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Are ya done yet???
On building the bass bins, did you just glue and clamp the pieces together or use glue and screws (or nails, etc) to attach everything? I was just wondering if they were put together with glue/screws and then veneer over that. I need some bigger clamps to attempt the glue/clamp method.
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It's been quiet... How are they coming?
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Am I missing where the dimensions of the Belle build design are? Or is that a more in-depth search?
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It doesn't make any audible difference that most any normal human being would ever hear. Plus they are very solid.
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I found my port tubes at a carpet supply store. They were 1/4" walls and was a 10 foot length. I cut them on a table saw and attached them from the back side sliding them over the stock plastic port. Made them 5.5" long. Easy.
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I had a set of KLF-30's for awhile that were underwhelming in the bass department, too. After all was said and done, I sold the KLF-30's as my dual 10" per cab CF-3's simply trounced them. Could just be the room.
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Ahhhh......I remember the time years ago I picked up a pair of beautiful '78 WO Klipschorns for $500 from a retired Delta Airlines pilot outside of Denton, TX. Hated to have to sell them as I knew I'd never come across another pair at that price, and condition, ever again. Also bought a custom Barzilay cabinet from him with tambor doors (still have) which had a 6 foot wide lower section and a 4 foot wide upper section that was custom made to hold his Tandberg and Mac gear. Plus, cabinets that held some JBL D23 (maybe) 12" full range, but left a pair of black Forte's. Shoulda grabbed those, too.
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Looks awesome, man! I'm still hoping one day to actually get started on mine.
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That was a great read.
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That makes sense. Although there's apparently some sellers on eprey that are selling plastic versions of the "PWK" pie and copper-looking version for not a lot. Although they may, or may not, look that great.
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Doesn't Klipsch sell the newer Heritage style badges direct?
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Epic CF series do well up against a wall. Wait...that's not Heritage.
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Yeah, I'll leave the DAC on the native USB port...most likely the 2.0 port and tie the keyboard, HD, etc, in to the 3.0 hub. May test it the other way and see if there's any noise there and also with a power supply versus supplied by USB.
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Well, I started on the Liva Tiny PC project last night with very good results. For a sub $100 "PC" that I installed Windows 10 Pro 64 bit on previously at the school, using a Muse Mini USB Dac I already had, this little booger sounds quite good and may in fact replace the more power hungry desktop. I was listening to Spotify Premium plus watched some 1080p YouTube videos with not a single bit of stuttering. Looks like I'll be installing JRiver on it, setting a static IP so I can access the movies and music from other devices through one of the two hard drives (for now until I get an NAS box). If I need to rip CD's or DVD's into the drives, I'll just use an external drive. Not too bad. I need to get a USB 3.0 hub sometime soon, too.
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He was in some of my all time favorite comedy movies...Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein being the top two. But loved them all. Willy Wonka will be a timeless classic. RIP
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They are probably posted in multiple locations.
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Dang.... If those were close to me, I'd be in trouble.
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I'm really not sure how quiet my listening room is as my dang tinitus is too loud for me to tell when nothing is playing. ha.
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I use a repurposed HP M8100n desktop with 8gb RAM, dual core processor, upgraded HDMI video card, and power supply but don't have a lot of money it. I have 4TB RAID 1 storage for music (about 900GB) and movies (about 1.5TB) but no BluRay stuff. I also do use it as a computer for browsing in the living room while listening to what's on drives or Spotify Premium. Any other location in the house can access the movies or music stored there if needed.
But, I'm going to tinker with one of the little Liva Mini PC's that have HDMI out, 32GB on board storage running Windows 10. We used a few at the school for kind of a "NUC" for basic computing as no one saves anything to the HD's...they have home directories for that (I have 10 TB of storage for their documents, etc) But I want to see how this little $100 jobber can do with using a separate 2TB drive for music and video, a basic USB DAC, and simple browsing. It won't be as strong as the other but we hardly ever play the movies stored on the computer although the kids can access them with their Apple TV's through the "Movie Trailers" icon as I've got my server set up as the DNS. Would be nice to have some of that space back if it works. We'll see....about to kick that project in tonight I think.
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You can't really "hear" Khorns in an uploaded video on youtube. I've never understood why people post videos of their speakers playing in a room recorded on a Web cam microphone to be played back on laptop speakers or a phone. But that's just me. Good for "seeing" them set up but that's about it.
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Speakers sold. Thanks!
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No problem at all and thanks for the compliment!
Sale pending.
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Dang. That'll be some heavy duty cabinetry. But for the price, hard to beat. I guess I'll stick with my 3/4" Baltic Birch for mine. Unless you decide to build 2 pairs of lower sections. I'm only about an hour from you, I think. Ha ;-)
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Hey Dean, if your browser look on an iPhone 6s looks anything similar to my Galaxy S7 (using Chrome), look for the 3 horizontal bars in the upper right corner of the screen while on any page. Press on the bars and, when it opens the "slide out" window, look for the envelope and bell symbol right above "Sign Out". The envelope is the private messages. I'm not on my phone at the moment but the 3 horizontal bars and symbols look like the attached picture.
Kip
Sell off console amps to get one single better one
in Talkin' Tubes
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I have two console amps that I've owned now for close to 10 years that have been gone through and updated but not really "revamped". I know they have lots of limitations as they were designed for consoles with free air woofers with bass boost added on occasion. I have a Magnavox 9304-20 and Stromberg Carlson ASR-120 and they both do sound very good for what they are but I still know I'm missing the real tube sound. I had thought about using both of these amps for my "Belle clone build" with active or passive 2-way crossover or maybe one of my Carver amps on the low end and one or the other amps on the top end. I honestly can't afford to spend the big bucks on amps but could build a kit amp of sorts. Maybe something in the $500-ish range once these other two amps are sold. (I have a daughter that's about to head to the U of A for college so expenses are about to change even more. Thank God she's a 4.0+ student and tests well.)
So current speakers are the CF-3's and eventually will be the clones but, for now, the Epics. For a little extra background, I have tinnitus so I have a constant sound I hear that some days is louder than others. My hearing just isn't what it used to be so higher end stuff, I just can't substantiate the expense since I can't tell the major subtleties. I do play things a little louder to overcome what I hear in my head so I'm thinking flea power isn't going to cut it. Maybe 10 to 20 wpc. This may not even be realistic for that budget. Maybe I need to stick with my 460wpc Carver M-1.0t amplifier and call it good. haha.
My knowledge is limited on tube amps other than I can reasonably follow a schematic, own a couple of Fluke meters for testing, and am mechanically inclined and have patience. And I'm not afraid of asking questions and for help if need be.
But I do appreciate any input from you guys.