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Yes and the woman who burned her leg with hot coffee while driving deserved 8 million dollars. Damn, I should have about a billion dollars in the bank by now. Joe, you are talking sense, the rest? Sorry, while we watch our constitution go bye bye we tolerate this also. Rant over.
EDIT: And what about the lawsuits against the fast food places? When did they ever tell us it was health food and we should eat too much and then sit in front of the TV until our brains were mush? Rant over, part II
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----------------On 1/29/2005 12:12:35 AM arfz28 wrote:Well this is the last picture thank god, I never knew I took this many. Here is a picture of the mach ones with their new refoamed woofers. Not bad for my first refoam job.OH HOW DO THEY SOUND,I HOOKED THEM UP TO MY SANSUI 8080 AND THEY SOUND DANG GOOD, LOTS OF BASS. I am really happy with the refoam job and cost about 35 bucks for the kit which did both speakers. So dont throw those old classic woofers away just refoam them. Hope this might be helpfull for any one that might be interested in refoaming thier speakers.----------------
Nice looking job arf, must have taken alot of patience. Where did you order your replacement foam from? Randy
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bunch of sleepy heads
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Work at a drug manufacturing company and do alot of their IQ, OQ certification and monthly checks. Not many people would know what a hygrometer did,,,,Except for Fini of course. Hah, you didn't get the last post on this one Fini! Randy
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Oh what the heck, really are you all serious? You bought NOS tubes at a price that can't be beat, guaranteed and you are pissed off. Try to reason it out. Have you ever cleaned and checked out a tube on a tester? No is the answer I'll bet. It would take more time than 5 dollars would buy. For craps sake it would be a money loser. What do you get paid for an hours work? Not just your hourly but with all of the benefits and all. If you are a construction worker probably about 45 dollars. White collare even more. I'm thinking 1/2 hour minimum to check and clean your tube. 25 dollars added to your 5 dollar tube. Get real. Sorry, can't bare to hear grown men cry.
Whew, just kidding fellows.LOL Yeah, I wouldn't buy anything from Ned. Heck I bet he just bought a gallon of gas on all the money he ripped off you on that tube deal. SUCKA!
By the way, Caig Deoxit would be good on the pins after cleaning. Anything you use to get the oxidation off will take off the markings on the tubes so be carefull. The green or white scuff pads will work without chemicals to get the scrungees off before the caig.
Just kidding up above but maybe you should think about what you're saying before dogging someone.
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----------------On 1/23/2005 3:01:34 PM Clipped and Shorn wrote:fini,I think it is done with a precision hygrometer.c7sIs an amp's damping factor measured with a scope? I know, sounds like a dumb question...----------------
Clipped, when and where do you use a hygrometer, not a hand held surely?
72.2F, 42.2RH
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On 1/24/2005 4:17:15 PM AnalOg wrote:
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I'm not positive but I believe that window screen would make a difference in what you would hear. If you want to try it go ahead, it'd be easy enough to remove.
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----------------On 1/23/2005 3:00:06 AM white_shadow wrote:The 0 dB level is a THX certification standard. At 0 dB your system should be at the dB level experienced in a movie theater or what the sound engineers intended when it was mixed.Your system should be capable of playing at 0 dB. If not something is not up to spec. It is loud, but so is a movie theater.The 1/2 mark is just a coincidence.----------------
White_shadow, the 0 db level on a pair of speakerws that are rated at 88db @ 1 watt at 1 meter is not going to be the same as with a speaker capable of 104db @ 1 watt at 1 meter. The difference might cause hearing damage.
Not knowing the speakers that were used to get this (standard) movie experience I'd ignore all of the pretty numbers and set the gain control to a comfortable level and enjoy. Happy listening.
Randy
Edited white_shadows name, I had it wrong.
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1 indy
2 everything
3 summer
4 everyone
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----------------When I was in junior high, I strapped the speaker from a transistor radio to the mouthpiece of my Sousaphone. Perhaps I was ahead of my time...----------------
LOL, thanks Bob,as I wipe the tears from my face
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Hey Joe,
Good luck on your rebuild. Have had a few bikes over the years myself but am currently without. 1952 EL, 196? Tiger, 196? Triumph 500, 1968 Bonneville,67 Bonneville,1974 BMW R-60, 1977 Sportster(biggest pc of poop owned)1971 Honda 750,various dirt bikes and my favorite a stock 1957 74,black and white full dresser. Sold it to feed my three kids back around 1977.
Used a Counterpoint 7.0 tube preamp and a Hafler 220 solid state amp for years and both gave good service and sounded great to me. The solid state amp would be generally easier on upkeep compared to a tubed. Not always but it has been so for me. I don't mind the sometime aggravation of owning old gear but can easily see how one could be turned off by the problems that occur. It seems that the preamps stay together better, I believe because of less stress on the components.
Enjoy,,Randy
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How about the 190 proof everclear that they sell in liquor stores?
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----------------On 1/19/2005 12:51:03 AM 3dzapper wrote:Randy, Your Marks look marvelous!I couldn't make up my mind which boards to get for my Mark III project. Finally I decided to go with Tubesforhifi.com boards mainly for the individual bias adjustments. I'm just going to K-ball the trannies and build new chassis for them.Craig, Do you remember if you upped the coupling cap values?Rick----------------
Rick, thanks for the complement. My welding buddy at work filled in the corners and some holes that weren't stock. Took them down to a chomeplater and had them done. $175.00 I didn't think that was too bad.
Have the individual bias controls installed as well. Haven't tried them in triode mode yet but probably wil soon. Wonder how the KT-90's would sound on this thing?? Craig would the bias have to be changed from the 6550's?
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Timmi, hope you have some better luck this year buying equipment. Did you ever get any satisfaction out of this. Any of the bad guys get caught? Randy
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Thanks Bryan,guess it won't hurt to try it on a couple of cheap records. Randy
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Your popping may have done in the midrange driver. Hopefully not. Don't know the speakers you have. If they are in warranty you're in luck, if not open them up and see if the connections inside are in good shape. If they are I don't know anything else to check. Maybe someone else here can help. If not it is off to the dealer.
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Bryan, what is a swifter. It doesn't have any chemicals in it that would eat vinyl does it? Does it knock out static? Just curious. Listen to vinyl now and again but don't have a system down to clean yet. Randy
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I lost the photo's of the rebuild when my computer died.
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---------------Hey where the heck are all the VRD owners around here ??? Oh they're systems sound so good they don't waste time here no more
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Have you no shame Craig?
Craig helped me install the Triode mod in my MK-II's over the phone. As with Gary's the only parts left stock are the transformers and sheet metal, pic in next post. Alot of patience with no benefit to himself. Thanks again Craig.Switch them in and out with some MC-60's. I can't decide which I like best. The MK'II's are cleaner sounding but the Mac has more warmth. OH the pain. (DR. Taylor in Lost in Space)EDIT:DR.Smith, duh
Hope to get together with some of the members here one of these days and listen to some different gear. The VFD's come to mind. Who wants to get together around Cincinnati? I can host a small get together.
Randy
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----------------On 1/18/2005 5:18:11 PM 007 wrote:well, i swapped my front and rear channels in software mode, and the poping has stopped, it looks like it could me the front Left dac in my revo. Dammnit that thing was expensive!----------------
Hopefully still under warranty?
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I know this is simple but have you tried switching your speakers around to see if it follows your speaker or is in a component? Have you made sure your connections are tight,they can go bad. Let us know if you've tried these actions.
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I know I could having mono blocks but have no idea on your stuff. There might be a problem with the 90's being more efficient and sounding better just because they are louder, I've heard it is a sales trick. Any body else here know.
Just off the top of my head if you have a way to bias all the output tubes I don't see how it would hurt the amp. If you have a way to to balance out the output it would be kool to try. Randy
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I wish I had thought this all out and been a member of this forum before getting rid of the hand built khorns I had. The room they were in was too narrow and the listening distance too far away.
Using false walls or turning the top end out would probably have solved the problem. Never to old to learn something.