Jeff Matthews Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Well, I, for one, can vouch for Magic Pebbles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted February 21, 2013 Moderators Share Posted February 21, 2013 Well, I, for one, can vouch for Magic Pebbles. Yep the 60's and 70's were great ! [:S] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Well, I, for one, can vouch for Magic Pebbles. Yep the 60's and 70's were great ! There were 70's?????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Matthews Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 There were 70's?????? No replacing the 70's. The heyday of rock. Rock is dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxx Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 There were 70's?????? No replacing the 70's. The heyday of rock. Rock is dead. Yes, the heyday of rock... However, I don't think it is dead yet, but you really have to search hard to find some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coytee Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 I found one in my shoe. Oh wait, that was one of those magic pebbles....never mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 one of my faves is cable piers. Those are the little risers that keep the cables off the floor for improved sound. i forget the science though. has something to with the charge of ions. in all seriousness, what i really need is a high dollar power cord. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Those are the little risers that keep the cables off the floor for improved sound Keeps me from running the vacuum cleaner over them and tearing them up... [8-)]Then again, I just use zip cord for my cables, so they are cheap to replace. Bruce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Sargent Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Oh my. You didn't just bring up zip cable quality in a tube vs SS watt thread did you? That's kinda like double pneumonia or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted February 28, 2013 Moderators Share Posted February 28, 2013 What's a vacuum cleaner ? Is it to clean vacuum tubes ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeFord Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Human beings have very poor sense of spl, most of the sensation of loud is the change in distortion characteristic. It could be your amp getting loud, not the speakers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 [:^)] What's a vacuum cleaner ? Is it to clean vacuum tubes ? I find the 5 horse shop vac works quite well for getting the loose hair out of my beard. Gotta be kinda careful around the eyebrows though... Taz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Morbius Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 LOL!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyrc Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Human beings have very poor sense of spl, most of the sensation of loud is the change in distortion characteristic. Agreed. One of the old, highly distorting 1 1/2 watt transistor radios could sound "louder" -- at least to most ears -- than a powerful system with efficient speakers, and also louder than a live acoustical band, but measure much lower in SPL. It still cracks me up when someone worries that their ears may be in peril when their tiny, distorting, TV speakers seem to be too loud. The brain mistakes high distortion for high SPL, but the more experience one has with live acoustical music, the less this happens, IMO.With my Khorns (with a Belle center) 1 wt/channel is usually plenty loud. REALLY, REALLY LOUD (with a SPL meter and ears) would be 6 to 8, or perhaps 10 watts. For peak readings of 110 dB at 17 feet away (with -- perhaps 123 dB unread peaks on the leading edge of transients, since VU meter ballistics would predict that), my old power amp meter sometimes showed 25 watts, which shook windows on the other end of the house, created a good breeze in the room, temporarily threw a desk behind listening position out of square, and convinced people 4 rooms away that we were having an earthquake. Don't try this at home, unless you are willing to take some risk. Be sure the treble is not turned up and that programs like Audyssey are turned off, to safeguard the tweeters. Beware movie soundtracks in which the LFE can go down to 5 Hz (for no good reason!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyrc Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Mike, you have a private message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 As I've said before, the 4 Speakerlab SKhorns (factory built, plywood, aluminum 350s and T-35s) used in a DJ biz in the 70s played so loud and clear the SPLs were dangerous. The SKs were 8 ohm, so 2 per channel created a 4 ohm load to the Dynaco 400, which put out 300 watts/channel into 4 ohms. One time a woman called to book a return engagement. When I quoted a price, she asked, "Does that include the drummer?" It was all I could do to convince her there had not been a live drummer the first time. She'd never before experienced that much horn loaded sound in such a relatively small space. In addition to accelerating my high frequency hearing loss, all that SS power regularly fried the voice coils of the T-35s. I could call EV on Monday and a new diaphragm and an invoice for $11.00 would arrive in time for the next weekend's gig. I mailed a lot of checks to 600 Cecil St., Buchanan, MI. Those were the days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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