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One fine way to make a fun project pay off big is to make your own
loudspeakers. In no other way that I can think of can the time spent be as rewarding. There is a huge return on investement when one choses to build his own speakers. Proper ones. Start he http://www.solen.ca/ These people offer incredible deals on complete parts packages. All good. then, if you have the money: There is always Dynaudio. I drive a pair with 1000 watts per channel...and we're talking genuine RMS wattages.... the kinda **** that will pop 20 amp mains breakers. I have a pair of Dynaudio Eurostat monitors. Bi-amped. Farking strong stuff. When I play BIG stuff, I point the brick work on my house. Again. |
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On 22 Jan 2007 18:57:34 -0800, "Robatoy" wrote:
One fine way to make a fun project pay off big is to make your own loudspeakers. In no other way that I can think of can the time spent be as rewarding. There is a huge return on investement when one choses to build his own speakers. Proper ones. Start he http://www.solen.ca/ These people offer incredible deals on complete parts packages. All good. then, if you have the money: There is always Dynaudio. I drive a pair with 1000 watts per channel...and we're talking genuine RMS wattages.... the kinda **** that will pop 20 amp mains breakers. I have a pair of Dynaudio Eurostat monitors. Bi-amped. Farking strong stuff. When I play BIG stuff, I point the brick work on my house. Again. What? Jack |
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"Jack" wrote in message When I play BIG stuff, I point the brick work on my house. Again. What? He's joking that the sound waves from his speakers will remove little bits of protruding cement from his brick work. |
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Upscale wrote:
| "Jack" wrote in message ||| When I play BIG stuff, I point the brick work on my house. Again. || || What? | | He's joking that the sound waves from his speakers will remove | little bits of protruding cement from his brick work. Eh? -- Morris Dovey DeSoto Solar DeSoto, Iowa USA http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto |
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On 2007-01-23, Morris Dovey wrote:
Upscale wrote: | "Jack" wrote in message ||| When I play BIG stuff, I point the brick work on my house. Again. || || What? | | He's joking that the sound waves from his speakers will remove | little bits of protruding cement from his brick work. Eh? The process of putting mortar between bricks is called "pointing". |
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In addition to pointing the bricks, it will curl your toes and blow the
lint from the belly button. Joe G Robatoy wrote: One fine way to make a fun project pay off big is to make your own loudspeakers. In no other way that I can think of can the time spent be as rewarding. There is a huge return on investement when one choses to build his own speakers. Proper ones. Start he http://www.solen.ca/ These people offer incredible deals on complete parts packages. All good. then, if you have the money: There is always Dynaudio. I drive a pair with 1000 watts per channel...and we're talking genuine RMS wattages.... the kinda **** that will pop 20 amp mains breakers. I have a pair of Dynaudio Eurostat monitors. Bi-amped. Farking strong stuff. When I play BIG stuff, I point the brick work on my house. Again. |
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GROVER wrote: In addition to pointing the bricks, it will curl your toes and blow the lint from the belly button. *hearty laugh* No lint in this belly-button. I like sound pressures along 'real' levels. When I wail along with some of the tunes, I don't want me and my Tele to out-shine Robert Cray...................as if. |
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Charles Koester wrote:
| On 2007-01-23, Morris Dovey wrote: || Upscale wrote: ||| "Jack" wrote in message ||||| When I play BIG stuff, I point the brick work on my house. ||||| Again. |||| |||| What? ||| ||| He's joking that the sound waves from his speakers will remove ||| little bits of protruding cement from his brick work. || || Eh? | | The process of putting mortar between bricks is called "pointing". Erm. Yes. I knew that. I'm just having a bit of difficulty hearing after even just /thinking/ about a kW/channel audio system being turned up *really* loud. :-) -- Morris Dovey DeSoto Solar DeSoto, Iowa USA http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto |
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When I play BIG stuff, I point the brick work on my house. Since when does sound pressure level equate to quality? IMHO, loud is an indicator of damn little talent. Lew |
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"Robatoy" wrote in message I like sound pressures along 'real' levels. When I wail along with some of the tunes, I don't want me and my Tele to out-shine Robert Cray...................as if. Friend of mine who was a quadriplegic liked the sound so loud that he could feel the vibrations through his wheelchair. He even went to the point that he spent $10,000 on club quality speakers for his living room. The two main speakers were close to refrigerator size. I thought they looked ridiculous, but hey, it was his money. Just meant that I didn't visit as often as I used to. Loudness has usually discouraged me which accounts for my not visiting too many clubs with bands. I've always gone for music as pure as I can get it and that doesn't always mean having it loud. |
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On Jan 23, 6:12 pm, "Morris Dovey" wrote: Charles Koester wrote:| On 2007-01-23, Morris Dovey wrote:|| Upscale wrote: ||| "Jack" wrote in message||||| When I play BIG stuff, I point the brick work on my house. ||||| Again. |||| |||| What? ||| ||| He's joking that the sound waves from his speakers will remove ||| little bits of protruding cement from his brick work. || || Eh? | | The process of putting mortar between bricks is called "pointing". Erm. Yes. I knew that. I'm just having a bit of difficulty hearing after even just /thinking/ about a kW/channel audio system being turned up *really* loud. :-) My speakers are dreadfully inefficient. (87dB @ 1 watt/1 meter.) I neeeed that much power *G* Besides, my average listening levels require 1 kw if I want to keep my amps from clipping. Lots of sound, but not loud. I always get a kick out little old ladies smiling when a 100 piece orchestra hits a crescendo pushing far higher sound levels than I do in my room. r |
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How important is speaker wire Robatoy? A friend of mine spent an amazing
amount on the wire. He says he can tell the difference. Thanks, JG "Robatoy" wrote in message ups.com... One fine way to make a fun project pay off big is to make your own loudspeakers. In no other way that I can think of can the time spent be as rewarding. There is a huge return on investement when one choses to build his own speakers. Proper ones. Start he http://www.solen.ca/ These people offer incredible deals on complete parts packages. All good. then, if you have the money: There is always Dynaudio. I drive a pair with 1000 watts per channel...and we're talking genuine RMS wattages.... the kinda **** that will pop 20 amp mains breakers. I have a pair of Dynaudio Eurostat monitors. Bi-amped. Farking strong stuff. When I play BIG stuff, I point the brick work on my house. Again. |
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Ahh, the eternal Monster cable debate!
I built some speakers a few years ago using some designs from the internet (called "Esquire"), and they've been great! I've never had enough room to justify BIG speakers, and these really fill up the house with nice sounding noise. As for speaker wire, I had a friend give me a spool of extra speaker wire he used for his house, and it's been fine. As long as it conducts the signal, you're fine. You're more likely to encounter sound degredation from outside noise than your cables, and most cables aren't shielded anyway! I have a friend who swears by Cat5 networking cable. I can't find any problems with his strategy: lots of good copper, the cable is easy to work with, and you can hook up 4 speakers to one cable if you're so inclined (though he usually dones one speaker per cable: stripes are red and solids are black). -Nathan On Jan 24, 6:11 am, "JGS" wrote: How important is speaker wire Robatoy? A friend of mine spent an amazing amount on the wire. He says he can tell the difference. Thanks, JG"Robatoy" wrote in oglegroups.com... One fine way to make a fun project pay off big is to make your own loudspeakers. In no other way that I can think of can the time spent be as rewarding. There is a huge return on investement when one choses to build his own speakers. Proper ones. Start he http://www.solen.ca/ These people offer incredible deals on complete parts packages. All good. then, if you have the money: There is always Dynaudio. I drive a pair with 1000 watts per channel...and we're talking genuine RMS wattages.... the kinda **** that will pop 20 amp mains breakers. I have a pair of Dynaudio Eurostat monitors. Bi-amped. Farking strong stuff. When I play BIG stuff, I point the brick work on my house. Again. |
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Ahh, the eternal Monster cable debate!
I built some speakers a few years ago using some designs from the internet (called "Esquire"), and they've been great! I've never had enough room to justify BIG speakers, and these really fill up the house with nice sounding noise. As for speaker wire, I had a friend give me a spool of extra speaker wire he used for his house, and it's been fine. As long as it conducts the signal, you're fine. You're more likely to encounter sound degredation from outside noise than your cables, and most cables aren't shielded anyway! I have a friend who swears by Cat5 networking cable. I can't find any problems with his strategy: lots of good copper, the cable is easy to work with, and you can hook up 4 speakers to one cable if you're so inclined (though he usually dones one speaker per cable: stripes are red and solids are black). -Nathan On Jan 24, 6:11 am, "JGS" wrote: How important is speaker wire Robatoy? A friend of mine spent an amazing amount on the wire. He says he can tell the difference. Thanks, JG"Robatoy" wrote in oglegroups.com... One fine way to make a fun project pay off big is to make your own loudspeakers. In no other way that I can think of can the time spent be as rewarding. There is a huge return on investement when one choses to build his own speakers. Proper ones. Start he http://www.solen.ca/ These people offer incredible deals on complete parts packages. All good. then, if you have the money: There is always Dynaudio. I drive a pair with 1000 watts per channel...and we're talking genuine RMS wattages.... the kinda **** that will pop 20 amp mains breakers. I have a pair of Dynaudio Eurostat monitors. Bi-amped. Farking strong stuff. When I play BIG stuff, I point the brick work on my house. Again. |
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On Jan 24, 6:11 am, "JGS" wrote: How important is speaker wire Robatoy? A friend of mine spent an amazing amount on the wire. He says he can tell the difference. Thanks, JG Can he really tell the difference? I have fooled many people by changing the wire, then putting on lamp-cord and raising the soundpressure a fraction of a dB. "Ohh that is better!" Speaker wire, 14 ga or bigger is adequate. Ordinary lamp cord is fine. The rest is baloney, working on the insecurities of the audiophile. Somebody told me that Monster now makes battery cables for automotive sound systems. WTF? Interconnects, between pre-amps and power amps can make a subtle difference if the quality of the wire is poor. At extreme low-levels, such a as moving coil phone cartridge, the wire's capacitance can alter the linearity of the signal, and that can be audible...but man, you got to work hard to bat better than 50%. Today's source materials do away with all that silliness. |
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oups.com: On Jan 24, 6:11 am, "JGS" wrote: How important is speaker wire Robatoy? A friend of mine spent an amazing amount on the wire. He says he can tell the difference. Thanks, JG Can he really tell the difference? I have fooled many people by changing the wire, then putting on lamp-cord and raising the soundpressure a fraction of a dB. "Ohh that is better!" Speaker wire, 14 ga or bigger is adequate. Ordinary lamp cord is fine. The rest is baloney, working on the insecurities of the audiophile. Somebody told me that Monster now makes battery cables for automotive sound systems. WTF? Interconnects, between pre-amps and power amps can make a subtle difference if the quality of the wire is poor. At extreme low-levels, such a as moving coil phone cartridge, the wire's capacitance can alter the linearity of the signal, and that can be audible...but man, you got to work hard to bat better than 50%. Today's source materials do away with all that silliness. Many years ago, I worked in that industry - the sound industry. I always thought that the geekiest of the audiophiles were terribly insecure. Never certain that they had the 'best' gear, and never certain that could actually be determined. In spite of spending what could buy a decent California house in those days, they never really settled on anything, and mostly got mildly confused or bemused looks from people when they tried to explain their addiction. I heard a ton of good product and music in those days, and many tons of middling (and worse) crap. Really glad I changed my career path. Patriarch |
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"JGS" wrote in message ... How important is speaker wire Robatoy? A friend of mine spent an amazing amount on the wire. He says he can tell the difference. Thanks, JG *Troll* !!!!!!!!! |
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"Robatoy" wrote in message oups.com... Can he really tell the difference? I have fooled many people by changing the wire, then putting on lamp-cord and raising the soundpressure a fraction of a dB. "Ohh that is better!" Speaker wire, 14 ga or bigger is adequate. Ordinary lamp cord is fine. The rest is baloney, working on the insecurities of the audiophile. Somebody told me that Monster now makes battery cables for automotive sound systems. WTF? Interconnects, between pre-amps and power amps can make a subtle difference if the quality of the wire is poor. At extreme low-levels, such a as moving coil phone cartridge, the wire's capacitance can alter the linearity of the signal, and that can be audible...but man, you got to work hard to bat better than 50%. Today's source materials do away with all that silliness. I have my PC connected to my TV/VCR/ Pioneer receiver VSX- D912..... I used 4 (left, right, video and digital) 50ft of coaxial cables(R6) with RCA adapters. The basic wiring goes from PC (AIW video card) to VCR(Toshiba)....to VCR(Mitsubishi)/Pioneer/TV. And also a PC to Pioneer direct digital connection(coaxial R6) that works great for tunes.....but when I send video I get a obnoxious hum on the TV end......unless I run a extension cord from a bedroom plug to the PC (works fine but is a tad tacky)......In troubleshooting I installed a new circuit for the PC and have tried various breaker panel slots but still get the hum unless I'm on the bedroom circuit......With simple deduction it would appear to be breaker panel related.....Do you have any HUM related suggestions? Rod |
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On 24 Jan 2007 06:55:37 -0800, "N Hurst" wrote:
Ahh, the eternal Monster cable debate! Or worse, Kimber Cable. The sterling silver variety. |
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On Jan 24, 2:48 pm, George Max wrote: On 24 Jan 2007 06:55:37 -0800, "N Hurst" wrote: Ahh, the eternal Monster cable debate!Or worse, Kimber Cable. The sterling silver variety. Those are the $5,000/foot cables, right? |
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On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 11:47:29 -0800, "Rod & Betty Jo"
wrote: I have my PC connected to my TV/VCR/ Pioneer receiver VSX- D912..... I used 4 (left, right, video and digital) 50ft of coaxial cables(R6) with RCA adapters. The basic wiring goes from PC (AIW video card) to VCR(Toshiba)....to VCR(Mitsubishi)/Pioneer/TV. And also a PC to Pioneer direct digital connection(coaxial R6) that works great for tunes.....but when I send video I get a obnoxious hum on the TV end......unless I run a extension cord from a bedroom plug to the PC (works fine but is a tad tacky)......In troubleshooting I installed a new circuit for the PC and have tried various breaker panel slots but still get the hum unless I'm on the bedroom circuit......With simple deduction it would appear to be breaker panel related.....Do you have any HUM related suggestions? Rod Congratulations you have created a huge ground loop, what kind of extension cord? 2 prong? or 3 prong? If it is the 2 conductor type you are eliminating one of your ground connections on the PC. Is any of the A/V equipment grounded? If it were me I would eliminate all grounding at the A/V side. Cross my finger that was the problem. Cause chasing ground loops is a PITA. Mark (sixoneeight) = 618 |
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"Markem" wrote in message ... On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 11:47:29 -0800, "Rod & Betty Jo" wrote: I have my PC connected to my TV/VCR/ Pioneer receiver VSX- D912..... I used 4 (left, right, video and digital) 50ft of coaxial cables(R6) with RCA adapters. The basic wiring goes from PC (AIW video card) to VCR(Toshiba)....to VCR(Mitsubishi)/Pioneer/TV. And also a PC to Pioneer direct digital connection(coaxial R6) that works great for tunes.....but when I send video I get a obnoxious hum on the TV end......unless I run a extension cord from a bedroom plug to the PC (works fine but is a tad tacky)......In troubleshooting I installed a new circuit for the PC and have tried various breaker panel slots but still get the hum unless I'm on the bedroom circuit......With simple deduction it would appear to be breaker panel related.....Do you have any HUM related suggestions? Rod Congratulations you have created a huge ground loop, what kind of extension cord? 2 prong? or 3 prong? 3 prong.......Oddly the bedroom circuit that doesn't cause the hum has lots of other things on it including a electric heater....where-as the new circuit has nothing....other old circuits misbave as well when used to test. I also tried via a extension cord a different circuit for the TV/VCR/Reciever and still recieved a hum If it is the 2 conductor type you are eliminating one of your ground connections on the PC. Is any of the A/V equipment grounded? they are all two wire devices......the default circuit is "old wire" or just a conduit grounded circut.....it is a hundred yr old house with various stages of elec upgrades..... If it were me I would eliminate all grounding at the A/V side. Cross my finger that was the problem. Cause chasing ground loops is a PITA. Mark Thanks...and where do I start lookingG.....Rod |
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On 24 Jan 2007 12:11:07 -0800, "N Hurst" wrote:
On Jan 24, 2:48 pm, George Max wrote: On 24 Jan 2007 06:55:37 -0800, "N Hurst" wrote: Ahh, the eternal Monster cable debate!Or worse, Kimber Cable. The sterling silver variety. Those are the $5,000/foot cables, right? Something like that. They're beyond my budget. |
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