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I have found my Heresy IIs to have a little less bass than my JBL 4311s. I think I get a little more bass when using my modded ST-70 though, so some of this may be the "greater than the sum of its parts" kinda thing. The HIIs are quite smooth sounding to me. I was using a small sub with them for awhile, but since moving these to another room and using the (formerly) Dynaco, have it stored. I don't find them lacking at all. Maybe a tad lean in the bass, but then I don't listen at extremely high levels. Nice comparison though. Thanks for the thoughts.

Can you work a little faster? We're anxious for the final product...

I have a set of JBL L56 speakers that I stored for a friend. Unlike the 4311's woofers that have a pleated surround, these have the foam type. They have small splits in them, but no missing pieces. Without actually having them refoamed, can a cheaper repair be made? Coat with RTV in thin layers, etc.? Dennis, you out there? Marvel

Layne Audio has some custum designed replacements for the Heresy and Heresy II, with a longer voice coil to handle low bass a little bit better. He has these brand new for $79 right now. http://layneaudio.hypermart.net/specials.htm ... and a bunch of Bose replacement parts.

Can you post a pic of what the cabinets look like? Just a single one would be fine. Are these a pretty straight forwarad box design? If so, there are a couple of ways to go about it. 1. Top/bottom and sides are butt joints. Easy to make, then you veneer to make pretty. 2. The corners are mitered (cut at 45 degrees). You can screww glue blocks on the insife of the cabinet. No veneering required, but harder to do.

I contacted Gary last Fall, to ask what componentshe used in his systems. This was the reply I received from him: I use several brands of speaker components in my speakers. I use the university T-35 tweeter,a university/EV mid range, and an Eminence woofer in my corner horns.The models AFS-1 and BFS-2 use the following drivers: Selenium ST-300 tweeter, Pro Systems mid range driver and a Pyle woofer.I build my own cross-over networks and the speaker cabinets.The cabinets are constructed from the finest quality plywood, they are built as strong and as sturdy as I know how to make them, I don't use any partical board like some other speaker builders I won't mention. I use wood screws, glue and wood cleats at the joints. The big KKS-1 corner horns, the AFS-2 and the BFS-2 have high frequency cabinets which detach from the bass sections. I use 1/4" machine bolts, nuts and lock washers to fasten these cabinet sections together.

Why would you go from digital to analog back to digital? Of course, their analog would be about the best you could get, but you would still lose something.

It will be interesting to see how they do the audio, since the original was recorded on digital at 48K. Upsample perhaps? Guess they would have to. Marvel

fini, It is going to be 3 stereo tracks. Example: Audio 1 is what you record on the camera and imports in sync with Video 1 Put music on Audio 2 This way you can fade the music up over the audio on track 1 while bringing down the audio on track 1. Balance it out the way you want to. Use track 3 for sound effects, etc. It just gives you control over the final output. 3 + 3 ought to be enough for you. The Sony stuff is very stable, and is always a plus. Just play with it until you get comfortable with it. Then you'll find it is like audio, and you will want to upgrade! Marvel

John Paul II didn't have any health problems when he bacame pope. But he did have an assassination attempt on his life. Knee or hip surgery/replacement. Parkinson's later in life I can't remember what all else. Benedict XVI is pretty healthy for 78. And there is sometimes more wisdom that comes with old age. Just ask fini! Marvel

I want to know how classes are going. I just bought an H/K 730 from Jim Cornell. He will be shipping it along on of these days after he gets my check. It will be nice to try out. How is the humidity? Do you have any stray bare wires that happen to be shorting the output? Maybe get some Deoxit and try cleaning all the pots and switches again. Marvel

Nice. Would help keep little critters out of the bass bin, eh?

---------------- On 4/22/2005 10:36:37 PM jheis wrote: Sorry Guys: I love the blues, but I actually spent a year in Biloxi when I was in the Air Force. Nothing even slightly romantic about it. I'm NEVER going back. James ---------------- That's because it was Biloxi and the AF. You are right that there is NO romance there.

JJK, The place in Atlanta who was going to do the transfer was going to put it on a mini-DV for us, so I could pull it back in to my PC with no trouble. The newer version of WMM is barely okay. iMovie works very well. The first movie our college film club did was with iMovie (first version), and they managed to get a 40 minute movie done. Stressed the iMac a bit. Not enough cpu or memory, but it did work. I only got all the Adobe products because I could get the educational pricing. At the time, the Digital Video Suite was around $425. That was for Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop and Illustrator. Premiere itself would only have been about $160. If you are doing it for education or school things, as I was, it was a great way to get them. They allow you to then upgrade, with regular upgrades, so you are not in the educational realm and can use them to make money. That's their whole intent anyway. I would still tend to get Elements or the less expensive Sony product over using iMovie or WMM. At $75 give or take, you can't go wrong. Digital8 and Mini-DV have the same resolution, because the both use a 4:1:1 compression scheme, and have over 500 lines of resolution. The camera portion of a Digital 8 make not be as good. Just like in audio, if the source isn't good, it won't matter what you record on. All consumer digital formats use a 5:1 compression. Marvel

Easy Mike. Is it 8 or Hi 8 tape? Marvel

The sweat, the stale beer, the gardenias... ceiling fan turning slow.

I never appreciated them until too late, but I always liked Koerner, Ray and Glover. Three white boys from Minneapolis. At first you think they are sloppy (well, they were in a way -- they hardly practiced together at all), and then you try to PLAY theiur music. Tricky stuff. Marvel

Do you have access to a table saw? Other power tools? Marvel

I've been using Serif Page Plus for years, and you simply cannot beat it for the price. If you aren't working with a production house you really don't need Avid. That really means most folks only need to buy what they can use to get the job done. No matter how inexpensive it is.

Didn't he catch grief for beong online while at work? Marvel

Picky, I forgot you did video work. Thanks for the input. I love Premiere, but you are tight, it has a steep learning curve. XP would be great (my two kids have XP Pro on their PCs) but I haven't wanted to spend the money yet. Win2K has been totally stable on both of my computers. The important thing is don't worry about learning everything at once. When you see something you want to know how to do, then find out. JJ, I have a 16mm film my wife did while she took a class at a jr. college. I wanted to get it transfered to tape (miniDV so I could work on it some more). I found a place in Atlanta that only wanted $125. It is approx. 11 minutes in length. However, they don't use a regular telecine unit to do the conversion, so there is no chance of them ripping out the sprocket holes. My daughter uses Avid, which she used in school. She also used Final Cut, but doesn't really like it a whole lot. Vegas is really a good product, but the layout is like using Sonic Foundry's Acid. There are fans of all of them, and all have their strong points. I agree that most folks really don't need the high end products. Two to four video track and two to four audio tracks would be fine. A dozen effects and you're all set. After Effects is way cool. Bigger drives are always better. It works out to about 13 Gig for an hour of video. Marvel

What happended to the PC board for doing various crossovers that was being tried out here? Didn't Dean have some samples to try? At the very least, you could replace the caps in your crossovers with better ones. Marvel

Coytee, It is possible, but the chance of you making a mistake are great. You can probably find a 6PDT switch. Then you just need one switch per side. A latching relay would be easier (not to wire up), so you could throw one switch and change both at the same time. I would make it more complex, and make sure that whichever side (amp) was connected to the speakers (Woofer/Mid/Tweeter) the opposite side had some kind of load, in case you flipped it the wrong way, or the relay clicked over due to some fault in the coil PS. And you would want go relays, which aren't cheap. Marvel

Greg, Yes and yes... Go to Al's site and check out his info: http://www.alkeng.com/ Left side of the screen has a link to PWK material, etc. Marvel

Peter, The earlier versions did have the access through the top. It must be very clumsy to do it that way. You would have to remover the crossover/mid horn and probably tweeter to have enough room to work. This would make it very easy for you to do the bass extesion modification though. Remove the cover, enclose the back with a piece that has the two ports in it and enjoy lower bass. Marvel