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But older women are usually more stable, smarter... etc. I'm 60 and my gf isn't too far behind (I'm smart enough not to tell...) She's just a little behind the age of my late wife.Seriously, Spend some time listening to the system. You may decide to trade the Corwalls for some Heresies. Of course, some folks think they are BIG speakers, but they were normal sized in the '70s. I have LaScalas, which are like Corns but 24" deep. After a while they don't seem so big. [:|] Good luck on selling the gear. Bruce

I don't think there is... I got one of their 4 tracks around '75, and immediately had trouble with it. It was a nice looking design, but hardly anything worked on it, right out of the box. I took it back and got my 3340S, which worked flawlessly. It was about $1150 at the time. Some friends of mine had a Fostex E-16, and did numerous albums on it. It worked really well, and they never needed any real repair on it. Bruce

If I fix it again, I'll get it out of the hallway...[]

I was looking at a 16 track 1" Otari a couple of years ago. I just didn't feel like I could justify it, although a couple good friends of mine would have loved for me to get it. The Studers are just too far out there... The quality with Dolby SR was/is really good. If you didn't need to go over 16-24 tracks, you were set. Now we are used to 100+ tracks on digital recording. I think it takes the life out of the performance, but that's a whole other story. Gary, I do know that Bruce Swedien (Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Paul McCartney...) loved to record certain parts to tape and bounce to digital for the editing. Not sure if he still does. I think he especially liked to do the drums on analog, because of the wonderful fatness he could get (for want of a better term). Bruce

That posted well. Under the options tab you click on add/update. Then browse to your pic (only one at a time unless hosted somewhere else). Save (you might have to scroll to the right to see the save button. You do with Firefox, not sure about IE or Safari). Pics of the grain, corners... As already mentioned, sorry to hear about your loss. Bruce ps The backs don't come off of the II series.

There are multiple tape manufacturers...Many studios still mix down to RTR and give that to the mastering lab. Some studios still like to work in analog. It's funny, now that the technology has improved to the point we could make killer machines and tape. It's not just for nostalgias sake, but for the quality. Some will record to analog tape and bounce over to digital for the editing. Imagine that... like transfering a motion picture film to digital. It still looks like film. Audio can work the same way.You can get the benefits of both technologies. But you need a good tech to maintain the gear... nothing like head alignments, and all that goes with it. Everyone wants a studio in the garage, and digital gear let it happen. Cheap gear got us how far? Maybe 95-98 %. Most folks won't know the other 2-5% is missing, especially listening on their iPods. Bruce

Fields of Gold - Sting, but my favorite version is by Eva Cassidy

Herb, It is an Eminence horn and APT50 driver. They come as a set (the horn isn't available separately). Having both in place and putting a switch sounds like a plan to me. A tractrix would probably work nice with this driver (APT50), and should make a great match for the Fastrac. Parts Express is out of them at the moment. btw, our carpenter can't rmember the beeswax finish he ordered. He is doing more management stuff and hasn't been to the shop to see what he had purchased in the past. He had ordered from Woodworkers Supply, but they now show the Clapham's. He didn't think that was it. Bruce apt150.pdf

Bias won't matter fro playback, only for recording. In the U.S. you can get brand new: http://www.atrtape.com/ (specs for this tape on thier site, and bias settings for different recorders) http://www.rmgi-usa.com/index.html RMGI is the European EMTEC tape. RMGI bought the EMTEC/BASF formulas and manufacturing BASF equiv. tape. I thought that Quantegy (who was doing the original Ampex 456 tapes, etc.) is now out of business. THis place says they have tape: http://www.malelo.com/recording-media-pro-audio-tape.html Bruce

Josh got these from P.E., and I ended up with them. The baffles were pretty easy to make, even for me.

Rudy, I mounted my APT150 (driver/horn combo) in baffles, to sit on top of my LS. Moved to the back of the cab, so they are approx. time aligned, the sound is really nice to my ears. I still have the CT125s in the cabinets. Bruce

awsjr from Texas has some Onken cabs. At least they look like them

I can certainly agree with that. The APT150 is superb...

You got it...

You can use just about any tape, however, most recorders are designed to use only a few different formulations of tape, and allow for the correct bias for those tapes. Others may work well and be able to be set up correctly for your deck. Some tapes don't hold up as well as others, and would deteriorate mroe quickly, and some may cause more head wear than others.I still have my TEAC 3340S, and another model (portable). I can't remember the model, and it's buried in one of the rooms in my house. Bruce

I think that was actually made by TEAC. Solid machines...

Justin, Check out this thread: http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/t/104678.aspx?PageIndex=1 mungkiman and erik mandaville have both spent time in Saudi Arabia. I haven't seen any posts from Erik for a while, though. Bruce

Can you keep it down, before this gets out all over the web...

Dennis' ideas are usually pretty right on. Since he came up with the bass mod, I don't think you can go wrong. With the round ports, he originally had them at 10 inches. Most shortened them to 7-7.5 inches, producing a little tighter and quicker bass, retaining more of the horn sound. Bruce

I would use some polyester batting and not fiberglass. Not sure just how much, maybe our friend from down under can put in a few words. I asked Dennis about the slot port before, and he sent this to me: The vented LaScala as I described runs to about 4.8 cu ft net. Two 4" ID by 7.25" long ports gives an Fb=35hz. A 15" by 1" port would need to be about 5" long for a 35hz Fb. A 13" by 2" port would need to be about 8-7/8" long for a 35hz Fb. A 15" by 2" port would need to be about 10-5/8" long for a 35hz Fb It helps to have a good software port model, the long narrow aspect ratio requires a different length than the same area in a square or round port. It also helps to start out a bit long, and trim it shorter to reach your target Fb. I just think the slots look better tahn the round ports. Bruce

Rudy, This has been posted many times, a part of DJK's original posts: I'm looking for a total net volume of about 4.8 cu ft. I figure the stock back volume is about 2.25 cu ft. Call it an internal height of about 9" (22.5 X 22.5 X 8.70 = 4404 cu in = 2.55 cu ft). Two 4" ID by 10" long ports displace about .15 cu ft so 10" outside is close enough. His other method was to enclose the back of an LS, opening up the top of the doghouse. That is ten inches high, so you would take the volume of the horns and drivers out. Still close enough. Some light stuffing... Bruce

Good call, Larry. My LS tops go front to back. I think either way would lookjust fine. I can see running the grain the other way to match up with the sides, but I hadn't really thought about it much. Bruce

The correct way IS to make a jig to hold the pieces vertical and tilt the blade to the correct angle. Attached are build notes from djk. Bruce build_instructions_djk.txt