Travis In Austin

Yeah, But in there I had a couple of trials, one was a high profile case for a student protester, and I went on a cruise, so that time doesn't count. Travis

Uhh oh, what's that? I hope I didn't start anything.

Patrick, Hope this provides a little entertainment for the night shift. Sorry it was not anything better. Where in Wy are you located again, I forgot. Did I tell you I do the 1 Shot in Lander fairly often? Do you hunt at all? Travis

Here they are side by side

Now here is Dean's AA crossover replacement, see how it shines and sparkles?

Top view of old crossover removed from speaker

This is the old crossover in place and what we are replacing.

Audible, Dean was very helpful, we spent a lot of time talking over various cross-overs, cap options, etc. We discussed the difference between V-Caps and Auri Caps based on this recommendations. I am sure most folks are familar with Dean's crossovers, but I thought I would post a few picks so they can get an idea if they are thinking about it. First photo is of crossover right out of the box

Here is a photo of a shim on the spindle

This view shows a metal reel on bottom, a plastic reel in the middle, and on the very top a shim which is hard to see

Larry, you only need shim if you have metal and plastic. As you know, 7" mostly plastic. I think what you are talking about is the "cross-talk when you play a pre-recorded tape and you are in the blank portion before the music starts to play on side two you can hear,faintly, side two playing in reverse. If this occurs on every precorded tape you have your heads may or may not be out of allignment. I would try recording a tape, on side one I would leave a 2 min. space before you start recording on side one. Record about 5 mins worth of music. On side two I would record someting on the last three mins of tape. Flip in over and play side one, you should hear NOTHING for the first two minutes, in otherwords Track 1 and 3 are in play and they should not be picking anything up from tracks 2 and 4, if they are you will hear music in reverse. This assumes a blank tape. If you are taping over an old tape this does not eliminate the possibility that your erase head is not erasing throughly enough. If you hear nothing during the blank space on side one, you flip it and start 5 mins from the end of side two, you should not hear anything for the first two minutes and then the music will start again with three mins left. If you have nothing in the spaces that are blank your heads are in great alignment. If it is only on a pre-recorded tapes that you hear this then it might be the equipment that it was recorded on or it could be fixed with shims. I am attaching a photo with a metal real on the botton with a plastic reel on top, you can see that plastic is more then twice as thick as metal. Travis

Mallette, Hope you plan trip to Austin soon. Would love to hear the Beatles. On DBX, I knew I was only using NR, but have always wanted to get an expander. Which unit do you have, or were you referring to that had all of those features? Travis

I tend not to get too excited about the bids. I just let them run their course, if the top buyer can pay within the terms, do local pick up then great, otherwise I report them and offer second highest bidder the right to pay the top bid. When you watch those bids it will drive you crazy. I think you would have ended up with 1800 if you hadn't watched it so closely. Next time just let it go, look for questions that may come in, answer then accurately, and don't worry about anything in between. If they don't have the cash to you by a certain time you have plenty of recourse. Now, do as I say, not as I do. When I sold LS's last summer, I put them on Craig's list and audiogon just to avoid all of the ebay crap. I got $1,100 from a local guy, in fair condition, there were some dings and ring spots on top. I of course offered a special deal to forum members first, with delivery to Klipschfest in Hope if need be-no takers. But, like you say YOU GOT A GREAT PRICE. Travis

Those are Lowther's on the inside of the LS's? How would you compare the sound? Travis

I ordered a pair of replacment AA cross-overs (Auricap version) from Dean which he promptly sent me, TWO MONTHS AGO. They have been sitting in a box in my garage this whole time and so I am going to go get them hooked up right now. I spoke to Dean on Friday to ask him about his Jubilee project, KHorns, etc., it got me motivated to finally get these things in and give them a try. So, it is 6:30 p.m. her in Austin and I am going to go get started and give them a try. I will try and take a couple of photos along the way, and a review. Maybe this will get me moving and done on this. Travis

Larry, A lot of times the cause of what you are talking about is the width of the sides of the reel. Metal is usually much thiner then plastic reels. Most recorders come with shims to account for this difference in thickness. Otherwise it is a difference in head alignment. Travis

Chuck, There are several decks that will allow you to record in two track, and PLAY BACK in both two track and four track. They have two sets of playback heads. The Technics RS deck in an incredible deck, I am not sure if it is the 1500 or 1506 that plays both. Also Otari is a great deck that comes in this configuration. I don't believe the BR-20 has 2 and 4 track playback. It is an incredible deck, the best part about it is that the tape path is the easiest on tape of any deck. Steve Hoffman, the famous mastering engineer uses a BR-20 to play back all master tapes prior to remastering. He then remasters on an Ampex tube 350. Travis

Coytee, Is the dipsh!t son the lawyer, or does she have another son who is an attorney? If one of the other son's is an attorney send a nice letter to him. Explaining that your father has property that may belong to his mother and you would like some assistance in what toi do with it. Have it ready for them to pickup, or arrange for a local charity to come and pick it up? I am sure he will let you know. If the attorney-son is the dip sh!t is the attorney, send him a certified letter and let him know that if arrangements are not made to pick up her belongings within 30 days that you will assume her Estate has no interest in and that it is acceptable for the items to be picked up by a local charity. Prepare a receipt for the charity driver to sign when he comes and collects it. Make a copy of the receipt and then send it to the lawyer. And you are done. Travis

Let us know when you ever head down Tx. way. Looks like fun. Travis

The vintage McIntosh are going to be mostly just FM, so these other suggestions are going to be much better for your needs. Can't go wrong with that Pioneer if it is in alignment and functioning properly. That Parasound is beautiful. Have you considered Sat. Radio for home? I got that for Christmas a couple of years ago, and it is great!!! I listen to it maybe an hour a week just for kicks, and different programs, live shows, etc. Travis

Dave is correct about the playback, 4 track tape or 2 track machine noway it is going to happen, 2 track tape on 4 track machine, no problem, you just don't get the benefit of the better S/N b/c you are only picking up 1/2 of each track.There is cross-talk on a two track machine, but, as Dave said, only slight better the high quality 4 track machines. Lower head gaps on higher quality heads allowed for this. Dave, We will have to share pre-recorded R2R sometime and compare to vinyl. I have about 200 Rock PR r2r, about 50 Jazz, and some misc other stuff, opera, classical. I even have an E.Power Biggs play Bach for Organ you would probably love. I think it is 7.5 ips. Let me know if you are ever going to be in the Ausin area, would love to have you over. You have talked about DBX before and I asked you a question if it was a DBX 4 and you liked the 4. I have the DBX NR with the seperate section for DBX encoded vinyl but never tried the 4. If that what you were refereing to when you talked about 2:1 compressoin, on the 4? Travis

Tarheel, Other then burning through twice the tape, 4x if you use 15 ips, there are no draw-backs. The wider track width on two track yields better S/N ratio then 4 track. The 15 Ips speed yields better freq. response. You CAN PLAY A 2 TRACK MACHINE ON A 4 TRACK MACHINE just fine, but you do not get the optimal playback. The 4 track play back heads happen to catch 1/2 of track one and 1/2 of track two. So you are not pulling up the entire track, but for occasional play back you hear everything fine, you are just not getting the full advantage of two track. There are two track machines, Otari, Technics, etc., that are high speed (7.5 and 15 ips) that have two track record heads and two and 4 track playback heads. That allows you to record in higher resolutoin but play back either way. As said before you CANNOT play a 4 track back on a two track deck. Even turning down one channel and running the other in mono will not help because in each channel you are picking up one half of the track going in the correct direction and one half the track going in the wrong direction. Tracks work like this on a four track deck: Track 1 goes in this direction >>>>>>>>>>>>> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Track 2 is recorded in the opposite direction Track 3 goes in this direction >>>>>>>>>>>>> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Track 4is recorded in the opposite direction When you play a two track on a 4 track head the Track 1 picks up on half of of track 1 of the 2 track tape, and Track 3 picks up 1/2 of track 2 of the 2 track tape. There is no need to worry about getting new tape, as long as you have the money. Quantagy is taking there very last orders and you need to place an order for that rightway through a dealer if you want anymore Quantagy. However, ATR is taking over that company and will be rolling of tape sometime in the future. BUT Emtec in making tape again in the Netherlands and it is readily available all across the U.S. but be prepared for 35 to $40.00 or more per reel vs. $11.00 for a 10" pancake of 456. So if you have empty flanges around you want to buy as many pan cakes as you have flanges. Pancakes come in boxes of 10. Revox parts are readily available and there are a number of Revox repair facilities, there is a great one in TN. You can buy a brand new Otari 2 Track machine if you have the money, they still make them, and it will last you probably 25 to 50 years of home use. They are designed to play everyday all day. Hope this helps, Travis

Beware of the twins, they are the anti-christ reincarnate! Travis

I got a response to my question about if he would just sell the speakers. Does anyone know anything about the amp/preamp he has with it? If anyone is interested in this stuff that is not in the Houston area, I, as I am sure others in Houston/Texas, would be happy to help any forum member in getting this stuff. Whether it be to pick it up, or even check it out. It is in Spring so I am 2 hours away, so it might be easier for someone from Houston to go, but I don't think this stuff is going to last long. If one forum members needs belle's and another needs K Horns this would be the time to try and put a deal together. That is $2,500 for K Horns and $1500 for Belles you can't beat that deal if the wood is in goods shape. Agree to sell the rest on Agon and split it down the middle and you are in even better shape. Here is the latest response from seller and my follow up questions: I understand, can you tell me which DBX Eq and Expander they are? Is it the DBX 4? Do you know the year of the K Horn's and the Belles? What is the condition of the outside of the K horns and the belles? Do I really have to bring down a jet ski or can I just give you plain old U.S. Cash? Thanks again, Travis Quoting Micheal Conlin <michealconlin@hotmail.com>: > Sorry, I'm not going to break the system. > > >

Any of the McIntosh vintage tuners are usually a good bet. Do you just need FM, how often to you plan on listening to it? Do you plan to be recording off of it or just be able to listen to some tunes without having to keep changing records/CD's? Do you have a budgtet? Travis