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The Dude

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  1. I just picked up a pat-4 pre-amp off of ebay though the guy said it works great and which i am sure it does(havent got the chance to check it out yet) but i mainly got it for the chassy.. I cant wait until i start dumping some of those up grades in it. it might take me a couple of months but that gives me time to finish working on my amp for this bad boy, and save some bucks for some Cornwalls ide like to but in the system. Speaking of which if anyone recomends any certain Cornwalls as far as 1 or 2s go with any updates let me know that will be the next thing i do for this two channel set up.

    nick

  2. I being in my mid 20s actually going on 27 grew up in an age coming from cassattes to cds so cds is all i really had except my dads collection of vinyl. As he retired these and the recent discovery of vinyl, I have seem to find a difference in certain recordings. Like someone said i feel some stuff sounds good on vinyl and some doesnt, i injoy going to the couple of record stores around town and shopping for great stuff from The Beatles all the way down to Billie Holiday (which i havent found yet). But i think the hole thing is depending how a band records there album alot of them to day find it cheaper going digital. So i believe it would be hard to come out with a decent analog album. I dont know im not a recording engineer, alls I know is that its alot fo fun having more than one media. If it sounds good play it.

    nick

  3. I like a good ramble makes for better detail. I like Olorin am a fan of HK I have an Older 225 which for just 5.1 with no hdmi inputs i think is great. Since then HK has came a long way with adding pre outs and 7.1, and dont for get the hdmi in/outputs for video upscaling. I have read where there coming out with a new model allready, probably wont be until late spring or even fall. Seems like they change regulary. But could probably pick up a 345 for less than 700.00 if shoped around.

    nick

  4. any sound cards out there for my dell that has a left and right out put or anybody have a better solution. I just want to hook my comp up to my pre amp. ive seen some have the 1/8" plug but thought maybe there was something better.

    n ick

  5. if its just a glue issue i would think that a repair shop would be able to fix it alot cheap, i dont know what goes into reconeing if that would be the issue. But the speaker guys i talk to make it sound like they can recone a woofer cheaper and better than the manufactor. I was all ways wondering how the rt-12d held up. hope it doesnt go for all of them.

  6. hey folks, since i have got involved into this sickness the past year I have built my ht with something that i am happy with in the house that i am in now. The problem is that since everyone one eles has taken over the room for movie watching, and i recently got my turntable going alls i want to do is jam some tunes but i cant in this room. So i decided to build a second room for my listening pleasure, i Know i diffently want to give the seperates a chance. but i dont know were to start ive always dreamed of a mcintosh or possibly a marantz system. So if theres any one of these brands that someone recomends to start with i could use your advice. I do have a power amp that i think would work for know so ide like to start with a pre-amp something vintage that i could hook up my turntable and cassatte deck to. appreciate all the help i can get. Also my power amp has 1/4", balanced, and regular rca plugs on it so it has lots of options.

    duder

  7. i have a 40 gb i bought a little over a year ago, i think its a great unit the only problem and its just with the 40 gb that i know of is that it doesnt have the memeory card slots and its only got 2 usb ports, but since the controllers are cordles that doesnt matter. And you cant play playstation 1 or 2 games on it which i dont have anyway. All in all im pretty happy with it graphics sound processor etc.

  8. I have a technics sl-bd27 turntable. I noticed that the plug dosent have a ground, is that what the external ground wire is used for. Also if i can come up with shielded audio wires is it necessary to shield the power wire if so how could i do this with out a ground. If any one has any dos and donts on hooking up turntables could use any advice. Othere than a pre-amp i will just use decent wires i can get at a local store. Plus i am looking for a dust cover for this bad boy, if any of you have one laying around im willing to give a couple bucks.

    thanks

    nick

    also what can you do about scratches in the records. will they make a difference.

  9. Well peoples i haven't taken the time to call newfoam or any of the other fabric companys that have been mentioned on here. but as much as i'de like the cane grills I for now settled for less. I know how much you all like pics so are are some. Dont worry no good grills were used to make these, I made both grills from scraps i had laying around, tell me what you think. I know its not as good as some of the operations ive seen on the forums but its the poor mans way in my book and I am some what happy with them. well thats if someone can help figure out how to post pics i will be more than happy to.

    nick

    heres the before. not that i didnt like the black just like the lighter color more.

  10. you guys are great help. for the recorded i never planed to put crap in the speakers for component wise. also the plans i have, have already been altered for 3/4" parts. so i am in luck there. I do relize that for the money i could almost buy a pair off line but i still have to consider cost of travel or shipping but atleast its the real deal. but then i would also have to recondition them seems that anything online that cheap is do to horrible cosmetic reasons.

  11. Has any one ever assembled a pair of these with these directions. i have a set of plans that someone around has altered with an sb part to trims what looks to be the top of part A, i dont know what the specs are for this pieces or exactly were it mounts. also parts d and f gives the dimensions and that it is made up of pine but are they talking about stock pine or made up of two pices of the materials you are using. could use some help or advice on this.

    thanks

    nick

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