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Re: What did you do to your stereo rig today?
Ordered the eversolo t-10 streamer to match with damifrips pontus 15 .
rebelsoul
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Re: At the risk of being banned... I put Dayton drivers in my Polk 5A's (and I love them).
I can't leave anything alone. I am currently working on a set of 75T's. Lining the inside of the boxes with foam; I chamfer all exposed edges of the bracing and behind the drivers. I am rebuilding the Crossovers using the same specs but far better parts. However, I am upgrading the tweeters, I'm sorry but on this model they cheaped out. My go to parts company is Parts Express. I have others but they are much more expensive. If you're wondering, yes, I listen to Danny from GR research, he has taught me a lot. I have been amazed that I have been able to take middle of the road speakers and get them to sound like thousands of dollars.
CobraCain
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Re: Post a picture.....any picture...part deux...
@Tony M - just looked those up. They seem to be an advanced design shock with all kinds of cool design and performance points, but also purport to restore factory ride.
I've become suspicious of marketing jargon for vehicle suspension from trying a bunch of different brands for various vehicles over the years. Some were complete garbage, other quite nice. I'm curious to hear how these work out for you. They seem to be well reviewed in a quick search.
Curious - did you happen to work your existing shocks in comparison to your new ones? Were they easy action, little damping, fast rebound? Completely flat/easy compression, no rebound? Did you work the new shocks through full travel several times? And what do you notice between them under this comparison?
I've become suspicious of marketing jargon for vehicle suspension from trying a bunch of different brands for various vehicles over the years. Some were complete garbage, other quite nice. I'm curious to hear how these work out for you. They seem to be well reviewed in a quick search.
Curious - did you happen to work your existing shocks in comparison to your new ones? Were they easy action, little damping, fast rebound? Completely flat/easy compression, no rebound? Did you work the new shocks through full travel several times? And what do you notice between them under this comparison?
msg
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Re: Van Halen 1984 SACD issue, MoFi Response..
I have an original CD release and the 2000 remaster for comparison to each other. The 2000 remaster is way "louder" but annoyingly shrill. The original sounds kind of warm and subdued but decent. I never really thought Van Halen recording quality across the first five albums to be all that great because they were in that crossover period between vinyl or cassette tape and CD and when most people listened to their music on a radio or in the tape deck in a car. Not really intended to be audiophile stuff. Maybe the HDTracks high res version is the one to get in digital form.
Emlyn
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Re: Van Halen 1984 SACD issue, MoFi Response..
From the Hoffman forum.
Hi, I just compared a FLAC rip of the CD layer to the original 1984 CD (a Japanese Target in my case, though the mastering is the same for all WB CDs).
Was listening on headphones and using Goldwave to analyze.
1. 1984: Same polarity as original CD. Sounded fine to me.
2. Jump: Same polarity as original CD. Sounded decent to me. The mid-range seems boosted compared to original CD.
3. Panama: Inverted absolute polarity (meaning both channels) compared to original CD. This is where things started to go south for the SACD sound-wise. Eddie's guitar sounds like it's coming through a transistor radio. The guitar isn't panned as far to the left as it should be; it's a bit narrowed. The drums sound choked and the reverb trails are almost gone. These aren't symptoms of inverted polarity (otherwise they'd go away upon inversion). These are symptoms of reduced treble (the frequency response between 12 kHz and 18kHz is greatly reduced from what it should be.) which could be caused by tape degradation, misalignment, or some other mishap during transferring/mastering.
4. Top Jimmy: Inverted absolute polarity compared to original CD. Sounds fine to me, though.
5. Drop Dead Legs: Inverted, sounds fine though.
6. Hot For Teacher: Inverted. Tape damage is audible in the left channel for the first 5 seconds. (much like the Procol Harum "A Salty Dog" SACD). Not as bad of a frequency deficiency as "Panama" has, but still, this does not sound good on the SACD.
7. I'll Wait: Inverted. Still sounds pretty good, though with slightly less "sparkle" than the original CD. On the SACD, the intro is less-trimmed. The original CD probably had a fade-up applied that smoothed the opening keyboard note.
8. Girl Gone Bad: Inverted, sounds fine.
9. House of Pain: Inverted, sounds fine.
Overall, not as bad as I thought it was going to be. But the way that "Panama" and "Hot For Teacher" sound is enough to make me not want to get the SACD in its current state. If they redo it and the mastering is better, great. But the tape may be too damaged.
pitdogg2
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Re: Post a picture.....any picture...part deux...
Tony - you prob know all this, but I meant to say...One tip - be sure not to overtighten the mounting hardware. If you over compress the bushings it can contribute to vibe transfer to the chassis.
wrt over-tightening the hardware - in some connections, the bushing needs to be able to move on the mount point. Over tightening not only preloads, but it can cause the bushings to bind on the mount. Check your install documentation to see whether they recommend grease. It's been a while, but I think I always put heavy synthetic grease (I like the green 'waterproof' stuff) or antiseize on the points that the bushings needed to be able to move or rotate on the mount. Rear shocks primarily, both ends. And at the control arm up front.
msg
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Re: Post a picture.....any picture...part deux...
F1nut - you built some off-road rigs at one point, didn't you? Of the FJ flavor
Sure did, FJ40 was one. Lots of guys with 4x4's back then put on lift kits, stiff springs and "off road" shocks. I'd laugh watching them bounce all over the place. When your truck is in the air half the time the tires aren't getting you anywhere.
F1nut
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