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If you look in a Mouser, Newark, or Digi-Key catalog, you can find them listed. You really wouldn't want inductive wirewounds on a crossover, as you will probably end up changing the crossover points.Bruce

That's correct, I just wasn't going to get into it. He had trouble when it was only 16 bit depth, so they almost always used tape on his vocals, and bounced them over to the computer. If you really want to eat up HD space, you can record 32bit. Awesome headroom that way.I used to do some work at a studio in central Illinois, the owner of which had a business selling studio gear. Had some guys bring down a two inch reel from Detroit. The metters on his MCI were pegged on the playback, but the sound was to die for. Had to have been a good 6db over, but it was so good. Not sure if he sold them any gear or not. [8-)]

The cement/wriewound would work just fine, but you should use the non-inductive ones for that application. Bruce

Let's see.... my DAT uses tape. There are a lot of studios that use tape still. Som eof the mastering houses like a tape master to compare against the CD that people submit for mastering. It's like vinyl, it isn't dying off. Although, you don't want to know what a 14 inch reel of 2 inch tape might cost. Of course, a lot of guys, like Ray Charles, switched to digital one the bit depth got higher (24 bit). His last three albums were mostly done on the computer, except for his vocals, which owuld start on tape. Due to his vocal style, he had high dynamics and it was easier to record on tape and bounce to digital for editing.(all this in spite of Travis' sig quote [] ) Bruce

They don't have the same ratings. The max anode voltage for the 7189 is 400volts instead of the 300 for the EL84. It might need to be adjusted if you were to put in EL84 tubes.

The only info on the website has the launch from Dec. 2005, making the poster available. "The image of the hip, young guy being completely blown away by his entertainment experience is timeless," said Don Patrican, executive vice president of Maxell. "We had allowed this icon to become marginalized over the years. But now, when brand is so important in our business, we've decided to leverage this image that tens of millions of people associate with Maxell by putting more energy and investment behind it." The key creative decision in the "blow-away" relaunch was to avoid the impulse to update the image, said Patrican, who was a sales and marketing executive at Maxell when the original ad was conceived. Instead, the strategy was to modernize the placement of the image. "Attempts had been made over the years to contemporize the 'blow-away guy', but we decided that the genius of the ad was the purity of the black-and-white image and how it thoroughly and elegantly communicates the joy of a great recorded entertainment experience. We just needed to find new ways to expose that powerful image," explained Patrican. "The "blow-away guy is a priceless brand asset that reinforces consumers' association of Maxell with quality," added Daniel Lee, vice president of marketing for Maxell. Print advertisements are scheduled in Rolling Stone, Spin, Giant, Wired, FHM, MacWorld and Stuff, while an online effort will be launched in January including an interactive execution available on maxell.com. The "blow-away guy" began life in 1979 as an idea for an advertisement aimed at retailers in trade magazines. But client and agency management immediately realized the potential power of the image and developed consumer-directed print and television executions. Millions of television viewers of the 1970s and 1980s still associate Richard Wagner's "Ride of the Walkyries," the soundtrack of the original television ad, with the enjoyment of recorded entertainment. Additional millions spent their college years waking up to posters of Maxell's blow-away guy on the walls of their dorm rooms.

Did the wife make you do that before you posted another pic? [] The room looks really nice, and the horns should be very happy there. Welcome to the forum!Bruce

I was looking online for AU-70 info, and found the following on a forum. Says the AU-70 uses 7189 tubes (four of them, 3 12AX7, 2 6AN8...Are you sure that's an AU-70? Here is the text: The spec for the AB1 PP fixed bias operation of 7189A is 400V plate, 300V SG, bias is -15V. The AU-70 operates a little above of this (410V and 315V), so I would say you will be safe to set at -16V to -17V. But, this is a case for a pair of matched tubes. If your tube is not matched, you need to insert a small resistor, such as 16Ohms 1/2 +-1% between plate and OPT primary for each 7189A. Then, you need to make the voltage on these registers even with the bias level of -16V or -17V. In essence, by doing that, you are make the 7189A plate current same at no signal. This procedure is possible only AU-70's with 4 bias pots (later versions). The bias needs to be checked between control grid (pin 2 of 7189A) and ground with no input signal. I always connect a dummy load when I power up tube amps. As transistor amps don't like shorted output, tube amps don't like opened output.

Just got my notice too. Bummer...[]

AMEN Brother!

At least you're not talkin' about me... I haven't been there. []The MC240 is only a 40watt amp. mcintoshaudio.com has some MC250s for $650 and up. Seems like a good deal to me. Bruce

That would be Henryk Górecki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._3_(G%C3%B3recki)

I don't watch tv. I don't have cable... I have a tv, a rather diminutive 13 incher, but it will stop working once the digital broadcasts are fully implemented.

Uno's has also spread out over into Indiana. I'm sure the original is probably the best, but they have good pizza. Bruce

The TDI is a nice car. That last time VW had one in the US it actually did better than the 42mpg this one will get, but we get cleaner air.

That just might ring true... [:#]

Ursula K. Leguin's books are great, but they are too depressing. Ian, that really is a wonderful find. Just take your time with the refurbing and I'm sure it will all come out great.

They started making those after their long expedition out West.(I can't let fini make all the bad jokes, even if it was funny)

Are your identifications the same as these?

If I am trying to get any work done in thehouse, I usually have on some symphonic music. There are no words to hold me back or interrupt my train of thought. I'll have the LS cranked up. If I sit down toreally listen, for the symphonic music I like it to be the volume I hear at a concert. Since I always have sat farther back, it isn't too loud. Contemporary music is louder.I can get lost in the music almost every time. So much so that I fall asleep pretty often. Listen to symphonic/classical, jazz, some country, bluegrass, lesser known acts... 90 db would be getting up there for me, although I've listened at louder volumes. I have the house to myself, and the main system is in the living room. I have some Heresies and an HK430 in the bedroom, but don't have it on a lot. That's where my PC is, so the music I listen to there has a 100wpc amp and Alesis nearfields on it. Bruce

There aren't a whole lot of companies to work with these days.

I have some Speakerlab plans, from 1989. (they still sell the plans, btw. at least they were selling them a couple of years ago, although not listed on the website). I can't follow what part you are talking about. Bruce

Dr. Bill worked for a time as a finisher for Casavant Freres, in Canada.

I'm just kidding with you... mostly. It won't cost you much money, and you can decide for yourself.

I heard an interview with Yo-Yo Ma, and he said the piao tech had managed to disengage the keyborad and hammers from actually hitting the strings.The put soap on their bows, so they would slide and not play notes... It was just too cold to have the instruments sound correct. He mentioned that the Marine Band often does the same thing. I've had to play my acoustic guitar in warmer weather than they were in and it is nigh on to impossible to stay in tune with myself, much less a quartet.