might have said, "So What?"
I thought there was always a second letter because that denoted the plant, New York, Nashville, Los Angeles, etc.
You learn something new everyday.
Travis
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We have not planned anything for summer yet, I just wondered if it was cooler there, and now i know, avoid it for the summer. We are trying to think of something different then Vail for the summer, that is kind of our annual summer deal, Vail, and want to try something different. We were thinking about WI, a bit cooler there. What about Ashville, NC, I heard the mountains are cool there in the summer? Blowing Rock, Chimney Rock, I know it's a rock. I heard 60's in the summer at night, or colder.
I am going to talk to Kelly about the crusie when she gets back later today.
Travis
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Jordon,
Does yours have cream?
I think I want this for a buddy of mine.
Travis
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Ok here it is me and mine.
You are a great looking couple, and that "Yeller" is the best looking YL I have seen in a long time.
Travis
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Uh, yeah, like this is from 1972 if I remember correctly.
Now that is a great photo!
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Michael, I thought you of all people would know, "it's always a party here". Heck, with nine permanent residents how could it not be a "party" all the time.[
]Our "annual" pilgramage to the Smokies just happened to coincide with dtel's appendectomy recovery period. Lucky us, and another thing about the South and landscaping....rain...
What is the weather like in the Smokies in the summer? Where do you usually go when you go?
Travis
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Leaving it sealed is like, Having a beautiful naked woman in bed, and not touching her.!!!!!!!!! If your into music to make money, your into it for the wrong reasons.......................Oh Oh, it's 4:19 am................
I can't relate to that (I always touched), do you have another analogy?
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Travis,
I have a few I wish I had kept sealed but have many I'm glad I opened. It really depends on how much enjoyment you think you'll get out of them. I've opened quite a few sealed MFSLs and original pressings that I've played many times. You can't put a price on enjoyment. Others that I rarely play could have been sold for quite a bit and the money used to buy others that I'd get more enjoyment from. IMO, that's the question you have have to ask yourself. First though, you have to find out how much they're worth sealed vs opened.
I think you are right, the enjoyment way outweighs any price difference, which with R2R is not near as much as with LP's. I don't really buy to collect anyway, I buy to listen. But, as I said in response to Allen, for some reason there was just some hesitation with these two for some reason.
Travis
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Wow. Brings back memories. I bought baggie-sealed original 6-eye 1A pressing of Kind of Blue from Leon Levitt about 15 years ago--paid what was then a bundle for it. It took me about 12 seconds to open it and slap it on the table once I had it home.
I still have it. I still play iit.
And the best part is that it's MONO--thost masters were ALWAYS the right speed!!
Allan,
Actually, it was your post a while back that prompted my post. Someone (thebes?) posted something alongs the lines of we needed to quit being soft and go ahead and be men about opening SS lp's. You posted a photo, I believe of your KOB that you had opened, and played countless times since then, without looking back. For some reason I had some hesitation in opening these two up. Not really a money thing, as I posted above, the premium is not nearly what it would be for an LP.
By the way, I here is a photo of my mono LP., this was in near mint and has this in the trail off wax-XLP47325-1AA on side one, and -1AJ on side two. I have another copy that has XLP47325-1BA on side 1 and -1BJ on side 2. They are in blocked letter, not hand written. Can you tell me what the numbers mean? I am looking for a stereo now to complete things.
Travis
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IMHO, as a true music lover, as I know you are as well. I would opt for the opening and enjoying of a true legend. But that's just my opinion!! By the way, Khorns are sounding utterly fantastic [Y] and rose bushes are waiting to be planted .
Have a wonderful listening evening, I am!!
Shinerman,
I am really glad to hear that you are enjoying those KHorns. It was really tough to let them go, but I am glad they went to a forum member and I am glad to know that someone is going to get a lot of enjoyment out of them. How is your new listening/HT room coming along? I can't wait to see photos of those subs you no longer need with roses planted in them[
]Travis
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One more time.
PLEASE resize your photo's before posting - some of us are on dialup.
Huge photos take forever to load and the forum software is just going to shrink them once they finally load anyway, so there is no reason to post anything larger than 640 x 480 pixels.
It's gotten to the point that I simply exit the thread rather than wait for these damn things to load.
James
Sorry James,
Operator error. I normally shoot things are know are going to go on the forum at 640 x 480 but I was one off on my size selection so I thing these are 1600 by 1200. I sent a reply to our resident phot expert asking him to respost how to resize with the software that comes with Windows so I can shrink them.
Travis
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WOW- beautiful, I wonder what big tape like that sounds like? Is it usually half track 7 1/2 ips?
I think the last advice was correct. What is the estimated value pre/post open and played? They you have something to mull over.
Michael,
The KOB is stereo and was manuf in 1963 so it is 4 track, and it is high speed 7.5 IPS. The reel is 7" The two track consumer prerecorded ended in about 58 or '59. Those are incredible sounding tapes by the way. The head and tape technology in the early 60's was so much improved that the high speed 4 tracks had better S/N and freq. response then the 2 track tapes of the 50's and that was the reason for the switch.
EDIT: I FIGURED IT OUT AND RESIZED TO 640 X 480, even a blind pig can find an acorn once in awhile. PHOTO SIZE: Michael, you recently posted how to reduce the size on photos, my photo editor does not allow resizing without paying for the full version of it. I thought you posted something about microsoft having a free download, or a size function as part of the MS picture viewer. Can you tell me what I need to do to shrink my photos and what size I need to select from the size options? I got my first photo size compliant. I thought that they were small enough, I was selecting the small size which is 640 x 480 but it looks like I was one off so they are 1600 x 1200. Is 640 by 480 small enough to not have to resize?
Travis
Travis
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Travis,
How much are they worth sealed vs how much are they worth opened? If it's substantial, you might save them for someone who collects these sort of things for collectors value as opposed to someone like yourself that just wants to spin some reels. By the way, I finally picked off a Tandberg. Won't see it for a few days.
Scott,
That is great on the Tandberg!!!!!! You can get in the tape exchange for round 2 which will be starting up in about a month. Which model did you get? As you know, it is one of my favorite sounding decks. I don't think there is a better sounding reproducing deck out there. I am trying to remember, is this one from the friend of yours that wasn't willing to let it go?
Travis
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Travis,
How much are they worth sealed vs how much are they worth opened? If it's substantial, you might save them for someone who collects these sort of things for collectors value as opposed to someone like yourself that just wants to spin some reels. By the way, I finally picked off a Tandberg. Won't see it for a few days.
Scott,
I collect them, I'm up to about 300, I am trying to get every one of the Rolling Stone Top 500 Albums that were available in prerecorded R2R. Miles Davis, like ******* Brew and KOB go sealed for $200 to $300, that is sealed on the outside. In Mint- condition they will go 100 to 150. However, like with anything on ebay, it just depends on how you have bidding. A KOB recently sold for about $100 that was in terrible condition that belonged to a public library. I have never seen one where the box was opened but the inside sealed bag was unopened. It is unheard of. I paid about 120.00 for it, and if it was listed properly on Ebay it would probably fetch $150 to 175. The price of tapes is going up fast, they are not the big secret they used to be. A still sealed Love-Forever Changes (which is in the Top 500 list) went for some big money recently, I was outbid at 250 and it went for somethig slightly over that. However, an open box of Forever Changes that was in good condition went for close to 200. There does not seem to be the big premium there is with still sealed in R2R that there is in lp's.
The OP I just simply stole on ebay. No one was paying attention or the Jazz guys already had it. It usually sells for $35 in good shape, might get 50 sealed, so not a lot of premium there either. So I would say money is not really the issue on it, there is some premium, but not enough, at this point, to hold back simply because it is worth a little more. I just got them on Thursday and Friday and had them in line with about 5 or 6 others that came in and I thought, am I really going to open these up?
So far, the strong consensus is to open em and let 'er rip, that and the last choice where the question was forgotten.
Travis
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Here is the Miles
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I saw that that some people were putting up polls, and also asking for advice about things as which speakers to trade in. I have been staring at these two still sealed classics, especially the Mile Davis, and wondering if I should open them up and play them. I am dying to know if the Miles Davis is at regular or high speed, should be normal speed because the cutting lathe was the thing that was spining too fast on the original lps. The box has been opened but the tape is still sealed in the original plastic package, never opened, the Oscar Peterson is still compleately sealed.
Anyhow, I will go with whatever gets the most votes.
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We can do it earlier if you want, I just always heard to be sucsessful you have to want to quit, pick a quit date, tell as many people as possible you are quiting, and then do it. I figure that it gives me three days to be able to relax and get away for 3 days. I agree, if you are going to be around ETOH or other smokers it is not going to be a good idea. I plan to hang alone with my wife and try and give updates on how I am doing, and hopefuly see that others are doing well.
Travis
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Lisa,
We are quiting Friday, Midnight, before Memorial Day weekend, ARE YOU IN?
I have to get a copy of that book, some friends of mine said it was a big help when they quit last year. The author is French correct?
Hopefully his advice is to replace nicotine with mass quantaties of fine red bordeaux, conganc, and port.
Travis
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Since I've only had my blueberry for several months I'm still running the stock tubes that it arrived with. My question is ...........those of you that have had them for awhile, what tubes have you been using stock/or something different?
How are those Khorns sounding? Turned the subs into planters yet?
Travis
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FS: JM BlueBerry Xtreme - SOLD!
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Jordon,
It is not going to work for him, someone needs to jump on this quick! I am surprised it is still around. Do you have any more tubes for sale?
Travis