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KurtfromLaQuinta
Location: Really deep in the heart of South California Gender:
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Jan 26, 2012 - 4:27pm |
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bokey wrote: What a cool idea!!Now this the reason I wade through the screeching,psychotic rantings at RP-sometimes you find a hidden nugget like this.I may not try this anytime soon,but once work commences on La Casa de Bokey,I'll have to install one of these for temporary speakers for the deck/patio/horseshoe pit/backyard bass pond.
Just remember to stay away from the 120.
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KurtfromLaQuinta
Location: Really deep in the heart of South California Gender:
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Jan 26, 2012 - 4:24pm |
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ScottFromWyoming wrote:Well that's what I thought but then I was all plug-outlet-plug-outlet waitaminit. Plus the extension cord's 14 ga or heavier maybe so you can get away with running it 50 or 100 feet maybe. I ran 14's @100'. It worked really well. I could put a speaker at each end of the house. The real hassle was driving around the house to find the sweet spot of the FM signal. Pulling stations in from almost 150 to 180 miles away with mountains between them and me was a challenge. It was worth it. I live in a desert... both geographically and musically. And to this day, it hasn't changed at all. Even with at least 5 different " rock" FM stations. Sheesh.
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DaveInSaoMiguel
Location: No longer in a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA Gender:
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Jan 26, 2012 - 2:39pm |
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GeneP59 wrote: Go figure. It was still cold everyday until I GOT the part and installed it.
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GeneP59
Location: On the edge of tomorrow looking back at yesterday. Gender:
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Jan 26, 2012 - 2:36pm |
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DaveInVA wrote: The online place that sold me the one that came broken is refusing to refund or replace it and told me tough luck so I had to file a complaint with Fleabay and have to wait that out. A couple days ago a plumber friend of mine let me use his account to buy an ignitor locally at one of the places that only sell to contractors. They didn't have an OEM part like the online place and I had to get a generic 120v part. I had to modify the bracket to make it fit but it works and was only $7 more than the online one. Of course its been 60 everyday since so now I dont need it (yet).
Go figure.
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DaveInSaoMiguel
Location: No longer in a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA Gender:
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Jan 26, 2012 - 2:32pm |
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GeneP59 wrote: I've got that archived on my HD. Just did a search and it's there. I'll have to get it un-zipped.
As for the Pro-ject Debut III it's out of my price range right now.
Thanks
BTW how did it go with the heater part?
Oh and you'd be better off to just keep using the Onkyo over any of the entry level ones until you can get something better. You can put a better cartridge on the Onkyo and that will improve the sound quite a bit.
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DaveInSaoMiguel
Location: No longer in a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA Gender:
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Jan 26, 2012 - 2:30pm |
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GeneP59 wrote: I've got that archived on my HD. Just did a search and it's there. I'll have to get it un-zipped.
As for the Pro-ject Debut III it's out of my price range right now.
Thanks
BTW how did it go with the heater part?
The online place that sold me the one that came broken is refusing to refund or replace it and told me tough luck so I had to file a complaint with Fleabay and have to wait that out. A couple days ago a plumber friend of mine let me use his account to buy an ignitor locally at one of the places that only sell to contractors. They didn't have an OEM part like the online place and I had to get a generic 120v part. I had to modify the bracket to make it fit but it works and was only $7 more than the online one. Of course its been 60 everyday since so now I dont need it (yet).
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GeneP59
Location: On the edge of tomorrow looking back at yesterday. Gender:
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Jan 26, 2012 - 2:25pm |
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DaveInVA wrote: I use Audacity on the Mac and you can record a whole side or 2 and then let it sense the silence between the songs and separate them into individual files. Best of all its free. That Onkyo is at least as good as all the entry level usb units but the Pro-ject Debut III would be better.
I've got that archived on my HD. Just did a search and it's there. I'll have to get it un-zipped. As for the Pro-ject Debut III it's out of my price range right now. Thanks BTW how did it go with the heater part?
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DaveInSaoMiguel
Location: No longer in a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA Gender:
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Jan 26, 2012 - 2:16pm |
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GeneP59 wrote: The setup I have right now is an old Onkyo CP 1015-A (seen better days) through my Technics SA-80 to an iMic USB and then into Final Vinal. But you have to be right there to cut the sound after each and every song. Didi that for a couple of albums. It will take me years to create all of them to MP3's.
Some of the new USB turntables were suppose to automatically convert and entire album over to a flash drive.
How about a good software app for a Mac to do that automatically?
I use Audacity on the Mac and you can record a whole side or 2 and then let it sense the silence between the songs and separate them into individual files. Best of all its free. That Onkyo is at least as good as all the entry level usb units but the Pro-ject Debut III would be better.
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GeneP59
Location: On the edge of tomorrow looking back at yesterday. Gender:
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Jan 26, 2012 - 2:12pm |
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DaveInVA wrote: I use one of my regular turntables with a decent cartridge hooked to a PS Audio phono preamp that in turn goes to the line in on a EM-U 0404 usb hooked to my MAC. I rip to 32 bit float using Audacity and then convert to Flac for playback and to mp3 for LRC uploads.
There are many usb tables but you need to spend around $300 or so to get one that begins to be decent. It also depends on what kind of quality you expect and want.
If you already have a decent DAC and a stereo with a phono input you might be better off getting a used real turntable with a nice cartridge. It will work better than most of the all in one usb units.
The setup I have right now is an old Onkyo CP 1015-A (seen better days) through my Technics SA-80 to an iMic USB and then into Final Vinal. But you have to be right there to cut the sound after each and every song. Didi that for a couple of albums. It will take me years to create all of them to MP3's. Some of the new USB turntables were suppose to automatically convert and entire album over to a flash drive. How about a good software app for a Mac to do that automatically?
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DaveInSaoMiguel
Location: No longer in a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA Gender:
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Jan 26, 2012 - 2:09pm |
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DaveInVA wrote: I use one of my regular turntables with a decent cartridge hooked to a PS Audio phono preamp that in turn goes to the line in on a EM-U 0404 usb hooked to my MAC. I rip to 32 bit float using Audacity and then convert to Flac for playback and to mp3 for LRC uploads.
There are many usb tables but you need to spend around $300 or so to get one that begins to be decent. It also depends on what kind of quality you expect and want.
If you already have a decent DAC and a stereo with a phono input you might be better off getting a used real turntable with a nice cartridge. It will work better than most of the all in one usb units. Edit: Getting to which USB table the only good lowish price one by far is the Pro-Ject Debut III. They list for $499 but have seen them being sold for mid $300 ish.
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DaveInSaoMiguel
Location: No longer in a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA Gender:
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Jan 26, 2012 - 1:57pm |
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GeneP59 wrote: OK a question for you Dave.
Do you have a USB turntable to convert your music to MP3? Got any recommendations that are mid range in price?
Thanks
I use one of my regular turntables with a decent cartridge hooked to a PS Audio phono preamp that in turn goes to the line in on a EM-U 0404 usb hooked to my MAC. I rip to 32 bit float using Audacity and then convert to Flac for playback and to mp3 for LRC uploads. There are many usb tables but you need to spend around $300 or so to get one that begins to be decent. It also depends on what kind of quality you expect and want. If you already have a decent DAC and a stereo with a phono input you might be better off getting a used real turntable with a nice cartridge. It will work better than most of the all in one usb units.
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GeneP59
Location: On the edge of tomorrow looking back at yesterday. Gender:
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Jan 26, 2012 - 1:48pm |
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DaveInVA wrote: I really liked those when they came out and could never afford them so I had to settle for building my own scaled down version of them using Strathern and vifa drivers:
I am still very very happy with my current setup however and my esl's have no crossovers to cause phase and time delay problems from 225 hz on up.
OK a question for you Dave. Do you have a USB turntable to convert your music to MP3? Got any recommendations that are mid range in price? Thanks
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DaveInSaoMiguel
Location: No longer in a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA Gender:
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Jan 26, 2012 - 1:38pm |
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islander wrote:Okay, this is way off topic now and I'm sure there is a better place for it but hey it's RP on a weekday - so sue me: While reminiscing about my audionutcase days and googling specs for my Infinity speakers, I ran across this: http://app.audiogon.com/listings/459160 You definitely have to design around them. They are nearly 8 feet tall, 1500 lbs, and this set is available for 'just' $38,000. You'll probably spend at least that much again on a system to drive them too. Better act soon, there are less than 300 of these in existence (although pertinent to the other discussion, consider that they are for sale after a divorce...). Not for the faint of heart, space or wallet. Damn google. I really liked those when they came out and could never afford them so I had to settle for building my own scaled down version of them using Strathern and vifa drivers: I am still very very happy with my current setup however and my esl's have no crossovers to cause phase and time delay problems from 225 hz on up.
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islander
Location: West coast somewhere Gender:
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Jan 26, 2012 - 1:27pm |
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cc_rider wrote: I think you pretty much have to design a house around them.
Okay, this is way off topic now and I'm sure there is a better place for it but hey it's RP on a weekday - so sue me: While reminiscing about my audionutcase days and googling specs for my Infinity speakers, I ran across this: http://app.audiogon.com/listings/459160 You definitely have to design around them. They are nearly 8 feet tall, 1500 lbs, and this set is available for 'just' $38,000. You'll probably spend at least that much again on a system to drive them too. Better act soon, there are less than 300 of these in existence (although pertinent to the other discussion, consider that they are for sale after a divorce...). Not for the faint of heart, space or wallet. Damn google.
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jagdriver
Location: Now in Lobster Land Gender:
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Jan 26, 2012 - 12:11pm |
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cc_rider wrote: I think you pretty much have to design a house around them.
Back in Tejas he had a large living room (more like a great room) with a very high vaulted ceiling. The place had a large built-in bar and was definitely designed for heavy-duty entertaining. The Klipsches were powered by a Crown rack. One night he and the misses got "tuned" themselves and fell asleep while listening to said system at LOUD VOLUME. It was so loud, in fact, that it triggered the burglar alarm system. Failing to wake them up from their stupor, the alarm sounded on into the bewitching hours. A couple of weeks later, his Mrs. went around the neighborhood to collect items for a silent charity auction. At one house, the neighbor inquired, "Were YOU and Steve around a couple weeks back when someone's burglar alarm system rang for hours on end past midnight?"
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cc_rider
Location: Bastrop Gender:
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Jan 26, 2012 - 11:32am |
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jagdriver wrote:My buddy's are sitting in his garage after moving to NorCal from Texas (where EVERYTHING is bigger).
I think you pretty much have to design a house around them.
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jagdriver
Location: Now in Lobster Land Gender:
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Jan 26, 2012 - 11:30am |
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cc_rider wrote:Exactly. I had the chance to buy some Klipschorns once... My buddy's are sitting in his garage after moving to NorCal from Texas (where EVERYTHING is bigger).
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jagdriver
Location: Now in Lobster Land Gender:
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Jan 26, 2012 - 11:28am |
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islander wrote: When Mrs. Islander and I were just starting to date, she recruited an older 'guru' type that I respected to tell me it was time to sell the ginormous speakers of youth (band name) and move on to something a little more 'grown up'. He was about 1/3 of the way through the speech when I said "but these are Infinity RS IIIa speakers, and I got a sweet deal on them". He stopped and said "oh... yeah, you should definitely keep those". She's grown to really like them now because of the sound, but I think she would trade them for something smaller in a heartbeat. Mrs. Jag made me unload my JBL L-200s years ago. Sigh......
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ScottFromWyoming
Location: Powell Gender:
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Jan 26, 2012 - 10:00am |
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islander wrote: My woofers don't have a logo, so they are "omnidirectional". Bonus.
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islander
Location: West coast somewhere Gender:
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Jan 26, 2012 - 8:38am |
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DaveInVA wrote: Its nice that you kept them and repaired them. They would be very hard to replace with something new that sounded as good that didn't cost a fortune. Brings back the days of replacing surrounds on lots of AR's and Dahlquist drivers for friends. The great thing is that the new surrounds will last lots lots longer. Even in the degraded condition, they were better speakers than most others. The styling is a little dated on them, but they sound so good I don't care.
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