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Re: Is it just me, or…
I couldn’t tell you the last time I went inside a fast food restaurant. I didn’t even know about the ordering at a kiosk thing. Lifestyles are different, but if I’m getting “fast food,” I’m staying in my car.
PSOVLSK
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Re: Post a picture.....any picture...part deux...
SeleniumFalcon wrote: »Anita Ekberg had a Tandberg.
I believe Anita Ekberg had a pair if Tanbergs
mrbigbluelight
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Re: Is it just me, or…
There was an episode of "The Beverly Hillbillies" where Mr. Drysdale tried to entice these rich stock market men to The Commerce Bank by claiming Jed Clampett was a financial genius. When they got Jed alone, they asked him for a (stock) tip. Jed says: "You want a good tip? Plant your corn early."
Viking64
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Re: Is it just me, or…
In all seriousness, I travel a lot for work - 126 hotel nights last year (not counting late day trips). I enjoy finding new places often, but sometimes, at 7-8 o’clock at night after a 12 hour day, you just want something fairly decent and somewhat quick. Added to that, sometimes I just don’t have the time or energy to find a good place. PLUS, I stay in a lot of SMALL towns - Ely, Elko NV, Vernal, Tooele, Logan UT, numerous small Idaho towns, etc…
Man, if you are gonna eat out? Well then do it in style. EAT OUT!
All you need to do is look for the local brothel.
Oh, you are talking about food. Please disregard this rather informative post. I will see myself to the door.
Tom
treitz3
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Re: Post a picture.....any picture...part deux...
I can't say I remember a protracted Wollensak discussion before. 
As @SeleniumFalcon notes - the Wollesaks were pretty ubiquitous in American education for quite some time. Crown bragged that their tape machines were "built missionary tough". Wollensaks were "built language lab tough"!
Since we find ourselves on the topic
, now seems like a good time to note that the sturdy Wollensak cassette transport formed the mechanical heart (or is it just entrails) of both the Advent 201 cassette deck and a Heathkit cassette deck of roughly the same era.
(image from US Audio Mart)
(Random internet image).
I once found an Advent 201 at the dump, but all the rubber bits had transmogrified into sticky black goo, so I was loath to even attempt to rehabilitate it. I hate working on cassette transports!
source: https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Catalogs/Heathkit-Catalogs/Heathkit-1973-800-70-Summer.pdf (pg 71)
Note that Heathkit wasn't as cheap as Henry Kloss, letting their customers have two meters!
As @SeleniumFalcon notes - the Wollesaks were pretty ubiquitous in American education for quite some time. Crown bragged that their tape machines were "built missionary tough". Wollensaks were "built language lab tough"!
Since we find ourselves on the topic
, now seems like a good time to note that the sturdy Wollensak cassette transport formed the mechanical heart (or is it just entrails) of both the Advent 201 cassette deck and a Heathkit cassette deck of roughly the same era.(image from US Audio Mart)
(Random internet image).
I once found an Advent 201 at the dump, but all the rubber bits had transmogrified into sticky black goo, so I was loath to even attempt to rehabilitate it. I hate working on cassette transports!
source: https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Catalogs/Heathkit-Catalogs/Heathkit-1973-800-70-Summer.pdf (pg 71)
Note that Heathkit wasn't as cheap as Henry Kloss, letting their customers have two meters!
mhardy6647
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Re: Post a picture.....any picture...part deux...
Another Advent piece of trivia, Nakamichi built the Advent 200 cassette deck which was also the first deck to use Dolby B.
SeleniumFalcon
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Re: Post a picture.....any picture...part deux...
Wonder if Steve Wozniak ever had a Wollensak.
mhardy6647
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Re: Mirage SM3?
@SeleniumFalcon - I believe your recollection is correct (FWIW).
Had a pair of SM-1 for a while. Quite beguiling. Note the thick felt around the tweeter (similar to the OP's SM-3) -- the grille was made to mesh with the foam, so to speak, in an effort to control dispersion and/or diffraction. Almost embarrassingly simple two-ways, but a nice, open, transparent sound.
I rehabbed a pair of the small SM-4 for a friend when we lived in MA. Also quite nice. I don't think I have a photo of them. At the least, I don't have one handy.
Refoamed the woofers and replaced (retrofit) MR drivers (one of the originals had an open VC and I wasn't having any luck sourcing an original driver) in a pair of later (and apparently well-respected) L-750 belonging to the builder of our current house some years back, too.
Had a pair of SM-1 for a while. Quite beguiling. Note the thick felt around the tweeter (similar to the OP's SM-3) -- the grille was made to mesh with the foam, so to speak, in an effort to control dispersion and/or diffraction. Almost embarrassingly simple two-ways, but a nice, open, transparent sound.
I rehabbed a pair of the small SM-4 for a friend when we lived in MA. Also quite nice. I don't think I have a photo of them. At the least, I don't have one handy.
Refoamed the woofers and replaced (retrofit) MR drivers (one of the originals had an open VC and I wasn't having any luck sourcing an original driver) in a pair of later (and apparently well-respected) L-750 belonging to the builder of our current house some years back, too.
mhardy6647
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Re: Plasma TV,s
For those stating your plasma is/was a space heater, are/were you running it in torch (vivid) mode?
It was the earlier models. The 720p panels were not bad, but my Panny was the 1st year of 1080p resolution and it was a space heater. A couple model years later, they managed make panels that used half the power.
billbillw
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