[SOLD:JBL 2404 tweeters]

sent a pm about the jbl

[FS: amazon FireTV STB]

Ignore. Repeat post. How do I delete this again?

[FS: amazon FireTV STB]

Pm sent. I have been looking for one!

[Fortes with Magnavox tube amp (pictures)]

My other amp- the Jolida 801b. Listening to Dire Straits- Alchemy.

[Fortes with Magnavox tube amp (pictures)]

Hey thanks for the heads up. I have been reading on the magnavox group on yahoo. Its good to know that there's a good following here too!

I have been loving this amp. I cleaned up the surface. The next step is replace the resistors and capacitors.

[Fortes with Magnavox tube amp (pictures)]

I recently picked up a 8802 Magnavox tube amp on craigslist. These were the hearts of the Magnavox stereo console in the 1950s. Luckily, there are many links on the web on restoring these- so makes it much easier for me too. The consoles take up space and many give them away on craiglist.

I have them hooked up to my Forte's and she sounds great. A couple of resistors soldered in and its amazing how full they sound on the speakers. Female vocals sound warm and lush and I love the match with the speakers.

I loved it so much that I actually sat down to write a post about it here I also have the Cornwalls and the Heresy's that I am going to try out as well.

[speaker of room treatments]

Firstly, the higher frequencies travel more light light rays, straight and bounce of walls. The lower frequqncies because teh wavelength is much greater, travel as waves, so they are more like ripples in a pool. You have to combat them differently.

There are a couple of things you can try.

For the higher frequency, you can a absorber at the first reflection point. Imgine you have a light on the tweeter position, the point it would bounce off the side wall and reach you is teh first reflection point. Similarly there are first reflection points on the ceiling, floor and rear walls. The side wall is teh most important. If you carper on teh floor, that takes care of thinsg there. Doing this will improve the imaging and teh clarity of the higher frequencies and midrange.

You can search for owens corning if you want a DIY solution- thats what I did.

For the lower frequencies, you can combat them with bass traps. Once again look for diy bass traps. These go into corners and they sort of absorb the ripples in a swimmming pool. if your room had problems- small rooms do- certain frequqncies will be bulled and some will be accentuated greatly - resulting in boominess.

There are two ways to correct these- through electronic eq and with bass traps. There are pros and cons to each. For the electronic solution, there is teh behringer feedback destroyer, velodyne sms-1 and the antimode.

I ue a combination of all the above in my media room.

[Tube Phono Preamp?]

Well the bellari vp130 gets a lot of good reviews. I used it for a while with an adcom amp and liked it much much better than just using the phono input on the NAD preamp.

later I used it my jolida tube amp and I was worried if it would be too much tubeness- but again, its was all goo- nice warm sound, beautiful vocals, the nice strum on the guitar!

... which reminds me that I need to locate where it is and put it up in the garage sale section!

[Does your tower speaker sound like a good bookshelf if you ...]

... but then you would lose low frequency information on one channel. You might try a subwoofer cross-overed to handle teh low end. You will have more flexibility in placement of the subs. However you receiver or premap needs to support that

[projectors, 3d ready]

The 8350 suggestion above is a good one- tho its not 3D. Thing is that 3D technology is still new and we dont if teh current standards will fly or something new will come up- so you might want to consider that. Another option is to buy a used projector on craigslist for 2D, if that works for you. Projector technology is changing fast and the older ones are avilabel for much cheaper than they once sold for. I myself have a JVC RS-15 and just love it!

This is what the site hot-deals.org had to say about (not that they are necessarily right)

3D Televisions:
You may have noticed very few (if any) 3D HDTV deals posted on this site.
First off, there have been few hot deals worthy of posting.
Second, we're not yet convinced the current 3D technology will stay or be replaced with something new soon.
The current 3D technology has depth into the screen, versus 3D theaters which show images coming from the screen at you.
Third, there have been some reports saying the 3D televisions are not good for your mind.
In fact, Samsung posted a health warning about 3D televisions, most notably warning about motion sickness and eye strain.


They also mention eye strain, which is already common across all screens which emit light (computer screens, iPads, mobile phones, etc).
Reduce the screen's brightness in dark rooms, or increase ambient light to lessen eye strain.
Eye strain can also be reduced by removing glare on the screen, especially with Plasma and CRT screens.


3D technology is new, expensive (if you count all the goggles you have to buy), and may not be worth buying for a while.