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petit choux posted:I had not observed that, thanks much, and sorry for any inconvenience. I hadn't experimented with that. At any rate, I just resized these and will also do that. The woofers and tweeters look fine. There’s something going on with that midrange. I can’t tell if it’s a foam surround that’s bad or just damage.
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May 27, 2021 01:05
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BigFactory posted:The woofers and tweeters look fine. There’s something going on with that midrange. I can’t tell if it’s a foam surround that’s bad or just damage. Yeah, both midranges are a little messed up. One appears to be damaged and the other appears to have that foam looks like it is rotting. Lots of little holes. I have a couple decommissioned Klipsch midranges I can replace them with, but that may be a considerable downgrade. I just wired it up to an amp and ran my mp3 player into it and it all sounded good offhand. I mean maybe really good. What a bass sound.
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May 27, 2021 01:12
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Be careful with what devices you put these next to if those devices are sensitive to magnets. Old speakers were sometimes not shielded for that.
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May 27, 2021 01:14
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petit choux posted:Yeah, both midranges are a little messed up. One appears to be damaged and the other appears to have that foam looks like it is rotting. Lots of little holes. I have a couple decommissioned Klipsch midranges I can replace them with, but that may be a considerable downgrade. I just wired it up to an amp and ran my mp3 player into it and it all sounded good offhand. I mean maybe really good. What a bass sound. Swap out the mid ranges. It’s easy to do unless they’re soldered in. 70s speakers with huge woofers are great for all sorts of stuff.
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May 27, 2021 01:19
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petit choux posted:I'd show mine but I'm sick and tired of this "bitch you live like this" poo poo. I'm not terrified of that, I'm terrified of dealing with a possible "how the gently caress do you cope with that" response in regards to my set up. petit choux posted:If I can ever get it together. I need to make a drying rack for records so I can start washing, ripping and selling them. Probably going to make it out of cheap plywood. I, erm, use an old dish rack to let mine air dry for a bit after cleaning.
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Turbinosamente posted:I'm not terrified of that, I'm terrified of dealing with a possible "how the gently caress do you cope with that" response in regards to my set up. Yeah, that's what I see a lot. I want to make something that only contacts them on the edge and center, consistently and it looks like all I need is my old jig saw. BigFactory posted:Swap out the mid ranges. It’s easy to do unless they’re soldered in. 70s speakers with huge woofers are great for all sorts of stuff. Let me show you the midranges in question then. Purchased them at a Restore for like 5$ for the pair. Not sure they're what I need but I'll find out soon enough. They are this: https://www.klipsch.com/products/cs-650-w-in-wall-speaker  Like new condition.
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May 27, 2021 01:37
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This just restocked, if y'all are interested. https://twitter.com/NeoncityRecords/status/1397622677595058179 (By the way, if I'm the only vaporwave/future funk/mallsoft/etc. nerd here: by all means, tell me to shut up with updates like these.  I don't want to stink up the thread if no one is interested.)
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May 27, 2021 02:22
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Read After Burning posted:This just restocked, if y'all are interested. Nah, you rock. ED: I'm prob never going to buy any of this stuff, but you be you man.
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May 27, 2021 02:29
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I mostly just figured I'd share 'em due to them usually having cool sleeves and/or colorways.
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May 27, 2021 02:41
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Chinook posted:Well now I gotta see Not yet, I'm in the midst of rearranging/organazizing but I'll tell you this: My speakers are JBL Control Pros, and an Onkyo sub. This is a small room and I think the JBLs easily fill this room with sound. And the Onkyo is way overkill for this tiny room, also known as my hole. A hole filled with crates full of electronics gear, music instruments, erotic underwear and some records.
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May 27, 2021 02:42
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Also found a pair of M-Audio AV-40s at the thrift for 15$. There's a little scratching when you adjust the volume but offhand, otherwise they sound really nice.
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May 27, 2021 02:51
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petit choux posted:Also found a pair of M-Audio AV-40s at the thrift for 15$. There's a little scratching when you adjust the volume but offhand, otherwise they sound really nice. Get yourself some contact cleaner and spray it under the knobs of whatever device you adjust the volume with. It's probably dust or dirt in the potentiometers.
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May 27, 2021 02:57
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Petit, that one mid range looks like it has a hole in the cone, you can get kits to replace the cone and foam surround. I've ordered from SimplySpeakers and it has always been high quality. I’d reach out to them and see if they’d put a kit together for you. I’d imagine it’ll be around $60 for the one with a damaged cone, and $20-25 for just the foam. I personally probably wouldn’t bother, unless you’re craving vibrating your house apart with bass.
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May 27, 2021 02:59
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CPL593H posted:Get yourself some contact cleaner and spray it under the knobs of whatever device you adjust the volume with. It's probably dust or dirt in the potentiometers. Yeah, they are powered speakers and it's on board. I once had some contact cleaner, don't know where the hell it is now. I think this image didn't get enough love yesterday:  And also, coming at you from the heart of the 1970s:  Can you believe I actually paid 3$ for that junk. My mother had the Jonathan Livingston Seagull coffee table book when I was a wee lad. petit choux fucked around with this message at 03:28 on May 27, 2021 |
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May 27, 2021 03:01
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The Bandit posted:Petit, that one mid range looks like it has a hole in the cone, you can get kits to replace the cone and foam surround. I've ordered from SimplySpeakers and it has always been high quality. I’d reach out to them and see if they’d put a kit together for you. I’d imagine it’ll be around $60 for the one with a damaged cone, and $20-25 for just the foam. I personally probably wouldn’t bother, unless you’re craving vibrating your house apart with bass. Thanks for this. Have you any strong feelings about replacing the midranges outright with those Klipsch speakers I linked?
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May 27, 2021 03:31
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petit choux posted:Thanks for this. Have you any strong feelings about replacing the midranges outright with those Klipsch speakers I linked? I don't, I'm not an expert on this. I know that cabinets are generally designed to use specific drivers to get the best response. And I imagine the Klipsch speakers you posted are 4ohm and the OGs are 6.
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I've posted in the turntable stereo hifi thread but just realized there is a Vinyl thread and figured I'd post a setup rundown. You can skip the wall of text and just go to the pics and video at the bottom for a TL:DR. I was always into music. And back in 1998-1999. I had a friend that dj'd school dances for extra cash. He didn't want to do it anymore and offered to pass the few gigs he had lined up on to me. As a HS freshman I figured it be worth the cost of speakers and an amp to make $100 for a few hours of work every few months. I had some ancient JVC reciever that was sitting in the attic and I found a pair of Yamaha 12" monitors and a pair of Cerwin Vega AT-12s in the newspaper classifieds (90s lol) The JVC promptly failed and I needed a replacement. I saw Marantz 1060 in a pawn shop and I fell in love with the look. But I needed some more wattage so I bought an 1152dc and then an 1180dc both off of ebay. At the time they were less than $100 and not collectors items as vinyl was dead. When they would have issues there was a guy down the street who installed car stereos and fixed electronics cheap out of his garage. I built a friendship with the Stereo repair guy since I was always having him look over stuff for me. He had a beautiful mid 70s Marantz Stack he had bought new in the 70s that I kept jokingly pestering him to sell to me. Then around 2003 or so he sold it to me but I had to buy 30 other pieces of hifi junk he had on his shelves for at the time a steep price of ~3k. Then life happened and most of my stuff sat in storage til a 3 years back. I went through some life changes, had a son and dusted off some of my old gear. I still have my original 1152dc and 1180dc that were my gateway drugs, but they only get used occasionally or snuck into backdrops of photoshoots.  This is my white whale system that I massively overpaid for in 2003.  Marantz 510m Power Amp, 3200 Pre, 150 Tube Tuner and 6300 Turntable. Ohm i speakers some one gave me back around 2003 as well because they said they were broken. (The 40w amp they had was not enough to power them) Once dusted off, I had a BT adapter and a few records but I found my 1 year old son loved to push the record start button every night and I decided to make it a thing to play him something different every night. So I spent the last 2 years combing antique/thrift stores and garage sales for .50 or dollar records and have made a few decent scores. This was a recent 60 record haul at 50 cents each. https://youtube.com/shorts/3X67OkjNNFM?feature=share I also added some $5 Led strip lights from Walmart to the back of my Walmart cube organizer, added a thrifted Ikea Fonolit, replaced the 6300 dustcover, and replaced the Shure V15VMR stylus with a Jico SAS one after the original suspension broke.  More light, extra turntable is a 6270q I found on FB marketplace for $100 a few months back.  Here is a video of the setup playing obviously the mic on my gopro doesn't do it justice. https://youtu.be/bQazMkBrtZY
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May 27, 2021 07:01
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That stuff's all junk. If you mail it all to me I'd be happy to throw it out for you.
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May 27, 2021 08:58
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Rolo posted:Silversun Pickups is having a limited black/white press of their Carnavas album. Well, I'd be a fool if I didn't also find two other records to bump me up to free shipping. Got Swoon and First Aid Kit's The Lion's Roar. Thanks for posting!
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May 27, 2021 13:19
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The Bandit posted:And I imagine the Klipsch speakers you posted are 4ohm and the OGs are 6. Great point.
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May 27, 2021 13:42
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Samsquamsch posted:Well, I'd be a fool if I didn't also find two other records to bump me up to free shipping. Got Swoon and First Aid Kit's The Lion's Roar. Thanks for posting! You’re welcome, happy to contribute to a thread that helped me like 15 times in a week starting out. I’ve never listened to Lion’s Roar but I like Stay Gold. Guess I need to check it out?
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my turn in the barrel posted:I've posted in the turntable stereo hifi thread but just realized there is a Vinyl thread and figured I'd post a setup rundown. That photoshoot though. Penthouse? Femjoy? The Bandit posted:I don't, I'm not an expert on this. I know that cabinets are generally designed to use specific drivers to get the best response. And I imagine the Klipsch speakers you posted are 4ohm and the OGs are 6. You can use a meter and get a ballpark estimate, right? ED: but yeah, the sticker on the side says CS6650W-0444539, and I bet all those 4's are trying to tell me something. petit choux fucked around with this message at 15:25 on May 27, 2021 |
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Okay, the wife is saying those speakers are not coming in this house so anybody in the DelMarVa or DC area, if you're interested in purchasing them, PM me. I can also deliver at a reasonable rate if it's not more than like 100 mi. I mean I know I gotta fight for my right to party but they are really loving big.
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May 27, 2021 16:36
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Rolo posted:You’re welcome, happy to contribute to a thread that helped me like 15 times in a week starting out. The first two tracks are what made me a fan of them, their vocals really shine. Also, I'm a total sucker for cool colors in a pressing, and all of these look great.
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May 27, 2021 16:51
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Samsquamsch posted:The first two tracks are what made me a fan of them, their vocals really shine. Also, I'm a total sucker for cool colors in a pressing, and all of these look great. Gonna listen to them today then. In a bit of weakness, I copied you got the limited of Swoon on preorder. I also preordered the non-fancy black edition of Muse’s Origin or Symmetry remix because I freaking love this album and can’t wait to hear it slightly different:  quote:Dubbed Origin of Symmetry: XX Anniversary RemiXX, the set is not the traditional remix set inviting a bunch of mixers to radically rework the tracks. Rather, the band worked closely with producer Rich Costey, revisiting the material and finding a more open, dynamic and less crushed sound overall. As a result, fans will hear a fuller instrumentation as certain tracks that previous got buried or muted in the mix now can be more prominently featured. They dropped the updated version of Citizen Erased online and I liked it enough to preorder the whole thing. Rolo fucked around with this message at 17:24 on May 27, 2021 |
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May 27, 2021 17:05
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That remix is super tempting. Those first... three? Muse albums were varying degrees of good to great before the band fell off a cliff.
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May 27, 2021 22:03
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Schremp Howard posted:That remix is super tempting. Those first... three? Muse albums were varying degrees of good to great before the band fell off a cliff. I agree with 3. I’m going to probably end up with Absolution, Showbiz and this one then call it. The next few albums had a handful of songs I like but that doesn’t qualify for vinyl money. The newest stuff I’ve been listening to and deleting immediately. Good thing is that the album drops digitally next month so I can preview and cancel the preorder if needed, doubt I will though, the digital teaser track is good.
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May 27, 2021 22:20
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I'm done adding everything to my discogs collection. https://www.discogs.com/user/shivan000/collection My stuff plus the stuff I got from my mom. Neat to see a counterfeit Beatles album.
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May 28, 2021 01:58
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If anyone plans on buying something from Father Daughter Records you can get five bucks off a purchase of fifteen dollars or more with the code PVPAL. It works on their own site and bandcamp.
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May 28, 2021 02:51
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CPL593H posted:If anyone plans on buying something from Father Daughter Records you can get five bucks off a purchase of fifteen dollars or more with the code PVPAL. It works on their own site and bandcamp. You should totally buy the new Remember Sports record. But I'm just saying that because it's really good and they released it.
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May 28, 2021 03:56
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Cemetry Gator posted:You should totally buy the new Remember Sports record. But I'm just saying that because it's really good and they released it. I just had three records who up in the mail this week so I'm trying to take a break from records for a while. Until next week when my brother wants to go to my favorite record store.
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May 28, 2021 04:40
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I probably have enough Sparks albums now.
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May 28, 2021 05:05
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I'm hoping to head back to the local record store next weekend or so...send "good vibes" my way for me to find any Supertramp, Jethro Tull, or Primus.
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I finally pulled the trigger on a record cabinet on display at one of the record stores around me. Locally built and the guy was nice enough to drop it off. Absolutely love the new setup. Now to figure out how I'd like to organize the records. 
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May 28, 2021 18:41
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That’s drat cool. Also the idea of not having my dust cover on 24/7 scares me. My building is new, I have no pets but it’s duuuusty.
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Rolo posted:That’s drat cool. could always invest in a moderately sized air filter/purifier machine. stamp down a lot of the dust in a room that way.
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CaptainBeefart posted:I finally pulled the trigger on a record cabinet on display at one of the record stores around me. Locally built and the guy was nice enough to drop it off. Absolutely love the new setup. Now to figure out how I'd like to organize the records. 
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Rolo posted:That’s drat cool. I started finally using the dust covers yesterday after setting up. So much dust and cat hair.
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caligulamprey posted:Hell yeah that Lifetones album. It's drat good.
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