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I've finally gotten out to check on prices for birch ply (and others) in my area (Chattanooga). I found a place with very nice folks, who have an 11-ply birch for $35 a sheet (3/4" 4x8). It's not Baltic Birch, but another import. Has almost no grain pattern, so it is very plain. 5/8" 4x8 Meranti (mahogany species)veneer core for $30. Seems to be pretty good prices. They have all kinds of great stuff. So much better quality and cheaper than Loewe's of HD. Getting close to starting a cabinet project. Along with my plans, my son wants to build new cabs for his Heresys. Marvel

Some of the smaller cameras are great. caveats: 1. The less expensive and smaller cameras are a bit harder to hold steady. 2. They almost never have an external microphone jack. You can get over the first one with practice. One of th eguys I work with uses a Canon GL1. Cost a bit more and is a bigger camera, but he made a portable camera mount with 1/2" pipe. With a cap on one end and a 1/4" bolt through it, he can mount the camera. Partway down is a tee that has an 8" length of pipe sticking out for a handle. The verticle pipe has a five pound weight on it. Holding onto the verticle pipe near the top makes the camera very steady, as the weight on the bottom just won't let it flop around and shake. Only problem is -- it will get heavy after a while. The second can't be fixed. And there will come a time where you might want to add the external mic, if just for the improvement in AUDIO. It's the oft forgotten [art of shooting great video. Marvel

Adriano, Oops! Tom be me to it. Welcome to the forum. I believe the 'W' in the SN indicates 1981 as the year of manufacture. The crossovers will have a code on them to tell you what model they are (I don't remember what the specific years used, sorry). The label on the back would have a letter code for the type, that wiuld indicate the wood and finish. I don't think there is a manual available, just the spec sheet for the current model: La Scala Specs I am sure others will chime in with more detail, i.e., specific mid driver, etc. Marvel

Danny, Do you still have your LS? I couldn't remember if you had refinished them or not. I seem to remember you had put bases under them to raise them up a bit. Marvel

For those who didn't look at the link with the print shootout, the basics are these: CVS / Kodak Picture Station $0.29 Kodak, PerfectTouch paper Ofoto $0.29 Kodak, Duralife paper Shutterfly.com $0.39 FujiFilm, Fujicolor CrystalArchive paper Snapfish.com $0.25 Kodak, Kodak paper Walgreens Photo Center $0.29 FujiFilm, Fujicolor CrystalArchive paper Wal-Mart Photo Center $0.24 FujiFilm, Fujicolor CrystalArchive paper The overall best quality prints came from CVS. Walgreens and Wal-Mart also had excellent quality prints, but CVS's Kodak Picture Center did a slightly better job at reproducing the proper light and shadow, while retaining excellent color saturation, balance, and clarity. Ofoto's prints were the least desirable - overall, fairly dull and muddy looking, and soft in focus. Shutterfly and Snapfish had some issues with color balance, particularly the purple tinting in the blues. Shutterfly's prints also had a soft focus. CVS's advantage probably stems from the fact that it uses the Kodak Picture Center, and the Kodak Perfect Touch processing system. Interestingly, Ofoto is also owned by Kodak and its prints are on Kodak DuraLife paper, but it does not appear to be using the Perfect Touch system. The prints from Ofoto were far worse in quality than those from Kodak's own Picture Center! This is an interesting incongruity. Perhaps the various segments of Kodak are working to catch up with each other. If Ofoto switches over to Perfect Touch, their photos could potentially come out just as well as those from CVS. Overall Conclusion Snapfish won in cost, CVS won in quality, and all six services offered more or less the same speeds. So which to choose? If you can afford to spend a little bit more, I'd recommend going with CVS prints. Their Kodak Perfect Touch system produced excellent results. If cost is more of a concern, you will do very well ordering prints from Wal-Mart. Their quality is nearly as good as that of CVS, without the extra cost for prints and shipping.

Something that fills the cracks and puts a very thin coat over the whole piece will almost make those cracks seem to disappear.

I think they are about $1150 new. But no one will be paying that. If I had the money, I would be tempted. Will they come down any on the price? Since you can pick them up, ask if you could see them. Take cash -- money talks. Just be nice when you visit. Marvel

---------------- On 4/26/2005 5:32:58 AM Al Klappenberger wrote: Dean, The answer is Trachorns + ALK then, a couple of DAYS later, insall the ESNs! Al K. ---------------- Sounds like a salesman to me! Marvel

WalMart isn't using dyesub printers. They are doing chemical printing on Fuji paper stock (at least our local one is). Maybe I should say Sam's Club, because that is where my friend goes. I avoid the WalMart stores for personal reasons. http://prwdot.org/photo_shootout/ Interesting read.

My youngest will be going off to college this Fall with the computer we built. He has been using it with XP for a good two years now, trouble free. He runs Lightwave on it. Just bought and installed Sibelius (music notation software) on it, as he is a music composition major. He will not be going to school with MS Office though. I can't see spending the money. He will have Open Office though, with file compatibility with the MS products. Open Office 2 is almost released, and the beta is super stable as is. It is free software. http://www.openoffice.org Gary, the IBM laptops are super. Built sokid, and their support is very good. While I agree that the new Macs and the new Mac OS is excellent, most end users (read new college students) don't knwo how to work between two different platforms. If you want to run XP in VMWare on your Mac you also have to buy VMWare and XP. Why not just use Open Office on the Mac and save some money? Marvel

---------------- On 4/25/2005 6:51:15 PM hurdy_gurdyman wrote: My own experience with Heresys (Heresy 1's) is that what kind of bass you get with them has a lot to do with the amp used. A typical low damping tube amp flushes the bass out nicely and does not sound lacking. A typical highly damped ss amp will sound much thinner in the bass. I found my Heresys almost unlistenable with a high damped ss amp, but they were wonderful with an old Scott tube amp. The tube amp made it sound almost like someone threw the switch on the loudness control to "on". Dave ---------------- Indeed, my HIIs hooked up to my Sony receiver almost required a sub, but with my modded ST-70, they don't lack bass nearly as much. I see no need to hook the sub up to it. Does the sub still add a bit more low end? Sure, but I don't feel I need it now. To use the buzzword 'synergy' between components would be appropriate. Marvel

Look at the strips that are used on the inside of the Cornwall (this was posted by BEC). If you cut 3/4" strips from 3/4" ply, you can put screws through from the inside to hold the pieces together. Nothing will show on the outside. Same for attaching the back. This is how my Heresy IIs are put together, except they used staples and glue. It is very solid.

Since you asked... djk posted on the material to use for the foam surrounds I want to refurbish. I had to order it, but it dries clear and it looks like you could use it for this purpose as well. I ordered an 8 oz bottle through my local, out in the country True Value store, for less than $5. http://www.weldbondusa.com

ditto what he said. Can you take your digital images to anyplace similar up in Thunder Bay? Michael will hate this, but a friend of mine does weddings on the side. She uses a digital camera, edits the photos and then has her prints done at Wal-Mart too. Her photos are outstanding. The prints look great and it is way cheaper than using a photo printer at home. Of course, she wouldn't do wedding pics off a photo printer, but she just takes a CD in and comes back when they are done. Very cool. Marvel

Rick, Don't throw out the old boxes. How much memory is in them? I took a box with a 533 in it, added some more memory and installed a distro of linux. Since dumping ME off the machine it has been stable as can be. The install was flawless, identifying all the hardware. I only had to indicate U.S. English and the time zone I am in. Installed Open Office and most everything else I want on the box. Totally free. It would run faster on your 800Mhz CPUs too. Marvel

Macs are great, but check to make sure that what she needs to do at school will work okay. The college where I work hasn't had Macs for a few years because they didn't want to expend resources supporting two different systems. They do interoperate much better now. Our students brought both kinds with them. We have a large variety of laptops and desktops (Apple, Dell, Toshiba, HP, Compaq, Gateway, no names). There are just certain operating systems we don't support, as their internet access is through a wireless network set up just for the students. Gary, what is the schools address. I don't understand why they would charge for setting up the access. I'm curious and would like to contact them. Marvel

Sheeesh! My wife is still using a PII 266. She says, "It works fine..." Only because she doesn't know what she is missing. Rick, The biggest problem would be ME. I still use a dual 466 machine I built, and for most of my work at home I can't complain at all. We just don't have the money to by new boxes right now, no matter how cheap they are (and the really are getting low). Congrats. Marvel

Todd, What kind of finish have you put on those? Looks soooo nice! Usually a gloss will make the maple look even more three dimensional. Marvel

Lorenzo, Check out this link. Save all the images for reference. Build a Cornwall

There is probably veneer on both sides because they buy the mdf that way. It probably doesn't cost much more to do it that way than to get the veneer on one side only. Marvel

Heresys in 1980 were about $362 each for the lacquer finish, so $724 a pair. Current price is around $1150 a pair I believe. Heresy H-BR Birch Raw with grill cloth 311.00 H-BB Birch Black with grill cloth 311.00 H-WO Walnut OIL 362.00 H-WL Walnut Laquer 362.00 RV1 Riser base for above models add $8.00 H-RL Rosewood Laquer 475.00 H-OL Oak Laquer 475.00 H-CL Cherry Laquer 475.00 H-TO Teak Oil 475.00 RV1 Riser base for custom finish add $15.00 H-BRL Brazillian Rosewood Laquer 569.00 This was in 1980, also the price is each!

Thanks Dennis. I finally found your info on audioasylum (which seems to be having troubles). A $6 tube of Weldbond beats $25 anyday, and time is not a problem. It wouldn't matter if it took me a couple of weeks to do it. These speakers aren't even going to get stressed much once they are back in service. The original owner used to rock 'n roll with the best of them, but now that he is in his late 40s has settled down. I can understand the change in compliance. With the spits, there is now no real reference on these, so neither he nor I will really be able to tell much. They were lacking mids, which might make sense with the splits in the surround. These cross at 2.2K. He has been using a boom box for the past three years or so. They will sound great to him. If I mess up, I'll just order the refoam kits. If he gets one more year out of them I'll be happy. The walnut cabs are in perfect condition. Marvel

DizRotus, Exactly! Since all the drivers on the HII cabinets install from the front, the cutouts have to have those shapes. The tweeter driver won't fit through the slot itself, etc. Beautiful work, Tom. Marvel

And he still has all his fingers too. Very nice work Darrell. From that last shot, it looks like you have a sealer or finish of some sort on those parts. Is it just the way the shot looks? Marvel

Do you want new ones to be black as well? You could use small nails to attach the pieces. With good glue, they will hold, and the black finish will cover the small, filled nail holes. Biscuits should work too. If you have the tools, this should be an easy box to make. Pull one of the woofers out of the one that is messed up and see if it is a round hole or shaped funny. Then you can see how the box is made internally. Isn't this a vinyl covered cabinet and not real wood on the outside?