JL Sargent

If somehow Freddy, steppin in off the Senior Tour, could win this thing, man oh man, that would be something!

Now for comparison is a new Solens cap. Check out the really good Q of 2311 and ESR of .0075, WOw, not much loss in that puppy!.

I inspected my Belles and found a real mess. One speaker original oil caps and the other had "SiderealKaps". I thought the SiderealKaps tested pretty good here until I tested one of the new Solens. Here is the 10uf SiderealKap being tested. Looks like .11 on ESR and 142 on Q. Certainly not terrible.

Buy the best looking name brand pair that you can find for cheap at the fleamarket this weekend. I have been using this pair for a while now and have been real happy with them. Model 1010

Vegas odds on the field beating tiger this week: 4:1 Even after everything, He is still the favorite to get it done. I would prefer to see him win over his wife and family first. Most Americans have or will forgive him for his indiscretions and that's probably a good thing. I'm wondering if Erin will be there if he does win it?

I find the sound from a fully horn loaded speaker IE: KHorn, Belle, La Scala) is the best sounding type speaker I have ever heard. Some small percentage is about nostalgia too I guess, but there is no denying the awesome sound reproduction of these speakers. You see, I really believe my 35yr old speakers are superior! No wooden boats here.

HS football? Good luck with it!

Hey, often times speaker components are asked for and found in the garage sale section of the forum. A look in the back of your Cornwall might give you the woofer info needed for a replacement.

I have never tried this one but their Rum Raisin is some kinda good.

Here is Gary playing that exact guitar and singing to Ronnie. Check it out!

JB, you referring to Obama or Amy?[:S]

Used Bob Crites' general criteria of ESR for cap condition I believe the first cap is indeed a good one. Also the second cap having an ESR > .5 ohms is old and not so good. Searching and reading previous posts on this topic has been a huge help. My reading would point to Bob prefering the ESR test and AL K. seems to prefer Q. But I think Dennis hit it on the head when he said those both can indicate cap condition. (if I might paraphrase him on that).

Now to check an old oil cap to see what a few years can do to those numbers.

I found a TH2821B on Ebay which was previously discussed in this thread. http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/p/132068/1338139.aspx#1338139 I purchased one of these meters and have found it to be a nice meter. I have tested a couple doz. capacitors with it using the 1Khz test freq. and found it to be very informative. It displays the information as ESR and Q in the resistance parameter. I tested several oil filled caps and every time the old stuff tested much higher in ESR (bad) and lower in Q (bad). I have pictured here a brand new oil filled cap. Indicates to me that a new oil cap can have pretty decent numbers with ESR at .0247 and q over 600.

I have my Belles on the short wall and I tell they are just awesome. Sound reproduction on Casual Jazz with alot of upright bass is outstanding IMHO.

Yeah, it looks like your TT is inside a cabinet for the time being. Maybe you could skip using the cover inside there anyway? I've never had one of those TTs. Do you like it?

You can learn alot from a small wiggle.[]

"and 2-way speakers sound so good," That's especially true if you "live in the midrange".

Just got in from a day on the Big G. yeah that's Lake Guntersville. Great day for fishing with full sun. Water temp a nice 60 deg. F. and just a slight breeze. We caught some smaller bass and I did manage to catch a 3lb catfish on a Rattlin Roe (crankbait) of all things. Main thing was that the boat ran good and there is nothing to "fix" once back home. Hmmm, when can I go BACK!

"My question is does the tweeter have a horn separate from the midrange horn" Yes, it does. There are many pictures on this forum that show how a La Scala's motorboard is setup.

Check your audio cable connections between turntable and amp/receiver. I had a bad RCA connector on a recently purchased TT. Replaced those and TT became quiet. When hum is present try wiggling the wires around. That might give you a clue as to the problem.

Did you look at the other RB-75 HF horn for a disk on it too? I have seen double magnets on some drivers?

Look at the actual response curve of that driver in the PDF file and you will see that from 4K to 6K it goes down 3db, from there up 6db and then back down 3db around the 6K mark. So it is actually covering to 6K, sorta kinda.

These things can go for goofy cheap on Ebay too. http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-TEAC-E-1-HEAD-DEMAGNETIZER-JAPAN_W0QQitemZ120547241978QQcmdZViewItemQQptZVintage_Electronics_R2?hash=item1c112ceffa

NEVER use a match light type product for slow cooking. That is unless you want the meat to task a little like lighter fluid.