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I just picked up Valleys of Neptune, what a great CD!
This is my first Jimi Hendrix cd, honestly Ive only listened to a few of his songs, all I can say is wow. I didn't really know what to expect but I know I'm hooked now, I think I might start off with his earlier releases and see how it pans out.
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Ill email you a detailed description, amounts of matterials, cut sizes ETC in the next day or so.
Thanks for the nice words, I think they turned out great.
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Welcome to the Forums! I started off with the Quintet/ sub 12 combo. They are good speakers for there size but I found with music they just didn't cut it, they were just missing to much detail. In a small room they sounded good watching movies at low to medium volumes and I know you can buy them in pairs if you wanted to expand to 7.1. It wasn't long until I upgraded to the RB-81s and I have the quintets sitting on a shelf. So don't get me wrong the Quintets are good for there size, but with music they have no soul.
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thanks guys for the help. I moved the sub another foot away from the wall turned the cross over to 80Hrz and turned the gain down 1 notch and it sounds way better. I can't believe there is so much to setting up a sub?!
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Thanks for the article and info Youthman. I will try moving my sub today and see if that helps at all. Maybe I should think about replacing my aging receiver first, some of the new Yamaha receivers are getting great reviews.
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thanks for the help wuzzer, the gain is at the 8 0'clock position and the cross over is set at 90, maybe ill set it to 80Hrz. The sub sounds great for movies but I've noticed with certain types of music, mostly instrumental it sounds boomy. I guess ill try playing with the settings and placement.
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I have a couple a questions reguarding the UPA-2 amplifier.
I was thinking about picking up the UPA-2 to ease the strain on my receiver and I was looking at the specs and it the THD levels are 125 watts RMS@8oms (0.1thd) is that high for a dedicated amp? I'm going to be using it to power my RB-81s. I mostly want to get an amp so I can switch off my sub 12 when I listen to music because I find it to boomy. Is there anyone with this amp who can give me some feedback about it.
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Those look very sharp, they blend in nice. Did you notice an improvement with them?
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^^ Now thats funny!
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Very nice, I thought about filling mine with sand as well but they seem very stable and already weigh 25 pounds a piece.
Did you use threaded rod to connect the top and bottom plates?
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Synergyfreak thanks for the kind words, they are rb-81s, love them.
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Thanks wuzzer, I'm happy with them.
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Well I finally finished staining my new stands and I am more then happy with the way they turned out. I made the colum 70% the size of the speaker so it would match all the way around. The only hard part was making dado cut on the front of the colum so there are no visible edges, I ended up using my router to make the dado (3/4 straight bit) it took awhile so I didnt split the ends.
Anyways what do you think?
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I saw this in 3D when it first came out, it wasn't Imax but i thought it was pretty good. I did hate the crowds and I wasn't able to get a prime seat.I picked it up on blu-ray last Friday and I just finished watching it. Wow! This is the most visually stunning movie I recall seeing, there is so much detail that it’s almost overwhelming. I definitely enjoyed this more at home then the theater, I found the 2D to be a lot sharper then the 3D movie experience.Since I don't have a HDMI receiver yet the audio sounded good but not great, so I think a new receiver may be needed. My new center channel is sure paying off though there are tones of great minute sound effects that I know would have been lost with the Quintet center.Sorry for my babble, great movie, worth every penny!
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Okie dokie!
The secret to consistently good crown molding joints is to use a jig. Very easy to make. First, start with a small piece of the crown. Grab your framing square, and measure how far the top of the crown will stick out from the wall. You do this by placing the crown piece against the inside of the square, sort of like the blades of the square represent the wall and ceiling. Adjust the crown piece until the ceiling and wall edges lie flat against the square blades. Now read the measurement for how far out the top of the crown (face edge) will stick out from the wall. Note this number.
Next you make the jig. It's basically a 3-sided cradle that you attach to your miter saw. I like my crown jigs to be about 3 feet long. Rip a piece of material (plywood) to that crown number you measured above. That will form the bottom of the cradle/jig. Rip another piece about 1/4" wider than the thickness of the plywood you're using (typically 3/4" plywood, so rip this 1"). Attach this to the front edge of the bottom plywood piece. Next, rip a wider piece that will attach to the backside of the jig. The width depends of your miter saw's vertical capacity (actually, this whole thing depends on that!). You want this piece to be tall enough for the back flat edge of the crown to sit against it.
So to review, you have made a jig/cradle/trough, about 3 feet long, the bottom inside width being equal to the amount the crown will stick out from the wall when installed. Make sense so far?
Attach this jig to your mitersaw table. Usually there are holes in the saw fence through which you can screw. Once it's on there, you will basically be cutting the crown "upside down." In other words, the crown edge that will be agains the ceiling will sit inside at the bottom front of the jig, and the crown edge that will touch the wall will be against the back of the jig.
I like to use a scrap of plywood ripped to that 1st number (crown ceiling measurement), and use it to go around the room making light pencil marks on the ceiling. At the corners, you can cross the marks to know where the crown pieces should meet.
Are you with me still?
I think I understamd Fini, the jig will eliminate one of the angles I have to use, the compound. With the 3 foot jig I'm sure there will be enough support for longer pieces as well. It seems to make perfect sense, as long as the jig is "square" it should work fine, I'll let you know of the results when the time comes.[H]
Thanks again.
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Very nice, indeed! If you need to hear my "secret" for cutting crown, just ask. Looks like you did real well!!
Thanks FFini any tips would be great, I want to instal crown molding in my basement and bathroom soon, so please any advice would help[Very nice, indeed! If you need to hear my "secret" for cutting crown, just ask. Looks like you did real well!!
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Very nice work, looks like Oak to me.
What's the stain Golden Oak.? Thanks for the kind words dtel.
Yup its Oak, the stain is a Pecan, it more of a red tint to it in person. With three coats its very close to the Cherry color used on my RB-81s.
I used Minwax's Polyshades, its a stain and varathane in one. Very easy to use product 3 coats and your done, minimal sanding between coats as well.
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I like. Can you give some more details on the build? What material you chose, why you chose it, etc?
This is a basic matterial list, its all oak.
1 sheet of 1/2inch 4x8 oak VC plywood
6 feet of 1x6 oak for the top
8 feet of 1x3 oak for the face sides
10 feet of 1x5 oak for the bottom skirts and top and bottom face
7 feet of 2 1/4inch crown molding
I went to home depot and had them cut up the plywood on there pannel saw, the basic box is 2 feet wide by 4 feet tall, the depth is 1 foot. I went with that size so I would only need 1 sheet of plywood for the basic box and shelves. I used a 1/4 inch Roman Ogee router bit to create the skirt and a 1/4 iinch cove for the face sides. Over all the only trouble I had making this was cutting the crown molding, Ive never made a compound miter cut before so a few feet were wasted in learning. the top pice is just 3 pices of 1x6 oak glued edge to edge and clamped.
I am very happy with how this turned out, a TV stand is next on my list.
If you would like more details you can PM me I'd be more then happy to help.
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Thanks dollar, yup messed something up, could be operator error ( most likely)
sorry guys, hopefully some one can help remove 5 of the posts.
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Well after going to nemerous furniture stores and looking online and taking a sugestion from James V, I've made my own book case.
In total the cost of matterials including stain was about $150, but I also had a good time (some bad words were used)
Sorry about the picture quility, I'm looking for a new camera at the moment (suggestions please)
Anyways let me know what you think.
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Well after going to nemerous furniture stores and looking online and taking a sugestion from James V, I've made my own book case.
In total the cost of matterials including stain was about $150, but I also had a good time (some bad words were used)
Sorry about the picture quility, I'm looking for a new camera at the moment (suggestions please)
Anyways let me know what you think.
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Well after going to numerous furniture stores and looking online and taking a sugestion from James V, I've made my own book case.
In total the cost of matterials including stain was about $150, but I also had a good time (some bad words were used)
Sorry about the picture quility, I'm looking for a new camera at the moment (suggestions please)
Anyways let me know what you think.
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Well after going to nemerous furniture stores and looking online and taking a sugestion from James V, I've made my own book case.
In total the cost of matterials including stain was about $150, but I also had a good time (some bad words were used)
Sorry about the picture quility, I'm looking for a new camera at the moment (suggestions please)
Anyways let me know what you think.
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What's the stain Golden Oak.? 
PS3 cooling fan problem
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Hay all,
I have a problem with my PS3’s internal fan, for the past few months the fan has been coming on a lot more then normal and staying on from anywhere from 5-15 min at a time, the unit doesn’t seem to be running hot when the fan is on either. Is this normal? It seems to do it slightly more when watching blu-rays.
There is plenty of air circulation, it’s on a shelf that 6 inches wider then the unit and has 1 foot between the next shelf.
The unit is two years old and is used about 5 hours a week if that helps.
Thanks in advance