oldhvymec

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Is Rap a valid musical form?
I don't like Big Band, New Country, Hair Metal, or most Pop, either.  <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>... 
China built tube amps
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What do you guys think of adding a subwoofer to this system?
The tapered vaulted ceiling is a nice touch. You could go either end one is going to sound different from the other. I use GRs OB servos, they use Rhymik's modified (per app) plates. The issue with either company. There are supply problems with so... 
Speaker shootout question -- do you position the same or differently, depending?
Tower vs Bookshelf. The baffle width is the biggest thing, so bass is one issue. Second normally a narrow baffle no matter the design of the wider baffles has the ability to collect less distortion on the baffle face and driver face. Narrow is bet... 
How Big of a Difference?
If the power cord is doing some other stuff like filtering noise, then I could understand that as a goal. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>... 
Dust cover for my dust cover?
I've used silks for 45 years, some are 75 years old. They don't hold water they don't mold, they don't hold dust. Because they don't hold dust, they don't scratch anything. I have some that are fitted to pretty large speakers too.  When it's extr... 
Is Rap a valid musical form?
All kidding aside. I like Latino rap too. Guys like Pitbull and then mix it up with a lively Caribbean flavor, merenque, mombo, steel pans. If that music was playing all the time there no reason not to stay in shape.. Grab the mail lady or man, an... 
Dampening Floor Vibration in Apartment
I'm thinkin' a heavy throw rug and decouple the speakers from the floor. Air would be the quietest for the neighbor. Anything touching the floor you're gonna have to be careful. Springs are dirt cheap, pods there are some better than others and ai... 
Is Rap a valid musical form?
I remember the interview with James Brown. "We started that" He claimed to be the original. I heard Beethoven was a real heavy underground rapper in his time too. He’d sneak across the border and go to other countries under the name of RhymerHove... 
I need help with acoustics and speaker wire
I also don't believe in elevating the cables off the floor (more hype) and plan to put them under the carpet that I will have installed next month. I feel that some people IMAGINE the improved sound they think they are getting with some cables as ... 
A friend told me JBL DD67000 is actually very bad speaker, is it true?
Once you hear a good JBL system, it will match anything. Plane and simple.  No I'm not currently using horn, but it doesn't mean I wouldn't. Me it's a room size issue. Horns need room. Great horns cost money, to buy and run. A cheap amp, source m... 
What went bang, smelled of "I'm fried", yet left it in working order...???
Well if it lost a cap in one of those boxes you'll smell it from the vents on the box. Make no mistake. It will stink. Let your nose tell you where the problem is.  Don't disregard something else being the culprit either. Follow your nose, touch... 
Other factors affecting sound
220/240 sub panel, and # 12 copper romex for the 120vac receptacles. I use 125vac copper hubbarts.  The thing I don't like about # 12 is roughing in all the pigtails. The best of days twisting wire nuts leave me crippled for a week. Not the good ... 
Midbass issues
Get your phone and tell it to play a 300hz tone. 250-300hz is the highest bass notes. I run Bass (including MB) columns, separate from the mains and subs. 60-300hz. I think you're mixing up percussion with MB it can go pretty high 500hz and highe... 
Double posts
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