oldhvymec
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| Just moved in - how to tell quality of in-ceiling speakers? Would be something if they were BG or something like that. No way to remove a grill or something to look?BG use to have surface mounts with 6-8-10" WCF low/mids and a Neo 3 for the mids/highs. I heard a shop with 8 8" units in the walls. 2 units p... | |
| Rack recommendations LOL Farm Girl is a peach. She could just stand there and hold equipment or gear. That would FINE for me... :-) She is a pretty good Lumber Jackie too. Watch her throw an Axe.Butcher block, 24" x 60" x 1.5" about 250.00 or so.. per tier. No mad ski... | |
| Best sub isolation? https://www.amazon.com/Nobsound-Aluminum-Speakers-Isolation-Amplifiers/dp/B07K9ZYP84?pd_rd_w=rCgHf&a...Don't waist your time. Just get the springs remove or add more than 4 to the sub. At 50 lbs you might need to remove a spring or two. Mine a... | |
| McIntosh MC275 V jumper cables/ wires for parallel use The Older Macs can be in series or paralleled. Look at the schematic for a 240 or 275. A pair of MC30 or 60 same thing.. You can stack the old Macs..Bridged is in series. Usually 8 ohms is the lowest you want to go.Paralleled a Mac will do 2 ohms... | |
| Is There Any Reason To Buy A Reel-To-Reel Machine Nowadays?? The deal with tape is the quality of the tape and what it's being used for.Magnetic tape for digital storage is a great idea. It's a physical media that can be recovered pretty easy for one. The right kind of tape will last for 100 years AND can b... | |
| Rack recommendations Farm Girl!https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk0338YIYjKBvURb_mnB0P24fs23NTg:1624332874644&source=univ...I'm a pig. So what.. Nice Rack.. | |
| Best sub isolation? boing, Boing, BOING! 24-29.00 usd.. Works great..Regards | |
| Anyone else enjoy putting together Frankenstein low to mid-fi -systems? Mid-fi NO, HIFI YES. I have 715.00 into a system it will match a LOT of 5-10K systems no problem.. That is 4 speakers, a pair of Infinity RS4b (100.00 and foams from the seller) a pair of VMPS QSO 808s. A 100. 00 usd tube pre amp. A 79.00 class d... | |
| Chained speakers signal connected in series I just read your post "DOES NOT change." fiesta75.Sure it does IN series. The signal path has gone through EVERY component in the first speaker box IF it is a typical series XO. IF it is a parallel OX design (like a Quasi second order) and BI AMPA... | |
| Chained speakers signal connected in series I will share the numbers once I'm done! Your analogy of a 103dB speaker also got a chuckle out of me. 103dB @ 1watt,1meter distance is not that loud, really.<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<... | |
| Chained speakers signal connected in series A 6db first order XO in series, the SECOND speaker drivers will get what is left over after being filtered by the inductor. IF the XO is built in parallelNOT series. Parallel the speakers would NOT change the Crossover points. In series it would.... | |
| Cary SLP-98 tape out question Yummy. I have a pair of AESs all dolled up.. I just picked up Audyn true coppers for the signal, couple and Muldof for decoupling.. Everything has been done to those things.. Super HEXFRED, Jensen copper and oils. Choke moved and upgraded. .22 fi... | |
| Buying used: how old is too old? I have 75 year old drivers that will be here 75 years from now and work the exact same way they did when they were first made.I have hard wood furniture that is 300 years old and silks that are well over 100 yeas old.Crossover parts that’s about a... | |
| Chained speakers signal connected in series Both woofer in each speaker will get much lower crossover point and the tweeter will get a band-pass filter instead of high pass. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>&... | |
| Chained speakers signal connected in series As long as the cable is LARGE enough and a good quality cable it should be the same. BUT you're doubling the ohms and 1/2 the output of the amp. In turn low distortion and much higher dampening. Probably sounds BETTER in series for sure.. Second i... |