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Re: Post a picture.....any picture...part deux...
Man if I could buy gas with no ethanol all day every day I'd be a happy guy. The only pure gas we get is premium. Our E85 is only .30cents cheaper here in Illinois, AND it takes TWICE as much to drive the same distance as 10% blend.
pitdogg2
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Re: Post a picture.....any picture...part deux...
I remember my first cell phone (‘95?) - I had a $100/month plan for 60 minutes. Man, I was calling everyone and anyone at the end of the month to use up that airtime…
daddyjt
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Re: Post a picture.....any picture...part deux...
I had a bag phone for my car. Damn expensive I remember. There was a hot girl she and I went for a long drive. She wanted to try it out. I let her. Frig. For the price of that call I could have taken her to Michelin Star restaurant. At least that's what it felt like. I was 17. Young dumb and full of ....
Willow
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Re: PSB Stratus Gold
These sound great
https://www.hificollective.co.uk/search/site?text=Power tron
Those 20 watt stock are already getting hot, the discoloration in the glue being the tell.
https://www.hificollective.co.uk/search/site?text=Power tron
Those 20 watt stock are already getting hot, the discoloration in the glue being the tell.
VR3
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Re: Post a picture.....any picture...part deux...
Years ago, before unlimited cell phone plans, my dad sent his first text message to me via the old T9 method. His message said, "I think I'm texting". I replied with, "You know those may cost you 10 cents each". Never got another text from him...ever.
I remember some parents finding out their kids had been texting with high 3 digit near 4 digit bills when they received them. I clearly remember one parent at work stating their texting costs were near .25¢ a letter. Crazy time for sure.
pitdogg2
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Re: Advice on repairing SL1000 tweeter
Having dissected both SL1000 and SL2000, I always assumed Polk added a few more turns on the 2K coil to tame the peak due to changing to the plastic bezel.
xschop
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Re: Advice on repairing SL1000 tweeter
shnaggletooth wrote: »Picked up a pair of Monitor 7C speakers today. These have SL1000 tweeters, not the SL2000 tweeters, and the Polk badge is directly on the front bottom of the wood cabinet, not on the grill itself.
Anyway, one of the tweeters is less bright than the other. Examined it, and the clear plastic half-spherical covering has come about halfway undone the main perimeter. The black fabric-y portion underneath it floats "loose" with the cover not securing it tightly.
Not sure if that is any cause of the slight dullness, but assuming it has to be repaired anyway -- what is best to seal the covering -- rubber cement, Elmer's? Does is really matter?
Toothpick to illustrate how the plastic cover has come undone:
The way shnaggletooth described his 7Cs in this thread are exactly the way the 7Cs I bought a couple weekends ago are.
blinkbears
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Re: Advice on repairing SL1000 tweeter
@blinkbears has a set of 7C's with SL1000's he says. Are they able to take the 198's with the 8uf caps across the resistors like the last revision for SL2500 shows?
(The 198 domes and/or magnets can be adapted to the SL1000 metal plates)
Westmassguy did the TL mod to a pair of 7C with the SL2000. I wonder if the crossover was tweaked when Polk went from the early 7C with the SL1000 to the later one with the SL2000.
https://forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/192120/monitor-7-with-tl-upgrade#latest
Gardenstater
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Re: Hana Cartridges
Regarding the new Ortofon MC X series, here's a nice video tour inside their factory, and it has some good info on the new cartridges.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBKmWBkPpGs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBKmWBkPpGs
jdjohn
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Re: Hana Cartridges
There is a thread over on Vinyl Engine where a guy from London has almost 50 pages of comments (mostly just him) where he is experimenting with a Hana ML and an SUT, although the SUT is integrated into his phono stage. https://www.vinylengine.com/turntable_forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=135060displayname wrote: »I also added an SUT in the chain and that improved the sound with my specific phonostage. My guess is 60db is closer to the sweet spot on the gain, and my phono offers 58 to 64, which is why I brought in the SUT.
jdjohn
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