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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,690
    ^^^Cable management is apparently overrated. :)

    In the second pic, is there a story/explanation behind that turntable ?
    I have Google on hot standby, so fire away. :#
    Sal Palooza
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,727
    edited March 2018
    It looks to be a Garrard 401.
    The arm on the left is a SME
    the one on the back is one of these:

    26699318989_888e06cf41_b.jpgEXPERT LONDON N.2 1952 by silver_night 300b, on Flickr
    26890045029_8d7a3f7f78_b.jpgEXPERT LONDON N.2 1952 by silver_night 300b, on Flickr

    These photos are (all) from Joseph Esmila's Tribute to "Sound Practices" Flikr group :)

    Sound Practices was Joe Rosen's epochal magazine of the early 1990s that helped, in a big way, rekindle interest in SET amplifiers and high-sensitivity
    (ahem, horn) loudspeakers in a big way -- particularly in the US. Interest in that stuff never quite went away in Asia. :)

    https://www.flickr.com/groups/tribute_to_sound_practices/

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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,933
    @nbrowser quiz time. Tell me what's wrong in these two photos of my car that I took on Sunday.

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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    1. Hydraulic actuator leak? Blown internal o-ring?
    2. Engine oil cooler leaking? Could just be the filter seal.
    Basement: Polk SDA SRS 1.2tl's, Cary SLP-05 Pre with ultimate upgrade,McIntosh MCD301 CD/SACD player, Northstar Designs Excelsio DAC, Cambridge 851N streamer, McIntosh MC300 Amp, Silnote Morpheus Ref2, Series2 Digital Cables, Silnote Morpheus Ref2 Series2 XLR's, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Pangea Power Cables, MIT Shotgun S3 IC's, MIT Shotgun S1 Bi-Wire speaker cables
    Office: PC, EAR Acute CD Player, EAR 834L Pre, Northstar Designs Intenso DAC, Antique Sound Labs AV8 Monoblocks, Denon UDR-F10 Cassette, Acoustic Technologies Classic FR Speakers, SVS SB12 Plus sub, MIT AVt2 speaker cables, IFI Purifier2, AQ Cinnamon USB cable, Groneberg Quatro Reference IC's
    Spare Room: Dayens Ampino Integrated Amp, Tjoeb 99 tube CD player (modified Marantz CD-38), Analysis Plus Oval 9's, Zu Jumpers, AudioEngine B1 Streamer, Klipsch RB-61 v2, SVS PB1000 sub, Blue Jeans RCA IC's, Shunyata Hydra 8 Power Conditioner
    Living Room: Peachtree Nova Integrated, Cambridge CXN v2 Streamer, Rotel RCD-1072 CD player, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Polk RT265 In Wall Speakers, Polk DSW Pro 660wi sub
    Garage #1: Cambridge Audio 640A Integrated Amp, Project Box-E BT Streamer, Polk Tsi200 Bookies, Douglas Speaker Cables, Shunyata Power Conditioner
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,933
    Clutch slave cylinder leaking fluid for some reason. I've been told that it's "normal" for them to weep like this, which I don't really agree with. If you look closely you can see little brown bits. Like you said, I think some internal seal must've given out. I will need to get this addressed I think. Clutch still feels/engages fine though.

    Yep, my oil cooler was leaking and made a huge mess. At first I assumed it was one of the orings or gaskets that had failed. I took it apart and noticed the center bolt that holds everything together was loose and there was actually a few mm of play between the top of the bolt head and the Mocal sandwich plate assembly. Not good. Apparently it loosened up over time or I inadvertently loosened it when I was doing my oil change and removing the oil filter.

    I was pretty annoyed about the oil getting everywhere, but after I took it apart and put it back together while making sure to snug up that center bolt, I don't see anymore leak like there was.

    I did notice a slight weeping of oil coming down from the seal between the Mocal plate and black aluminum adapter/spacer, but it's very slight so I think it might just be excess oil that I used to lube the oring/gasket before I assembled everything. At least that's what I hope.
    verb wrote: »
    1. Hydraulic actuator leak? Blown internal o-ring?
    2. Engine oil cooler leaking? Could just be the filter seal.

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  • FestYboy
    FestYboy Posts: 3,861
    Zooming in, the fork boot looks like it has grease around it... That could easily cause the weep if it got warm (the grease starts to separate and the thinner portions will wick).

    I'm going in with Subaru... As that's a longitudinally mounted trans.
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,933
    Correct. It's a Scion FR-S, aka Subaru BRZ.

    I don't recall this area ever weeping/leaking like this. I don't like it. Not one bit. I need to find a competent mechanic to take it to to fix it.
    FestYboy wrote: »
    Zooming in, the fork boot looks like it has grease around it... That could easily cause the weep if it got warm (the grease starts to separate and the thinner portions will wick).

    I'm going in with Subaru... As that's a longitudinally mounted trans.

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  • FestYboy
    FestYboy Posts: 3,861
    Clipdat wrote: »
    Correct. It's a Scion FR-S, aka Subaru BRZ.

    I don't recall this area ever weeping/leaking like this. I don't like it. Not one bit. I need to find a competent mechanic to take it to to fix it.

    Wipe off the excess and Hose it down with non-chlorinated brake clean first (then add just a touch of grease to the pushrod tip). If it's not the grease weeping, it'll show up again. If it was the grease weeping, the you've just taken care of the issue. Also, it might be time to flush the system as a regular maintenance item...
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,933
    edited March 2018
    Sounds like a royal pain in the **** that I'd rather pay someone to do, but thanks for the advice. It's in a kindof hard to get area. I had to lean over super far and contort myself just to get that photo of it. It would be tricky to work on that area with any sort of accuracy.

    Car only has 25k miles on it, so I'm surprised to see anything abnormal on the clutch slave cylinder. That being said they are 25k HARD miles as I don't baby my car.
    FestYboy wrote: »
    Wipe off the excess and Hose it down with non-chlorinated brake clean first (then add just a touch of grease to the pushrod tip). If it's not the grease weeping, it'll show up again. If it was the grease weeping, the you've just taken care of the issue. Also, it might be time to flush the system as a regular maintenance item...

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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,141
    https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=560165104354706&set=a.469898833381334.1073741826.100010836639367&type=3
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,933
    No, but I posted a video the other day that I thought you would like, not sure if you saw it:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3ndeXiZUeM
    nbrowser wrote: »
    Anymore...tests? lol

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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,933
    lol, I know that. Watch the video.
    nbrowser wrote: »
    Didn't see it...but just the text alone screams that's just plain WRONG! You should never use anything on your wheel studs...always keep em dry.

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  • FestYboy
    FestYboy Posts: 3,861
    Never do that! :o

    At the very most, a light coating of 3in1 or equivalent for rust prevention is all that's needed. Seen too many loose lugs, or over torqued lugs with stretched threads. Either way it's a bad idea.
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  • mlistens03
    mlistens03 Posts: 2,767
    My grammar class...
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    Maybe they should take a grammar class lol
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,952
    mlistens03 wrote: »
    My grammar class...
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    Maybe they should take a grammar class lol

    Right after the copying class ? lol
    HT SYSTEM-
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,933
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    Clipdat Posts: 12,933
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  • mlistens03
    mlistens03 Posts: 2,767
    edited March 2018
    Picture of the LSis in my new setup. I redid everything, here is a picture of them from my listening position:
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    Seriously though, I am redoing my setup, and they are just here for the hour or so everything is in the state of moving.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,727
    mlistens03 wrote: »
    ...
    Seriously though, I am redoing my setup, and they are just here for the hour or so everything is in the state of moving.

    I am empathetic.
    I did a housecleaning upstairs one day. It was harrowing ;)

    24384852871_c52a6d92da_h.jpg022 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr
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  • mlistens03
    mlistens03 Posts: 2,767
    Ha, that looks way harder than this. Here is what my rebuild is looking like so far.
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    I need a bigger room.
    While I’m here, is it ok to use the high level inputs on my Velodyne CHT-10 and not use the outputs? I was going to hook it up like that for serious listening, but I don’t want the filter that is in the Velodyne to mess with the sound quality of the polks.
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,032
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  • FestYboy
    FestYboy Posts: 3,861
    That's funny stuff right there.
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,933
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  • FestYboy
    FestYboy Posts: 3,861
    Instant slip n' slide
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  • sandworms
    sandworms Posts: 1,043
    I want one!
    Samsung pn64f8500
    Sonus faber venere 2.5
    Sf venere center
    Oppo 105d
    Squeezebox touch
    Parasound hca1500a
    Apc power filter
    Audioquest cables asst
    Polk rtia3 SB
    Polk fxia6 sl,sr
    Dual hsu vtf3 mk3

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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    Looks like fun, but most likely one-and-done. Aircraft emergency slide I presume?
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,141
    This one is for you John... ;) A 71 Dodge Demon for sale down the road from me.
    https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/160918417953383
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,032
    edited March 2018
    Tony M wrote: »
    This one is for you John... ;) A 71 Dodge Demon for sale down the road from me.
    https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/160918417953383

    That's close to Lumberton. I wonder if Frank Booth ever owned that car? :p He liked Mopars.
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  • NotaSuv
    NotaSuv Posts: 3,849
    From the airshow in Melbourne Fl this weekendlzc5wocwi1n7.jpg
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,141
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    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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