Kilowatter

No. it's not a Marantz amp. Yesterday, I was going through one of the drawers on the 10" radial arm saw I inherited from my grandad last fall and in the drawer where he had kept his picture frame hammers, nails, etc. I found torn card w/ 3 small envelopes stapled to it that read: "Goldentone Sololist" and "Guardian of your records". I was trying to figure out what they where when it dawned on me that they were old phonograph needles.. on the back of the packages they read: "Plays 3 to 5 records with high fidelity" and "50 needles 10 cents" I know they are old, but was wondering if any RKIs here knew approximately how old and if they have any collectors value? Thanks ------------------ Denon AVR-3802 Denon DCD-1520 Sanyo DS31590 31" TV Panasonic A120U DVD Sony SLV-N71 Hi-Fi VCR RCA Satellite System Klipsch Tangent 5000 mains Klipsch Tangent 1000 rears Klipsch Tangent Center Theater

quote: Originally posted by djk: "I bypassed the burned out link fuse and it worked fine for several years after. " The next time you have a party it will just burst into flames instead. I can imagine that all your fuses have either a penny behind them or tin-foil. Safety? Fusible links in the transformer primary are a one-shot on purpose, the insulation has been overheated. If concerned about safety, get a new transformer. The next time you have a party, rent an amp from a music store. The amp had a main fuse protection in it(AGC type). That is why I did not replace the link fuse w/ a inline. the link fuse was "hidden" inside the transformer and of a lesser value than the main, since it blew and the main did not. The tranformer showed no signs of overheating i.e. discolored windings and/or burnt odor. ------------------ Denon AVR-3802 Denon DCD-1520 Sanyo DS31590 31" TV Panasonic A120U DVD Sony SLV-N71 Hi-Fi VCR RCA Satellite System Klipsch Tangent 5000 mains Klipsch Tangent 1000 rears Klipsch Tangent Center Theater

Several years ago my brother-in-laws Pioneer integrated amp did the same thing. He had it cranked up really loud and it just quit. I checked it out for him and what I found was Pioneer had a fuse link hidden in the transformer on the input (120 vac) side. If I remember correctly it also had a AGC type fuse. I bypassed the burned out link fuse and it worked fine for several years after. P.S.The link fuse was stuffed down in the windings. use a multimeter to find it or take it to a repair shop and tell them what to look for. ------------------ Denon AVR-3802 Denon DCD-1520 Sanyo DS31590 31" TV Panasonic A120U DVD Sony SLV-N71 Hi-Fi VCR RCA Satellite System Klipsch Tangent 5000 mains Klipsch Tangent 1000 rears Klipsch Tangent Center Theater

I Received a email from Grizzly Industrial the other day on their closeout items and while checking it out I came across 4' x 8' sheets of wrap-around veneer in Red Oak, Cherry, Pine, and Walnut. I don't know if the prices are a deal or not, but i thought I would pass it along. http://www.grizzlyoutlet.com/items- list.cfm?ObjectGroup_ID=360080&listtype=group&?&User_ID=59573&St=7894&St2=-49555125&St3=45022863&DS_ID=1 ------------------ Denon AVR-3802 Denon DCD-1520 Sanyo DS31590 31" TV Panasonic A120U DVD Sony SLV-N71 Hi-Fi VCR RCA Satellite System Klipsch Tangent 5000 mains Klipsch Tangent 1000 rears Klipsch Tangent Center Theater This message has been edited by Kilowatter on 01-26-2002 at 06:23 AM

quote: Originally posted by Beatjunky: Anyone ever used something called Tung Oil? Saw some of this next to some linseed oil and was wondering which might be better for the wood? Thanks for any response. tung oil is good for raw wood becuase it will soak in and really bring out the grain. ------------------ Denon AVR-3802 Denon DCD-1520 Sanyo DS31590 31" TV Panasonic A120U DVD Sony SLV-N71 Hi-Fi VCR RCA Satellite System Klipsch Tangent 5000 mains Klipsch Tangent 1000 rears Klipsch Tangent Center Theater

It doesn't hurt to keep the cables as neat as possible, if just from a trouble shooting standpoint. On my system, I mainly concerned myself with trying to keep the AC power cords to the equipment away from the speaker and interconnect cables to avoid any induced noise from the AC. ------------------ Denon AVR-3802 Denon DCD-1520 Sanyo DS31590 31" TV Panasonic A120U DVD Sony SLV-N71 Hi-Fi VCR RCA Satellite System Klipsch Tangent 5000 mains Klipsch Tangent 1000 rears Klipsch Tangent Center Theater

The purpose of the spikes isn't to elevate the speakers. Their purpose is to "anchor" the cabinets to the floor. When I bought my T-5000s from a co-worker, he said he had some spiked "feet" for them that he had never used and when he located them, he would give them to me. I had had the speakers for about a month when he brought them in to work. I put them on the next day and noticed a immediate improvement in the bass response. It was definately tighter and more defined. My living room floor is carpet over cement slab and the spikes penetrated the carpet, anchoring the speakers to the cement thus eliminating the speakers "floating" on the carpet. If you have a carpeted floor, then the spikes are a improvement in my opinion. ------------------ Denon AVR-3802 Denon DCD-1520 Sanyo DS31590 31" TV Panasonic A120U DVD Sony SLV-N71 Hi-Fi VCR RCA Satellite System Klipsch Tangent 5000 mains Klipsch Tangent 1000 rears Klipsch Tangent Center Theater

quote: Originally posted by synthfreek: What about 60 year old movies being THX certified???!!! I mean Sleeping Beauty is classic but is the sound quality good enough to be THX approved? It is if you are willing to pay Lucas for the certification. ------------------ Denon AVR-3802 Tangent 5000 mains Tangent 1000 rears Tangent Center Theater Sanyo DS31590 31" TV Panasonic A120U DVD Sony SLV-N71 Hi-Fi VCR RCA Satellite System This message has been edited by Kilowatter on 12-29-2001 at 09:14 AM

According to a chart I copied from this board, a center match for the KG4 is a SC-1 (and SS-1 for surrounds) ------------------ Denon AVR-3802 Tangent 5000 mains Tangent 1000 rears Tangent Center Theater Sanyo DS31590 31" TV Panasonic A120U DVD Sony SLV-N71 Hi-Fi VCR RCA Satellite System

quote: Originally posted by synthfreek: I agree completely. Letterboxed is how the director(artist) created his work so why should anyone watch it any other way? I've never watched a movie from inside of a pill box. That's pretty cool that it's letter-boxed from in there. :-) I agree that letterbox isn't as much of a issue with larger screen TVs. The exception is a copy of "True Lies" that I have in which the letterbox is so extreme that the black "bars" take up approximately 1/2 of the screen. On my other widescreen movies I was able to eliminate most of the black bars by "lying" to my DVD player and telling it I have a widescreen TV. This narrows the bars down to about 2" top and bottom which is barely noticable. As far as the pill box goes, I suspect that from inside one of those, the whole world is "letterboxed"! pill box= slang for a reinforced concrete bunker with narrow, horizontal, viewing/firing ports. ------------------ Denon AVR-3802 Tangent 5000 mains Tangent 1000 rears Tangent Center Theater Sanyo DS31590 31" TV Panasonic A120U DVD Sony SLV-N71 Hi-Fi VCR RCA Satellite System This message has been edited by Kilowatter on 12-28-2001 at 11:41 AM

I bought a Denon 3802 for $899 a couple of months ago and it is a great receiver. Plenty of power and sound great! ------------------ Denon AVR-3802 Tangent 5000 mains Tangent 1000 rears Tangent Center Theater Sanyo DS31590 31" TV Panasonic A120U DVD Sony SLV-N71 Hi-Fi VCR RCA Satellite System

No, not really "new" to DVD. I've had the player for over a year and we have about 90 DVDs in our collection so far. (fiance loves her Ebay ) I just personally don't like that format. It feels like I'm watching TV from a pill box. I suspect that 90% of the households have 4:3 aspect TVs, yet hollyweird insists on releasing new movies in letterbox format only. Why? Some of the DVDs I have are dual sided w/ both formats. Whay not make them all that way so we have a choice. The dual sided DVDs are the same price, so that isn't a issue. I guess I just don't like the idea that if I want the high quality audio and video of DVD, I have to put up with the wide screen format when it isn't neccessary. ------------------ Denon AVR-3802 Tangent 5000 mains Tangent 1000 rears Tangent Center Theater Sanyo DS31590 31" TV Panasonic A120U DVD Sony SLV-N71 Hi-Fi VCR RCA Satellite System

quote: Originally posted by matthew2: Kilowatter, what do you mean the format is in full screen? I hate movie's in 4:3. Is the DVD able to go into letterobx? The version I purchased is full screen. It is also available in widescreen. I am just the opposite and dislike the letterbox format on my 31" Sanyo. ------------------ Denon AVR-3802 Tangent 5000 mains Tangent 1000 rears Tangent Center Theater Sanyo DS31590 31" TV Panasonic A120U DVD Sony SLV-N71 Hi-Fi VCR RCA Satellite System

quote: Originally posted by Jim Cornell: My aol got the trojan horse virus, thats what the problem was, if aol caint protect the users the hell with them! Regards Jim I know what ya mean. A couple of weeks ago when that Badtrans virus was going around I got hit 7 or 8 different times through both my ISP email account and my Hotmail account. Fortunately, my Norton anti-virus captured and quarantined them. Hotmail is supposed to scan email with McAffee before you receive it, but they evidently dropped the ball on that one. ------------------ Denon AVR-3802 Tangent 5000 mains Tangent 1000 rears Tangent Center Theater Sanyo DS31590 31" TV Panasonic A120U DVD Sony SLV-N71 Hi-Fi VCR RCA Satellite System

Glad to see ya back. didn't quite understand what you meant by your AOL being stolen though. There are 9 pairs of Heresys for sale on Ebay right now. You might check them out. http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?MfcISAPICommand=GetResult&ht=1&ebaytag1=ebayreg&query=Klipsch+Heresy&query2=Klipsch+Heresy&search_option=1&exclude=&category0=&minPric e=&ma>http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?MfcISAPICommand=GetResult&ht=1&ebaytag1=ebayreg&query=Klipsch+Heresy&query2=Klipsch+Heresy&search_option=1&exclude=&category0=&minPri ce=&ma xPrice=&ebaytag1code=0&st=&SortProperty=MetaEndSort ------------------ Denon AVR-3802 Tangent 5000 mains Tangent 1000 rears Tangent Center Theater Sanyo DS31590 31" TV Panasonic A120U DVD Sony SLV-N71 Hi-Fi VCR RCA Satellite System This message has been edited by Kilowatter on 12-13-2001 at 02:59 AM

This movie is pretty much J.P. standard fare; people running and dinosaurs eating them. The DTS sound track is very good with lots of bass and wide dynamics. The best part for me personally is the format is full screen. On a scale of 1 to 10 I'd give it a 7. A good movie to add to your collection. ------------------ Denon AVR-3802 Tangent 5000 mains Tangent 1000 rears Tangent Center Theater Sanyo DS31590 31" TV Panasonic A120U DVD Sony SLV-N71 Hi-Fi VCR RCA Satellite System

I plan to attempt building LaScala replica speakers in the near future. My question is, since the origional horn lenses are near impossible to find, will the JBL 2370A lense make a suitable sustitute for the mid-horn? It's heigth and width dimensions are very close to the original. Thanks. http://www.jblpro.com/pages/components/2370a.htm ------------------ Denon AVR-3802 Tangent 5000 mains Tangent 1000 rears Tangent Center Theater Sanyo DS31590 31" TV Panasonic A120U DVD Sony SLV-N71 Hi-Fi VCR RCA Satellite System

According to the chart I got from this board, a modern match for your speakers would be a RF 7 center and RS 3 surrounds. (see attachment) HTH John ------------------ Denon AVR-3802 Tangent 5000 mains Tangent 1000 rears Tangent Center Theater Sanyo DS31590 31" TV Panasonic A120U DVD Sony SLV-N71 Hi-Fi VCR RCA Satellite System

I found this site while searching for speaker parts. They have plans for sale to build a audiophile quality folded horn powered subwoofer that looks real interesting. http://www.decware.com/wicked1.htm you might want to check out their support forum on the WO32 for people who are building them. http://www.decware.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi They also have plans for a subwoofer called the House Wrecker that they claim will provide serious bass (enough to cause minor damage) in rooms fromm 144 square feet to 32,000 square feet! http://www.decware.com/hwk15.htm I've been kicking around the idea of building my own subwoofer and thought I'd pass this along to those of you with the same idea. John ------------------ Denon AVR-3802 Tangent 5000 mains Tangent 1000 rears Tangent Center Theater Sanyo DS31590 31" TV Panasonic A120U DVD Sony SLV-N71 Hi-Fi VCR RCA Satellite System

$21.77 shipped from Deep Discount DVD http://www.deepdiscountdvd.com/index.cfm Here's where I go to search for the best online DVD prices. http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdhtml2 ------------------ Denon AVR-3802 Tangent 5000 mains Tangent 1000 rears Tangent Center Theater Sanyo DS31590 31" TV Panasonic A120U DVD Sony SLV-N71 Hi-Fi VCR RCA Satellite System

Two K-horns and a Belle for $1299!!! Who cares what color they are; they can be refinished. If I had the room for them, I'd definately make a trip to N.C. for that price! http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1297497233 ------------------ Denon AVR-3802 Tangent 5000 mains Tangent 1000 rears Tangent Center Theater Sanyo DS31590 31" TV Panasonic A120U DVD Sony SLV-N71 Hi-Fi VCR RCA Satellite System

quote: Originally posted by Diggs: What is Superbit? Is this some new type of format? It is enhanced DVDs developed for "high end" home theater equipment. There are currently 5 movie releases with the enhanced picture and sound. See link for a reveiw. http://www.dvdtalk.com/superbit.html ------------------ Denon AVR-3802 Tangent 5000 mains Tangent 1000 rears Tangent Center Theater Sanyo DS31590 31" TV Panasonic A120U DVD Sony SLV-N71 Hi-Fi VCR RCA Satellite System

Excellent movie!!! I just purchased the Superbit DVD version at the local Walmart and all I can say is...WOW!!! Superb audio and visual!!! In my opinion it is a noticable improvement over standard DVDs. This movie really put my home theater system to work. It has well balanced 5.1 audio with a wide dynamic range that isn't overpowering. I highly recommend this movie in the Superbit format. ------------------ Denon AVR-3802 Tangent 5000 mains Tangent 1000 rears Tangent Center Theater Sanyo DS31590 31" TV Panasonic A120U DVD Sony SLV-N71 Hi-Fi VCR RCA Satellite System

I have mine hooked up to the system and it wasn't what I'd call a "hassle". Hooked it up like I normally would through the VCR to the TV, then added patch cords for the audio and S-video "out" to the tv/dbs "in" on my receiver. ( "monitor out" S-video on receiver is hooked to S-video "in' on TV. A much better picture than the co-ax can provide) Having the co-ax hooked up through VCR gives me the option of watching the tube without haveng the H/T on. Denon AVR-3802 Tangent 5000 mains Tangent 1000 rears Tangent Center Theater Sanyo DS31590 31" TV Panasonic A120U DVD Sony SLV-N71 Hi-Fi VCR RCA Satellite System

I'm working on setting up a surround system. My main speakers are Tangent 5000s. I found a pair of Tangent 1000 bookshelfs for sale that I'm considering for the rears. My question is: The SPL for the 5000s is rated at 99dB while the 1000s are rated at 91dB. What effect will this have on setup? Will the mains overwelm the rears? Thanks John