Invidiosulus

I wondered where you were Glad to hear you were able to take part in the ride. I went to the zoo this weekend. How are the tubes and heresy's sounding? It looks as if when I go home next week that I'll be able to bring back my dads EL84 based Knight integrated, If we can come up with the EL84's it needs. Peace, Josh

Tweeeeeeeeet. How many of those are you planning on using in your new center?? Congrats on being able get what you wanted. Peace, Josh

---------------- On 4/11/2003 10:37:44 PM skonopa wrote: - think I go spoiled by my Klipsch setup ). ---------------- I feel that way even when I go into a thx certified movie theater Peace, Josh

Hi, My yamaha htr-5540 reciever has the ability to decode 6.1 DTS tracks(The Fellowship of the Ring to be specific) but it only has a five channel amplifier so it averages the center surround channel between the left and right surround channels. Obviously the ability to do this would vary depending on the reciever. Seeing as how my yamaha is a relatively inexpensive model I would think that most of the nicer recievers would be able to do this without a problem. Peace, Josh

Technically every 3dB louder is a doubling of watts used. The heresy for example is 96dB 1watt 1meter, so 99dB should be 2 watts, 102dB = 4watts, 105dB = 8watts, 108dB = 16watts, 111dB = 32watts, 114dB = Stinkin LOUD. So depending on your speakers you might not be using that much power. Peace, Josh

Andy, If i remember correctly the H/K330 is not a twin powered unit. I think the twin powered models start with the 430. Just something to keep in mind before you go jumping on a new amp. Peace, Josh

From what I have read there isn't really much you can do to the box if you aare going to keep the existing K-22 woofer. As I understand it the K-22 used in the heresy is intended to work in a sealed box the size of the cabinet it is already in. If you start changing the box size or adding ports you are going to effect the cushion/vaccuum of air inside the box which helps to keep the woofer from overextending at higher volumes. I also believe that changing the box would alter the relative sensitivity of the woofer which could mean you would have to redesign the crossover as well. For most types of music I find the heresy to have plenty of bass. Only when cranking up Techno(not often) or some classical do I find myself thinking that it would be nice to have a little more bass. In my opinion the heresy is a pretty complete speaker as it is, you may find that you just need to add a nice subwoofer to fill out the low end. Peace, Josh

I have mine set so that the surrounds and center are set to read the same as the mains. Otherwise your surrounds will sound to loud if they are rather close. Peace, Josh

I did a mod on my heresy's that seemed to tighten up the bass a little. I took a piece of 3/4" mdf and cut it to the same size as the back panel of the heresy and cut out a hole for where the speaker terminals are and then I took a some longer wood screws then the originals and sandwiched the original back onto the cabinet with the mdf. I used the original back pieces to make sure I had the holes for the screws lined up right. Also, I used some self adhesive weather stripping on the mdf so it would seal to the back and not have any chance of vibrating when screwed down tight. The improvement is not greatly noticable and really only makes a difference when I crank up the volume. Before I did the mod I noticed that even when screwed down correctly the back of the heresy was vibrating a good bit at higher volumes and this seemed to be coloring the midbass somewhat. I am kind of curious as to why the heresy was built with only a 1/2" thick back. The back seemed to have more movement then the motorboard itself. One of these days I'm going to get around to trying the caulk on the horns. Right now however I'm kinda lazy and don't feel like opening up the cabinets again. I think for now I'll just try some caulk on my head because it tends to vibrate at high volumes(as does the rest of my apartment) causing some unwanted doppler effects I just thought I'd share. Peace, Josh

I couldn't quite remember what 110dB sounded like so I had to crank up some music and see. "Back in Black" at 110dB just kind of makes Angus' guitar climb inside my head. Not to bad for just 2 old heresy's. Peace, Josh

Dave, I'm sure the Revolution is a great deal at that price. However I still don't have that kind of money right now. If I had $65 I would have propably just gone ahead and bought a cheap cd player. As it is right now I'm living on student loans and my audio budget is made up of what I can bum off of people on the street. Hey mister, I haven't had a good meal in three days can you spare some change? If I get enough quarters I can get a pair of klipschhorns.(jk) The sound blaster live meets my needs for hooking up my pc to my receiver at this point(something I don't often do). One annoying fact about the sblive though is that with the digital output it converts everything(even cd audio) to 16/48kHz. My pc(the newest of three) is so loud that it measures 64dB at my ear level when I'm at my desk This is why I am thinking of going battery powered or perhaps using a powered external drive bay that marvel has sitting around back home. My whole point in doing the experiment with the cd drive was to have a quiet(er) cd player that would cost me nothing, all of the cables and connectors I bought cost me about $3.00 even though I bought double of what I needed. I'm thinking of taking the spares and trying it on the analog out. Besides, I enjoy tinkering. That's what makes this hobby great(that and listening to music). Peace, Josh

A couple of days ago I got really fed up with using my Playstation2 as a cd player due to the noise of it's cooling fan. Since I didn't have it in my budget(and won't for a while)to go out and buy a real cd player I started experimenting with what I had lying around the apartment. I realized that one of the CD-ROM drives in my computer had the extra play/track advance button on the front which would allow me to play CD's without it being hooked up to a computer. I decided I would try the straight digital output on the back of the drive assumung it was a standard 16/44.1 I now just needed an adapter that would go from the little flat 2 pin connecter on the back of the drive to an rca so I could plug it into the coaxial digital input on the back of my yamaha receiver. After an hour or so of drooling over all the junk in the local used/surplus electronics store I reemerged into the light with the following items. The red and black 4 pin connector was all I could find that was the right size for the back of the drive so I just cut it in half with my trusty spyderco and used one of the little crimp on phone splicers to connect the cables together(since I don't have a soldering iron). Right now I'm using a computer power suply to power the drive but seeing as how it runs on 12vdc and 5vdc I may try wiring up a battery pack and seeing how that sounds. Right now the sound itself seems noticeably better then my PS2. The CD-rom drive seems to have more clarity and a litle better definition with the sound overall not sounding as muddied, although before I made the switch I would have described the sound as anything but muddy. Now I just need to see how this sounds through a tube amp Peace, Josh

I'm not quite sure if these are like yours or not but it looks like you have great cause for rejoicing. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3016758070&category=3284 Lucky dog Peace, Josh

I don't think wax works very well as a speaker stand. This is epecially true if your stand is next to a tube amp. It wouldn't take long for the heat from the tubes to melt the wax and cause your speakers to fall over. Peace, Josh

Wow the altecs at that price is enough to make me turn the color of your couch. Congrats on the great deal. Nice furniture, we used to have a fridge that color. Peace, Josh

I think the heresies work great for most kinds of music. They don't have the deepest bottom end but the bass that they do have is (imo) fairly articulate. This being the case I absolutely love the midrange and highs that the heresies have. The heresies seem to have a midrange that reaches out and pokes me with a palpable force. I haven't heard any of the reference series but I can say I feel the heresy is a great speaker for most types of music. For other types of music that you feel require more bass slam and low end impact, you might consider using some heresies with a high quality sub. Peace, Josh

I still snipe the old fahioned way. When I won my heresies on ebay I got in there in the last 5 seconds and threw in my maximum bid. It turns out that my max bid was 1 cent higher then the guy I had been bidding against throughout the auction As it was I ended up with a pair of '81 heresies for $300.01 They are kind of beat looking but well worth the extra penny I threw on with my max bid. Peace, Josh

Nice, Congratulations on having it all work out. So I guess the heresies and H/K430 get to go to college after all Peace, Josh

---------------- On 4/7/2003 1:10:24 AM boomer9911 wrote: If you want "true" THX, 1st, you have to have "true" THX speakers, next, "true" THX speaker cable, then, "true" THX components, and then, "true" THX rated interconnects...BLAH BLAH ---------------- Not to mention a full THX experience only comes with a THX certified room. Seriously, the specs for a THX theater require among other things, that it have a seperate concrete slab for the floor and walls so the walls are not mechanically connected to the floor, a room that is tuned to a flat frequency respense between 40 and 15,000 Hz. THX when it originally came out(Return of the Jedi) was a way for george lucas to ensure that star wars movie goers would have the optimum viewing experience. This site is great for looking up info on DTS http://www.dtsonline.com/ A complete list of titles available in DTS is available here http://www.dtsonline.com/home/dvdvideo.pdf I think I only have 2 of the movies on that list Oh well, who cares, 2 channel is where it's at. Peace, Josh

A number of years ago when a squirrel found it's way down the chimney of my great aunt and uncles house my great uncle was all for going after it with his shotgun. Fortunately(for the squirrel) his wife convinced him that shooting a squirrel with a 12 gauge while inside the house wass not a good thing. Man would that have been a mess. Peace, Josh

Saying that you prefer DTS over THX doesn't really make sense. THX is a set of standards. DTS is a method of encoding the sound. Comparing the two is definetely an apples/oranges kind of thing. As far as DTS goes since it is not a set of standards but an encoding method, you could have a DTS receiver that sounded aweful. Having a DTS receiver merely means that it can decode a DTS audio track. Peace, Josh

There have been search engines like this available for at least the past 5 years. A buddy of mine and I discovered this one day at work and didn't think that much of it. Besides, Big Br... Oops, I mean, the gov't knows where you are anyway. Peace, Josh

Between 90 and 100 dB depending on the situation. Extended periods of around 100 dB can be a little hard to take, this could be due to my SS yamaha amp. I'll take it up to around 110 when I have friends over and I'm showing off my beat up 22 year old speakers Peace, Josh

Hmm, This is kind of wierd. My dad has an old knight amp that he is currently fixing up. If he gets it up and running by the time I go home on spring break there is a good chance that it might come to live with my heresies for a while. Just an odd coincidence. Peace, Josh

---------------- On 4/3/2003 2:32:38 PM dbflash wrote: m00n, Some advice... Stay off the ladder while you are on vacation. ---------------- And all this time I thought he had trouble staying on the ladder. I'm glad you got those belle's up to speed. Enjoy the music. Peace, Josh