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My subscription copy just came today. The issue is for June 2002. If I remember right the newstands usually get issues a few days later. I just took a peak at their web site but didn't find it there yet. Just the initial announcement from May 13th. ------------------ Tom's Money Pit This message has been edited by tblasing on 05-15-2002 at 09:00 PM

If anyone else hasn't seen it yet there is a nice announcement/ad for the passing of "the Father". It's on page 53 of this month's Stereophile Magazine. ------------------ Tom's Money Pit

Somebody get these! The Buy-it-now is only $1,250!! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1352602694 ------------------ Tom's Money Pit

A line conditioner will only help for a few nanoseconds. The biggest benefit of one is to prevent current spikes from getting to your equipment. In your case it looks like you are having some current drops, the exact opposite. For the price of a decent conditioner/spike protector ($200 to $,$$$) I think it would be money well spent to hire an electrician and have a seperate circuit (20 amp wouldn't be a bad idea) to your system or at least to that entire room. If your house is running a little short on incoming current by someone else's design then I would even consider an upgrade there too. For example: when I moved in to my house a few years ago it had all of 60 amps coming in to the service panel for a 1,300 sq./ft. home. In order to get my house refinanced it needed an inspection. Turns out the incoming wiring from the pole was....well....less than stellar and could soon cause a fire. Not to mention the screw in fuses we were going through by the box, and this was BEFORE I moved in the stereo!. We upgraded to 200 amps incoming and everything has been peachy ever since. Warning!! If you live in an apartment or similar structure don't just go to the service box and pu tin a 20 amp breaker or fuse. The wiring may be too small handle it. ------------------ Tom's Money Pit This message has been edited by tblasing on 05-15-2002 at 10:43 AM

LD- Try http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdhtml2 . They had a couple of leads on some box sets if that's what your after. I looked on DVD planet and Deep Discount DVD but didn't find much. Is it true that the European version of these films was quite a bit more.....well....sexually explicit? ------------------ Tom's Money Pit

A while back I drew up an Excel program that will chart the amount SPL per position your measuring. What it doesn't do is calculate the SPL just by plugging in the room dimensions, speaker type, etc. There is still a lot of elbow grease and legwork involved. It took me about 3 hours or so to get mine right but it did result in considerable increase in bass. Not chest pounding but definitley a lower extention. To do this you'll still need an multi-frequency SPL meter. Radio Shack has them for under $45. Or if you can locate a Real Time Analyzer with a built in Pink Noise generator that would be even better. If you want I can e-mail the file to you. BUT remember to turn down the treble completely. That amount of constant HF can 86 a tweeter in no time. I also use hearing protection to prevent any temporary or permenant Tinitus from happening. Let me know! ------------------ Tom's Money Pit This message has been edited by tblasing on 05-14-2002 at 09:56 PM

One day when Sam found an old ledger of outstanding tabs dating back the early days of the bar and referring to Norm..... "Hey, look at this one. It says "Skinny guy at the end of the bar."" That was my favorite!! ------------------ Tom's Money Pit

As speaking for myself, an EQ user, I would say to experiment with speaker placement first or any other room alterations that can peacefully be made (read- with the approval of the wife/girlfriend). I'n going to assume that your room does not reflect a flat frequency response. After all that is exhausted and if the sound is less than ideal, THEN I would gently introduce a very high quality EQ (i.e.- with a THD less than .008 and a dynamic range over 100db). There are even mono block type EQ's on the market (I believe from White). Then I would take an SPL reading with a noise generator and get the EQ setings to as close to flat as possible. After that just play it for a couple of months and let your ears adjust accordingly. If your using Klipsch speakers go VERY GENTLY on the EQ settings! With sensitivity ratings as high as they have it is very easy to melt down a tweeter diaphram. Here are some links: dbx Pro White Intruments ------------------ Tom's Money Pit This message has been edited by tblasing on 05-14-2002 at 10:18 AM

"What's goin on, Mr. Peterson?" "No, that's what's going IN Mr. Peterson." ------------------ Tom's Money Pit

Gil- I heard on the radio (AM--DOH!!) that the deadline for TV stations to be able to transmit in HDTV is far from being met. When asked about 30%(?) could comply with the rule. So if you could procratinate a bit longer.... ------------------ Tom's Money Pit

Sounds like a little carbon or dirt buid up in the volume control itself. If you adventuristic you can open it up (totaly unplugged for awhile to make sure the capacitors have drained) and lightly spray some Tuner Cleaner in the control knob works and run the knob back and forth about twenty times or so. Be very careful not to oversaturate it. There's the posibility of the excess fluid running off and shorting out something else. Tuner cleaner comes in a lot of forms. My favorite is Blue Shower but it's hard to come by (try Parts Express) or you can get some from Radio Shack for under a ten spot. Good luck! ------------------ Tom's Money Pit

Thanks Wes, I'll give them a surf through when I get to work tomorrow! ------------------ Tom's Money Pit

To this day when someone asks me "How'life treatin' ya?", I have to answer "Like a baby treats a diaper." That in classic Norm-eez. ------------------ Tom's Money Pit

Does the amp also have 1/4" inputs also? I just got the best RCA Female to 1/4" Male adaptors I could find and am now using that on my EQ. What model Yamaha amp is it? ------------------ Tom's Money Pit

In our family for generations now is an Edison Disc Phonograph Model-G250, serial number SM16840. I think it dates around the 1920's. We are in need of the main spring that gets wound up to play it. It belonged to my great grandmother who was rather well off (drove a Pierce Arrow!). We still have about a dozen of the slate records (I don't know the titles). Does anyone know where I can find such a part? ------------------ Tom's Money Pit This message has been edited by tblasing on 05-12-2002 at 08:51 PM

This won't help you much but the proper term for the speaker clipping (actually speakers don't clip, amps do) is maybe the woofer is "bottoming out". Meaning the cone is slamming into the magnet and/or basket. ------------------ Tom's Money Pit

Being in the legal bithneth I believe you can put the sticker out as long as it A.)does not deviate from the logo used, B.) does not defame Klipsch in any way, C.) you or anyone does not make any profit from it, directly or indirectly. The only other way to get around it would be if you are "the competition" (hey, no flames). For instance, if you were Bose making a sticker to put down Klipsch. ------------------ Tom's Money Pit This message has been edited by tblasing on 05-11-2002 at 07:41 PM

quote: Originally posted by TBrennan: Japanese speaker makers; Onken, TAD, Fostex, Pioneer HPMs etc. Wasn't that call the Pioneer HMP's?? I seem to remember a joke calling them "Hump-m'"s. ------------------ Tom's Money Pit

Wes- So far I've got them on the preamp, cd/dvd player, eq, amp and the turntable. The TT was really just a way NOT to pay Yamaha some insane price for replacement feet, the old ones were pretty cracked and crushed. The Pods look very close to the originals. I'm also using on the TT some cork bar coasters and some playing cards that both level the table AND make a good air-seal for the pods. Besides, the only downside that the maker brings up is that the pods can discolor some wood finishes, so the playing cards make a nice barrier. Vibropod makes quite a few jokes about using those AOL sign-up cd's instead of cards. ------------------ Tom's Money Pit This message has been edited by tblasing on 05-10-2002 at 11:24 PM

Once had a Tom Waites album that had a lyric something like "The piano has been drinking...not me." Think it's from the Small Change album. ------------------ Tom's Money Pit

Wes has a good place to start at AudioAdvisor. I got a box-load of Vibrapods from them @ $6 each. They did wonders for clearing up the treble as well. Vibrapod's Web Site Good luck, ------------------ Tom's Money Pit This message has been edited by tblasing on 05-10-2002 at 05:41 PM

Just be real sure that when you do the rewire that a strand or two of copper wire doesn't find it's way touching the opposing pole. Yes, this could cause problems. Another thing (some bone-head move I did and later found) is to be sure you don't wire the inside out of phase (a pos. wire going to a neg. connection). I did this on a KLF-20 and had almost no bass from one channel. And I thought I was better than to pull such a move. DOHH! ------------------ Tom's Money Pit

Ta Daa!!! ------------------ Tom's Money Pit

After playing with mine for a while I found that the component hook-up had the cleanest picture. ------------------ Tom's Money Pit

m00n- I've got a Monster HTS-5000 from ebay on a dutch auction for $360. Brand new in the original box with warranty (checked it out with Monster Cable). The jury is still out on the filtering aspect but these are some decent surge/spike protectors. ------------------ Tom's Money Pit This message has been edited by tblasing on 05-08-2002 at 10:03 AM