I'm in an odd situation in which my house was broken into and they stole most of my audio stuff. My insurance company won't reimburse me the full value of what was stolen unless I buy a similar item of equal or greater value. But I've decided to replace everything with stuff I built, and they valued my NAD S100 at $700. So how do I build a preamplifier for $700? Well, it helps to spend $260 on a volume control and a selector switch, which I found here: Prices
Now, how much can I blow on a chassis?
Now, how much can I blow on a chassis?
Behringer 8024
Now I need a condenser calibration mic to match.
BTW, the Nady mic is identical, down to the gold-plated XLR pins, except the etched name and $10 less
Now I need a condenser calibration mic to match.
BTW, the Nady mic is identical, down to the gold-plated XLR pins, except the etched name and $10 less
Thorens TD145 for E 2,50 at a local thriftstore 🙂
As child #3 was born exactly a week ago I got to
spend more time at home and as blood is thicker
I guess i'll be spending more time on audio again.
The tracks are all wet so no racing the coming months 🙂
Planning to listen more to music through some of my analogue
equipment instead of the 7.1 x something watt sony amp sitting
underneath the telly and getting fed up with adjusting audio delay
through sloooooow menu's.....
As child #3 was born exactly a week ago I got to
spend more time at home and as blood is thicker
I guess i'll be spending more time on audio again.
The tracks are all wet so no racing the coming months 🙂
Planning to listen more to music through some of my analogue
equipment instead of the 7.1 x something watt sony amp sitting
underneath the telly and getting fed up with adjusting audio delay
through sloooooow menu's.....
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Forgot about this thread, good thing you posted.
Not today but recently I got the guts for an Altec Model 19
416C woofers
902 - 8A tweeter
811B horns
N-1200 somethingorother XO
They are at my other place so no pics, sorry.
Not today but recently I got the guts for an Altec Model 19
416C woofers
902 - 8A tweeter
811B horns
N-1200 somethingorother XO
They are at my other place so no pics, sorry.
Hoping to revive it the coming months 🙂
You've got the cabinets as well or planning to build them?
Atm I'm thinking of a way to sneak bigger speakers downstairs
again but with the newborn I guess the misses will, as we dutch
say 'poke a stick in front of that' (een stokje voor steken) ;-)
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Haven't decided what to do for cabinets. I might put them in the 825's or I might do something from scratch. Too many options to think about so I'll just let them mellow for the time being.
Let them ripe 😉
Got a Marantz PM-78 for free yesterday evening with the remark that
there's prolly a diode dead.... Gotta love consumers who think they have a clue ;-)
Got a Marantz PM-78 for free yesterday evening with the remark that
there's prolly a diode dead.... Gotta love consumers who think they have a clue ;-)
If you think we electronics fixit people got it bad, think about the poor doctors. With the interweb, all their customers have a crack at self diagnosis.
M
Got 2X open box (i.e. returns w discounted 4 year warranty) Samsung 32" LED at Best Buy -- plus 5X Points on American Express. Too bad Best Buy will probably go bust before I need warranty service.
200w rated? Only once... 😀
Saw a KEF kht1005.2 system in a shop today, £80.
I'll be taking the drivers and crossovers from the satellites to make a boombox if I'm not satisfied with the one I'm currently working on.
Wait, who am I kidding. There's always room for one more boombox.
The subwoofer is currently residing under my bed for HT effects - its joining a 12" sealed JBL sub already in there.
Chris
Saw a KEF kht1005.2 system in a shop today, £80.
I'll be taking the drivers and crossovers from the satellites to make a boombox if I'm not satisfied with the one I'm currently working on.
Wait, who am I kidding. There's always room for one more boombox.
The subwoofer is currently residing under my bed for HT effects - its joining a 12" sealed JBL sub already in there.
Chris
Always.
Chris, you're one of those young energetic types, maybe see if you can find who has been given the 200 speaker code, no luck at this end. I have Googled sites like this but maybe I'm not looking deep enough:
More Codes
I'm struggling to find any relevant results from Google on the speaker itself, though the Images results gives one woofer that looks similar to yours.
I'll keep poking around, though I suspect whoever it was is long gone...
I've also recently bought a Behringer 31 band graphic eq, and a Samson Servo 550 amplifier. The latter was ~£90 delivered, so I jumped on it. Similar models (of lower spec) were on buy-it-now for >£100.
Chris
I'll keep poking around, though I suspect whoever it was is long gone...
I've also recently bought a Behringer 31 band graphic eq, and a Samson Servo 550 amplifier. The latter was ~£90 delivered, so I jumped on it. Similar models (of lower spec) were on buy-it-now for >£100.
Chris
7m of aluminium angle, some screws, and a cheapy junior hacksaw.
Heading outside to make some progress with the current boombox.
Heading outside to make some progress with the current boombox.
Not today, but over the past few months....
A Swedish-made Sandvik 225 hacksaw for a couple of bucks at a flea market. Cuts flush like my trusty Klein, but weighs much less and doesn't need a screwdriver to change blades.
A bunch of DVDs from a video store that was closing down, priced around $2 each. Music related films included the documentary "So Wrong They're Right" about 8-track tape enthusiasts, a drama about Muslim punk rockers, "The Taqwacores", and "Roadie", the 1980 comedy starring Meat Loaf and featuring various live acts including Blondie and Alice Cooper.
Behringer Xenyx802 mini mixer, new in box from a garage sale, $25. I've been wondering what it would take to run it from 12V DC.
At computer recyclers in the Big City, an Audigy 2 drive bay module for $15 (front panel S/PDIF I/O, MIDI, 1/4" mic and headphone, RCA line ins, and Firewire), and a backup Audigy 2 ZS for $5.
A Swedish-made Sandvik 225 hacksaw for a couple of bucks at a flea market. Cuts flush like my trusty Klein, but weighs much less and doesn't need a screwdriver to change blades.
A bunch of DVDs from a video store that was closing down, priced around $2 each. Music related films included the documentary "So Wrong They're Right" about 8-track tape enthusiasts, a drama about Muslim punk rockers, "The Taqwacores", and "Roadie", the 1980 comedy starring Meat Loaf and featuring various live acts including Blondie and Alice Cooper.
Behringer Xenyx802 mini mixer, new in box from a garage sale, $25. I've been wondering what it would take to run it from 12V DC.
At computer recyclers in the Big City, an Audigy 2 drive bay module for $15 (front panel S/PDIF I/O, MIDI, 1/4" mic and headphone, RCA line ins, and Firewire), and a backup Audigy 2 ZS for $5.
A one week holiday in the Scottish Highlands.
Did my first Monro in over 30years. Did another and two tops in the same day.
I'm now a mix of strawberry red and walnut brown. Didn't take any sun block with me.
I now know one can get 7 days of continuous sunshine in the north west.
Did my first Monro in over 30years. Did another and two tops in the same day.
I'm now a mix of strawberry red and walnut brown. Didn't take any sun block with me.
I now know one can get 7 days of continuous sunshine in the north west.
