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1: General Asylum, Thanks! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2023-10-01, 16:24:40 (35.129.230.189)
:-) John Kuthe RN .......
2: General Asylum, Thanks! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2023-09-22, 08:03:48 (35.129.230.189)
:-) JohnKutheRN .......
3: General Asylum, RE: Here you go. My system! WITH embedded photos (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2023-09-20, 17:32:33 (35.129.230.189)
Thank YOU! :-) JohnKutheRN... .......
4: General Asylum, I wish I could (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2023-09-20, 06:11:50 (35.129.230.189)
JohnKutheRN .......
5: General Asylum, RE: My system! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2023-09-19, 05:51:34 (35.129.230.189)
Yep, but it does not work. :-( JohnKutheRN .......
6: General Asylum, I used to do that with (a ref="") links! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2023-09-18, 16:58:13 (35.129.230.189)
I was hoping someone would do it for me! ;-) JohnKutheRN .......
7: General Asylum, My system! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2023-09-18, 15:31:29 (35.129.230.189)
https://i.postimg.cc/RCfx8HgK/System.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/7Yn8Py8L/Speakers-Right.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/VL8PckhT/Speakers-Left.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/dVQMLSw-j/Speakers-Rear.jpg And it's Tria .......
8: Vintage Asylum, RE: Santiagos in the house!! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2023-09-18, 12:26:41 (35.129.230.189)
Excellent! I have 2 La Scala, 2 Heresies, 4 Bozaks, 2 Magnepans, a truck box with 2 15" Dayton Subs triamped in my basement! They sould great! I shall have to get some pics posted someday. John Kuthe. .......
9: General Asylum, RE: Did the Asylums go through a Time Warp? (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2023-09-14, 12:44:33 (35.129.230.189)
I never notice any change. John Kuthe .......
10: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: 350 (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2023-01-11, 18:48:18 (23.84.26.202)
Thank you! Now I want one, to power my Magnapan MGIIIa speakers, someday! John Kuthe... .......
11: Amp/Preamp Asylum, How many watts pe channel for a Phase Linear 700B Stereo Power Amplifier (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2023-01-11, 17:32:52 (23.84.26.202)
I can't find the specs anywhere. Please? John Kuthe..Phase Linear 700B Stereo Power Amplifier .......
12: General Asylum, I used to check out Savoy Brown albums from St Louis County library 1977 or 1978 (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-12-24, 15:14:15 (23.84.26.202)
Great stuff! John Kuthe... .......
13: Speaker Asylum, RE: Are you asking about continuous power input rating or amplifier rating? (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-12-14, 05:55:57 (23.84.26.202)
Exactly! A poverty of info! John Kuthe... .......
14: Speaker Asylum, How much power do Bose 9 series iii handle? (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-12-13, 18:03:02 (23.84.26.202)
Thanks John Kuthe... .......
15: General Asylum, Put your amp on a glass surface (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-11-15, 17:56:38 (23.84.26.202)
Like I have under mine! John Kuthe... .......
16: General Asylum, Chicago, early 1970's (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-11-12, 12:30:22 (23.84.26.202)
John Kuthe... .......
17: General Asylum, I made Cheep Effects with a Pioneer CTf-1000 (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-10-31, 06:20:01 (23.84.26.202)
and a Microphone, making a 90min cassette and the Source switch switched to Tape for a very short delay! At VERY low volume. John Kuthe... .......
18: General Asylum, RE: RFI (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-10-27, 17:46:19 (23.84.26.202)
Possibly, yes! John Kuthe... .......
19: General Asylum, RE: My Listening Room has NO problems! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-10-27, 08:57:36 (23.84.26.202)
Typo! ;-) John Kuthe... .......
20: General Asylum, My Listening Room has to problems! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-10-23, 19:24:10 (23.84.26.202)
:-) John Kuthe... .......
21: General Asylum, At IBM... (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-10-23, 06:18:45 (23.84.26.202)
...we call it 0-dark Thirty! Point of fewest clients online! John Kuthe... .......
22: General Asylum, Yes I do! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-10-10, 04:51:08 (23.84.26.202)
On my McIntosh MC2105 Solid State Power Amp! John Kuthe, RN, BSN... .......
23: General Asylum, I played my Djembe to Jane's Addiction's "Nothing's Shocking" (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-09-15, 20:11:01 (23.84.26.202)
Today, every beat too! John Kuthe... .......
24: General Asylum, I love this (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-09-13, 18:46:20 (23.84.26.202)
"We are inclusive and diverse, but dissent will not be tolerated." John Kuthe... .......
25: General Asylum, LP's ROCK! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-09-13, 13:57:15 (23.84.26.202)
Oh yeah! John Kuthe... .......
26: General Asylum, Nahhh! Cool Electrothreads (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-09-12, 13:06:33 (23.84.26.202)
I use them as acoustic dampers! John Kuthe... .......
27: General Asylum, I'm glad mine only needed correct wiring! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-09-11, 16:35:32 (23.84.26.202)
Which they now have! John Kuthe... .......
28: General Asylum, But shipping them is a REAL BITCH! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-09-11, 10:36:20 (23.84.26.202)
So I'm glad mine are fine! John Kuthe... .......
29: General Asylum, Thank you! :-) (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-09-10, 17:41:36 (23.84.26.202)
John Kuthe, RN, BSN... .......
30: General Asylum, And they sound AMAZINGLY GOOD (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-09-10, 14:52:10 (23.84.26.202)
They suck a LOT of power though, WAY more than my Klipsch La Scalas, Heresies, etc. John Kuthe... .......
31: General Asylum, I have TWO Djembe in that room! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-09-09, 18:57:10 (23.84.26.202)
My old one and my new one! And BOTH sound GREAT! John Kuthe...` .......
32: General Asylum, I thought one of my Magnepan MGIIIa speakers was out (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-09-09, 17:56:29 (23.84.26.202)
But I just had a case of the "not plugged in: errors on one of the wires to the Speaker Switch! But both my Magnepan MGIIIa's work fine! Yay! John Kuthe... .......
33: General Asylum, Thanks! It IS, too! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-09-08, 13:36:16 (23.84.26.202)
These to! Magnepan MgIIIa's John Kuthe... .......
34: General Asylum, My Father had a mono Mcintosh preamp/tuner (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-09-06, 18:27:35 (23.84.26.202)
and a mono 20 watt Mcintosh with a Pickering cartridge+turntable into as 15" Altec/Lansing Voice of the Theater speaker that I listened to as a teen! Black Sabbath Paranoid! With War Pigs on it! "N .......
35: General Asylum, I got a LOT of Soldering practice today! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-09-06, 17:49:55 (23.84.26.202)
Splicing wires together for one Heresy speaker in my basement Listening Room! But I made it work! John Kuthe... .......
36: General Asylum, At least it's running COOL! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-09-02, 16:40:25 (23.84.26.202)
Like my McIntosh MC2105 which has a fan running on it 24/7! John Kuthe... .......
37: General Asylum, But needs repair now (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-08-31, 18:58:08 (23.84.26.202)
And Geeks on Site is due out tomorrow! Yay! John Kuthe... .......
38: General Asylum, Some of the BEST, too (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-08-30, 12:27:13 (23.84.26.202)
I have "Get up, Stand Up" playing right now! Great dinner music! John Kuthe... .......
39: General Asylum, The door on the CD Player (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-08-29, 13:28:38 (23.84.26.202)
But I normally play my Win10 computer signal! John Kuthe, RN, BSN... .......
40: General Asylum, Not now! Nicer Win10 Laptop! Works fine! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-08-29, 12:02:51 (23.84.26.202)
John Kuthe... .......
41: General Asylum, Incorrect! That was Peter Tork! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-08-28, 16:11:40 (23.84.26.202)
John Kuthe... .......
42: General Asylum, Oh, I AM (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-08-28, 14:53:40 (23.84.26.202)
I start every morning with Peter Tosh! :-) John Kuthe... .......
43: General Asylum, No, I am merely incorrectly worded! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-08-28, 14:33:31 (23.84.26.202)
You like I have both Internet music and NON Internet music. :-) Congratulations! John Kuthe... .......
44: General Asylum, Until your Internet fails! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-08-28, 14:21:36 (23.84.26.202)
Then you are WITHOUT MUSIC! :-( I am NOT! :-) John Kuthe... .......
45: General Asylum, I used a small piece of Duct Tape to tape the door closed (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-08-28, 14:00:30 (23.84.26.202)
After loading my 76+ CDs I own! John Kuthe... .......
46: General Asylum, Nope! It works fine! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-08-28, 12:40:54 (23.84.26.202)
John Kuthe... .......
47: General Asylum, RE: what about your CD player problem? /nt (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-08-28, 10:25:22 (23.84.26.202)
No problem, it works fine! John Kuthe... .......
48: General Asylum, RE: My Sound System is back to NORMAL! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-08-26, 18:54:12 (23.84.26.202)
After all the storm damaged equipment was replaced! :-) John Kuthe... .......
49: General Asylum, My Sound System is back to NORMAL! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-08-26, 17:56:13 (23.84.26.202)
Yay! I now have Youtube music in my basement listening room, and front and back outside too! John Kuthe... .......
50: General Asylum, I see nothing (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-08-24, 15:18:31 (23.84.26.202)
But I have an old MacBook Pro! :-( John Kuthe... .......
51: General Asylum, I wanted to call the Seller to ask them if they may know... (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-08-20, 18:51:36 (23.84.26.202)
...how to fix the problem I was having with the CD Player. A slim chance is better than no chance. John Kuthe... .......
52: General Asylum, Because I could not find Ebay's phone number (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-08-20, 18:39:17 (23.84.26.202)
But someone else here did. John Kuthe... .......
53: General Asylum, No need, *I* broke it (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-08-20, 18:09:37 (23.84.26.202)
But I do not know how. John Kuthe... .......
54: General Asylum, No, my Macbook Pro is version 10 which not updated (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-08-20, 17:19:08 (23.84.26.202)
It is an older MacBook Pro incapable of being updated. :-( John Kuthe... .......
55: General Asylum, I tried that, but it would not work for me (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-08-20, 16:32:47 (23.84.26.202)
It threw an error message I have seen before. Something about the server not being available or using an unfamiliar protocol. John Kuthe... .......
56: General Asylum, Because I would like to contact the seller (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-08-20, 16:14:10 (23.84.26.202)
To ask them if they might know why the door is stuck now. John Kuthe... .......
57: General Asylum, I'm quite sure *I* broke it! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-08-20, 15:37:10 (23.84.26.202)
When I first unwrapped it, the door fell 100% open like a drawbridge, But now after I carried it to my basement, the door will only open 50% of the way, so I cannot put CDs in it! So I cannot use it, .......
58: General Asylum, Ebay SUCKS! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-08-20, 14:06:44 (23.84.26.202)
I bought a Sony CDP-CX205 200 Disc Mega Storage CD Player Disc Changer from Ebay and Broke the Door! And Ebay has NO Phone Number to call about my problem. Ebay sucks! John Kuthe... .......
59: General Asylum, My Klipsch La Scalas, Heresies, Bozak Urbans, and and a truck box with two 15" Dayton Subwoofers (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-08-19, 18:14:07 (23.84.26.202)
John Kuthe... .......
60: General Asylum, Exactly! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-08-13, 09:28:15 (23.84.26.202)
Good sound equipment lasts! :-) John Kuthe... .......
61: General Asylum, I GOT my Mcintosh MX113 back and it sound great! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-08-10, 11:12:50 (23.84.26.202)
And Advanced Computers is gonna build me a nice WinXP laptop to serve as a Youtube box for my systems! John Kuthe, RN, BSN... .......
62: General Asylum, My preeamp died in the recent storms! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-08-05, 18:38:55 (23.84.26.202)
So I took my Mcintosh Mx113 preamp AM/FM tuner in for repairs! John Kuthe, RN, BSN... .......
63: General Asylum, Klipsch! :-) (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-07-30, 14:39:09 (35.129.9.50)
John Kuthe... .......
64: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Probably, yes! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-07-10, 11:07:34 (35.129.9.50)
I should level match via attenuation! John Kuthe... .......
65: Amp/Preamp Asylum, I'm just thinking about headroom! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-07-08, 18:46:50 (35.129.9.50)
John Kuthe... .......
66: Amp/Preamp Asylum, It is still on my RADAR! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-07-08, 17:02:32 (35.129.9.50)
I have a Macintosh MC2105 105wpc amo and a Crown 200wpc amp and a Dayton 1000W subwoofer amp, but thew Magnepans are real power hogs. .......
67: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Recommendations for high power power amps? (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-07-08, 16:14:00 (35.129.9.50)
I have a pair of MagnepanMGiiia's that are very ineffecient, as lease compared to my Klipsch La Scalas! I was thinking of something about 5000W per channel? John Kuthe... .......
68: General Asylum, I NEVER buy anything from Amazon! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-06-13, 12:53:47 (35.129.9.50)
Jeff Bezos SUCKS! :-( John Kuthe... .......
69: General Asylum, LPs do have more dynamic range than CDs! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-05-11, 19:08:27 (35.129.9.50)
I have both and I can tell! John Kuthe... .......
70: General Asylum, Or, better (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-05-06, 18:46:31 (35.129.9.50)
Bad to the Bone .......
71: General Asylum, I sure could use that! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-05-05, 18:47:07 (35.129.9.50)
My hearing in my right ear is less than my left ear, because of my Djembe playing! And I have a McIntosh MC2015 power amp that puts out 103wpc! And a Crown amp that puts out 200wpc, and a Dayton power .......
72: General Asylum, Bad To The Bone (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-05-05, 17:44:18 (35.129.9.50)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyhJ69mD7xI John Kuthe... .......
73: Tape Trail, I did! Alpha Tech in STL MO could not get parts for it! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-04-29, 17:57:00 (35.129.9.50)
:-( I miss my Pioneer CTf-1000, it was a great cassette tape machine! John Kuthe... .......
74: General Asylum, BTW Craig\Calliope Kurtz is a Poet, plays instruments, etc. (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-04-28, 11:36:08 (35.129.9.50)
and was a REAL TALENT for our band! I was just the Recording Technician! John Kuthe... .......
75: General Asylum, RE: Cheep Effects (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-04-28, 11:05:34 (35.129.9.50)
Cheep Effects was a band we started in 1979 when I had a Pioneer CTf-1000 Cassette Deck which had a separate playback and record head and when recording with a microphone I flipped the source switch f .......
76: General Asylum, Cheep Effects (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-04-27, 18:33:30 (35.129.9.50)
No music, yet! But I have a folder called "Edited" which I think should be the Cheep Effects first CD! John Kuthe... .......
77: General Asylum, I know exactly where Oscar Steinway and his Agoraphobia suffering Wife live (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-04-21, 18:59:04 (35.129.9.50)
On Delmar, just east of Midland Was miscalled the Rand House at one time by some dipshits. John Kuthe, RN, BSN... .......
78: Tape Trail, My Pioneer CTf-1000 cassette machine died! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-04-17, 13:39:44 (35.129.9.50)
And I miss it! That was an awesome cassette machine! John Kuthe... .......
79: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Cool! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-03-31, 19:05:56 (35.129.9.50)
I just have a Audio Technics TT, a very nice one! My Klipsch Heresies, La Scalas, and my Magnepans powered by a Mcintosh MC2105 amp, Bozak Urbans are powered by a Crown XLi 800, and two 15" Dayton Sub .......
80: General Asylum, That's why I keep my TT in the next room (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-03-27, 16:34:59 (35.129.9.50)
Away from my Listening Room! In my Hippie Pad! In a concrete basement! John Kuthe... .......
81: General Asylum, Klipsch La Scalas (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-03-26, 17:23:34 (35.129.9.50)
YOU asked: ------ Back to the LaScalas, I will use an amp (~$1,200 budget) to power them because it should be better/worth it to match a stand-alone amp quality/watts the LaScalas versus using the AV .......
82: Amp/Preamp Asylum, I Bookmarked it! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-03-21, 18:04:49 (35.129.9.50)
I'd love to get one! Rolls! 4 output RCA Distribution Amplifier! :-) Someday! John Kuthe... .......
83: General Asylum, Yes it can! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-03-21, 05:11:30 (35.129.9.50)
I have many MP3 CDs! John Kuthe... .......
84: Amp/Preamp Asylum, And Thanks! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-03-20, 18:56:11 (35.129.9.50)
John Kuthe... .......
85: General Asylum, Vinyl is inferior only to high speed pro tape! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-03-20, 16:59:50 (35.129.9.50)
Plus, MP3s are essentially lossy! John Kuthe... .......
86: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Better than nothing, but I'm not a nothing now (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-03-19, 18:18:35 (35.129.9.50)
Which right now I have an older Technics 100wpc but I'm only using it as a preamp! To push my McIntosh MC2108 103wpc, my Crown Xli800 and a Dayton 1000W Plate amp, and it works! And does not blow up a .......
87: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Looks nice! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-03-19, 11:57:20 (35.129.9.50)
I'd like to get one and use it! John Kuthe... .......
88: General Asylum, I used to go to the Indy 500 (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-03-17, 19:54:40 (35.129.9.50)
And THE most exciting race I eve saw was the one where Danica Patrick was in 1st for the last few laps but had to throttle back to finish the race! THAT was fun! John Kuthe... .......
89: Amp/Preamp Asylum, For right now, I have a 100wpc Technics amp which has preamp outs (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-03-17, 18:06:09 (35.129.9.50)
that I'm using to drive my McIntosh MC2015 Power Amp, a Crown Xli 800 power amp and a Dayton 1000wpc Plate Amp, all with no problems! I will look into these when I can! Thanks! John Kuthe, RN, BSN... .......
90: Amp/Preamp Asylum, I overloaded the outputs! I have THREE Power amps! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-03-15, 09:18:59 (35.129.9.50)
I have done this before. .......
91: Amp/Preamp Asylum, My Macintosh MX113 preamp is out again! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-03-07, 15:09:55 (35.129.9.50)
And I think I knows what's causing it, Too many RCAs into too many power amps. Any know of a good amplified RCA Splitter? John Kuthe... .......
92: General Asylum, Missing fuses! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-03-07, 08:59:24 (35.129.9.50)
Which I FIXED! John Kuthe... .......
93: General Asylum, Standard. (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-03-06, 14:31:35 (35.129.9.50)
And they work wonderfully! :-) Sure Cure for the Not Plugged In error! John Kuthe... .......
94: General Asylum, Nahhh! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-03-05, 17:13:27 (35.129.9.50)
I'll keep the 2.5A fuses, and want to get a 300wpc Crown Amp to run my Magnepans! John Kuthe... .......
95: General Asylum, Two were broken, so I put 2 new fuses is each Maggie and they work GREAT now! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-03-05, 14:00:03 (35.129.9.50)
I want to get a Crown 500wpc or better to run just the Maggies! :-) .......
96: General Asylum, RE: The FASTEN YOUR SEATBELTS sign just came on. Nt (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-03-05, 12:26:00 (35.129.9.50)
After my Vegetarian Standard Meal! Which is in my Microwave right NOW!2:25PM STL time! John Kuthe... .......
97: General Asylum, I got new fuses for my Maggies (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-03-05, 10:44:10 (35.129.9.50)
And they sound AMAZING! .......
98: General Asylum, Psychedelic Rafiki! :-) (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-03-04, 15:03:13 (35.129.9.50)
:-) John Kuthe... .......
99: General Asylum, RE: A REAL man cave - colorful too !! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-03-03, 19:45:34 (35.129.9.50)
I watch NO TVs! Ever anymore! Only computer shows, Youtubes, PBS, etc. John Kuthe, RN, BSN... .......
100: General Asylum, RE: Between the system... (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-03-03, 17:43:05 (35.129.9.50)
Oh it IS! :-) I have Miles Davis "Bitches Brew" on my turntable now! Sounds GREAT! :-) John Kuthe... .......
101: General Asylum, RE: Looks pretty awesome too... (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-03-03, 17:25:14 (35.129.9.50)
Thanks! I should have used those, my bad. :-( John Kuthe... .......
102: General Asylum, My basement system now! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-03-03, 16:59:43 (35.129.9.50)
https://i.postimg.cc/4dNNHCMm/Right-side.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/7Z3xBYr5/Left-side.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/rmmMF104/Maggies.jpg And my basement sounds awesome! :-) John Kuthe... .......
103: Speaker Asylum, I have as pair of Magnepan MGIIIa's in my basement (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-03-03, 06:23:47 (35.129.9.50)
Ready to wire up! And hear for the first time today! John Kuthe... .......
104: General Asylum, RE: COTD (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-02-25, 18:33:58 (35.129.9.50)
My first access to a record player was on my Father's old MONO TUBE Macintosh Preamp, 20W MONO TUBE power amp into an Altec Lansing "Voice Of The Theater" loudSPEAKER! It was a fantastic Mono system, .......
105: General Asylum, Pink Floyd "Echoes" (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-02-13, 18:23:36 (35.129.9.50)
For a new Accutrack turntable I was buying in 1979! From CMC Stereo St Louis MO. And I bought the turntable too! Used it for years until it would not hold a steady 33.3333333...RPM anymore. John Kuth .......
106: General Asylum, RE: They Should Hire a Proof Reader (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-02-13, 16:57:10 (35.129.9.50)
We had an article like that from Fujitsu in my Technical Writing class at Washington University Saint Louis! Seriously! It was FUBAR! :-( John Kuthe, RN... .......
107: General Asylum, Nahhh! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-01-04, 08:36:37 (35.129.9.50)
The Audio Asylum is OPEN! Ya just need an account! John Kuthe... .......
108: General Asylum, RE: It would appear that Tim Bogert has passed :( (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2022-01-01, 18:28:56 (35.129.9.50)
Vanilla Fudge? Ever hear the Frank Zappa album "Live at the Fillmore East"? And the one about the Mudshark? ROFL!! :-) John Kuthe... .......
109: General Asylum, RE: Wright Brothers - audiophiles? (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2021-12-19, 07:30:51 (35.129.9.50)
I used to have an Accutrac Programable Turntable I bought back in 1978. https://www.ebay.com/itm/234334913337?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&itemid=234334913337&targetid=126 .......
110: General Asylum, RE: as a rational, skeptic secular type (hard core subjectivist though) I'm fine with having a fun Christmas (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2021-12-17, 18:14:24 (35.129.9.50)
Yep, me too! I am an atheist and can explain why! Every religion is based on their God living in an Unconditioned Reality, while we live in a Conditioned Realty, I do not believe in any Unconditioned .......
111: Inmate Central, NOT a MacBook Pro! :-( (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2021-12-15, 19:21:39 (35.129.9.50)
Unless it has an up to date OS! John Kuthe... .......
112: General Asylum, RE: The Ultimate Audio Tweak....... (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2021-12-09, 18:49:18 (35.129.9.50)
Cannabis was used by many Jazz and other musicians as an adjunct to the music! And I know I LOVE to Tweak and then listen to my system and play by Djembe! John Kuthe... .......
113: General Asylum, RE: Budman = $378,000... (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2021-10-24, 18:44:25 (35.129.9.50)
I have a Macintosh MC2105 which only pushes 103wpc and sounds fantastic! John Kuthe... .......
114: General Asylum, RE: CD rot/skip/won't play (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2021-10-06, 18:29:53 (35.129.9.50)
Entropy! The tendency of every well ordered system towards less order! Notice, if you take a brand new shiny car and put it in Nature long enough, it will break down into all its constituent parts! AN .......
115: General Asylum, RE: I've always sort of wondered about that aspect of videos of hifi systems ;) (nt) (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2021-09-30, 18:32:00 (35.129.9.50)
I know this much, They never sound like my two La Scalas, Heresies (McIntosh MC2105 amp), Bozak Urbans (Crown Xli 800 amp), and my two 15" Subs in a truck box with a 1000W Dayton Plate Amp. My system .......
116: General Asylum, Disco SUCKED! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2021-09-17, 11:19:34 (35.129.9.50)
I'm a Punk Rocker! I just Nordictracked to the Dead Boys "Young, Loud and Snotty" and some of Iggy Pop's "Funhouse"! John Kuthe... .......
117: General Asylum, Mott ROCKED! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2021-09-15, 18:39:59 (35.129.9.50)
:-) John Kuthe... .......
118: General Asylum, Good JOB! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2021-09-14, 06:27:49 (35.129.9.50)
Thanks! This is one the most SANE PLACES in the Internet today! :-) John Kuthe... .......
119: General Asylum, Oh, this post is VERY audio related (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2021-09-08, 17:22:25 (35.129.9.50)
Some of the best audio equipment ever! :-) John Kuthe... .......
120: General Asylum, ElectroThreads! :-) (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2021-09-08, 05:15:40 (35.129.9.50)
ElectroThreads! They make all sorts of cool Hippie stuff! And I'm a 61 year old Hippie, wish I was. John Kuthe... .......
121: General Asylum, The Wall Hangies are all for acoustical softening (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2021-09-06, 18:46:56 (35.129.9.50)
Over the hard paneling. John Kuthe, RN, BSN... .......
122: General Asylum, I think it was the speaker connection that was screwey (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2021-09-05, 16:15:27 (35.129.9.50)
Because when I took the non-working Klipsch Heresy to Alpha Tech, they popped up on the test bench to test it, it worked fine! :-) Wires are lot easier to replace than an entire single Klipsch Heresy, .......
123: General Asylum, My Friday evening activities (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2021-09-03, 16:54:34 (35.129.9.50)
https://i.postimg.cc/BsW-PrBk3/Listening-Room-Right.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/VvDL8Q7P/Listening-Room-Center.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/tC44zJTq/Listening-Room-Left.jpg :-) John Kuthe... .......
124: General Asylum, RE: First hi-end component audio experience? (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2021-08-22, 16:43:28 (35.129.9.50)
Wow! What a system! :-) John Kuthe... .......
125: General Asylum, RE: A wire is a WIRE! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2021-08-21, 13:53:52 (35.129.9.50)
All that matters is AWG! John Kuthe, CS,EE,BSN .......
126: General Asylum, A wire is a WIRE! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2021-08-21, 13:51:37 (35.129.9.50)
Only AWG matters! John Kuthe, RN, BSN... .......
127: General Asylum, RE: First it was Cryo-Freezing, now it's Baking Speaker Components. (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2021-07-26, 16:19:59 (35.129.9.50)
Paul Klipsch never used any temp extremes, just great audio engineering! I have Klipsch La Scalas and Heresies. John Kuthe... .......
128: General Asylum, 'Eh?;-) (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2021-07-25, 18:11:10 (35.129.9.50)
I was just listening to John Lennon's "Imagine" LP on my very capable sound system which luckily sounds as good at lower volume levels as high ones! John Kuthe... .......
129: General Asylum, Your first concert? Deep Purple 1974, row CCC on the Floor. (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2021-07-01, 12:48:58 (35.129.9.50)
Best? KISS, 1975 and my first hit of Purple Barrel! John Kuthe... .......
130: General Asylum, RE: 10 great record stores (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2021-06-23, 03:49:14 (35.129.9.50)
Vintage Vinyl, STL MO! John Kuthe... .......
131: General Asylum, RE: light bulb led to invention of vacuum tube (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2021-05-08, 16:30:08 (35.129.6.185)
Posted on May 5, 2021 at 13:04:27 xsb7244 Audiophile Posts: 328 Location: Hawaii Joined: May 17, 2011 >if transistors replaced vacuum tubes what will replace light bulbs? LEDs! John Kuthe... ::: TOPIC .......
132: General Asylum, RE: New Here..My System (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2021-04-01, 17:34:50 (35.129.6.185)
Nice! :-) And Welcome! John Kuthe... .......
133: General Asylum, Yep! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2021-03-15, 08:55:49 (35.129.6.185)
I have one of those feeding my McIntosh Preamp. I use it to listen to gentle Youtube music to my outdoor JBL's and Klipsch speakers every morning, like right now! :-) John Kuthe... .......
134: Inmate Central, RE: A Little Snow here in Colorado (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2021-03-14, 13:06:25 (35.129.6.185)
Beautiful! :-) John Kuthe... .......
135: General Asylum, I would NEVER OWN a McCraps Clock! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2021-02-18, 17:57:18 (35.129.6.185)
Or eat any of McCrap's alleged food! John Kuthe... .......
136: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Golden Earring quits (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2021-02-08, 19:13:14 (35.129.6.185)
BummerMan! ALS is a bitch! I lost a good kayaking friend to ALS. :-( John Kuthe... .......
137: Classical Court, RE: This one? (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2021-02-06, 15:59:46 (35.129.6.185)
My Father bought his copy in the 1950's. To play on his 20W MONO tube McIntosh, tube McIntosh preamp and Pickering turntable. My Father was a radioman in WWII and he knew quality audio equipment. :-) .......
138: Classical Court, Yep! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2021-02-06, 10:11:35 (35.129.6.185)
John Kuthe... .......
139: Classical Court, NP: Toscanini conducts with the NBC Orchestra (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2021-02-05, 17:48:49 (35.129.6.185)
Smetana "The Moldau" Saint-Saens "Dance Macabre" Dukas "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" An LP my Father had that I loved as a child, and inherited and needs CLEANING, badly! John Kuthe... .......
140: General Asylum, RE: Numerology is cool! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2021-02-05, 13:05:38 (35.129.6.185)
:-) John Kuthe... .......
141: General Asylum, Maybe! USB 2 to Stereo RCAs (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2021-01-25, 15:00:35 (35.129.6.185)
https://www.amazon.com/Audio-Converter-Adapter-Computer-System/dp/B08G56Z1Y1/ref=asc_df_B08G56Z1Y1/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=475809947475&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15266315155843498896&hvpone=&h .......
142: General Asylum, RE: Time was, the singing of the National Anthem would have generated a bit of comment here (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2021-01-21, 16:12:36 (35.129.6.185)
Music can be VERY therapeutic! :-) John Kuthe... .......
143: General Asylum, Yep, for me it was The Ramones (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2021-01-11, 06:16:44 (35.129.6.185)
At first listen me and my friends determined that all the songs sounded the same, and damn right they sounded the same! Rock and Roll! :-) John Kuthe, Gabba Gabba HEY! .......
144: General Asylum, RE: I'm going all electric (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2021-01-01, 20:24:49 (35.129.6.185)
Did that in my 1931 house last year (early this year?) when I had the gas meter removed from the house! And I have a Nissan Leaf car too! 100% electric! John Kuthe... .......
145: General Asylum, Works for me! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-12-30, 06:40:07 (35.129.6.185)
'phile = like/love of 'phobe = dislike,hate of John Kuthe... .......
146: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Anyone ever hear of a Bozak CMA-50-1 Power Amplifier (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-12-25, 18:24:48 (35.129.6.185)
Exactly! :-( Looks like it's a one channel. John Kuthe... .......
147: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Anyone ever hear of a Bozak CMA-50-1 Power Amplifier (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-12-25, 16:56:02 (35.129.6.185)
Here's a STL Craiglist ad for one: https://stlouis.craigslist.org/ele/d/saint-louis-vintage-bozak-cma-50-power/7245223053.html Just curious, Google gives me crapola! John Kuthe... .......
148: General Asylum, RE: Different diffusion products (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-12-24, 20:38:09 (35.129.6.185)
I use ElectroThreads.com large blankety softie things. They work well and look good too! John Kuthe... .......
149: General Asylum, RE: No line level input on the Mac Mini either. (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-12-24, 19:27:41 (35.129.6.185)
Like on my Panasonic Toughbook with WinXP! I use it to feed my monster sound system in my basement! I like to pull up a morning Youtube. John Kuthe... .......
150: General Asylum, PBS.org! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-12-22, 19:23:55 (35.129.6.185)
:-) I've watched just about every show worth watching over there! John Kuthe... .......
151: Speaker Asylum, Wish I had the $$ too! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-12-08, 18:24:20 (35.129.6.185)
I bought a pair of 1977 of La Scalas a few years ago for $4000 and I wish I still had that discretionary income now! :-( But I love my La Scalas too! John Kuthe... .......
152: Speaker Asylum, 1951 Klipschhorns, Troy IL! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-12-08, 09:06:05 (35.129.6.185)
Better than my La Scalas! John Kuthe... .......
153: General Asylum, Lump sum retire income? (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-12-07, 14:02:48 (35.129.6.185)
John Kuthe... .......
154: General Asylum, BummerMAN! :-( (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-12-04, 16:02:46 (35.129.6.185)
But at least he died peacefully in his sleep like my Grandfather and not screaming in fear and terror like his passengers! ;-) John Kuthe... .......
155: Speaker Asylum, RE: What are the best subwoofer makes for music, not boomy HT. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-12-01, 19:25:58 (35.129.6.185)
Yep! I have two Dayton 15" subs in a truck box and a 1000W Dayton sub amp and it rocks! John Kuthe... .......
156: Planar Speaker Asylum, Close, but no Cigar! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-09-25, 11:57:12 (35.129.6.185)
That's why I am so excited to get these genuine Magnepan passive crossovers, so see how they should really sound! :-) And I masy biamp the IIIas they way they should be biamped! :-) John Kuthe... ::: .......
157: Planar Speaker Asylum, It was not, no (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-09-25, 04:33:05 (35.129.6.185)
I read on the crossovers how to biamp the Magnepan MGIIIs properly, but no the guy who sold them to me had his own ideas about them and had them running through some weird RCA level sound processing t .......
158: Planar Speaker Asylum, None yet, but... (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-09-24, 18:31:18 (35.129.6.185)
...as the Magnepans are notoriously INefficient, I figure I will use my Phase Linear 400. John Kuthe... .......
159: Planar Speaker Asylum, As the Magnepans arer notoriously INefficient... (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-09-24, 16:01:33 (35.129.6.185)
...I think my Phase Linear 400. John Kuthe... .......
160: Planar Speaker Asylum, I WAS Bi Amping them (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-09-24, 14:00:18 (35.129.6.185)
Through some type of RCA level two way crossover, but was never happy with their sound. I wanna hear how they were SUPPOSED to sound. John Kuthe... .......
161: Planar Speaker Asylum, I just bought a pair of original crossovers for my Magnepan MGIIIa speakers! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-09-23, 18:23:29 (35.129.6.185)
I am SO excited! :-) See what my Magnepan MGIIIas can really do, when driven with their correct crossovers! https://www.ebay.com/vod/FetchOrderDetails?itemid=324211182816&transid=2235565910011&ul_noa .......
162: General Asylum, I bought a NEW 50th Stones anniversary 180g VINYL copy of "Let It Bleed: today (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-09-11, 19:39:12 (35.129.6.185)
As my 40+ year old copy had a few scratches in it! John Kuthe... .......
163: General Asylum, RE: Smartphone (Android) + Tidal (free trial): can this be the source for a high (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-08-25, 18:36:12 (35.129.6.185)
Nope! When you go digital at all, you are not "high end". Live is analog, digital is just samplings thereof. John Kuthe... .......
164: General Asylum, RE: caption time for this speaker and 'amp' (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-08-17, 20:06:36 (35.129.6.185)
Fossil Fuel powered Noisemaker on steroids! ;-) John Kuthe... .......
165: General Asylum, RE: U.S. weights and measures vs. metric (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-07-27, 18:35:43 (99.92.109.196)
The U.S. has been metric since the 1930's, except no one likes to use it! Which is dumb, as 10xn is a lot easier to remember and work with as 16, 365, 5280, numbers like that! John Kuthe, RN... ::: TO .......
166: General Asylum, RE: Yacht rock is new to me... (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-07-26, 14:01:32 (99.92.109.196)
"Yacht Rock probably a Yuppie term. Canoes,eh? I got into whitewater kayaking out of Canoe Full Of Beer floats! Missouri has lots of rivers! John Kuthe .......
167: General Asylum, I Killed My Television in 2005! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-07-24, 15:04:00 (99.92.109.196)
I listen only to music, and watch PBS shows on my computer! John Kuthe... .......
168: General Asylum, USPS: the ONLY business specifically mentioned in the U.S. Constitution! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-07-20, 13:39:16 (99.92.109.196)
John Kuthe... .......
169: General Asylum, Best of the Best (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-07-12, 07:59:59 (99.92.109.196)
Maximal Bling! John Kuthe... .......
170: Speaker Asylum, RE: Bozak B310-B's STL MO (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-07-10, 14:38:37 (99.92.109.196)
I have a pair of 1963 Bozak Urbans on a Crown 200w power amp and they sound phenomenal. My 8" aluminum cone Bozaks sounded pretty good too! John Kuthe... .......
171: Speaker Asylum, RE: Bozak B310-B's STL MO (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-07-10, 08:02:06 (99.92.109.196)
Bozak madde az bunch of models of very good and some not so good I'm sure. In 1978 I had a pair of 8" aluminum cone Bozak drivers with coaxial single tweeters in custom made by me 3/4" cabinets with s .......
172: Speaker Asylum, Bozak B310-B's STL MO (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-07-10, 06:59:30 (99.92.109.196)
If I had the coin! John Kuthe... .......
173: General Asylum, RE: Happy Birthday Ringo! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-07-08, 16:13:57 (99.92.109.196)
Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday, dear Ringo Happy Birthday to you! May you live a thousand years! May you drink a thousand beers! Don't get plastered, you.........bad boy! .......
174: Jazz Alley, I'm into JOAN CHAMORRO & ANDREA MOTIS GROUP" lately! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-07-01, 16:27:16 (99.92.109.196)
:-) John Kuthe... .......
175: General Asylum, Homo Sapiens are bifurcated Stereo! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-06-30, 12:31:09 (99.92.109.196)
Not surprising at all! Many other living things have even way more scent detection abilities! Scarily so! :-) John Kuthe... .......
176: General Asylum, RE: Be an expert Globalspec contributor (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-06-12, 13:33:15 (99.92.109.196)
I had a 1964 VW Type II that color, and white! John Kuthe... .......
177: General Asylum, RE: FM Table radio (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-06-11, 15:54:28 (99.92.109.196)
No such thing as a good TV! Because TV sucks! Have not watched TV for over 10 years and do not miss it a bit! John Kuthe... .......
178: General Asylum, Thanks! Yerah I found the truck box on Craigslist, It was perfect! :-) (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-05-31, 19:11:20 (99.92.109.196)
John Kuthe... .......
179: General Asylum, "Tight" bass to me is what I have (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-05-28, 20:02:08 (99.92.109.196)
Two 15" Dayton Subwoofer drivers in a truck box with double 3/4" plywood motor board and a 1000W Dayton Plate amp to drive them! :-) John Kuthe... .......
180: General Asylum, Stop using our computers and "SmartPhones" (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-05-22, 05:06:24 (99.92.109.196)
"Smart" devices are the problem. I call them Spy Machines because they are! I'm one of the few humans I know without a Smart Phone. I have a little flip phone via Puretalk.com that costs me $5/mo for .......
181: General Asylum, Cookies are old school Internet (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-05-21, 08:18:56 (99.92.109.196)
Do you know about Surveillance Capitalism? .......
182: General Asylum, Surveillance Capitalism and Democracy! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-05-20, 18:16:18 (99.92.109.196)
There is EVIL in The Internet, and its name is Surveillance Capitaism: .......
183: General Asylum, RE: RMAF cancelled, will do full refunds (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-05-19, 15:00:33 (99.92.109.196)
Never underestimate the power of kindness/compassion and fairness. John Kuthe... .......
184: Cable Asylum, And Alpha Tech has moved, and has my TT to fix now! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-05-19, 13:39:00 (99.92.109.196)
And I KNOW they will do a great job with it too! :-) .......
185: General Asylum, Here hee! Yep, being anal retentive about albums... (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-05-19, 12:46:35 (99.92.109.196)
...almost caused an old friend of mine to come to fisticuffs once! He took off my album and just layed it on somewhere flat to put on HIS! I was LIVID! Records come in sleeves for a REASON! ;-) John K .......
186: General Asylum, An upgraded sound system reveals everything better! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-05-19, 10:37:23 (99.92.109.196)
Since I have a much better audio system than I've ever had before I've had to replace several albums because my old 40+ year ones were intractably dirty or damaged. Despite the care I've given them ov .......
187: General Asylum, RE: Well said! [nt] (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-05-18, 15:02:42 (99.92.109.196)
Yep, and include such things as seat belts, helmets and condoms! :-) John Kuthe... .......
188: General Asylum, Better to have and not need than to need as not have! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-05-18, 11:23:09 (99.92.109.196)
Like if you suspect one channel is out or otherwise compromised, the ability to turn down/off one side of a stereo playback can be invaluable. John Kuthe... .......
189: Cable Asylum, No I didn't! :-( But luckily for me, Alpha Tech is back in business! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-05-18, 10:24:11 (99.92.109.196)
Alpha Tech my STL audio repair shop moved, and I just drove my Nissan Leaf down there and took my turntable back in for RCA cable repair! Yay!! .......
190: Speaker Asylum, RE: Obliquely, Klipsch referred to that as the "decorator" finish. Nt (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-05-17, 07:54:53 (99.92.109.196)
:-) They are not in the best of shape cabinetwise, but they sound fantastic! And I replaced their "balancing network"s and tweeters with Bob Crites' replacements! :-) John Kuthe... .......
191: Speaker Asylum, My La Scalas have the Birch plywood plain finsh (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-05-16, 16:06:22 (99.92.109.196)
But it does not at all affect the excellent way they SOUND! Which is excellent! :-) And with 113dB sensitivity, I only put a watt or so into them, and WOW! :-) I tell my housemates you could power the .......
192: Speaker Asylum, Wow! If I had the $$ and didn't already have La Scalas and Heresies (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-05-16, 07:39:40 (99.92.109.196)
:-) Sweet! :-) John Kuthe... .......
193: General Asylum, He got nowhere with her (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-05-15, 14:26:35 (99.92.109.196)
That was probably enough! John Kuthe... .......
194: General Asylum, Some humans are a waste of DNA and living resources! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-05-15, 09:35:55 (99.92.109.196)
Luckily most are not that way! :-) John Kuthe... .......
195: General Asylum, True! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-05-13, 05:53:18 (99.92.109.196)
NT John Kuthe... .......
196: General Asylum, I am quick to delete emails who are looking for MONEY! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-05-12, 19:28:54 (99.92.109.196)
Or information! Easy to spot! Fools! I've been on the Internet almost since before there was a WWW! Started on Usenet Newsgroups like alt.tasteless! John Kuthe... .......
197: Cable Asylum, Soldering tools (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-05-11, 05:02:05 (99.92.109.196)
I have my father's very old 300W (I think) big heavy monster soldering iron (in his teens 1925-1930ish) he was a roofer), my 1970's 100W Weller soldering gun and now a 75W Weller soldering tiny little .......
198: Cable Asylum, Or at least I THOUGHT I did! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-05-10, 10:18:55 (99.92.109.196)
Worked last night, but NOT this AM! I bought a cheap $99 turntable at Micro Electronics and after some arduous setting up, BOTH channels work just fine on my system! Whew! THAT might have been an EXPE .......
199: Cable Asylum, I FIXED my turntable's RCA cables! Yay! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-05-08, 11:18:44 (99.92.109.196)
I had to buy a smaller 75W Weller soldering iron to do the fine soldering work, and I used this Youtube as a guide, but IT WORKED! :-) Now I get both channels from my turntable rock solidly! :-) John .......
200: General Asylum, RE: Florian Schneider of Kraftwerk Has Passed Away (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-05-06, 14:49:22 (99.92.109.196)
:-( I HAD that album in high school, 1974-1978. John Kuthe... .......
201: Cable Asylum, RE: Triamping (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-05-05, 04:27:10 (99.92.109.196)
Wrong pic, old equipment. .......
202: General Asylum, I won 4 gerbils in 4th grade (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-05-04, 19:12:54 (99.92.109.196)
Who ATE each other later in their patheic little lives! I HATE Gerbils! John Kuthe... .......
203: Cable Asylum, Triamping (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-05-04, 18:10:03 (99.92.109.196)
I have my system Triamped! My main system is through my McIntosh MX113 preamp into my McIntosh MX2105 Power Amp driving my Klipsch La Scalas and Heresies (and whatever) , but I also have a Crown XL .......
204: General Asylum, RE: Arlo Guthrie and Steppenwolf. (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-05-03, 16:29:12 (99.92.109.196)
Me too! With the non-PC stuff too! "They might think we're both faggots..." Lou Reed's "Walk On The Wild Side" same way, with the original "Colored Girls" line! PC is such a POS! My father taught me t .......
205: Inmate Central, RE: Face The New Big Bad Bug With A Drug, Life Or Death ? (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-05-03, 04:41:00 (99.92.109.196)
The FDA is so corrupt and overly cautious it takes YEARS to get any new drug through their approval process UNLESS Big Pharma can make a zillion$ on the new drug. :-( I'm an RN so I know. John Kuthe, .......
206: General Asylum, Windows 3.1! How quaint! ;-) (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-05-02, 04:43:53 (99.92.109.196)
Copy/Paste and "Paint"art! THOSE were the good old daze! :-) John Kuthe... .......
207: General Asylum, I like buying quality OLD gear, like McIntosh and Bozak and Klipsch! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-05-01, 14:47:05 (99.92.109.196)
And having it expertly repaired when necessary. Old gear was meant to last, almost forever. Newer gear not so much! John Kuthe... .......
208: General Asylum, RE: Even analogier! nt (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-04-30, 12:32:46 (99.92.109.196)
Or is that analogous? ;-) And how does one pronounce that? ;-) John Kuthe... .......
209: General Asylum, Yep! Analog the way analog is! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-04-30, 05:48:02 (99.92.109.196)
Smooth, continuous and beautiful. :-) John Kuthe... .......
210: General Asylum, Count Five "Psychotic Reaction" (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-04-29, 17:00:20 (99.92.109.196)
Loved this when I was kid, listening to records in my friend Tom Caskey's basement across the street! John Kuthe... .......
211: General Asylum, Now THIS is HiFi!! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-04-29, 14:39:01 (99.92.109.196)
Its albums, assembled by hand and released in editions of 300 or fewer - at a cost of $400 to $600 for each LP - are made with restored vintage equipment down to glowing vacuum-tube amplifiers, and mo .......
212: General Asylum, RE: And for this reason, one of my fave's is Syd Barrett (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-04-27, 20:13:01 (99.92.109.196)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlUcq8PFU2U I own: Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" by Pink Floyd and both of Syd's solo albums. And early Pink Floyd and Syd BArrett were a major influence of my work with .......
213: General Asylum, And for this reason, one of my fave's is Syd Barrett (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-04-27, 19:41:04 (99.92.109.196)
First most brilliant guitarist and songwriter of Pink Floyd! http://www.sydbarrett.com/ I can never figure out this website's method of posting a clickable link! :-( John Kuthe... .......
214: General Asylum, I'm an RN with MS (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-04-25, 17:35:40 (99.92.109.196)
And I have one word for you: Prostaglandin! :-) Works too well for me! :-) John Kuthe, RN, BSN... .......
215: General Asylum, 1969? I was nine years old! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-04-25, 17:21:56 (99.92.109.196)
Listening to my father's MONO McIntosh tube preamp, 20W tube Mcintosh power amp into a 15" Altec Lansing "Voice Of The Theater" SPEAKER in a big ole furniture cabinet! My Father taught me well! :-) Jo .......
216: General Asylum, Who is still alive? (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-04-25, 16:54:28 (99.92.109.196)
;-) John Kuthe... .......
217: General Asylum, Just turned 60 (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-04-25, 12:41:21 (99.92.109.196)
And I know what you mean about the Youth of today not caring about much except their little pocket spy computers, AKA Cell Phones, Alexis, all those little SPY DEVICES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v .......
218: General Asylum, RE: I lurk on a model car forum. (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-04-13, 19:16:49 (99.92.109.196)
I loved model rockets as a kid and then later model FLYING airplanes, balsa and Monokote! I still have my Sealectric iron for Monokote! And LOTS of old VW tools, nuts and bolts and stuff! Yes I am a h .......
219: General Asylum, RE: Did you cook them? Cryo them? (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-04-12, 08:31:59 (99.92.109.196)
My 1980's Black and Decker stuff is top notch! Both are now manufactured in China, so I can't speak accurately to their current qualities. John Kuthe... .......
220: General Asylum, RE: Nope (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-04-11, 14:56:31 (99.92.109.196)
Create an account? That is also called Phishing! Searching for INFORMATION about YOU that Big Other can SELL TO A THIRD PARTY! .......
221: General Asylum, Yep! Shoshana Zuboff said it best! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-04-11, 04:57:46 (99.92.109.196)
Surveillance Capitalism and Democracy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIXhnWUmMvw&t=1287s It's PATHETIC! :-) Humans are SUCK RUBES! John Kuthe... .......
222: General Asylum, Um, not really! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-04-10, 06:32:48 (99.92.109.196)
Know where Pink Floyd got it's name? https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk02TxOsdHXzjdXbZBNQw6fGRC6d1Tw%3A1586525480443&source=hp&ei=KHWQXqizGNKosgX18IrwBg&q=pink+floyd+band+name&oq=Pink+Fkloyd+ba .......
223: General Asylum, RE: Never programmed in COBOL but started on BASIC and Fortran COBOL? (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-04-08, 18:50:43 (99.92.109.196)
Oops! I MEANT BASIC and Fortran. My mistake. John Kuthe... .......
224: General Asylum, Never programmed in COBOL but started on BASIC and Fortran COBOL? (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-04-08, 14:28:29 (99.92.109.196)
In Jr High we had a teletype machine with a Telephone MODEM, rolled paper feed and a paper punch tape which programmed in BASIC and in high school we'd write and punch Fortran on punchcards, wrap our .......
225: Amp/Preamp Asylum, And if you want to ventilate the tubes best (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-04-08, 09:24:41 (99.92.109.196)
Put the tube amp on the TOP of the rack, with plenty of airflow. Drive them really hard and you can warm the room with them as well! John Kuthe... .......
226: General Asylum, As Pink Floyd said (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-04-08, 04:51:58 (99.92.109.196)
You get a chance to try In the twinkling of an eye 80 year with luck or even less -- Pink Floyd, "Free Four", on Obscured By Clouds .......
227: Inmate Systems, JohnKutheRN's My home audio system (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-04-07, 18:36:18 (99.92.109.196)
JohnKutheRN 's My home audio system System
IP Address: 99.92.109.196
Last Update: April 07, 2020 at 18:36:18
Amplifier: Mcintosh MC2105 Solid State Power amp Crown XLi800 amp Datron 1000W .......
228: General Asylum, RE: You're welcome....I worked for IBM on a small server installation (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-04-05, 20:09:39 (99.92.109.196)
And backups were done on our servers automatically, I think every night. Backups: better to have and not need than to need and not have! John Kuthe... .......
229: General Asylum, RE: had a total breakdown today, wife almost called 911 (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-04-04, 19:58:27 (99.92.109.196)
ROFL!! No, not total system teardown, clean and rebuild or anything. But I did get my old WinXP computer to print out my nursing resume from Word I had already updated, so I'm much more encouraged at .......
230: General Asylum, Oh NO! I run many of my speaker sets through an ADCOM 6 speaker switch! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-04-04, 07:38:12 (99.92.109.196)
And I have THREE separate amps! Most of my speakers run off my McIntosh MC2105, and I have a Crown 200wpc to run my Bozak Urbans and a 1000W Dayton Plate Amp running my two 15" Dayton subs in a big he .......
231: General Asylum, If it's CLEAN power, yes! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-04-03, 06:31:54 (99.92.109.196)
I have a McIntosh MC2105 105wpc into my Klipsch La Scalas and OMG the overhead power is great! Clean, smooth and perfect! I probably never drive my La Scalas at much more than 1-5 watts and that's onl .......
232: General Asylum, RE: News flash, hoarders save high end audio. Nt (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-03-29, 04:24:31 (99.92.109.196)
:-) I wish I could have saved my father's. He was a radioman in WWII and I failed to grow up with a 1950's mono system consisting of a turntable with a Pickering cartridge, and McIntosh preamp, a 20W .......
233: General Asylum, I have a basement full of Hi End! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-03-27, 18:01:24 (99.92.109.196)
https://i.postimg.cc/rmLHFmM5/12-10-19-Right.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/HLMKg5Dp/12-10-19-Left.jpg And I am NOT GOING ANYWHERE ELSE!! These are in my home's basement! John Kuthe... .......
234: Inmate Central, Jigsaw Puzzle? (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-03-20, 06:23:57 (99.92.109.196)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8cJ1Wa6U3o .......
235: General Asylum, RE: On Line Concerts During Quarantine (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-03-18, 18:52:20 (99.92.109.196)
Will NEVER BE the Power of the latest Grace Potter concert I attended at the Pageant here in STL, recently! https://i.postimg.cc/s2Cn2xYV/First-Mushrooms-warming-humified-3-17-2020.jpg .......
236: General Asylum, RE: Yeah, its all a vast left wing conspiracy. Incredibly lame, particularly coming from a nurse. nt (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-03-18, 08:59:00 (99.92.109.196)
No just overpopulated rats running scared, as we should! WE overpopulated the Earth! And have the LARGEST "footprint" of any living thing on the planet!! So we bought it for ourselves. John Kuthe... : .......
237: General Asylum, Do you know anyone with Covid-19?Me either! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-03-17, 18:52:41 (99.92.109.196)
Just a LOT of media controlled mice running scared. Just the way our Govt likes 'em And I'm an RN, so... ;-) John Kuthe... .......
238: General Asylum, RE: missing it (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-03-17, 14:18:26 (99.92.109.196)
The Distancing is due largely to what Shoshana Zuboff a retired business professor at Harvard calls Surveillance Capitalism and Democracy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL4bz3QXWEo .......
239: General Asylum, RE: Less common instruments (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-03-14, 19:45:52 (99.92.109.196)
I played a sheet of Masonite in my band "Cheep Effects" in 1979. At first at its first harmonic, then as the intro went on I hit the second harmonic and the drummer took it from there and carried the .......
240: General Asylum, RE: REMINDER: Fair use does not include copying an entire article. (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-02-29, 20:19:22 (99.92.109.196)
True. The entire quote should be so cited. And it's legal for a recording artist to sample an existing work but not copy the entirer work without adding something to it. John Kuthe... .......
241: General Asylum, RE: Here's a pic (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-02-23, 19:03:32 (35.129.11.88)
There is no such thing as a Free App! Every "free app" wants your information. Get and read Retired Harvard Business Professor Shoshana Zuboff's book "Surveillance Capitalism and Democracy". I'm 1/2 w .......
242: Amp/Preamp Asylum, It should NOT SOUND different (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-02-20, 16:01:08 (35.129.11.88)
The resistance/reactance should NOT make much to any difference in the sound. Unless the amp is a POS! :-) John Kuthe, CS/EE/BSN... .......
243: General Asylum, Yep!! The one and ONLY! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-02-13, 03:48:09 (35.129.11.88)
John Kuthe, from RBP! I don't kayak much anymore, as I will not burn gasoline gratuitously. And Corran Addison I heard DID mold a Pepto Bismol Pink 007 for me, which is probably still out there, as pl .......
244: General Asylum, Vinyl ROCKS!! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-02-12, 03:51:44 (35.129.11.88)
I LOVE my vinyl records! Yes they are made from plastic, but are quite durable, moisture resistant, etc John Kuthe... .......
245: General Asylum, Lightning can do anything it wants! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-02-08, 08:03:15 (35.129.11.88)
Nicola Tesla demonstrated this: John Kurthe... .......
246: General Asylum, The Energy of Thought (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-02-06, 17:16:05 (35.129.11.88)
I watched this, and it makes perfect sense!! We think, then ACT! John Kuthe... .......
247: General Asylum, One huge factor to me was when I walked into Alpha Tech here in STL... (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-02-04, 17:28:16 (35.129.11.88)
...and saw a a Mcintosh MC2105 amp For Sale on a high cart in their customer area. And I KNEW I was gonna BUY IT! And I DID! John Kuthe... .......
248: General Asylum, Surveillance Capitalism data collection and mind controllers (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-29, 16:07:38 (35.129.11.88)
Run FAR AWAY!!! John Kuthe... .......
249: General Asylum, Me too, and only when *I* need it! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-27, 16:38:23 (35.129.11.88)
Most of it's time is spent on my desk turned off! John Kuthe... .......
250: General Asylum, ROFL!! I've been banned by better board than this! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-26, 17:23:51 (35.129.11.88)
I've been banned by the Klipsch board for talking about cannabis! They are very exclusive about what they allow! ;-) John Kuthe... .......
251: General Asylum, That's computers for ya! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-25, 14:26:51 (35.129.11.88)
Always doing what they want, and not what YOU want! Actually the computer hardware is probably fine, its the crappy SOFTWARE!! John Kuthe... .......
252: General Asylum, My album collection was attacked by the FLOOD and MOLD Monsters!! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-24, 12:55:45 (35.129.11.88)
This was my Father's Album. He and my mother married pre-WWII and they LIVED through all these events! John Kuthe... .......
253: General Asylum, Yes it can be!! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-24, 06:54:27 (35.129.11.88)
:-) John Kuthe... .......
254: General Asylum, Like these? (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-23, 19:58:03 (35.129.11.88)
:-) John Kuthe... .......
255: General Asylum, Pretty bad when you Pull Your Own Trip, eh? (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-22, 05:38:41 (35.129.11.88)
LSD will do that too!! Puts you in a VERY unfamiliar place and YOUR MINDSET has everything to do with what happens to and with you! .......
256: Amp/Preamp Asylum, OMG I can only imagine! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-21, 18:42:48 (35.129.11.88)
in the 1950's my father bought a 20W Mcintosh mono tube amp that sounded beautiful, so I can only imagine the wonderfulness of that amp! I'm currently running a McIntosh MC2105 Solid State into my La .......
257: General Asylum, RE: Now THAT is a nice record collection! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-21, 18:10:01 (35.129.11.88)
I know. I've never had a lot of albun=ms, but in the 1990's once on MTV they played a "500 Best Albums ever" show and I was ingratiated to see that I owned many of them! And they highlighted Miles Dav .......
258: General Asylum, Oh yes! Nina Simone was amazing!! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-21, 16:25:52 (35.129.11.88)
A whitewater boating buddy of mine gave me a Nina Simone CD that I didn't listen to for a long time and then when I DID listen to it, OMG!! :-) John Kuthe... .......
259: General Asylum, Now THAT is a nice record collection! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-21, 16:23:26 (35.129.11.88)
Mine pales in comparison! John Kuthe... .......
260: General Asylum, I used a lots of soft wall hangies to acoustically soften my Listening Room (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-21, 13:45:56 (35.129.11.88)
Courtesy of ElectroThreads.com! John Kuthe... .......
261: General Asylum, RE: Forest sounds (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-20, 14:10:45 (35.129.11.88)
Yes, No, Maybe! ;-) John Kuthe... .......
262: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Yep, I was gonna say! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-19, 14:13:02 (35.129.11.88)
Chassis ground is chassis ground. John Kuthe... .......
263: General Asylum, Um, no (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-18, 15:59:46 (35.129.11.88)
Audiophilia was always around. My father was a WWII radio operator/machine gunner against Hitler and Mussolini and after he was discharged and began his career this his radio experience he got into a .......
264: General Asylum, Guilty as charged!! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-18, 13:52:50 (35.129.11.88)
:-) John Kuthe... .......
265: Amp/Preamp Asylum, OMG I can only imagine! :-) (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-17, 19:16:03 (35.129.11.88)
"All" I have is a McIntosh MC2105! :-) but into my La Scalas and Heresys...WOW! John Kuthe... .......
266: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Caveat Emptor or buyer beware! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-17, 17:47:04 (35.129.11.88)
I bought a "1000Watt TechnicaPro amp that when measured put out an honest 20W per! Which was fine for my La Scalas, but... John Kuthe... .......
267: General Asylum, I was in 8th grade when that was a radio hit (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-16, 13:56:30 (35.129.11.88)
And there was this really Ivory Snow beautiful girl (perfect light complexion and long straight dark hair) in my classes named Eileen who I really wanted to shake her tree! :-) Joth Kuthe... ::: TOPIC .......
268: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Solid State just can't give you the visuals of tubes! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-15, 19:33:10 (35.129.11.88)
John Kuthe... .......
269: General Asylum, "The Bored" ROFL!!! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-15, 14:05:43 (35.129.11.88)
When I was in Computer Engineering school and working a Coop Job I went to a Pajama Party thrown by a coworker and got some pajamas with yellow "caution" signs on them which said "Baby, I'm Bored!" :- .......
270: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Sweet!! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-15, 13:43:44 (35.129.11.88)
John Kuthe... .......
271: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Blackface Stereo Equipment was the DUMBEST thing evah! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-15, 13:34:57 (35.129.11.88)
Loved the old 70's satin metallic face stereo stuffs! John Kuthe... .......
272: General Asylum, GoogleGroups still alive and well as ever! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-14, 19:56:40 (35.129.11.88)
Google will EAT every other tech company! .......
273: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Entropy is a bitch! ;-) (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-14, 18:40:58 (35.129.11.88)
John Kuthe... .......
274: General Asylum, I'll tell ya!!I I thought I had some weird unbalanced Stereo effect (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-14, 15:57:37 (35.129.11.88)
When all I had was dirty RCA jacks on my McIntosh MC2105amp! Some fine sandpaper and Needle Nose made all those RCAs just fat and happy! in fact, I think I will do downstairs and listen! John Kuthe .......
275: General Asylum, Wow!! That's a LOT OF WAX! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-14, 09:38:25 (35.129.11.88)
:-) John Kuthe... .......
276: General Asylum, Yep! I've always said the music one listens to is the soundtrack of one's life! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-13, 21:15:48 (35.129.11.88)
:-) John Kuthe... .......
277: Amp/Preamp Asylum, I have two 15" 4ohms subs in series powered by a Dayton 1000W Plate Amp and I love it!! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-13, 15:32:21 (35.129.11.88)
John Kuthe... .......
278: General Asylum, Getting old beats the alternative!! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-13, 04:13:42 (35.129.11.88)
:-) Only one alternative to getting older. Death! John Kuthe, RN, BSN, etc. .......
279: General Asylum, I have to get my Teac A23450 up and running! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-12, 18:53:38 (35.129.11.88)
John Kuthe... .......
280: General Asylum, Why the spikey feet? (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-12, 11:07:32 (35.129.11.88)
Better grip into carpet? John Kuthe... .......
281: Amp/Preamp Asylum, I had my MC2105 Recapped! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-12, 06:45:05 (35.129.11.88)
Except for the caps in the power supply which are potted in wax or something, as that's the way McIntosh builds 'em! John Kuthe... .......
282: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Oh yes! A Panasonic Toughbook WinXP PC! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-11, 15:23:52 (35.129.11.88)
On a chair in front of the door of the Hippie Pad! .......
283: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Oh yes! A Panasonic Toughbook WinXP PC! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-11, 15:21:53 (35.129.11.88)
Because I need it to backup and restore my DSP. But I also use it as a Youtube source into my McIntosh preamp in my Hippie Pad. John Kuthe... .......
284: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Would this be silly. (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-11, 14:52:30 (35.129.11.88)
If you have the means and the desire, yes! Little beats a great amp! John Kuthe... .......
285: General Asylum, "Outlook" is a Windows email client program or App (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-11, 10:07:29 (35.129.11.88)
I used to be a Microsoft Exchange/Outlook email admin for IBM. 1995-2002. John Kuthe... .......
286: General Asylum, Oh yes! The Jack Johnson Sessions! Most excellent! :-) (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-09, 18:30:27 (35.129.11.88)
John Kuthe... .......
287: Amp/Preamp Asylum, And the soft glowing of the Tubes! :-) (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-09, 07:04:46 (35.129.11.88)
I remember then well! :-) .......
288: Amp/Preamp Asylum, My father had a 20W Mono McIntosh tube amp (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-08, 14:29:59 (35.129.11.88)
And that rascal was wicked! Running a 15" Altec Lansing "Voice Of he Theater" speaker! Loud clean and excellent As is my McIntosh MC2105 pushing two La Scalas and two Heresys! John Kuthe... ::: TOPI .......
289: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Loud-O-Clock, indeed! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-07, 05:09:30 (35.129.11.88)
ROFL!!! I sort of have a similar situation. I've lived in shared student living for 30 just over years now. So I try not to wake my housemates too early! I begin my mornings with Youtubes of soft medi .......
290: Amp/Preamp Asylum, To each his or her own!! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-06, 08:44:24 (35.129.11.88)
I just listened to 4 sides of old Buddy Holly! Dirty down in the grooves, but WHO CARES!! It's where Rock and Roll began!! :-) And my McIntosh MC-2105 was JAMMIN' IT on BOTH CHANNELS!! out my La Scal .......
291: Amp/Preamp Asylum, I thought I'd bunged up my MC-2105 amp again!!! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-06, 06:18:52 (35.129.11.88)
But it was only a loose RCA connection! Left was KINDA conducting, and Right was working fine! Now I have them BOTH back up and sounding GREAT with the careful application of Needle Nose pliers. Just .......
292: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Digital is NOT VINYL! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-06, 06:05:28 (35.129.11.88)
Never was, never will be either! John Kuthe... .......
293: General Asylum, Forever! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-05, 05:12:37 (35.129.11.88)
Music is Art, and Art is what humans do! :-) And I've always said the music you are listening to is the soundtrack of your life! :-) John Kuthe... .......
294: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Yep! CD Changer top left a Sony 200CD Megachanger from the 1990s (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-05, 05:04:13 (35.129.11.88)
And it has all my CDs in it. John Kuthe... .......
295: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Sweet! Where's your Turntable? (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-04, 10:20:56 (35.129.11.88)
Ah, those damned clicks and pops! Didn't have a Super Discwasher or ? :-) John Kuthe... .......
296: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Sweet! Where's your Turntable? (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-04, 08:37:23 (35.129.11.88)
John Kuthe... .......
297: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Bel Nor MO, 1930, across Natural Bridge from UMSL (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-04, 07:35:36 (35.129.11.88)
John Kuthe... .......
298: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Front End of my audio system (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-04, 04:49:02 (35.129.11.88)
This pic keeps DISAPPEARING! So I;m TOP POSTING IT AGAIN!!! Here! John Kuthe... .......
299: Speaker Asylum, Ah yes! Loved my CTf-1000 so much I bought another off Ebay! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-03, 17:47:09 (35.129.11.88)
And put it up next to my Preamp and Turntable! John Kuthe... .......
300: General Asylum, Wow! And being born in 1960, I was into LPs '67-'90 when I got a CD player.!~ (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2020-01-02, 16:41:05 (35.129.11.88)
But LPs are what all music used to be on. I remember my mother getting a 45 single of "I Want To Hold Your Hand" by The Beatles in STL at the time so it was one of my first 45RPM records! And my child .......
301: Amp/Preamp Asylum, And Alpha Tech MEASURED its power output: (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-12-27, 13:10:27 (35.129.11.88)
110wpc @ 0.025% THD! I wonder how this might sound: .......
302: Planar Speaker Asylum, IIIa's (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-12-26, 20:56:26 (35.129.11.88)
Thanks! John Kuthe... .......
303: Planar Speaker Asylum, Asking price? Magnepan III's and amps/PCA (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-12-26, 18:40:18 (35.129.11.88)
What might be a good price to ask for: Magnepan IIIs, biamped Technics SU-V98 100W mid/tweeter amp Phase Linear 400 (200W) for the bass Two way line level crossover with separate outputs to the amp .......
304: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Phase Linear 400, yes. (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-12-26, 17:56:59 (35.129.11.88)
John Kuthe... .......
305: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Essential tools: WD40 and Duct Tape (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-12-23, 16:50:52 (35.129.11.88)
If one has no other tools, WD40 if it doesn't move but should, and Duct Tape if it does move but shouldn't! John Kuthe... .......
306: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Oh yes! The classic big blue McIntosh meters! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-12-21, 19:17:20 (35.129.11.88)
I know them well! Just got my MC-2105 out of the audio shop, needed a new speaker selector switch and replaced 4 capacitors on the audio board. Sounds better now, I'm a recent recap convert! :-) Jo .......
307: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RMS - Root Mean Squared (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-12-21, 16:03:48 (35.129.11.88)
It's a way to attempt to average out/estimate the waveform's "area under the curve" on an t vs. amplitude X/Y graphic representation. I'm an EE, so....;-) John Kuthe... .......
308: Amp/Preamp Asylum, The MC-2105 is SWEET!! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-12-21, 06:03:07 (35.129.11.88)
She's driving Pink Floyd, "Echoes" this fine Saturday morning! :-) Thanks, John Kuthe... .......
309: Amp/Preamp Asylum, I asked them to! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-12-20, 04:24:46 (35.129.11.88)
And YES recapping makes a YUGE difference! My MC-2105 now sounds like the great McIntosh amp I knew it could be!! Now I have to buy another Discwasher as I had two, but I put them through the washer/d .......
310: Amp/Preamp Asylum, I got my MC-2105 back from Alpha Tech! Recapped, new speaker selector switch (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-12-19, 18:26:13 (35.129.11.88)
and a new glass front! :-) And she's sounds like listening to a window just cleaned with Windex! CLEARER! :-) Amazing! Those McIntosh engineers really DID know how to design audio amplifiers! My fa .......
311: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Recapping ROCKS!!! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-12-19, 17:09:53 (35.129.11.88)
Wow!! One output channel being out and me dropping face first on the Listening Room basement floor was the best thing that ever happened to my McIntosh MC-2105 amp! Because RECAPPING the main board re .......
312: Amp/Preamp Asylum, And HOME, warming up! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-12-19, 10:20:38 (35.129.11.88)
With a brand new MC-2105 glass front, a new speaker selection switch, several new capacitors on the audio section of the main PC board, and I can't wait to fire her up! But first, accustom her to t .......
313: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Personal rule after turning 60 (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-12-19, 04:31:33 (35.129.11.88)
I hear THAT!! Another great thing about Shared Student Living! Chances are you'll often have a young strong helper around!! :-) John Kuthe... .......
314: Amp/Preamp Asylum, I GOT my McIntosh MC-2105 amp BACK! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-12-18, 17:49:50 (35.129.11.88)
It's still in the trunk of my Leaf! Tomorrow I will get help from my young strong housemate friend who CAN safely lift it! And my McIntosh amp will be BACK IN THE LOOP! Yay McIntosh! :-) John Kuth .......
315: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: 170 lbs.? Wow (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-12-17, 17:33:16 (35.129.11.88)
Serious audio amplifiers are HEAVY! My McIntosh MC-2105 amp sure is! John Kuthe... .......
316: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: McIntosh system output down in one channel (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-12-16, 13:40:02 (35.129.11.88)
I have my MC-2105 McIntosh Solid State power amp in the shop for one output channel being out (which they traced to the speaker selection switch) and they are gonna recap the board but not the power s .......
317: General Asylum, Yeah, digital streaming is particularly glitchy! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-12-15, 06:22:27 (35.129.11.88)
And yes you hear it most in the high end, 15Kish. I do too, on my La Scalas especially. John Kuthe... .......
318: Speaker Asylum, PS I'm an RN BSN, and recently completed my Cannabis Nurse requirements! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-12-13, 12:06:59 (35.129.11.88)
John Kuthe, RN, BSN, etc. .......
319: Speaker Asylum, I played Djembe to Wild Cherry the other day!! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-12-13, 11:28:19 (35.129.11.88)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDZsNksbw2Q John Kuthe... .......
320: Speaker Asylum, I Celebrate a Holiday I call Everyday! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-12-13, 10:56:52 (35.129.11.88)
Of course, all celebration must be done with HEALTHFUL inebriants like Cannabis, and NOT Dopamine Receptor drugs like alcohol, meth, opium, cocaine, etc. And EXERCISE!! And plenty of WATER!! John Kuth .......
321: Speaker Asylum, And on the Input side (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-12-12, 19:26:37 (35.129.11.88)
McIntosh MX113 preamp, Technics Pro TT, Pioneer CTf-1000 cassette deck and Teac Tascam 4 track reel to reel, the same that Jefferson Airplane used to record their "Surrealistic Pillow" album! And a 20 .......
322: General Asylum, "Carol of the Bells" by Celtic Woman did it for me a few years ago! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-12-11, 11:17:24 (35.129.11.88)
But that majic version is not on Youtube anymore. :-( John Kuthe... .......
323: Speaker Asylum, Klipsch La Scalas, Heresys and Bozak Urbans + 1000W two 15" subs (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-12-10, 16:06:20 (35.129.11.88)
100wpc Technics SU-V98 power amp section (sub for my McIntosh MC2105!) to Klipsch's and 200wpc Crown into the Bozaks! And as much bass as I want! :-) I am truly in audiophile HEAVEN! :-) I listened .......
324: General Asylum, Thanks! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-12-07, 12:59:57 (35.129.11.88)
My primary Stereo amp a McIntosh MC2105 is in the shop right now. I'm using the power amp section only of a 100wpc Technics SA-V98 Integrated amp to run everything on a 6 position speaker switch. John .......
325: General Asylum, Better positions (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-12-06, 18:07:43 (35.129.11.88)
Done another way! .......
326: General Asylum, Better positions (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-12-06, 17:59:51 (35.129.11.88)
I've taken the first steps to decommission my Magnepans and use ONLY the Bozaks, the Klipsch La Scalas and Heresys plus the Dayton 1000W Plate amp into two 15" subs as my final setup: https://i.postim .......
327: General Asylum, Appreciated! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-12-06, 05:55:34 (35.129.11.88)
I'll try that next time, a meditative EXhale! :-) John Kuthe... .......
328: General Asylum, I'm using a foundling Android HTC Desire 610 as a digital camera. (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-12-05, 17:58:10 (35.129.11.88)
I just point and shoot. I have NO IDEA if it has any image stabilization stuff like other Smart Phones do. And I can micro to std USB it to my computers! At least my MacinSLUT! My WinXP box seems USB .......
329: General Asylum, Got my "new" 1963 Bozak B-302A Urbans (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-12-04, 20:46:22 (35.129.11.88)
And they ROCK!! :-) https://i.postimg.cc/pdhh132m/Bozaks-in-Da-House-1.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/6Qk2sz3Y/Bozaks-In-Da-House-2.jpg I'm gonna decommission my biamped Maggies and use the 200WPC Crown amp .......
330: General Asylum, Can you delete then recreate your Asylum account? (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-12-03, 20:09:49 (35.129.11.88)
John Kuthe... .......
331: Speaker Asylum, NOW it's Wednesday! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-12-03, 17:00:37 (35.129.11.88)
:-( John Kuthe... .......
332: Speaker Asylum, Yep! Bozaks are SWEET! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-12-02, 14:15:27 (35.129.11.88)
I saw the 8" aluminum cone/coax tweeter in a stereo repair shop and bought them immediately for my VW Bug, and built two separate slant front speaker cabinets to go in the luggage compartment behind t .......
333: Speaker Asylum, RE: Aiming Automobile door speakers (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-12-02, 05:27:54 (35.129.11.88)
An automobile is probably the worst environment for an audiophile sound system. But I had a car stereo installer help me build out my 2008 Grand Caravan with two Alpine 4.1 amps (4x100/1 500w sub and .......
334: General Asylum, You can make line conditioners and such obviated! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-12-02, 04:32:13 (35.129.11.88)
Just listen to a lot of Iggy and The Stooges! :-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4GTkpSzRDQ&list=PLI21Mpk0oq-XQR1SO4TEMR0pBNZk6bEFq John Kuthe, Punk Rocker Forever! .......
335: Speaker Asylum, Yes, Magnepan IIIs! But they are a pain (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-12-01, 16:24:37 (35.129.11.88)
I think I'll like the Bozaks better. I had two 8" Aluminum cones with coaxial tweeters and CUSTOM CABINETS I built in the back luggage compartment of my VW Beetle 1978ish, and THEY ROCKED! Slanted fro .......
336: General Asylum, Who CARES about speaker cabinets! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-12-01, 08:55:04 (35.129.11.88)
A speaker cabinet does not reproduce the sound! It just helps the drivers who DO reproduce the sound! John Kuthe... .......
337: Speaker Asylum, RE: Bozak speakers on CL in STL! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-30, 13:46:37 (35.129.11.88)
And looks like I've almost GOT THEM! The guy said he may be able to deliver! :-) John Kuthe... .......
338: Speaker Asylum, Bozak speakers on CL in STL! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-30, 08:16:29 (35.129.11.88)
:-) MeWANTS! John Kuthe... .......
339: General Asylum, Bozaks on CL, STL!! $400! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-30, 06:54:20 (35.129.11.88)
I had Bozaks with AL tweeters back in my Cheep Effects Daze! John Kuthe... .......
340: General Asylum, My cheap "1000W" claimed (20wpc measured) DIED! Good riddance! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-29, 16:15:43 (35.129.11.88)
I have a Technics SU-V98 Integrated amp I used just the amp section of and it works WONDERFULLY! :-) I still miss my McIntosh MC2105 amp though! John Kuthe... .......
341: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Truedat! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-20, 16:01:12 (35.129.11.88)
:-) John Kuthe... .......
342: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Alpha Tech in STL does NOT recommend recapping classic amps! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-20, 10:26:14 (35.129.11.88)
Why? Cheap Chinese Capacitors and NOT as good as the Originals!!! I decided NOT to have my McIntosh MC 2105 recapped! :-) It will still be weeks! But She is in GOOD HANDS!! John Kuthe... .......
343: Planar Speaker Asylum, I'm having too much FUN playing my Dhembe to THIS: (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-19, 11:56:09 (35.129.11.88)
John Kuthe... .......
344: Planar Speaker Asylum, Probably misinformed (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-19, 04:52:01 (35.129.11.88)
The guy who sold the Maggies to me wasn't actually using them. He said he obtained them from a friend who used them with this PCA's "active" line level inline crossover, so it's the best I have right .......
345: Planar Speaker Asylum, No, I'm using them with a PCA which has a two level crossover in it and works sort of OK. (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-19, 03:58:37 (35.129.11.88)
Not the correct external crossover, but better than NO crossover! John Kuthe... .......
346: Planar Speaker Asylum, You mean THIS shunt cap? (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-18, 20:56:02 (35.129.11.88)
These are on my Maggies, and they are set up to biamp, and I'm driving them with a Phase Linear 400 and Crown 200WPC amps. The Maggies sound OK but I think they may be capable of sounding a LOT bet .......
347: General Asylum, RE: Now that we have the music streaming services (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-18, 19:49:12 (35.129.11.88)
No Regrets! Nothing like the sound of vinyl, and my own CDs! *I* am the musical director in the soundtrack of MY life, if I choose to be. But I appreciate a good Youtube streaming service, best on Wi .......
348: General Asylum, Yep! Because SW is the ONLY air carrier who admits passenger airplanes... (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-17, 19:07:08 (35.129.11.88)
...are just big buses with wings! Reserved seating? The first time I flew back in 1995 the ticket agent asked me if I had a seating preference. Um YEAH, preferably on the INSIDE of the airplane! My pr .......
349: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: My McIntosh MC2105 at 100+wpc is in the shop (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-11, 18:50:59 (35.129.11.88)
Yes I could. M=But I'd rather farm out the work to competent professionals: Alpha Tech STL .......
350: Amp/Preamp Asylum, My McIntosh MC2105 at 100+wpc is in the shop (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-11, 16:18:40 (35.129.11.88)
Yeah, I tell people they could run my La Scalas with their phones and it would fill the room! I learned the value of a good highly sensitive speaker by using my father's 15" Altec Lansing "Voice Of Th .......
351: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Yep! *I* should have my McIntosh MC2105 recapped, but... (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-11, 15:59:36 (35.129.11.88)
...um, maybe I WILL! It's in The Shop for one speaker output being bad, and a new faceplate glass too! I'm using a backup amp, right now. Hmmmm. ;-) John Kuthe... .......
352: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: La Scala sensitivity 105! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-09, 14:20:49 (35.129.11.88)
:-) For listening I keep the La Scalas just under the amp's distortion range for maximal sonic enjoyment! Like I was for listening to a old LP newly cleaned: John Kuthe... .......
353: Amp/Preamp Asylum, La Scala sensitivity 105! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-09, 12:56:09 (35.129.11.88)
John Kuthe... .......
354: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: 250 mv input for full output (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-08, 16:22:28 (35.129.11.88)
i^2/R=P (.250v)^2/8=32W, well within specs John Kuthe, EE, ... .......
355: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Williamson Amplifier - England (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-07, 07:33:18 (35.129.11.88)
https://www.technicalaudio.com/pdf/Gordon_Clark_folder/Stancor_Ultra-Linear_Williamson_Amplifier_w_A-8072_xfmr.pdf John Kuthe... .......
356: Planar Speaker Asylum, STEALING is WRONG! :-( (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-05, 17:09:41 (35.129.11.88)
John Kuthe... .......
357: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Nahh, just me and a competent assistant! Two Carry! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-05, 17:06:38 (35.129.11.88)
John Kuthe... .......
358: Amp/Preamp Asylum, semuta said: Listen to the sounds of nature outside. (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-05, 16:51:28 (35.129.11.88)
The only Nature outside here are squirrels and they are cute and all, but... My house is in a 1930's built Suburban area of inner STL County! Suburbia, where I failed to grow up in the 1960's and '70' .......
359: Amp/Preamp Asylum, I did that the first day (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-05, 16:09:17 (35.129.11.88)
Then I decided the Magnepans and the 1000W Plarte Amp into subwooferts was not bad to listen to, then while listening I got two short .......
360: Amp/Preamp Asylum, I'll tell ya, a good amp makes ALL THE DIFFERENCE! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-05, 11:11:35 (35.129.11.88)
That Cheap Chinese amp is NOISY AS HELL!! Not my McIntosh MC2105! :-) John Kuthe... .......
361: Planar Speaker Asylum, Plus! Alcohol stimulates your Dopamine receptors, your REWARD CENTERS!! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-05, 09:01:13 (35.129.11.88)
Just like Cocaine, Meth, etc. John Kuthe, RN, BSN... .......
362: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Nahhh, I'll just take the glass to Alpha Tech and let them put it on (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-04, 18:36:00 (35.129.11.88)
I just want my original MC2105 BACK! :-( I miss Her! John Kuthe... .......
363: Amp/Preamp Asylum, But I have my BACKUP AMP on the La Scala NOW!! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-04, 17:42:39 (35.129.11.88)
A CHEAP CHINESE MADE POS!! 1000W my eye! But except for being NOISY, it's not bad for people with low standards for the audio they hear, as long as it's LOUD ENOUGH! John Kuthe... .......
364: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Oh, SHE DID! And Alpha Tech CAN do it (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-04, 16:45:26 (35.129.11.88)
And I have ordered a new piece of McIntosh 2105 front glass from AudioCVlassics.com and it should get here in a week or so and then I will take it to Alpha Tech and they will put it on! And She wil .......
365: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Me too buddy!! I'm my own worst enemy!! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-04, 11:14:55 (35.129.11.88)
But I got the MC2105 amp into Alpha Tech for the electrical work and called AudioClassics.com and ordered the glass front for the MC1205 which they had in stock! Should be to me in a week or so and I .......
366: Amp/Preamp Asylum, I'm sure the MC2105 was not McIntosh's heaviest either (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-04, 10:21:43 (35.129.11.88)
But it was heavy enough to TIP FORWARD as I lowered it to the carpeting and BROKE THE GLASS FRONT! My shop said they just had another McIntosh in for glass front replacement and I just ordered a NEW g .......
367: Amp/Preamp Asylum, And a La Scala weighs about 150lb! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-04, 10:10:31 (35.129.11.88)
And I am not 25 anymore, I need HELP LIFTING HEAVY AMPS! John Kuthe...! .......
368: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Yes, but the glass front looks VERY GOOD! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-04, 07:52:00 (35.129.11.88)
Yeah, I was sure Alpha Tech could install a new piece of glass on the front of that 90lb SWEET SOUNDING amp! :-) John Kuthe... .......
369: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Thanks! That's my Hippie Pad and Listening Room! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-04, 05:00:48 (35.129.11.88)
I'm a Two Spirit, so I don't want, need it aspire to having a "man cave", I'm sure it's MEN who have screwed up OUR PLANET and forgotten The Goddess! :-( John Kuthe... .......
370: General Asylum, I had to replace my 45 year old Pillow (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-03, 18:07:20 (35.129.11.88)
I had it in high school! My old copy had irreparable moisture seepage and mold problems! :-( John Kuthe... .......
371: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Now my McIntosh MC2105 REALLY needs repair! :-( (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-03, 17:27:58 (35.129.11.88)
A little too heavy for this 59 year old! Then my younger stronger housemate Cameron came home and he was able to hand truck wheel it up the basement steps and lift it and place it gently in the tru .......
372: Planar Speaker Asylum, Internal and external? Please explain. (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-03, 16:29:37 (35.129.11.88)
John Kuthe... .......
373: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Don't forget the Fried Eggs !! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-03, 15:00:05 (35.129.11.88)
Running HOT? ;-) John Kuthe... .......
374: General Asylum, *I* remembers their first? (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-03, 13:05:25 (35.129.11.88)
Download: .......
375: Amp/Preamp Asylum, I can't listen to my7 system! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-03, 12:58:26 (35.129.11.88)
My McIntosh MC2105 is the HEART of my system, and while both needles move only one side has speaker output! :-( I am sad. John Kuthe... .......
376: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Speaker Switch affects BOTH speakers, and what's a VC? (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-03, 12:42:26 (35.129.11.88)
Voice Coil? Speakers have those, not amps. John Kuthe... .......
377: Planar Speaker Asylum, Andyr is gonna get me some original schematics and I WILL! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-03, 10:44:11 (35.129.11.88)
John Kuthe... .......
378: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Yep, I mucked somehting up! Now back to Alpha Tech for a checkup! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-03, 09:47:55 (35.129.11.88)
John Kuthe... .......
379: Amp/Preamp Asylum, About until you want to/have to buy another one (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-03, 08:45:47 (35.129.11.88)
NOT repairable! John Kuthe... .......
380: Amp/Preamp Asylum, McIntosh 2105: both meters work but NOT both speaker outputs! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-03, 08:42:50 (35.129.11.88)
Time to take her back to Alpha Tech STL where I bought her for a checkup/repairs! And *I* thought it was the ADCOM 6 Speaker Switch and ordered a "new" used one off Reverb.com! John Kuthe... ::: TOPI .......
381: Planar Speaker Asylum, I'd rather stay away from digital. Most music is analog, like LPs (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-03, 05:18:10 (35.129.11.88)
John Kuthe... .......
382: Planar Speaker Asylum, No human in the history of humanity has ever died from smoking too much cannabis (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-02, 20:49:47 (35.129.11.88)
Ethanol, um, YEAH!! Can easily kill. John Kuthe... .......
383: Planar Speaker Asylum, Thanks Andrew! :-) (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-02, 19:19:14 (35.129.11.88)
Looking forward to your email. Then I will have what's known as a clue! I'm a EE and I certainly know how to read a schematic. :-) John Kuthe... .......
384: Planar Speaker Asylum, I wonder, where can I get the schematic for the stock Magnepan MGIIIa crossovers? (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-02, 17:16:57 (35.129.11.88)
I have seen them and they are a simple mix of capacitors and inductors, but of precise values which I've never seen. I wonder if Bob Crites does anything for Magnepans? I'd BUY HIS if he does! John Ku .......
385: Speaker Asylum, The La Scalas are big pieces of heavy furniture that sound awesome! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-02, 16:02:52 (35.129.11.88)
I could get a rack, but I'd need to get rid of the organ! THAT would open up a lot of rack space! John Kuthe... .......
386: General Asylum, Yep! That's the cheap way to make an A/B speaker switch! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-02, 08:23:58 (35.129.11.88)
And like others have said, if any of the 4 speakers develops a "not plugged in" error, like Christmas Lights in series and the whole strand "goes dark"! John Kuthe... .......
387: Planar Speaker Asylum, System View (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-02, 08:18:05 (35.129.11.88)
Crown 200wpc and Phase Linear 400 biamped Maggies, Mcintosh MC2105 amp to the La Scalas and Heresys, and outside to JBL Control X's and Klipch outdoor granite all weather speakers, and a Dayton 100 .......
388: Speaker Asylum, RE: Just turned my subs facing out (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-02, 08:04:58 (35.129.11.88)
ROFL!! Well, if that Dayton Amp fails I'll just have to get a replacement! Consumer electronic were NOT built to last forever. In fact nothing is! Only Mother Gaia makes things to try and last forever .......
389: Planar Speaker Asylum, Why not both? (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-02, 06:52:23 (35.129.11.88)
:-) IMHO more is usually better than less when it comes to quality speakers/amps! John Kuthe... .......
390: Planar Speaker Asylum, As we know prices can be very UNreasonable, say under $100 or so (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-02, 05:18:18 (35.129.11.88)
Price point: $100 John Kuthe... .......
391: Planar Speaker Asylum, Asking :-) (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-02, 05:16:55 (35.129.11.88)
John Kuthe... .......
392: Planar Speaker Asylum, Best reasonably priced 2way crossovers for Magnepan MGIIIa's? (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-01, 16:39:48 (35.129.11.88)
For biamping: John Kuthe... .......
393: Speaker Asylum, That's why I love about having the 1000W Dayton Plate Amp's CONTROLS right up front! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-01, 16:24:59 (35.129.11.88)
That way I can tweak them while hearing the effects! It's not always even adjusted the same, just ad hoc what sounds good to me at the moment. And it's always loud enough, clean and powerful! More pow .......
394: Speaker Asylum, RE: A very good amp (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-01, 08:19:45 (35.129.11.88)
Seems to be! I just need a better crossover than is in that PCA. John Kuthe... .......
395: Speaker Asylum, I have FUN playing with the bass controls! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-01, 08:15:46 (35.129.11.88)
:-) John Kuthe... .......
396: Speaker Asylum, Yeah, I purchased it at Alpha Tech, a STL stereo shop (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-11-01, 05:12:16 (35.129.11.88)
I was like "Well, I wanna see what an early incarnation of Bob Carver's amplifier lines can do!" and yeah it works OK. I wish the BIG OLE METERS had an attenuation switch like my McIntosh MC2105 does. .......
397: Speaker Asylum, Just turned my subs facing out (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-31, 21:21:10 (35.129.11.88)
Up top is a 1000W Dayton Plate Amp driving both 15" drivers. And the amp is fully adjustable to sub audible to booming bass! I love having more bass than I want! Better than not enough. John Kuthe. .......
398: Planar Speaker Asylum, I'm just trying to make it all sound awesome together and separately too! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-31, 16:20:47 (35.129.11.88)
And right now my Maggiers need a good 2way line level crossover possibly active to biamp the Maggies properly. NOT that silly PCA! John Kuthe... .......
399: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Nope! Wack Doodle PCA! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-31, 11:18:33 (35.129.11.88)
I fooled around with the PCA while playing the Magneplans only and since they are WAY more ineffecient than the La Scalas and Herersys the Magnaplans really do provide exactly what I was hoping for .......
400: Planar Speaker Asylum, Nope! Wack Doodle PCA! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-31, 08:06:04 (35.129.11.88)
I'm working with it! Trying to make it sound good. John Kuthe... .......
401: Planar Speaker Asylum, I was mistaken, both Magnepana are fine (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-31, 07:57:09 (35.129.11.88)
The PCA I'm using is NOT the ideal crossover, and when I tweak it everything CAN sound OK. John Kuthe... .......
402: Planar Speaker Asylum, I need a new Ribbon Tweeter on my right Magnepan (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-31, 05:53:21 (35.129.11.88)
I must've messed it up while moving it across my carpeted basement floor! :-( It makes a BUZZING sound now. :-( John Kuthe... .......
403: General Asylum, PGE is BROKE because of the Carr fire! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-30, 18:35:49 (35.129.11.88)
John Kuthe... .......
404: Planar Speaker Asylum, Right now I'm I damaged my Magneplan's right Ribbon Tweeter! :-( (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-30, 13:40:14 (35.129.11.88)
. .......
405: Planar Speaker Asylum, Right now I'm BREAKING one of my Magnepans!! :-( (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-30, 13:14:09 (35.129.11.88)
. .......
406: Planar Speaker Asylum, Right now I'm not blending them (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-29, 20:15:25 (35.129.11.88)
I have the Magnepans set up next to each other off to the left of the rest of my system, but plan on putting each Magnepan next to a La Scalas. I have to get about 100ft speaker wire to run two (a pai .......
407: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: POISONS!! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-29, 16:33:50 (35.129.11.88)
NO!! I am saying that ethanol is poisonous. The effects of ethanol on the human body as a neurostimulant is to stimulate your dopamine receptors which are your pleasure centers, like meth and cocaine .......
408: Planar Speaker Asylum, Sounds GREAT! I CAN turn everythigh up to distortion but I know when to back it off a bit (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-29, 16:11:29 (35.129.11.88)
And LOUD and CLEAR! I gotta move one of those Magnepans over to the right side, NOT both on the left. I just wanted to prototype it to verify functionality. I want each Magnepan to be next to my La Sc .......
409: Planar Speaker Asylum, Oops! Not when NOT TURNED ON! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-29, 15:00:52 (35.129.11.88)
John Kuthe... .......
410: Planar Speaker Asylum, Equipment Stack (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-29, 14:11:31 (35.129.11.88)
John Kuthe... .......
411: Planar Speaker Asylum, And IT WORKS!! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-29, 14:10:20 (35.129.11.88)
Phase Linear 400 for HiF and Crown XLi800 for LoF Power Amps fed by the two way independent crossover in the Phase Coupled Activator which is fed by my McIntosh preamp! .......
412: Planar Speaker Asylum, POISONS!! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-29, 11:00:56 (35.129.11.88)
Ethanol is a Poison! Which happens to interact very nicely with our Dopamine neuroreceptors/Pleasure Receptors. John Kuthe... .......
413: Planar Speaker Asylum, I biamped 'em! Phase Linear 400 on the tweeters, Crown amp on the woofers! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-29, 09:05:40 (35.129.11.88)
Running the RCA signals through the PCA with the 2-way independent crossover. Then through each amp and then to the Magnepans. John Kuthe... .......
414: Planar Speaker Asylum, GOT IT!!! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-29, 08:52:42 (35.129.11.88)
No, no pics, I'm just getting my second Cuppa Plus now! Cuppa hot strong black Sumatran, a ml of CDB oil and a dash of Hershey's Syrup! THEN I get the Crown amp outta my 100% electric Nissan Leaf's TR .......
415: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Advertised wattage is NOT always what we get! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-28, 21:05:39 (35.129.11.88)
I bought a cheap Chinese made amp TechnicalPro RX41BT which SAID it was 1000W but my local stereo repair shop Alpha Tech said it measured 20W per! Advertisements LIE!!! John Kuthe... .......
416: Planar Speaker Asylum, Gently Used (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-28, 20:02:22 (35.129.11.88)
John Kuthe... .......
417: Planar Speaker Asylum, Phase Linear 400 and Crown XLi800 Power Amps (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-28, 19:55:41 (35.129.11.88)
I'll put the Crown on the Woofers! Leaving the Phase Linear 400 for the mids/tweeters. Biamping is going to be such FUN! :-) John Kuthe... .......
418: Planar Speaker Asylum, I'm GETTING a Crown XLi800 Power Amp for $200 (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-28, 19:04:31 (35.129.11.88)
:-) John Kuthe... .......
419: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Here's the crossovers I needed with my Maggies! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-27, 13:46:48 (35.129.11.88)
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420: Planar Speaker Asylum, Here's the crossovers I needed with my Maggies! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-27, 13:44:12 (35.129.11.88)
Oh, for two of those! John Kuthe... .......
421: General Asylum, RE: I am sorry, but have I been banned from Inmate Central? (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-26, 08:15:45 (35.129.11.88)
Message boards are private property. Someone else's sandbox. Unmoderated Usenet newsgroups were free for alls back in the Daze! Early 1990s before the Web even existed much. But then .Coms took over a .......
422: General Asylum, RE: I am sorry, but have I been banned from Inmate Central? (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-26, 06:03:11 (35.129.11.88)
I was banned from the Klipsch Message Board for talking honestly and truthfully about cannabis. They are very touchy over there. John Kuthe... .......
423: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Second BDP24 do not play maggies with LaScalas (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-24, 12:08:44 (35.129.11.88)
I will be able to play either independently too! I wanna see how they will sound together! :-) John Kuthe... .......
424: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Bi-amping power amps for Magnepan MGIII Planar Loudspeakers? (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-24, 11:39:47 (35.129.11.88)
Yep, same power amps until one or both show need for upgrading. I KNOW the Maggies are WAY INeffecient. 86dB or something. Very power hungry! :-) John Kuthe... .......
425: Speaker Asylum, RE: Magnepan speakers (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-24, 08:13:56 (35.129.11.88)
Yeah, I KNOW the 3.5R Maggies are notoriously INeffecient, so I'm gonna find out what I can do with them, especially when playing them with my notoriously EFFECIENT La Scalas! Learning by experience .......
426: Planar Speaker Asylum, Better a hole than a spike ;-) (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-24, 06:17:22 (35.129.11.88)
I'm PLAYING! John Kuthe... .......
427: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Aah, John - ye of little faith!! :-)) ... (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-24, 05:05:10 (35.129.11.88)
True, digital electronics have allowed us to instantiate many EE designs which were much more difficult to achieve with pure analog. BUT there's still that digital crappy edgy sound. Remember, your EA .......
428: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: 30.7 Jr. Tweeter/midrange panel with a dipole cone woofer ? (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-23, 20:15:37 (35.129.11.88)
Many great inventions defied "that's crazy". Go for it, how bad can it be? John Kuthe... .......
429: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Maggie IIIs are IN DA HOUSE!! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-23, 19:42:04 (35.129.11.88)
And I think because I'll be running my Maggies with my La Scalas that the La Scalas should hopefully fill in any "holes" in FR. John Kuthe... .......
430: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Bi-amping power amps for Magnepan MGIII Planar Loudspeakers? (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-23, 19:23:37 (35.129.11.88)
Hee hee! I heard about parametric equalizers when I was in high school, 1974-1978! And my Dayton 1000W Plate Amp has a parametric EQ in it for my two 15" Dayton Reference Series subs! I'm trying to ke .......
431: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Bi-amping power amps for Magnepan MGIII Planar Loudspeakers? (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-23, 18:42:43 (35.129.11.88)
And here's the Maggies and Equipment Stack. I just need one more good amp to biamp! John Kuthe... .......
432: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Bi-amping power amps for Magnepan MGIII Planar Loudspeakers? (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-23, 14:51:04 (35.129.11.88)
The Maggies are a shade wider than my La Scalas! But I was just down thinking and I THINK what I'm gonna do (after prototyping the Maggies just where they are sitting!) is put the amps, the PCA and .......
433: Planar Speaker Asylum, Bi-amping power amps for Magnepan MGIII Planar Loudspeakers? (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-23, 14:11:13 (35.129.11.88)
OK, so I got the Magnapans from the back of Baby II (2006 Grand Caravan) to my basement. The seller also gave me a Phase Coupled Activator he said the previous owner used with these Maggies, and th .......
434: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Maggie IIIs are IN DA HOUSE!! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-23, 09:00:40 (35.129.11.88)
I have no idea. The guy who sold it all to me was way into all sorts of esoteric and exotic high end audio stuff and said the guy he got these Maggies from used this PCA with them. I'm gonna give this .......
435: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Got 'em! And seller gave me a Phase Coupled Activator with them! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-23, 08:45:25 (35.129.11.88)
Like it won't work? 90Hz may not be the ideal lo-F crossover point but better than sending a lot of hi-F to the bass driver! Try not to overcomplicate a pencil, OK? John Kuthe... .......
436: Planar Speaker Asylum, Maggie IIIs are IN DA HOUSE!! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-23, 08:14:32 (35.129.11.88)
With a Phase Linear 400 for one side (bass or mid/treble?) and a Phase Coupled Activator as a line level active crossover! Now all I need is one more power amp for biamping 'em! :-) John Kuthe... .......
437: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Got 'em! And seller gave me a Phase Coupled Activator with them! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-23, 06:20:35 (35.129.11.88)
Any idea how to connect what to where? John Kuthe... .......
438: Planar Speaker Asylum, Got 'em! And seller gave me a Phase Coupled Activator with them! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-23, 05:36:53 (35.129.11.88)
Two beautiful TALL Maggie MGIII's and an AudioControl Phase Coupled Activator which he called their 'active crossover" and seller also said these Maggies 'require' biamping. Anyone here ever hear o .......
439: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Be aware that the Maggie III XO is split ... (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-22, 15:07:55 (35.129.11.88)
Yep!!! Just picked 'em UP! Or I should say the seller did!! And he said yes, these MUST be biamped! So they are not joining my Audio Arsenal quite YET! But they are NOW living comfortably in the back .......
440: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: I'd DIY if you are able. (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-21, 19:17:22 (35.129.11.88)
Of course I'll be doing speaker level! That's the way a crossover works! Using ANALOG components to shape the freq response to each driver! Less bass to tweeters, and the inverse for woofers! John Kut .......
441: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: I'd DIY if you are able. (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-21, 14:09:39 (35.129.11.88)
Oh, I am VERY ABLE!! My daddy taught be to solder at a very young age! Acid flux for mechanical, and rosin flux for electrical, and use a heat sink where needed like to delicate components. John Kuthe .......
442: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Up top, main planar page (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-21, 13:37:08 (35.129.11.88)
Found it, thanks!! I see mostly 'tweaks'! Any NEW crossovers as Bob Crites makes and sells for my La Scalas? John Kuthe... .......
443: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: You can get that (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-21, 13:19:37 (35.129.11.88)
I can't FIND Mug home, tweaks and crossovers anywhere! Should I Google it? ;-) John Kuthe... .......
444: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Crossovers for Magnepan MGIII Planar Loudspeakers? (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-21, 11:17:56 (35.129.11.88)
Build my own crossovers? Yeah, with a good schematic! John Kuthe... .......
445: Planar Speaker Asylum, Crossovers for Magnepan MGIII Planar Loudspeakers? (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-21, 09:23:54 (35.129.11.88)
Hello! I am considering buying: https://stlouis.craigslist.org/ele/d/saint-louis-vintage-magnepan-mgiii/7003097514.html but I understand the delicate RIBBON tweeter is quite fragile. And the seller do .......
446: Speaker Asylum, RE: Try posting in this group (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-21, 08:11:11 (35.129.11.88)
I went to the link, but cannot find a way to 1) register or 2) post a question. The "Interwebs" are just to messy! Lots of things to read, no apparent way to post a question, and Google sucks! :-( Joh .......
447: Speaker Asylum, RE: Try right here also (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-21, 07:56:00 (35.129.11.88)
Yeah, I found the Planar board, and I have a feeling I've made a mistake in wanting to buy these Magnepans. Delicate RIBBON TWEETERS and no way to test them onsite. I'll bet I'm getting myself into a .......
448: Speaker Asylum, RE: Try right here also (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-20, 13:27:58 (35.129.11.88)
Thanks, but I will stick with what I have, plus the Magnapans John Kuthe... .......
449: Speaker Asylum, Q: Crossovers for Magnepan MGIII Planar Loudspeakers? (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-20, 13:00:11 (35.129.11.88)
Google is less than no help. Thank you. John Kuthe... .......
450: Speaker Asylum, RE: What's missing that's driving your choice (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-20, 12:27:01 (35.129.11.88)
I'm assembling My Own Wall Of Sound! But I'm gonna have to do some rearranging! John Kuthe... .......
451: Speaker Asylum, RE: Listen for any anomalies... (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-20, 11:29:01 (35.129.11.88)
Too late! Seller emailed me and I'm going over tomorrow after 5:30PM, and the seller said he was glad they are "going to a good home"! So am I! I was wondering what to do with that Phase Linear 400! J .......
452: Speaker Asylum, RE: Magnepan speakers (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-20, 10:51:57 (35.129.11.88)
My Klipsch La Scalas are super efficient and I only need 5 to 10 watts into them to rock the house! I'll be running the Magnepans with a Phase Linear 400, I HOPE they will be audiotorially complementa .......
453: General Asylum, RE: Yes, since Marilyn died (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-20, 09:42:31 (35.129.11.88)
SWEET!! Yep, She was the Ivory Snow Girl! Pure as the Driven Snow! ;-) John Kuthe... .......
454: Speaker Asylum, RE: Magnepan speakers (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-20, 09:21:14 (35.129.11.88)
I THINK that is what I may do! Magnepans are the OTHER Dream Speaker I'd love to have. I HEARD a pair back when I was a teenager in the late 1970's and they sounded amazing! Now for the kicker: I'm r .......
455: Speaker Asylum, RE: Magnepan speakers (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-20, 09:00:14 (35.129.11.88)
I'll bet the seller does NOT KNOW HOW to test them! These daze, unless it's Blue Toothable or iPhoneable the younger folks just don't seem to know an input from an output! ;-) And I HAVE a working Pha .......
456: Speaker Asylum, Magnepan speakers (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-20, 07:41:31 (35.129.11.88)
I remember hearing some Magnepan speakers years ago when I was an older teen and they were pretty amazing! I found I could put my ear right up to them and NOT hear the sound much if any louder than fe .......
457: Speaker Asylum, RE: Where to put acoustic treatment on front wall? (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-19, 20:12:00 (35.129.11.88)
Um, WAIT! I DO have pics: John Kuthe... .......
458: Speaker Asylum, RE: What is bass? (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-19, 15:15:04 (35.129.11.88)
I love my Dayton 1000W Plate Amp on a big ole ported box with a 1.5" thick motor board for my two Dayton 15" Reference Series subwoofer drivers. The Plate Amp has two different gain and one freq kn .......
459: Speaker Asylum, RE: Where to put acoustic treatment on front wall? (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-18, 19:28:47 (35.129.11.88)
I bought a bunch of big blankety things from ElectroThreads.com to cover the bare wood paneling basement my house has. I wish I had a pic, but... John Kuthe... .......
460: General Asylum, RE: You gave that neighborhood woman good advice (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-18, 16:06:23 (35.129.11.88)
Yep! Those of us free of The Matrix confuse those still trapped in its insidious web! Those afflicted are normally easily spotted as evident CellPhoneitis A hunched over position and nervous twitching .......
461: General Asylum, RE: All right, that's it.... (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-17, 18:38:41 (35.129.11.88)
I fond a great way around TV commercials! I KILLED MY TELEVISION! Over 10 years ago! And I don't miss it! Mostly banal crap and COMMERCIALS! And you PAY FOR it!! Not me, not anymore! John Kuthe... ::: .......
462: General Asylum, RE: Thanks for the chuckle ! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-16, 07:55:59 (35.129.11.88)
Yep! Let others get the lemons! ;-) John Kuthe... .......
463: Speaker Asylum, RE: Get a Crown or QSC DSP Amplifier (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-13, 18:59:52 (35.129.11.88)
I really LOVE my Dayton 1000W Plate Amp! It really MOVES those two 15" in series because they are 4 Ohm each and in parallel would be pulling power at 2 Ohms, which could cause the amp damage. But ser .......
464: Speaker Asylum, RE: Speakers from a recording studio? (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-09, 04:55:55 (35.129.11.88)
Yep! My 1978 Klipsch La Scalas sound pretty darned good in 2019 as did my father's Mono Altec-Lansing 15" "Voice Of The Theater" after 30 years. But yes, as the other poster said the physical parts of .......
465: General Asylum, RE: When XM and Sirius merged................. (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-07, 04:03:05 (35.129.11.88)
That's because they are EVIL CORPORATIONS!! :-( Industrial MONSTERS!! Mother Gaia does not play that way. Walking talking HUMAN APES do! John Kuthe... .......
466: General Asylum, RE: When XM and Sirius merged................. (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-06, 08:39:26 (35.129.11.88)
Which is why we need a free and open Internet! The U.S. Government started the Internet with Arpanet a Defense Department project to network defense computers together in such a way as to leave a maxi .......
467: General Asylum, RE: When XM and Sirius merged................. (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-06, 05:15:28 (35.129.11.88)
All the tech giants are worried about bandwidth. Like Youtube,which now after two hours or so pops up and INTERRUPTION asking "Are you still watching?" And Youtube just implemented that this year! :-( .......
468: Speaker Asylum, RE: We both had the same idea (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-04, 18:14:01 (35.129.11.88)
That wide shot shows the corner of the basement walls, which are joists with 1/4" 1970's knotty pine paneling basement walls with ElectroThreads.com's big blankety things to acoustically soften the ha .......
469: General Asylum, RE: DDHNM (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-04, 11:54:50 (35.129.11.88)
I've "always said" that if your life was a movie that the music you listen to is it's soundtrack. Just came up on my Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMJug2iz3NA&list=RDskxi4NTqFlw&index=9 Not .......
470: General Asylum, RE: Best device to stream Pandora (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-03, 20:30:20 (35.129.11.88)
Nothing WinXP, I can tell ya that! But the BEST thing about WinXP is that Youtube WinXP STUPID and will NOT pop up any of those "Are you still watching?" INTERRUPTIONS! I basically use my WinXP Pro To .......
471: Speaker Asylum, RE: We both had the same idea (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-02, 05:06:28 (35.129.11.88)
I paid Woodard Disaster recovery here in STL $10,000 to Disaster Recover and Mold Remediate the basement of this house, then Edwards Carpeting to recarpet ALL the previously carpeted areas of the base .......
472: General Asylum, RE: Unconventional subwoofer placement (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-01, 17:50:56 (35.129.11.88)
Well, I HAD both 15" drivers forward facing before I took them out of that tall box with the hi-F drivers unconnected at the top. This was the best positioning for that Big Black Box. It was made to l .......
473: Speaker Asylum, RE: Now its clear (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-01, 11:14:37 (35.129.11.88)
Djembe .......
474: Speaker Asylum, RE: Confused (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-01, 09:37:12 (35.129.11.88)
Just took one: .......
475: Speaker Asylum, RE: Perhaps if you provided (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-01, 09:30:55 (35.129.11.88)
And Right Listening: .......
476: Speaker Asylum, RE: Perhaps if you provided (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-01, 09:29:31 (35.129.11.88)
Two pics, from the Sweet Spot. Left Listening: .......
477: Speaker Asylum, RE: This is a better decision. (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-01, 09:15:20 (35.129.11.88)
Oh, and I just WAS! To: John Kuthe... .......
478: Speaker Asylum, RE: Proper setup subwoofers should not be boomy (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-01, 08:43:00 (35.129.11.88)
Yep, that's why I love the gain adjustments! And why I wanted the Plate Amp out front and on top! It has the controls! Plus it's up and out in the basement air for cooling. John Kuthe... .......
479: Speaker Asylum, RE: awesome (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-01, 05:27:33 (35.129.11.88)
Yep, the BASS is what he La Scalas were missing. They are of course the star of the show. And the Heresies really fill in nicely from behind. The Omega's are just there because I connected them and di .......
480: Speaker Asylum, RE: All I see...... (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-10-01, 05:22:58 (35.129.11.88)
ROFL Ozzy! Could not sound good, eh? OK! ;-) John Kuthe... .......
481: Speaker Asylum, RE: Do you have a mono setup? (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-09-30, 20:08:47 (35.129.11.88)
Yep, two Klipsch La Scalas, two Klipsch Heresies, two Omega Z-7000 by Hammond Electronics (which I may sell) all driven by a 103wpc Solid State McIntosh MC-2105 power amp and the Big Black Box with tw .......
482: Speaker Asylum, RE: Final Positioning (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-09-30, 19:37:50 (35.129.11.88)
Dayton 1000W Plate Amp, and I love it! I was advised herte to keep it cool, so I figured leaving it out in the room air... John Kuthe... .......
483: General Asylum, RE: Unconventional subwoofer placement (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-09-30, 18:20:20 (35.129.11.88)
Hi Todd A. I took your corner subwoofer placement advice! Got my two 15" put in a big new sub box with a 1.5" motorboard and a port and it sounds awesome. Really fills the room with bass! John Kuth .......
484: Speaker Asylum, RE: Final Positioning (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-09-30, 17:35:26 (35.129.11.88)
Done! Luckily my Dayton Reference Series 15" drivers were a drop-in fit to the two 15" holes in the Big Black Box. And I used the idea of firing them into a hard corner to act as sort of a large fo .......
485: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Pulled output wires out of back of a Dayton 100W Plate Amp, HELP!! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-09-30, 11:19:47 (35.129.11.88)
This Dayton 1000W Plate Amp for a little over $r400 is my FIRST Plate Amp! Built in subwoofer crossover and a bass parametric control and everything! Very cool! I'm gonna mount it aTOP that bass box o .......
486: Speaker Asylum, RE: Final Positioning (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-09-30, 09:01:14 (35.129.11.88)
Now I just have to get the two 15" Dayton Reference Series Subwoofer drivers out of the cheap tall box and into the new heavy duty 1.5" thick walled black ported box!! It's gonna ROCK!! John Kuthe... .......
487: Speaker Asylum, Final Positioning (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-09-30, 08:58:13 (35.129.11.88)
Hello! I just got my two 15" subwoofer box into my basement and positioned firing into a paneled corner of my basement in my Listening Room!! .......
488: General Asylum, RE: Unconventional subwoofer placement (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-09-30, 06:42:40 (35.129.11.88)
Oops! John Kuthe... .......
489: General Asylum, RE: Unconventional subwoofer placement (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-09-30, 06:41:46 (35.129.11.88)
I think I'm gonna try that with my new heavy duty dual 15" sub enclosure: https://stlouis.craigslist.org/ele/d/custom-dual-15-ported-subwoofer-box-100/6959241701.html :-) Using the Environment NON DES .......
490: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Pulled output wires out of back of a Dayton 100W Plate Amp, HELP!! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-09-30, 06:20:47 (35.129.11.88)
And if you can pull a pair of 14GA speaker wires knotted through a 1/4 in hole, I'd be amazed! :-) John Kuthe... .......
491: General Asylum, RE: Morning and Night Listening 2 consecutive days in the winter SMART METER data dump graph (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-09-29, 20:24:12 (35.129.11.88)
I was considering my audio system's electrical power usage. A pre and power amp (103wpc), cassette, phono, CD, reel to reel, plus the 1000W sub amp I just got! My system's gotta be sucking up some jui .......
492: Speaker Asylum, RE: Subwoofer cabinet 18x20x48 and two 15" sub drivers (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-09-29, 16:15:34 (35.129.11.88)
And I just picked up this sub box today! Yay! A new project! Just what I needed. It's heavy duty though! Double layered 3/4 ply! HEAVY! Solid! Just what my two Dayton Reference Series Subwoofer driver .......
493: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Pulled output wires out of back of a Dayton 100W Plate Amp, HELP!! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-09-29, 10:13:20 (35.129.11.88)
Yeah, if I fixed it once I can certainly fix it again if necessary! But I doubt it will ever be necessary again! What'll ya bet? ;-) John Kuthe... .......
494: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Pulled output wires out of back of a Dayton 100W Plate Amp, HELP!! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-09-28, 20:28:28 (35.129.11.88)
Yep! Four outer corner Phillips screws and many also in farther, some adjacent to controls so not the correct ones to loosen! I took the four corner screws and the PLASTIC back cover came easily off a .......
495: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Pulled output wires out of back of a Dayton 100W Plate Amp, HELP!! (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-09-28, 18:01:36 (35.129.11.88)
Hello, I just received this evening my new Dayton 1000W Plate Amp works exceptionally well! And it just vibrated itself off onto my thickly carpeted basement floor and pulled both output wires OUT at .......
496: Speaker Asylum, RE: This is a better decision. (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-09-28, 16:24:50 (35.129.11.88)
The Dayton 1000W Plate Amp ROCKS!! I wired my two 4 Ohm Dayton subs in series and the amp has plenty of push into 8 Ohms! Making dinner now, will enjoy after dinner! John Kuthe... .......
497: Speaker Asylum, RE: This is a better decision. (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-09-28, 08:13:42 (35.129.11.88)
It's ON THE UPS TRUCK!! 10AM STL time! Scheduled for afternoon delivery, but one NEVER KNOWS! I can't WAIT to see those Cones MOVE! I have an LP of Gladiators "Trenchtown Mixup" just WAITING! :-) John .......
498: Speaker Asylum, RE: "Subwoofer Break-in" (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-09-27, 17:02:13 (35.129.11.88)
Tool Envy! I know it well! John Kuthe... .......
499: Speaker Asylum, RE: This is a better decision. (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-09-27, 14:37:48 (35.129.11.88)
Well`, I checked the email about UPS and that Dayton 1000W plate amp, and it;s on it's way to STL for delivery tomorrow! And I'm gonna bread board connect everything at first to prove concept! I wanna .......
500: Speaker Asylum, RE: This is a better decision. (0.00)
Posted by JohnKutheRN on 2019-09-27, 13:36:26 (35.129.11.88)
Well, I'm gonna find out! I got an email saying my Dayton 1000W Plate Amp should be delivered tomorrow! I am VERY excited! :-) John Kuthe... .......
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