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1: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: East meets West (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2024-03-25, 11:41:48 (72.224.232.198)
My beloved cat has never touched them with this set up and he has claws like Killer Kowalski...Mark .......
2: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: East meets West (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2024-03-25, 11:37:55 (72.224.232.198)
A25 Mark2 The old high school football makes a great cat detract as well as a card board grill protected...Mark .......
3: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: East meets West (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2024-03-25, 11:33:05 (72.224.232.198)
HI M3', the Dynaco A25 Mark 2's came out in 1977 or 78. The next level up was the A30 XL which was a 3 way just a tad bigger. They were made in Blackwood N.J. And have beautiful dark walnut veneers .......
4: Amp/Preamp Asylum, East meets West (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2024-03-24, 19:41:29 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, this is my simple but best sound I've come up with , A Dyna ST35 and a FX 01 buffer preamp with better GE tubes. In my bedroom it powers some Dyna A25 Mark 2 speakers. The tweeter is in better ali .......
5: General Asylum, RE: Good advice from stalwart AAers... AND... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2024-03-17, 14:51:28 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Musetap, you made my day! Thanks for the nice words, sincerely Mark Korda .......
6: General Asylum, RE: FYI (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2024-03-16, 21:39:04 (72.224.232.198)
Thanks Abe....Mark K. .......
7: General Asylum, RE: FYI (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2024-03-16, 20:37:58 (72.224.232.198)
Sorry Estat, I didn't know you could post more than I picture even though I see multiples all the time by other members. Whe I would post the second the name of the first would disappear and change to .......
8: General Asylum, RE: ARXA Dust cover (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2024-03-16, 19:28:07 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, One more, the hinge. The pressure fit of the wood on the plastic saves wear and tear on the storage bin dust cover....Mark. .......
9: General Asylum, RE: ARXA Dust cover (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2024-03-16, 19:25:31 (72.224.232.198)
Let's try another, Mafk .......
10: General Asylum, RE: ARXA Dust cover (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2024-03-16, 19:24:24 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, had to use the older IPad...Mark Korda .......
11: General Asylum, ARXA Dust cover (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2024-03-16, 19:18:09 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, mr ARXA dust cover with all parts from the Home Depot. The original dust cover sucks and would bang up the nice walnut base.The top is a storage bin or what ever they call it.I had to cut a hole f .......
12: Speaker Asylum, RE: Do seem to fit in room size and style than initial mpressions (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2024-03-04, 21:32:44 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Ed, I got 2 pairs of Vifa CoAx's before they went to China from Parts Express for about 25 bucks for the pair.They are Danish,have rubber surrounds,and have out performed every thing else I have .......
13: Speaker Asylum, RE: The same folk that always have been attracted to that (now) classic JBL look/vibe*... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2024-02-17, 15:58:00 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, If foam, like the grills,is used to absorb sound like I have in the inside of my speakers,what was it doing as a front grill?...Mark Korda .......
14: General Asylum, RE: Ardent audiophile Arnie, upon seeing the Boy's urinal display... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2024-02-17, 12:58:52 (72.224.232.198)
https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=2e9ee1b88a078940JmltdHM9MTcwODEyODAwMCZpZ3VpZD0yODJjOTE5Zi01Y2E1LTZjNDEtMmYxNS05ODJmNWRiMjZkMDUmaW5zaWQ9NTIwMg&ptn=3&ver=2&hsh=3&fclid=282c919f-5ca5-6c41-2f15-982f5db26d .......
15: General Asylum, RE: Ardent audiophile Arnie, upon seeing the Boy's urinal display... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2024-02-17, 12:46:57 (72.224.232.198)
Baby Grandson of the Avantgarde Acoustics Trio G3.The G3 has better provisions for your music rich in fiber!...Mark K. .......
16: Speaker Asylum, RE: Extremely rare, you should pay top dollar for these (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2024-02-14, 10:10:01 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, As far as width,and thickness and height they look like the same dimensions of the Dynaco A-50's.Totally different driver configuration though...Mark K. .......
17: Critic's Corner, RE: If you want to see a vibrant forum with lots of younger people... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2024-02-09, 15:19:43 (72.224.232.198)
Brian, thanks for the correction about the wire and Sam Tellig, Mark K. .......
18: Critic's Corner, RE: And yet they lament the paucity of younger people entering the hobby (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2024-02-08, 18:45:29 (72.224.232.198)
Hi you guys, all great replays! Thanks,this one goes to Brian. About 15 years ago a Stereophile writer dared to make solid core copper speaker wires with Radio Shack wire. I think,without dig .......
19: Speaker Asylum, RE: Pair 1980 Infinity IRS Speakers About Six or Seven 1980 Corvettes! (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2024-02-08, 09:53:15 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, maybe the castor wheels have titanium tungsten diamond mini ball bearings!..Mark Korda .......
20: Critic's Corner, Affordability in the Hobby (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2024-02-07, 15:10:17 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I just got the latest Stereophile,March 2024.I think the magazine is chasing Absolute Sound and may be losing some of it's subscribers.I just leafed right thru it because nothing was affordable to .......
21: General Asylum, RE: Homemade Cat Guards (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2024-02-06, 20:00:35 (72.224.232.198)
Here are the Speaks...Mark .......
22: General Asylum, RE: Homemade Cat Guards (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2024-02-06, 19:56:18 (72.224.232.198)
Here is a simple way to protect my Dyna A 25's, Mark2's. Just a simple piece of cardboard with a bend and a deflated football on top.My cat has never challanged the pig skins.I redid the grills .......
23: Critic's Corner, RE: Avantgarde Acoustic Trio G3 (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2024-02-02, 10:16:21 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Acres, I always check my pronounceciation looking for mistakes when I use this tablet my brother gave me. It comes out a little different when I post it. I'm sorry if I sound like Jethro Bodine.I s .......
24: Critic's Corner, Avantgarde Acoustic Trio G3 (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2024-02-01, 16:10:52 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, the Avantgarde Acoustic Trio G3 graces the cover of Absolute Sound this month.I;ll read the article again but don't recall anything about room size,like maybe a huge arena or really big church wit .......
25: General Asylum, RE: Homemade Cat Guards (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2024-01-31, 19:09:13 (72.224.232.198)
Ghost, old milk crates with old stereo mags with old Pyro Boat model kits, What woman would put up with this? I'm still looking for her...Mark Korda .......
26: General Asylum, RE: Homemade Cat Guards (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2024-01-31, 17:45:00 (72.224.232.198)
Hi you guys, sorry about the spelling as my tablet changes the words sometimes.I do read them over before I air them.Here is my rack I had in my 1 room apt.in Portland Maine about 10 years ago.I .......
27: General Asylum, RE: Homemade Cat Guards (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2024-01-31, 17:18:07 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Ghost and MHardy, the ADS 710 was one of my favorites that my friend ran about 1978. I was Dynatised but admit these 710's were special. Ghost,I became lost in the 1/700 table top Navy.Here is m .......
28: General Asylum, RE: "When Worlds Collide." (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2024-01-31, 12:43:20 (72.224.232.198)
Ghost, that's a plastic model kit of the German Hannebu,a flying saucer prototype the Germans were working on,also known as Der Glocke.The kit is 60 bucks and detailed to the max....Mark .......
29: General Asylum, RE: Homemade Cat Guards (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2024-01-31, 09:55:08 (72.224.232.198)
Forgot the pic...Mark K. .......
30: General Asylum, Homemade Cat Guards (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2024-01-31, 09:53:27 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, here is the way to live with the Hifi bug and adopt a cool cat to keep you company. They pop right off when you want some tunes.That's a real exspensive driver in my home made Weemss Pipe,it's a 6 .......
31: General Asylum, RE: *appreciate* [nt] (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2024-01-31, 07:52:17 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Chris, that's one of the best stereo set ups I've seen! I didn't even really check the equipment list. It's one of those rare photo's that shows how you have incorporated your rig into a real livin .......
32: Speaker Asylum, RE: They are the bomb! (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2024-01-30, 16:27:02 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, looks like the Munsters stereo in the year 2025!...Mark .......
33: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: That photo is a hoax just FWIW. (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2024-01-30, 13:44:35 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, another wacky idea sells,I quess? The Avantgarde Acoustics Trio G3 Loudspeaker.It's on the front cover of the February Absolute Sound.It looks like a Big Red Sousaphone horn with a Baritone and Tr .......
34: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: Help me find... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2024-01-23, 18:58:10 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Zacster, I think screw down terminals are the best. A few years ago at an annual Mackeral tournament my buddy created in Casco Bay,off Portland Maine his 20 foot boat with 6 of us would not restart .......
35: Critic's Corner, RE: IMHO, the 25Hz number does not add up (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2024-01-21, 07:42:12 (72.224.232.198)
Hahax and John, thanks for the lesson! You both rule! John, you should be back at Stereophile with a big raise.Hahax, you are always first to help . John, as a house painter I would rename your speake .......
36: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: Recommended Magnetite briefly available again for smple tweak to upgrade power cable performance... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2024-01-20, 20:50:37 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, one thing I wanted to try thats way cheaper is to encase the cable in lead.When I helped my buddy a carpenter to do a few roofs there are sheets of lead you must put around the chimney,flashing.It .......
37: Critic's Corner, Crystal Cable Minissimo Forte Loudspeaker (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2024-01-20, 20:05:53 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, just got the latest Absolute Sound. On review was Crystal Cable's Minissimo Forte Loudspeaker. Their cost is 24 grande. The woofer is a 5.5 inch Scanspeak woofer and a Scanspeak tweeter. The state .......
38: General Asylum, RE: You've both got it! [nt] ;-) (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2024-01-14, 12:18:41 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, this is where the Hifi hobby gets fun,spending the least for your efforts and comparing them with the Crystal Cable Crowd. I found some Vifa 6.5 coax's made in Denmark for 25 bucks in Parts Exp .......
39: Speaker Asylum, RE: Reference 3A DeCapo I kevlar midwoofer (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2024-01-11, 10:41:15 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, here is a Dynaco A25Mark2 with the grill off....The tweeter is centered and not off set...Mark Korda .......
40: Speaker Asylum, RE: Reference 3A DeCapo I kevlar midwoofer (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2024-01-11, 10:31:55 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, My favorite speaker is the Dynaco A-25 Mark2. It came out in 1977 and was only around or manufactured for about a year in New Jersey not Denmark. The tweeter is mounted or centered right above the .......
41: General Asylum, RE: What? No Dr. Gizmo?!!!! (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2024-01-09, 14:07:39 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, does Nelson Pass, a Hifi Great remind anyone of someone on the 70's show?....Mark K. .......
42: Critic's Corner, RE: JA doesn't measure distortion, but . . . (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2024-01-09, 09:38:27 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, like I said I haven't read the reviews yet,just John Atkinsons graph. This is a good example of learning more by having the experts reading between the lines for you. It will make the review more .......
43: Critic's Corner, Wilson vs. Klipsch (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2024-01-03, 20:24:19 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, in the latest Stereophile,Jan.24 are the reviews of the Wilson Audio Specialties Sasha V at 48.900 a pair and the Klipsch 9's at !.500 a pair. Without even reading the reviews I went right to John .......
44: Vintage Asylum, RE: Recommendation for cleaning stubborn dust off old board (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-12-29, 20:30:59 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Itman, use and old toothbrush and hold a vacuum tube nozzle close to what your cleaning.I Duct taped a hallow Bic pen on the end of my old Electrolux to suck dirt and dust up while I use the toothb .......
45: Critic's Corner, Rocking Munich (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-12-23, 07:07:03 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I just picked up a Stereophile off my coffee table, November 2023.There is an ad that's been in the last few issues from the Rockport speaker company showing the Orion speaker system set up at an .......
46: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: What lurks in your storage? (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-12-16, 15:21:23 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I have 2 of these as there mono.They have there own power source. I plan to by pass the tome controls . A bare minimum mono vacuum tube preamp with lots of selection and it's own power source.. .......
47: General Asylum, RE: What is New Old Stock? (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-12-09, 10:36:10 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I got a pair of Wood Style 502 oak veneered cabinets,inspected in box but never touched.Anyone ever remember them?...Mark..Is that old new stock? .......
48: Critic's Corner, A Touch of Class (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-12-08, 16:06:04 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I just got the new Stereophile.There was an article by Rogier Vav Bakel called Working the Room.There's a picture of about 6 vacuum tube amps on his rack plus all sorts of other stuff.Maybe he sav .......
49: Tubes Asylum, RE: Dyna ST-35 / Tube Glow (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-12-05, 20:48:40 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I made a dumb mistake and found the problem.I apologize for taking up your time but thank you all for taking the effort to help. My mistake was so evident and stupid I don"t want to waste your tim .......
50: Tubes Asylum, RE: Dyna ST-35 / Tube Glow (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-12-05, 20:22:34 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, thanks you guys,all great answers and I'll start with the tube switch and also the resistor check. Jim McShane, I just skimmed thru quickly but will study all that info you sent. Thanks again guys .......
51: Tubes Asylum, Dyna ST-35 / Tube Glow (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-12-05, 17:47:07 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I noticed when playing my Dyna ST-35 amp in a dark room that the 2 front power tubes ,one on each channel were not lighting up as bright as the same power tube behind it, on each channel. Even wit .......
52: Critic's Corner, RE: Okey-dokey, here's what I've unearthed (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-12-03, 08:45:49 (72.224.232.198)
Hi M.Hardy, thanks again.The first review you sent me I never had seen before.I think it was Stereo Review.I have the High Fidelity review.One thing I noticed that Stereophile writer's don't mention i .......
53: Critic's Corner, RE: Okey-dokey, here's what I've unearthed (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-12-02, 20:19:14 (72.224.232.198)
HI, thanks MHardy. That's what I remember. You are the Columbo of finding old vintage audio info. Thanks for taking the time....Mark .......
54: Critic's Corner, RE: "mess with a good working one" ? (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-12-02, 07:53:09 (72.224.232.198)
MHardy, one day I went to the Portland Maine library. They had all the old audio mags of the late 50's and 60's and 70's.I was really into the Dyna stuff so I looked for old ads.There was one ad for t .......
55: Critic's Corner, RE: Can't speak for Seas (I do have Joseph Audio Pulsars though)... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-11-13, 11:44:31 (72.224.232.198)
Ivan, that was a real good point you made at the end . In my Dynaco A-25 Mark2's which came out after the A-25 XL's, 1977 or 1978, the 5 position switch with resistors was replaced with an L-pad. The .......
56: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: It might work (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-11-09, 19:59:07 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Dericmc, I like your idea.I made a sound absorbent wall with paperback books once.I used a real book shelf speaker. the Realistic Minimus 7's.Little black Japanese tanks. They would fit on a book s .......
57: Critic's Corner, Orangutan O/baby (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-11-08, 15:26:14 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, just got the new Stereophile.There is a great review on the DeVore Orangutan O/baby by Ken McCallef.When I look at it and know it uses Seas and Vjfa drivers I think back to the Dynaco speaker line .......
58: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: "The idea is that the only thing you want moving is the cone" (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-11-04, 11:42:40 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, here is my cheap and easy sub or speaker footers. Get at the hardware store 4 hard rubber ( dark brown ) bed and furniture floor protectors. Fill the inside with Plastine or modeling clay, the kin .......
59: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: Wow- I have one of these (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-10-31, 14:46:29 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Barry, thanks a lot! I have a nice FM-5 but I can't find a decent station anymore. I do painting for a living and must always have some music on. Driving is the same deal. For FM around here in sou .......
60: General Asylum, RE: and thhere is more. (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-10-25, 21:00:32 (72.224.232.198)
Itman, good site. My cabling isn't bad. I use the (Y) cable so the Heathkit AA 32 can go full range. The sub will get the full signal too but it's amp cuts it off when it goes to high (hz). I forgo .......
61: General Asylum, RE: and thhere is more. (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-10-24, 21:56:13 (72.224.232.198)
Here is another .......
62: General Asylum, RE: and thhere is more. (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-10-24, 21:51:16 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, here's one corner....Mark. Korda .......
63: Critic's Corner, RE: The LoKe plate amp IS the Dayton SPA250-DSP (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-10-22, 11:59:11 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Brian, some of the things the rep said about the Wilson sub were confusing to me.(Good power cables can reduce any kind of potential hum)?.Apparently the sub comes with supplied power cables.The re .......
64: Critic's Corner, RE: The LoKe plate amp IS the Dayton SPA250-DSP (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-10-19, 16:13:40 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Brian, thanks for all that info. I built my sub with almost the exact formula you described. My woofer is called the Titanic and was developed for Parts Express about 13 years now. My cabinet wa .......
65: Critic's Corner, RE: isn't "lowkey" or whatever transliterated from runes? ;) (nt) (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-10-18, 09:38:09 (72.224.232.198)
Hi MHardy, I admit the (low key) went right over my head.I did watch a video on the un-boxing on You Tube.It does look beautiful and well made.It's wooden crate tops some of my furniture which isn't m .......
66: Critic's Corner, RE: Wilson LoKe (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-10-15, 19:08:58 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I hate to burst any bubbles but I've gotten into 2 sub amps,an older MK and a BASH Canadian amp although I think it's made in China.The MK had volume and frequency pots that were miniature and loo .......
67: Critic's Corner, RE: Wilson LoKe (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-10-15, 17:47:59 (72.224.232.198)
Here is the Loki .......
68: Critic's Corner, Wilson LoKe (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-10-15, 14:11:54 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I just got my new Stereophile.Wilson Audio has a new sub woofer reviewed called the LoKe.I forgot what the strait line over the letter {e) is called but I don't know how to type it,only sound it. .......
69: Vintage Asylum, RE: Reputable repairs for vintage gear (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-10-14, 16:23:10 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Bob, while your looking for a guy to fix the tuner if your interested in fixing your own vintage stuff there is a great site called (D Lab) run by this guy Terry. He has endless vintage tutorials f .......
70: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: That PDF is just something I found on-line. nt (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-10-07, 11:53:15 (72.224.232.198)
Tre', one memory of the Heathkit AA-32 was way back when my father had built one. Some how he rigged it up to play a homemade bass reflex in the family room and Xmas carols to an outdoor speaker. He a .......
71: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: System is in the Living Room... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-10-04, 16:30:34 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Musetap, your comments were a real pick me up,thanks.Here is the other side with my cat Jack on my grand ma's chair,a Sou'wester on a hunk of drift wood on milk case shelves with stereo mags. .......
72: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: Now THAT is a fun room... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-10-04, 13:30:20 (72.224.232.198)
Tre', I got everything together to restore some Dyna PAM's but I'll never find a PS-1.I could prolly build one if I could track down every part but then I found these the AA-60 mono preamps with .......
73: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: Now THAT is a fun room... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-10-04, 12:46:35 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Musetap, thanks.Once again I apologize for the extra pictures.One thing I found out with these cases that the old weathered DownEast effect will cover up an unimportant key to sound......like an ab .......
74: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: Down East Amp Base (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-10-04, 10:44:28 (72.224.232.198)
Sorry for all those repeat pics. I'm not very good with this tablet....Mark .......
75: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: Down East Amp Base (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-10-04, 09:15:46 (72.224.232.198)
Tre', that article you sent me is above and beyond! Thanks so much for making such a good clear copy and taking the time and effort! I just scanned through it for now and I'm going to save it for la .......
76: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: Down East Amp Base (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-10-04, 09:11:02 (72.224.232.198)
Tre', that article you sent me is above and beyond! Thanks so much for making such a good clear copy and taking the time and effort! I just scanned through it for now and I'm going to save .......
77: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: Down East Amp Base (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-10-03, 18:08:58 (72.224.232.198)
Here's the amp Lokie. I like to keep my sound room interesting....I live in a single wide trailer home...Mark .......
78: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: Down East Amp Base (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-10-03, 18:02:32 (72.224.232.198)
Lokie, that AA32 had all new orange caps in it and the controls and switches have never made a pop. It was a lucky find and put the myth of the passive preamp to rest for me. My father had built on .......
79: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Pass labs warm up time (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-10-01, 11:14:51 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, most of you stated how long it takes for optimum performance with your tube amps. Does it have anything to do with the electrolytic caps and the heat from the tubes allowing for a better charge? K .......
80: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: idle evidence of a booming industry years ago... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-09-29, 18:18:14 (72.224.232.198)
The Ace Zero Ddistortion 1974.....This is where I used vinegar to age the rough cut pine...Mark .......
81: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: idle evidence of a booming industry years ago... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-09-29, 18:12:55 (72.224.232.198)
Here's the old Ace Zero Distortion Preamp.I kept the old rusty nails in for effect. Those slats for the trim were pieces of old traps that sat on the bottom of Casco Bay, Portland,Maine...Mark Kord .......
82: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: I have an AA-32 kit in its sealed shipping box (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-09-29, 10:43:58 (72.224.232.198)
Here is a Dyna SCA-35..Mark Korda Those feet are called cookies.They are strung together on the bottom of a fishing trawl net dragging on the bottom to tickle ground fish up to be swept into the co .......
83: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: I have an AA-32 kit in its sealed shipping box (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-09-29, 10:32:48 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, the old FM-5 Dyna...Mark .......
84: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: Down East Amp Base (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-09-28, 19:47:26 (72.224.232.198)
Tim, one more ...the Heathkit W-5 mono amp .......
85: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: Down East Amp Base (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-09-28, 19:44:41 (72.224.232.198)
Tim, the preamps .......
86: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: Down East Amp Base (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-09-28, 19:43:09 (72.224.232.198)
Emailtim, Those round wooden traps are almost extinct.The traps most used today are wire thats rubber coated.That trap you showed might be mostly for show,like a coffee table.Thanks for the comment .......
87: Tweakers' Asylum, Down East Amp Base (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-09-26, 19:31:45 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I made this from some real thick Poplar or Pine rough cut lumber from a saw mill in Maine. Cabots Barn Red is the stain color.The sides are old pieces of wooden lobster traps that had spent som .......
88: Speaker Asylum, RE: Sub Contemplation (SVS?) (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-09-16, 07:55:04 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, because of your floors, if your sub is front firing,I can't remember if the MK is front or down firing, you might try some cones on the bottom for feet.Thats what I did. Works great.I got mine for .......
89: Speaker Asylum, RE: But Mass is not what rolls off a woofer. (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-09-11, 15:56:21 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Paul, I made my sub woofer with a Parts Express enclosure like yours about 10 years ago.I used a Titanic Sub,not cheap,and a BASH sub amp.It's still working great. One thing they never said anyt .......
90: Critic's Corner, RE: Likely so... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-09-05, 18:29:08 (72.224.232.198)
Ivan, some of the older Dyna stuff didn't have a fuse,the PAS preamp for one. Isn't it a law now that a US product using high voltages must have a fuse? I have no clue. Also,10 tubes for a preamp Seem .......
91: Critic's Corner, RE: Audio GD Vacuum HE1 XLR (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-09-05, 10:29:41 (72.224.232.198)
That right tube is in solid.When I snapped this pic I forgot my cat took a Bruce Lee jab to the right.I righted the tube.Some of the reviewers on line add this to their systems for that tube sound. Th .......
92: Critic's Corner, Audio GD Vacuum HE1 XLR (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-09-05, 09:48:58 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, just read Herb Reichert's review on this preamp.It cost 4 grande and is made in China. One question right off , I don't think Herb noted is.....The pictures don't show and with no instructio .......
93: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: The manual reveals a secret... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-08-30, 05:12:06 (72.224.232.198)
Hi EStat, after seeing the inside of the Bellari 555 I am not excited anymore.The reason was the MOSFET and converter explained and shown by the picture and video that you showed. I am slowly strippin .......
94: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: The manual reveals a secret... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-08-29, 10:53:30 (72.224.232.198)
Thanks EStat! Great find!....Mark K. .......
95: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Note that (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-08-29, 06:54:25 (72.224.232.198)
Here's another .......
96: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Note that (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-08-29, 06:46:21 (72.224.232.198)
Here is a picture. .......
97: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Note that (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-08-29, 06:29:36 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, EStat is right! Show us the board! The PA555 has had me interested for 2 years.I use a FX 01 Chinese tube buffer with a Dyna 35 amp.I spent an extra 20 bucks for some GE tubes and it brought more .......
98: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: A more high end approach (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-08-20, 22:04:15 (72.224.232.198)
Hi House 13, when I saw your set up I thought (ingenious), if I spelled that right. Then the idea of that cable acting like an antenna kept entering my mind. What do you think about radio frequency en .......
99: Tweakers' Asylum, Expensive Cable Lifter (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-08-13, 15:41:31 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, made this expensive cable lifter.It provides less strain on the cable end and the jack improving electron flow by insuring maximum metal to metal contact. Plus, it has a sponge loaded spring ho .......
100: Critic's Corner, RE: Audio Research I/50 (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-08-12, 13:15:21 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Wojciech, thanks.That was a good lesson for me that I don't think you would find in any book.Thanks for taking the time to type that out....sincerely..Mark Korda .......
101: Critic's Corner, RE: "warming her feet by a Dynaco Mark 3 side by side" (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-08-12, 13:10:33 (72.224.232.198)
BINGO! Shovel!.....thanks Mark K. .......
102: Critic's Corner, RE: Mikey recently toured the new facility (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-08-12, 11:47:23 (72.224.232.198)
Estat, thanks for sending the video. I haven't watched it all the way yet.It was up against Wagon Train. You are always a fountain of info and help...thanks Mark Korda , .......
103: Critic's Corner, RE: Audio Research I/50 (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-08-12, 09:15:59 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Wojciech, what do you mean by (plated) when you were talking about the circuit board? What I was wondering about was the foil,or the lines/ wires going from component to component.If my Heathkit AA .......
104: Critic's Corner, Audio Research I/50 (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-08-11, 06:11:32 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, just got my new Stereophile, September 2023. On review was the Audio Research I/50 reviewed by John Atkinson.I got a question or two.Why did Audio Research go with a printed circuit board in a vac .......
105: General Asylum, RE: Conductivity is overrated (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-07-28, 20:03:43 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I have a Dyna ST70 that was modified by a friend who is a buddy ofJim Aud of Purist Audio in Clute Texas as I recall.He makes and sells these cables that have (heavy water) around the wire in some .......
106: Critic's Corner, RE: This is true -- so there's a balance... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-07-14, 11:50:37 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, What I found weird is the last paragraph from John Atkinson.He mentioned that very tight tube sockets may have led to a solder lifting on the circuit board. Didn't the review team look under the h .......
107: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: "510K resistor as in the diagram near the preamps output jacks" (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-07-10, 09:32:10 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Shovel, your the best! I do have a final couple questions before I get sawing and soldering. I got a CK switch,S series, that is going in like the diagram you sent.The picture shows it lying on .......
108: Vintage Asylum, RE: Anyone know where to get Marantz 1 knobs? (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-07-09, 20:01:20 (72.224.232.198)
I bet if you could show a picture one might remember seeing one in their old stash or what to keep an eye out for...good luck...Mark K. .......
109: Critic's Corner, Fezz Audio (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-07-08, 14:06:47 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, did anyone read the review in the latest Stereophile on the Fezz Audio Silver Luna Prestige? Something was obviously wrong when you read John Atkinsons measurements.Thats what he said. The reviewe .......
110: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: Hey Mark (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-07-04, 15:31:36 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, Thanks Tre', that was important as now the questions have been answered that kept my project stalled are answered.I got all the pieces in place to get it going thanks to all of you.Thanks Tre'.... .......
111: General Asylum, RE: if you were going to open a hifi shop what brands would you sell ? (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-07-03, 06:21:24 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I think I'd sell Schiitt products.Hifi for the masses, not just the rich. In this inflated economy you zcould see more de-frosts and Bifrosts...Mark K. .......
112: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: Hey Mark (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-07-02, 21:20:26 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Shovel, I left you a message on another site, vintage. That was beyond help! I had a hard time grasping some other recommendations. The last piece to my puzzle before I solder is a 20K resistor in .......
113: Vintage Asylum, RE: Volume Control Wiring (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-07-01, 20:43:43 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Shovel and Stellavox, I couldn't ask for any better reply. That info is beyond it and will solve my question. There's so much good info I can't believe it. It took a lot of work to help me out like .......
114: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: Volume control Dyna PAS (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-07-01, 08:08:44 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Tre', thanks for the help but I didn't understand what that black line was on the schematic.It looked like the same as in my manual.A couple of days ago Van AlStine called me up out of the blue and .......
115: Vintage Asylum, RE: I've got one right in my garage (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-06-29, 12:48:58 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Shovel, there is an forth tab on the top and bottom to the pot. As the pot sits with you facing the amp it is the 2 soldered tabs on the far right,top and bottom.Under neath is a wire joining them, .......
116: Vintage Asylum, RE: I've got one right in my garage (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-06-29, 12:36:11 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Shovel, I am trying to figure out how to install a 2/250K pot in a project Dyna PAS, the David Vorhis Last PAS.I have the Part 1 copy from Audio Amateur.There was a part 2 which will show me .......
117: Vintage Asylum, Shovel 1973 (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-06-29, 06:30:14 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I'm trying to find Shovel 1973......thanks Mark Korda .......
118: Vintage Asylum, The Last PAS (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-06-24, 17:07:59 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I'm looking for 1973 Shovel or anyone with any knowledge on the David Vorhis Last PAS mods from Audio Amateur 1982....thanks Mark Korda .......
119: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: Volume control Dyna PAS (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-06-24, 13:01:46 (72.224.232.198)
pAS .......
120: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: Volume control Dyna PAS (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-06-24, 12:57:11 (72.224.232.198)
My plan for the phono is to use 2 adjacent 5 lug strips to put 2 caps needed for the phono section.I got one installed already. If this works the Sheldon Stokes cap board goes in.I finally found the s .......
121: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: Volume control Dyna PAS (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-06-24, 11:54:40 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, Palustris, that pot I showed is a 2/250K pot. that goes in the Dyna PAS.I took the old one out and bought this one.With the manual the hook up shown is with a balance pot. There are only 3 wires t .......
122: Tweakers' Asylum, Volume control Dyna PAS (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-06-21, 05:51:02 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I want to install this 2\ 250k volume control on my Dyna PAS project. I want to get rid of the balance control. I have 3 wires, left/green, right/red, and black/ ground. I will move my speakers .......
123: General Asylum, RE: Down East Amp Base (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-06-16, 20:44:55 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Gonzo, no. The AA32 puts out about 8 watts per channel,16 peak as they say.I have 2 AA13's that I want to soup up.The catalog lists them at 14 watts a channel.Someone gave me the direction .......
124: General Asylum, RE: Down East Amp Base (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-06-15, 19:22:11 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Musetap, thanks. On this Ace preamp I used some vinegar with some nails in a jar and let it sit a day or so. It ages the wood in front of your eyes....Mark K. .......
125: General Asylum, RE: Down East Amp Base (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-06-15, 15:43:20 (72.224.232.198)
This is Heathkits mono tuner.I left the old rust nails in the slats of the weathered lobster trap lathes.Most lobstermen use metal traps now...Mark .......
126: General Asylum, RE: Down East Amp Base (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-06-15, 15:39:02 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Abe, I bought it on ebay about 5 years ago.I didn't even look at the innards.When I opened it up it was meticulous with orange drop caps,new,and Telefunkin output tubes.I sprayed the controls an .......
127: General Asylum, Down East Amp Base (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-06-14, 17:14:32 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I got a hunk of poplar at a local saw mill. Used some of lobsterman friends old aged trap parts that have been under water in Casco Bay, Portland ,Me. The rubber feet are from a trawler net gro .......
128: Critic's Corner, RE: "Might you translate that quote into plain English?" (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-06-10, 16:16:46 (72.224.232.198)
Your Lordship, Gorilla Monsoon used to call Lord Alfred Hayes that. They were WWF now WWE wrestling commentators. I didn't read that review all the way thru. I do like to read Herb Reichart's articles .......
129: Critic's Corner, RE: Herb's Falcons comment makes perfect sense to me (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-06-07, 19:07:01 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Brian, I made the mistake when reading the article that the costs of some of the components listed were not included in the final price. It threw me off when he listed some of the high prices. I di .......
130: Critic's Corner, RE: Hedging a Bet (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-06-07, 16:03:33 (72.224.232.198)
Your Lordship, I copied Herb's quote right from his review. It had me a little befuddled that's why my question mark. You have to read it....take care..Mark K. .......
131: Critic's Corner, Hedging a Bet (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-06-07, 12:42:03 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I just read Herb Reichert's article on the Elekit tube amp.I thought it was really good. There was one thing he said that made me think of hedging a bet, if I spelled hedging right. He was compari .......
132: Speaker Asylum, RE: any of all y'all recently replaced Dynaco A25 tweeter(s)? If so, with what? (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-06-01, 20:30:58 (72.224.232.198)
MHardy, there is an article about this in a SpeakerBuilder .The perfect replacement tweeter was the Dynaudio A-28 AF. They were sixty bucks when I got some in 1988. I don't know what's best now but Mo .......
133: Speaker Asylum, RE: Thanks (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-05-27, 08:43:41 (72.224.232.198)
E-stat.....thank you, that's the one. The dynamics and clarity out do the previous Herrman recordings.One I have is one of those gold discs,I'll have to dig it out, and it still does not compare ...Ma .......
134: Speaker Asylum, RE: Not for fidelity but... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-05-27, 06:16:32 (72.224.232.198)
http://musicweb-international.com/film/2003/Mar03/day_the_earth_stood_still.jpg Maybe this might work EStat. Anyway the conductor is Joel McNeely and the year is 2003. Gort and Arlington are my 2 bes .......
135: Critic's Corner, RE: Van Alstine (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-05-27, 06:04:19 (72.224.232.198)
Thanks Jim, I think there was some age old beef about the Van AlStine stuff. His motto used to be ( Jensen's Stereo Shop, Audio by VanAlstine)...where state of the art is affordable. Lately the Absolu .......
136: Speaker Asylum, RE: Not for fidelity but... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-05-26, 20:12:15 (72.224.232.198)
https://songswave.com/album-images/vol14/653/653098/2500659-big/The-Day-The-Earth-Stood-Still-Bernard-Herrmann-Original-Soundtrack-cover.jpg .......
137: Speaker Asylum, RE: Not for fidelity but... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-05-26, 20:09:21 (72.224.232.198)
Estat, I have the original Bernard Hermann recording on vinyl and cd and it just does not have the power that this newer cd has. Mysterious Island, Jason and the Argonauts are also on the album. When .......
138: Speaker Asylum, RE: It seems the OP is asking for three things-the crossover point between (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-05-25, 17:09:45 (72.224.232.198)
Alaska, I found this cd I use for testing my sub, It's a redo of the soundtrack The Day the Earth Stood Still. 2003.There is a track called Gort,when the robot Gort emerges from the saucer. What makes .......
139: Speaker Asylum, RE: Setting Subs to Blend with main speakers. (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-05-24, 19:54:55 (72.224.232.198)
Hi KH6, a friend of mine has a nice MK sub,Miller and Kreisel,if I spelled that right. I forgot who made the amp attached but it used the same 3 cent,or real cheap pots. MK made pretty good subs but I .......
140: Speaker Asylum, RE: Setting Subs to Blend with main speakers. (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-05-24, 08:06:17 (72.224.232.198)
KH6, one thing I noticed if you use a separate sub amp is that to save costs the sub amp makers use a cheap pot for volume and level control. I use a BASH sub amp from Parts Express. That amp is suppo .......
141: Critic's Corner, TAD CE1TX (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-05-23, 15:10:31 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I just read Herb Reichert's review of the TAD CE1TX speaker. Both Herb and John Atkinson loved it. I read it over a couple times and something made me wonder. Herb Reichert's uses different types .......
142: Critic's Corner, RE: Agreed... but the reality is that's never going to happen... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-05-22, 15:44:00 (72.224.232.198)
Abs, this one might be clearer...Mark. .......
143: Critic's Corner, RE: Agreed... but the reality is that's never going to happen... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-05-22, 15:31:31 (72.224.232.198)
Sorry Abs, that was from a tablet. Let me try my desk top. Thanks Mark. .......
144: Critic's Corner, RE: Agreed... but the reality is that's never going to happen... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-05-17, 19:22:50 (72.224.232.198)
Weems Pipe .......
145: Critic's Corner, RE: Agreed... but the reality is that's never going to happen... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-05-17, 19:17:20 (72.224.232.198)
Musetap, good stuff.My current speakers were built with one sheet of plywood and a 25 dollar coax sellout Vifa speaker made in Denmark bought at Parts Express.The table saw was a cheap one a carpen .......
146: Vintage Asylum, RE: Well, I'll be damned (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-05-16, 19:50:31 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Caffeinator, I think the Animal House movie portrayed the year 1963 or around there. the speaker might be more of an AR type if they were accurate to the year.The Dyna A25 wasn't out yet. I have so .......
147: Critic's Corner, RE: Better still . . . (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-05-16, 13:21:19 (72.224.232.198)
Stellavox, you were right on too. Thanks for the nice comment, take care Mark K. .......
148: Critic's Corner, RE: Better still . . . (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-05-16, 09:58:05 (72.224.232.198)
Musetap, you nailed it! Your right on too Mel and Ozzy! I still like Stereophile and The Absolute Sound but I do miss Audio, High Fidelity, and the Complete Buyers Guide to Stereo/HiFi Equipment, you .......
149: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Ran out of women . . . nt (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-05-15, 15:47:11 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Alaska, firing up my Heathkit AA-32 I noticed my cat finding the right imaging zone and happily without clawing me the Allman Bros. Second Set, Tarzan,Phil Collins and the Wicked... Mark K ::: TOPI .......
150: Speaker Asylum, RE: Hope Mofi Source Point 10.... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-05-15, 09:53:27 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, in the reviews I read , not all of them, no one really goes into the quality of the driver. Is it up there in a sort of Dynaudio or Seas quality?...Mark K .......
151: Critic's Corner, RE: Van Alstine (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-05-12, 16:28:16 (72.224.232.198)
Thanks Jim, I think there was some age old beef about the Van AlStine stuff. His motto used to be ( Jensen's Stereo Shop, Audio by VanAlstine)...where state of the art is affordable. Lately the Absolu .......
152: Critic's Corner, Van AlStine (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-05-12, 06:55:55 (72.224.232.198)
Dear Jim Austin, Now that your the commander in chief jsn't it time that Frank Van AlStine gets any little recognition from Stereophile? He's up there in years, has won every accolade that Absolute .......
153: Speaker Asylum, RE: Were those the A17WG of old or a newer version? (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-05-06, 15:30:36 (72.224.232.198)
Edp, there is a piece of plywood inside the enclosure in sort of a bass reflex affair but it is actually a tapered pipe. There is a little section inside at the front of the pipe where a small brace g .......
154: Speaker Asylum, RE: BrianHP - PE Vifa M18-08-08 mark (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-05-03, 11:42:58 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I made these from a sheet of plywood on my front porch. The 6.5 inch coax from Parts Express cost me 25.00 and was a Vifa from Denmark. I 'm half Danish so I painted the flag with some model pa .......
155: Tubes Asylum, RE: Sheldon Stokes Dynaco PAS Mod. (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-04-30, 13:14:56 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I finally found it....thanks though...Mark K. .......
156: Tubes Asylum, Sheldon Stokes Dynaco PAS Mod. (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-04-30, 06:46:45 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I have a Sheldon Stokes Dyna PAS (Cap Board) I would like to install. I have watched a video on the installation but need the written step by step instructions.I do have all the included diagrams .......
157: Vintage Asylum, RE: Vintage TV Sightings (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-04-27, 19:14:16 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, there was a Columbo episode about a group of people meeting who had high I Q's. The murderer and star used an Accutrack turntable as a tool to create a diversion and alibi. I bet shovel can find t .......
158: Vintage Asylum, RE: A current Geico insurance ad... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-04-26, 05:13:42 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, in Animal House there is a scene where they smoke a joint at Donald Sutherlands pad. You can see has a Dynaco Stereo 70. ...Mark K. .......
159: Vintage Asylum, Vintage TV Sightings (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-04-24, 10:42:52 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, Have you ever seen some vintage audio on TV? I'll get it rolling. I saw on Perry Mason a Heathkit FM 3 mono tuner. Also on the Fact's of Life, when Cloris Leachman joined the show near the end the .......
160: General Asylum, RE: Opinions... "Heck, I give mine away free, all the freaking time!"... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-04-23, 14:32:36 (72.224.232.198)
Fstein, I worked at Fed Ex in the late 80's. Managment was brutal treating the work force.Sometimes the stress put upon you by management would make you forget that you were handling someone's prized .......
161: Critic's Corner, RE: Discombobularity (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-04-18, 12:12:49 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, Can you guys remember a publication called Tube God? I saved a few copies.It was put out by Listener's Harvey Rosenberg when he was running this company called New York Audio Labs.He was pushing a .......
162: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: I know how to post a link (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-04-17, 09:59:34 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Mike, I live by myself in a mobile home in Maine.My electric bill went from 50 bucks to 190 by Central Maine Power.There sticking us for not voting in a electrical path way thru pristine Maine woo .......
163: Speaker Asylum, RE: Cannot recall the name.. (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-04-17, 05:25:18 (72.224.232.198)
Bill, was it Speaker Lab who had a team of hippie's from Seattle? I have their old catalog which was great! They made a copy of the Klipschorn corner horn. I'll dig it out tonight.....Mark Korda ::: T .......
164: Critic's Corner, Discombobularity (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-04-16, 08:53:01 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I have an old Listener magazine from July/August 2001.In an article by Dr.Harvey(Gizmo)Rosenberg stated this word (discombobularity) in one of his articles.He explained that it was a mis- matchi .......
165: Critic's Corner, The Sprit of Norway (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-04-12, 13:03:08 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I just cracked open my new Stereophile. Just a few pages in was an Electrocompaniet ad for their flag ship amp. What was the first reaction did anyone out their get when looking at that ad? Mine w .......
166: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Phono stage and passive preamp (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-03-31, 09:30:49 (72.224.232.198)
Hi fstein, I made some different passive preamps. You need a preamp for phono. The simplest answer for me was the Fono Mini A-20 from Rega in England.It's simple and on the lower cost area in the phom .......
167: General Asylum, RE: It's at least as new as the amplifier! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-03-24, 15:53:02 (72.224.232.198)
Sorry, that came out fuzzy.I thought it was my eyes.Mark .......
168: General Asylum, East meets West (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-03-24, 14:52:45 (72.224.232.198)
There's peace in the valley with this combo. I don't know about the rest of the world...Mark Korda .......
169: Speaker Asylum, RE: A very interesting 87dB 2-way... Kit or Assembled (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-03-23, 20:57:17 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I've been sitting on my Seas 6.5 inch coax for 15 years. I thought the crossover Madisound sent that goes with this coax added to much to my strait wire with gain ideas. Here is a picture of th .......
170: Critic's Corner, Siltech Royal Double Crown Cables (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-03-23, 15:12:34 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I saw these in the new Absolute Sound reviewed by Jacob Heilbrunn.The first thing he said was ; The dark blue boxes containing these gems are festooned with large golden royal crowns......The box .......
171: Critic's Corner, RE: My adult daughter has a razor-sharp wit... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-03-23, 12:31:43 (72.224.232.198)
Hi John, my favorite piece you asked about comes from the cd The Day the Earth Stood Still. It's a recording done in 2003 instead of 1951...Bernard Hermann composer and Joel McNeely conducting.When I .......
172: Critic's Corner, Esoteric Grandioso M1X (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-03-21, 15:48:00 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, just got my April issue.Jason Victor Serinus reviewed another mega priced amp from Japan. He ( warmly) recommended it. I don't know if he was interjecting a pun referring to it's long warm up time .......
173: General Asylum, RE: 1995: CAL Delta Transport/Alpha DAC (mt) (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-03-19, 11:16:05 (72.224.232.198)
Krav, my Magnavox was the one after the 1000 which you showed, sorry. I'll see if I can find a picture...Mark K. .......
174: General Asylum, RE: 1995: CAL Delta Transport/Alpha DAC (mt) (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-03-19, 09:32:28 (72.224.232.198)
Krav, My first was the second generation Magnavox 1000 or the one you mentioned. It was small and grayI waited a year and the prices came way down. Sondek, I moved up to the Magnavox 465 but it ruined .......
175: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: So, you have a muted output and a direct output? (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-03-18, 20:49:27 (72.224.232.198)
Hi FastCat .......
176: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: So, you have a muted output and a direct output? (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-03-18, 20:46:06 (72.224.232.198)
Hi FastCat, the Dyna St-35 is all I need.I have a small room. This amp is so good they brought it back, you can still buy the kit.I rebuilt mine from scratch and forgot to ground the new gold jack .......
177: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: So, you have a muted output and a direct output? (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-03-15, 08:59:35 (72.224.232.198)
Fastcat, the front .......
178: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: So, you have a muted output and a direct output? (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-03-15, 08:57:46 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Fastcat, here's what I came up with. I used silver wire,silver toggles, 100k Alps Black Beauty pots,gold jacks,Dyna PAS-2 knobs. A little walnut from the hobby shop and a Simplisitor nametag fro .......
179: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: Nice! (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-03-10, 14:57:53 (72.224.232.198)
Fastcat, If I need some brain or heart surgery I would request you instead of a doctor.Your wiring is impeccable! I need to connect all my grounds on the jacks of a Dyna PAS project. I was wondering w .......
180: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: Ground for groundless apartment. (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-03-09, 06:27:08 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I don't know if this is safe but I used to run a wire to my old radiator that is tied into the plumbing.I remember attaching the wire to my amps chassis, side screw on a Dyna 70.....My apartment w .......
181: Critic's Corner, RE: Wide baffle fat-boy speakers, horn-loaded or not, do seem to be enjoying a resurgence (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-03-08, 12:16:06 (72.224.232.198)
Brian, why would anyone concerned with sound accuracy want the JBL 100's. What is the science behind the grill cover? Is it to ( cover )or muffle the sound? Is it to assist the sound? Or is it just fo .......
182: Critic's Corner, RE: Listener and Herb's Heretic review (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-03-06, 06:51:44 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, Sibelius said exactly what I was going to say. That was interesting stuff,thanks for the heads up...Mark K. .......
183: Critic's Corner, Subscription Practice (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-03-03, 08:21:51 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I hate to sound like Jack Benny but I got a letter to remind me to re subscribe to Stereophile. I got nervous and off my ass to send in a check.The bill said my last issue will be this March.On my .......
184: General Asylum, RE: "My theory is that the taught spring micro-vibrates at 60Hz" (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-02-26, 11:32:49 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, working as a painter the only place I see those are the kitchen and the bathroom because of the risk of getting zapped near a water source. You must have them in some other places John.....take ca .......
185: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Goldpoint Stepped Attenuators (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-02-25, 11:08:43 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Abe, one knob is for left and one is for right. I never made any switches yet for more stuff. The front was a piece of walnut from the hobby shop and all I did was use coats of Zinzeer shellack.It .......
186: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Goldpoint Stepped Attenuators (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-02-25, 06:46:56 (72.224.232.198)
Abe, here is a passive project with Alps Black Beauty pots,silver wire,silver toggles,and PAS2 knobs...Mark Korda .......
187: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Goldpoint Stepped Attenuators (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-02-25, 06:36:06 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Abe, I made a passive preamp like the Goldpoint one you have.I then saw an article about a transformer assisted passive preamp in AudioXpress and I used Goldpoints in an old PAM Dyna 1 preamp .......
188: Critic's Corner, RE: Which is why listening is important... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-02-13, 08:46:34 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Hahax, I think you just described in a scientific way,less the transmission line part, why the Dynaco A-25 morphed into the A-35 which had lower bass and the best of both worlds you described, a va .......
189: Vintage Asylum, RE: Anode Follower VS Cathode Follower Hiss Madness (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-02-11, 09:21:29 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, Airtime is better at this than me but I had a similar problem. I went as far as buying a 2 outlet Emotiva CMx2 AC line restoration and common mode filter. I read that off the devise. It cost me 95 .......
190: Critic's Corner, RE: March Stereophile - Zesto Bia 200 Select Review (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-02-11, 07:55:49 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Stellavox, I just skimmed thru the review. Your right, John Atkinson sort of exposed it's neggitive points. Both Ken Micallef and John Atkinson must have free electrical bills. In Maine, my bill mo .......
191: Critic's Corner, Alta Audio Adam (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-02-08, 09:27:37 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, Rogier Van Bakel reviewed the 17 or 18 thousand dollar loudspeaker the Alta Audio Adam.I thought he did a great job. He told the truth. For that kind of money you would expect a very high build qu .......
192: Critic's Corner, RE: Kal Rubinson (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-02-07, 11:22:02 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Kal, that was my email a long time ago. This is it now( kordamark@gmail.com) thanks Kal. .......
193: Critic's Corner, Kal Rubinson (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-02-06, 09:00:26 (72.224.232.198)
Dear Kal, I wrote what I thought might be an important letter to you. It's kind of corny and kisses your ass a little so I won't write it here. I tried at least 2 of the addresses listed in Stereophil .......
194: Critic's Corner, RE: MoFi SourcePoint 10 (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-01-31, 08:50:38 (72.224.232.198)
Bill the K, I totally agree with your point. The review seems incomplete. John Atkinson says right off in the first paragraph that the first thing you notice is the 2 inch sculpted 2 inch front baffle .......
195: Critic's Corner, MoFi SourcePoint 10 (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2023-01-05, 12:04:36 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I built my speakers at home with a 6.5 inch Vifa co/ax.The MoFi uses a cocentric 10 inch woofer and tweeter combo. I had the choice of using some Seas 6.5 inch concentric co/ax type speakers th .......
196: Speaker Asylum, RE: Perhaps You'd Feel Better ................ (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-12-28, 10:48:20 (72.224.232.198)
Hey....Bill Seinfeld....good one! .......
197: Speaker Asylum, RE: The wider cabinet . . . (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-12-27, 20:15:47 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Brian, that's a perfect explanation of the Dyna A40XL vs. the A-35. I never could find the A40XL's manual. I wonder if they noted that...Mark K. .......
198: Speaker Asylum, RE: Shape of KLH 3 (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-12-22, 07:04:42 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Hahax, you have to read Bill's response again. He threw in a good facetious pun.In all fun though I noticed something with the Dynaco speakers. The old A-35 speaker system morphed into the A-40XL.T .......
199: General Asylum, RE: Down East Isolation (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-12-21, 13:40:58 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Double28, thanks. Here is a simple base using a rough cut plank,painted barn red.The sides are a couple of old slats from an old lobster trap, They use wire traps now. Those rubber feet have bee .......
200: General Asylum, RE: Down East Isolation (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-12-20, 14:00:27 (72.224.232.198)
John Marks, that wood I still can't spell was used on a buddies lobster boat. Right beside the steering wheel is an area where the lobsterman has to slide about 5 traps on and off the boat.That's wher .......
201: General Asylum, RE: Ah, but were they well reviewed in the audio magazines ;-) (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-12-20, 10:04:32 (72.224.232.198)
Abe, Don Rickles was also known to use hockey pucks! .....Here is my idea for cheap floor isolaters or cone bases. Get an old dark brown rubber furniture caster/leg floor protector.Fill it with modeli .......
202: General Asylum, Down East Isolation (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-12-20, 08:38:35 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, one perk about the Hifi hobby is the annual Music Direct catalog. There is a section of very pricey devises called vibration control. I live in Maine and made this one sitting on my old dresser .......
203: Speaker Asylum, RE: I have the first version which is over 15 years old (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-12-19, 21:12:19 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, Merdy and Airtime, thanks for the info.....Mark Korda .......
204: Speaker Asylum, BASH 300 sub amp (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-12-17, 16:41:40 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I was wondering if anyone knew what pots for frequency and level control are used on the BASH 300 subwoofer class D amp? Before I open it up I was curious and would the pots be generally the same .......
205: General Asylum, RE: Surrounding Sound? (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-12-14, 10:30:50 (72.224.232.198)
Lt, I have a Dynaco Quadapter and manual that are mint.The manual is extensive giving you about 30 or 40 pages on the Dyna.Unlike the last writers hook up the Quadapter gives you a rear volume control .......
206: Critic's Corner, RE: Hifi Health Check / Julie Mullins (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-12-14, 08:04:12 (72.224.232.198)
Analog Scott, you just nailed where I think the direction of Stereophile should go. I nominate you for the new zoo director. Oozy and G., I apologize.I mixed up VPI with The Rega line....sorry about t .......
207: Critic's Corner, Hifi Health Check / Julie Mullins (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-12-13, 09:35:17 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I just read an article by Julie Mullins in the new January issue of Sterepphile. She has become one of my favorite editors.She said something I have a hard time to grasp. She mentioned the CEO o .......
208: Critic's Corner, KLH Model 3 (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-12-12, 07:11:19 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I just read the review of the KLH model 3.The reviewer left out some important things.One thing that might be important to an audio consumer might be what brand of drivers does this speaker system .......
209: General Asylum, RE: Caption this----- (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-12-10, 17:14:50 (72.224.232.198)
Dad, Eric and Ivor are tag team Viking wrestlers! Why are we listing to this fancy radio? .......
210: Vintage Asylum, RE: Interesting. Have you used it yet? (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-12-10, 12:37:43 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Ghost, I hooked up the Ace the other day and it sounded great. I called it the Elusive because I never saw one with a black faceplate.I opened this up a year ago and was mesmerized by the wiring j .......
211: Vintage Asylum, The Elusive Black Ace (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-12-09, 11:33:22 (72.224.232.198)
The Ace Audio Zero Distortion Preamp .......
212: General Asylum, RE: Caption this----- (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-11-21, 20:42:21 (72.224.232.198)
Jeezz, if he doesn't hurry up and stop talking about that KEF Blade thing I'll stick it up his reflex port! .......
213: Vintage Asylum, RE: Les Paul used old railroad ties for the 1st electric guitar invention /nt (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-11-13, 21:56:26 (72.224.232.198)
Last one, these are the cookies.There are millions just sitting in the woods where my friend works on his lobster traps.Commercial fisherman just stored equipment from the by gone boom days.They al .......
214: Vintage Asylum, RE: Les Paul used old railroad ties for the 1st electric guitar invention /nt (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-11-13, 21:49:16 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, the Heathkit W-5 .......
215: Vintage Asylum, RE: Les Paul used old railroad ties for the 1st electric guitar invention /nt (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-11-13, 21:46:18 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, here is the preamp cabinet.All I used was a hand saw and did the work on my apartment stairs.That's my old truck their on. I made an amp base and show the cookies in another picture. ::: TOPIC: .......
216: Vintage Asylum, RE: Love the use of weathered/aged/OLD wood in re-purposed... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-11-13, 10:05:36 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, Thanks John DIY and Musetap, The wood for the cabinet I got at a lumber mill close by.It's rough cut pine.There are real evident saw marks in rough cut wood.I found on the internet a simpl .......
217: Vintage Asylum, Ocean Worn (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-11-12, 11:21:47 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, here is a good picture of the Ace Audio Zero Distortion preamp cabinet I made. The edges are parts of Richard Holts old lobster traps rotting away in his yard. Most lobster men in Maine use .......
218: Vintage Asylum, RE: Replacement Knobs for Dual Concentric Controls (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-11-11, 19:44:24 (72.224.232.198)
Hi John, If you state the name of the amp that your looking for the concentric control might pop up on a junker.I got a few Heathkits I'm looking at right now that have that volume control configurat .......
219: Critic's Corner, RE: HiFi Rose RA180 / Julie Mullins (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-11-10, 06:39:28 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, You guys are right.I've never heard the amp.I'm from the school of the simplest circuit or strait wire with gain.When I saw all the bells and whistles on the picture of that amp and the steam pu .......
220: Critic's Corner, HiFi Rose RA180 / Julie Mullins (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-11-09, 06:37:17 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I just got the Stereophile December issue. There is a review in there on an integrated amp the HiFi Rose RA180, 7 thousand bucks and made in S.Korea.The first glimose of the oicture to me looked .......
221: Vintage Asylum, RE: Didn't Ace make an outboard crossover as well?? Think I saw it in Sensible Sound. nt (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-11-05, 17:41:24 (72.224.232.198)
One more Musetap, you have rekindled an interest in me...Mark korda .......
222: Vintage Asylum, RE: Didn't Ace make an outboard crossover as well?? Think I saw it in Sensible Sound. nt (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-11-05, 17:37:53 (72.224.232.198)
Musetap,,,,you know this amp.I found a saw mill close by and they let me pick out rough cut pine or poplar.The trim on the barn board style wood is from Richard Holt's old rotting lobster traps in .......
223: Vintage Asylum, RE: Didn't Ace make an outboard crossover as well?? Think I saw it in Sensible Sound. nt (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-11-05, 17:23:56 (72.224.232.198)
Musetap...Heathkit FM-3 mono tuner .......
224: Vintage Asylum, RE: Didn't Ace make an outboard crossover as well?? Think I saw it in Sensible Sound. nt (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-11-05, 17:03:21 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, none of my letters are going thru to you guys.I have saved info on the Ace company and am always willing to share.Chef Henry I'm looking forward to talking to you and Musetap, thanks for the th .......
225: Vintage Asylum, Name the Preamp (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-11-03, 13:00:22 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I love this preamp so I made a Down East style cabinet. I'll see if anyone remembers it first.....thanks Mark Korda .......
226: Vintage Asylum, RE: Hello Michael... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-10-21, 05:51:46 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Mike, Mike's the greatest! I think he's the chairman of the board for the vintage Hi-fi hobby.I have not heard from him for a while either,years as a matter of fact.The last I saw of him was a pic .......
227: General Asylum, RE: You seem to lack basic knowledge on vert and horizontal polar response (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-10-18, 15:35:00 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, here's my rack 10 years ago.I had a 1 room apt with a high ceiling so to keep projects out of the way I built up with 4 by 4's and rough cut pine....cost about 20 or 30 bucks and saw them as us .......
228: Critic's Corner, RE: Time for the editor to chime in? (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-10-18, 07:38:13 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, My subscription lapsed for a couple of months but when I got it back I received the November Stereophile.I noticed the first letter to the editor was the first negative letter that the new chief .......
229: Critic's Corner, Estelon XB Diamond Mk2 (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-10-08, 19:04:44 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, Jim Austin did a lengthy review on the Estelon XB Diamond Mk2 in the latest Stereophile. When I first saw a picture of this speaker I thought it was in the YG Acoustics family because it looked so .......
230: Speaker Asylum, RE: Does it transmit radio waves from Jupiter ? (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-09-20, 20:12:20 (72.224.232.198)
Peppy, look at the new Absolute Sound.The featured article is the PS Audio FR30.The first thing I thought of when I looked at those pictures was....that would look perfect in that eerie sterile room a .......
231: Critic's Corner, RE: LSA VT-70 (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-09-19, 11:39:58 (72.224.232.198)
Hi John, thanks for noting that.I never heard of that tube company so I looked it up on the computer and what I found was pretty impressive.My vacuum tube literature is at least 10 years old. Remember .......
232: Critic's Corner, Nasality / Rogers LS3/5A (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-09-16, 07:46:17 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I happened to scan over a review of the speaker system Rodgers LS3/ 5A, the classic by Dick Olsher is reviewed in the latest Absolute Sound. He said something I really don't understand. He said .......
233: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: What to do with an old, dead, large amplifier (CA300) (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-09-06, 08:25:16 (72.224.232.198)
Hi John, the answer is boat anchor...Mark .......
234: Critic's Corner, RE: LSA VT-70 (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-09-06, 08:22:21 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I mentioned new tubes in the FX-01 tube buffer/preamp.They are GE tubes....Mark K .......
235: Critic's Corner, LSA VT-70 (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-09-05, 07:15:39 (72.224.232.198)
Hi,In the new October Stereophile there was a review on a tube amp by Rogier Van Bakel, the LSA VT-70. Bakel missed one thing that might be important....Who was the manufacturer of the tubes? This mig .......
236: Critic's Corner, RE: Probably not (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-08-31, 14:52:47 (72.224.232.198)
DAP, I'm with you 100 percent.You filled in the crack! AudioXpress and Speaker Builder did what you described.Maybe their on line but they seem scant of articles.It's more fun for me to get a hard cop .......
237: Vintage Asylum, RE: I like the way that the table and chairs pick up the colors in the rug. (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-08-26, 16:32:02 (72.224.232.198)
Tre, as a house painter I've seen that style table and chairs from a lot of old ladys I've done work for.If you watch the Raymond show reruns you will see the retro table and chairs....plus a couch wi .......
238: Critic's Corner, RE: But do the stupid rich read Stereophile? (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-08-25, 13:58:24 (72.224.232.198)
Hi DAP, that was a good one !..... Mark K .......
239: Vintage Asylum, RE: "Maybe the best-ever turntable and arm" (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-08-21, 14:22:58 (72.224.232.198)
Thanks, that was great!.......MarkKorda .......
240: Critic's Corner, RE: John Marks / Speakerstands (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-08-18, 15:39:36 (72.224.232.198)
Sorry John .......
241: Critic's Corner, John Marks / Speakerstands (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-08-18, 15:35:57 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, after I saw those 2 grande speaker stands for the Vivid Kaya S12 here is what I made for zip. The Nasty Gansett case was give to me in 1981 for cutting lawns one summer on an island in Casco Bay. .......
242: Critic's Corner, Jason Victor Serinus (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-08-16, 08:31:46 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, why does Stereophile writer Jason Victor Serinus review gear that costs mega bucks, 60 grand for a line preamp, the latest, Otave Jubilee Mono SE costing 80 grande a pair.. Is he incapable of doin .......
243: Critic's Corner, RE: Sadly, Pierre passed away in August of last year. nt (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-07-24, 09:05:12 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Viridian, thanks for filling me in about Pierre Sprey. The web site is still there so someone must be keeping Mapleshade going. Take care...Mark .......
244: Critic's Corner, Herb Reichert/ Wired for Beauty (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-07-23, 14:01:06 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, In the latest Stereophile is an article about speaker interconnects called Wired for Beauty by Herb Reichert.In the article Herb first talks about the history of his cable use thru his audio years .......
245: Critic's Corner, RE: Robert Harley (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-05-07, 08:36:44 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, A. couple years ago I wrote to Absolute Sound about my subscription being screwed up for a reason I can't remember.. I missed a few issues. A few days later I got an unexspected package in the mai .......
246: Critic's Corner, Stereophile / Shifty (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-05-06, 12:24:45 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I didn't get my May copy of Stereophile. I called up to find out why. Without telling me the subscription price went up to 25 for a printed versions in the mail. The amount I sent in was apparent .......
247: Critic's Corner, RE: A better comparison . . . (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-05-06, 09:23:50 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Brian, you said the Fleetwoods owner had some quirky ideas about speaker engineering.A lot of things I learned in my 65 years from reading about audio were challenged by reading that review from St .......
248: Critic's Corner, RE: Reviews indicate two very different speakers... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-05-01, 15:21:23 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I have not received the May Stereophile but read about the Fleetwood speaker system in an email I received from Stereophile. Did they have any specs like the ones John Atkinson measures? The artic .......
249: General Asylum, RE: If you're thinking of Fed Ex..... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-04-01, 23:16:33 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I worked for Fed Ex for 5 years and could write a book on all the mis justice I saw 1985 to 1990. It's was a constant war of workers vs. management.Here is something of interest; We used to pick u .......
250: Critic's Corner, Ramar Record Brush (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-03-30, 06:32:47 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I just read about the Ramar record brush in Absolute Sound. It's only 340 dollars. I investigated a little further with my Ipad. The designer Rangel Vasev thought it was cool how a guy named Chri .......
251: Critic's Corner, RE: The 3D printed KEF meta absorber is very cool (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-03-21, 07:37:18 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Dave, these are the crossovers that came with the Seas co-ax from Madisound. I see 6 different caps and 2 coils.This looked like too much in the way of the original signal. Seas now has a differ .......
252: Critic's Corner, RE: The 3D printed KEF meta absorber is very cool (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-03-20, 11:40:37 (72.224.232.198)
Dave, the reason my coax Seas drivers are still in the cartons is that all the other coax's I've used only had 1 capacitor between the woofer and tweeter. The crossover that came with those Seas has m .......
253: Critic's Corner, RE: Those Kaya S12 are not overpriced when compared to alternatives (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-03-18, 11:29:32 (72.224.232.198)
Dave, that was great. Thanks for sending that. I tried something like that a long time ago when I added 15 or 20 pounds of modeling clay, Van AlStine's idea to the inside of a small monitor sized enc .......
254: Critic's Corner, RE: Those Kaya S12 are not overpriced when compared to alternatives (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-03-18, 07:31:53 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Dave, Do you know where I can find an internal picture of the Kaya's? Thanks, Mark. .......
255: Critic's Corner, RE: This is funny as hell (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-03-14, 07:38:42 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Tre, I have no clue about the Bellari 555's power supply being 15 volts. I do remember Frank Van AlStine offering an upgrade to his Super Dyna PAS which used the 12AX7's to the 5751's.He gave some .......
256: Critic's Corner, RE: Mark, it's coming down! Link. (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-03-12, 21:39:09 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I like all you guys and I don't blame Stereophile.I apologize to Stereophile.I do have some issues about the issue ( April). I love seeing the latest issue in my mailbox but this is (critics)so I .......
257: Critic's Corner, Untimely Issue (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-03-08, 15:18:23 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I just got the new Stereophile (April). Without reading and just scanning it was very untimely. With people being massacred and gas now soaring I'd like to point out a few things.... Vivid Audio .......
258: Vintage Asylum, RE: I think those are fairly late versions, actually (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-03-05, 15:02:02 (72.224.232.198)
Bill, I had a pair of vinyl Dynaco A-25's. It took a while but I picked off all the vinyl and got down to the particle board. A tiny bit of the particle board comes off but not to worry. Prime, Bondo .......
259: Critic's Corner, RE: The Mayfly (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-02-21, 16:49:20 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, my tablet is dying out..I'm trying to send a pic..Mark .......
260: Critic's Corner, RE: The Mayfly (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-02-21, 16:27:45 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Krav, Thanks for sending that. I don't know how that review got by me. I have the issue somewhere.Unlike the MayFly, when I built several co-ax systems I used modeling clay, the kind that never ha .......
261: Critic's Corner, RE: have you seen the Maslow cnc? (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-02-12, 07:56:35 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I keep learning stuff while reading the MayFly review. Here's concrete proof that John Atkinsons measurements are needed,page 75.....I've sometimes found what sounds wonderful one day will fail t .......
262: Critic's Corner, RE: have you seen the Maslow cnc? (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-02-11, 08:00:39 (72.224.232.198)
John Marks, thanks for all that info. If you print the truth like that you'll never get a job with a Hifi magazine!.....Mark Korda.... .......
263: Critic's Corner, RE: Eh. BBP is not Richlite Stratum Phenolic/PlyBoo Composite, at $72 per square foot (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-02-09, 19:59:10 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, the question I don't get is why glue the most expensive Baltic veneered plywoods face to another piece.Doesn't that defeat the extra cost of the Baltic birch?...Mark K. .......
264: Critic's Corner, RE: Eh. BBP is not Richlite Stratum Phenolic/PlyBoo Composite, at $72 per square foot (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-02-09, 14:37:05 (72.224.232.198)
Hi John, The dimensions of each piece of this 1 speaker system are stated 12 inches by 10 inches and you need 29 of them.Without doing the math I don't think you could get that many out of one sheet. .......
265: Critic's Corner, The Mayfly (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-02-06, 22:12:04 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, There was a speaker review of the Mayfly MF-201A in the new Stereophile.Will it fly? I don't think it will although the idea and craftmanship look really great. I've had that same Seas co-ax dri .......
266: Critic's Corner, Selling Old Speaker Tech (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-02-05, 11:19:50 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I just got the new Stereophile,March 22.Besides a multitude of 3 woofer tower speakers I've noticed in the issue a lot of Hifi technology has re-surfaced being an official old bastard now, 65. T .......
267: Critic's Corner, RE: Fyne Speakers (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-02-01, 08:33:25 (72.224.232.198)
E Stat, your short statement made me read that review again, and again.Where is this really great bass sound coming from this 6 inch co-ax in a 12.7 inch enclosure as Ken Micallef hears? When I look .......
268: Critic's Corner, RE: Fyne Speakers (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-01-30, 10:32:00 (72.224.232.198)
I read that review a couple times and there were a few lines I didn't really understand; The F500 SP was precise but not analytical,resolving but not surgical, and clean but not sterile. Can anyone ex .......
269: Vintage Asylum, RE: Watco is what I use to restore the Oiled Walnut cabinets. (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-01-28, 16:23:58 (72.224.232.198)
Ktt, are those the EPI 60's? What a great little speaker!....Mark K. .......
270: Critic's Corner, RE: No no no no no no no no no!!! (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-01-27, 20:18:48 (72.224.232.198)
John Marks and anyone else,....What about Harum's album, The Grand Hotel? .......
271: Critic's Corner, RE: The Quadraphonics were the live sound effects! (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-01-27, 08:51:14 (72.224.232.198)
Thanks John, great answer...thanks for taking the time. I read that line about the sea gulls. Now it's time to see if they sound like from Casco or Narragansett Bay. ......Mark Korda .......
272: Critic's Corner, Procol Harum Live (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-01-26, 13:05:49 (72.224.232.198)
Hi John Atkinson, I read your review on Procol Harum Live. I always had an interest in that album because my aunt played cello in it with the Edmonton Symphony.A few months ago I bought the cd.Readin .......
273: Critic's Corner, RE: Yes, but (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-01-20, 14:44:16 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, John Marks, Thanks for that note.I needed that.My obsession to see either mag review the Bellari 555 made me forget how the system of the reviews works.I never really knew how it worked to begin .......
274: Critic's Corner, Bellari 555 / FX 01 (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-01-14, 10:13:05 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, There is a tube preamp out there made in Utah called the Bellari 555.It is stripped down to the most minimal controls.It's what I always wanted being a (strait wire with gain) type of Hifi ho .......
275: Critic's Corner, RE: Misinformation (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2022-01-04, 07:35:37 (72.224.232.198)
Geoffkait, Back in 1975 I remember the stereo salesmen selling speakers with the New England sound or the west coast sound.New England sound because speakers made in New England, Advent, and AR for ex .......
276: Critic's Corner, RE: Speaker Reviews (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-12-30, 12:31:49 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Svisner, The 804's as I remember really don't need a subwoofer. I think what you are doing with the Wharfdales and the HSU and with all your know-how and tinkering makes up that big gap of money be .......
277: Speaker Asylum, RE: The woofer cutout for the bass unit is too large for the Dyn 24 series (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-12-19, 15:59:00 (72.224.232.198)
Alefnul, This is a picture I took of the crossover for a 1977 Dynaco A-25 Mark 2.It is my favorite speaker.It used the new tweeter H-86 that was used by the earlier A-25XL. My version has the tweet .......
278: Speaker Asylum, RE: The woofer cutout for the bass unit is too large for the Dyn 24 series (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-12-19, 09:15:37 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Alefnul, I have that same article from Speaker Builder about the A-25 and the Dynaudio D-28 tweeter replacement.They were 60 bucks in 1987 thru Madisound and now Dynaudio does not sell them to indi .......
279: Vintage Asylum, RE: That is interesting (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-12-10, 13:41:39 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, Airtime, I'm dying to eye your buffer preamp. I'm using this FX-01 I got on EBay for 35 bucks and nothing comes close using a Dyna ST -70. ...Mark K. .......
280: Critic's Corner, Julie Mullins (John Atkinson) (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-12-07, 09:58:24 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, When Julie Mullins entered the Hifi critic stage I thought she might be the first woman I heard of to do this.In the beginning I thought of G.I. Jane.That's the movie where Demi Moore becomes the .......
281: General Asylum, RE: Speaker isolation devices (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-12-04, 06:30:22 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Scott, I made some some simple rigs that might help. I took a hard rubber floor protecter used for years under furniture legs. I flll the inside the cup,where the chair leg goes with modeling clay, .......
282: Critic's Corner, Music Direct Catalog 22 (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-12-03, 15:28:55 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, Did any of you get the new Music Direct catalog in the mail? It weighs about 4 pounds and might be a good coffee table item.I get one every year for zip and I can't recall any purchase from them. .......
283: General Asylum, RE: Stereophile's Products of the Year 2021 (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-11-22, 21:07:47 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, While we all had something to say I think peppy m. had the last word with his common sense answer. I think we all forgot about room size since Mike didn't really state that factor. Good post, I ca .......
284: General Asylum, RE: Stereophile's Products of the Year 2021 (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-11-20, 18:48:35 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, If you dig up the frequency graphs provided by Stereophile's John Atkinson on the KEF 50, it's more of a strait line down the road,if you aren't looking for the deep bass, than any of the others. .......
285: Critic's Corner, RE: Those are advantages, for sure (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-11-17, 13:42:49 (72.224.232.198)
Brian, on Audio by VanAlStine, Frank VanAlStine has a page on a tune up and modification to the AR turntable. It's in his olderAudio Basics newsletter which is on his website.I modded 2 of them and it .......
286: Critic's Corner, RE: You know... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-11-15, 13:06:33 (72.224.232.198)
DAP, I was restoring or spiffing back up 4 low priced tables that were cheap in the day but built to last. A Technics SL-20,belt drive,no bells or whistles 99.00 new. A Technics SL-23, the same table .......
287: Critic's Corner, Complicated (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-11-14, 11:31:59 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, The first page of the latest Stereophile has a great letter by Jim Austin titled Complicated. I thought it was great. I'm almost 65 and seem to have lost my way navigating the world of the DAC.Jim .......
288: Critic's Corner, RE: unread reviews (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-11-10, 18:30:00 (72.224.232.198)
Hi fstein, that was good! The best part was the name of that wine or whatever Veuve Clicot. I'm going to steal that word from you and use it on a friend when least expected. They will think I got it f .......
289: Critic's Corner, RE: Maybe NASA or AES can help out. Do you want me to call them? Nt (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-10-24, 13:33:59 (72.224.232.198)
Hi; I felt like Gilligan with all the professor's answers here at the start. You guys are way ahead of me.Thanks for taking the time to write all that info. Analog Scott kind of answered my questions .......
290: Critic's Corner, Break Ins (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-10-22, 10:20:45 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, Here's another, sorry Ozzy I'm stuck in. The biggest mystery to me is the audio company's saying you must break these components in for so many hours. 1. Do caps and resistors some how improve .......
291: Critic's Corner, RE: Indeed.... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-10-21, 15:00:57 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I meant Dave-K....thanks Dave, Mark .......
292: Critic's Corner, RE: Indeed.... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-10-21, 12:37:56 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Kal, Thanks for the tip on the other forum.Sometimes some of the editors chime in like yourself. With this forum I can get a different opinion other than a writer that might have to watch what he .......
293: Critic's Corner, Stereophile MBL 120 Radialstrahler (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-10-20, 09:40:03 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, Just got the new Stereophile and there's a good review by Julie Mullins on the speaker system MBL 120 Radialstrahler.At first look the speaker reminded me of the little robot on Buck Rodgers,the .......
294: Vintage Asylum, RE: Need help identifying these speakers (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-10-12, 11:50:02 (72.224.232.198)
J,you must be Danish with those names.Outstanding info! I'm half Danish so with my Vira 6.5 co-ax I made these Weems Pipes.I had some red paint so I put the flag on my flag ship speakers......thank .......
295: Vintage Asylum, RE: Need help identifying these speakers (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-10-11, 20:24:12 (72.224.232.198)
Wow, good stuff you all.If the top variovent did not prove ScanSpeak built the speaker maybe a Columbo or Monk would look at the crossover.In the later version of the A-25 there was a 5 position switc .......
296: Critic's Corner, RE: comparitively, aluminum does not ring... the finest cabinet I ever saw {save for Wilson} was aluminum cork... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-10-07, 15:26:43 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, You guys are great.I'm learning a lot here. I wondered when someone here said aluminum does not ring why they wouldn't use it as an axe handle? Are ringing and vibration the same or is there a b .......
297: Critic's Corner, RE: YG Acoustics Carmel 2 Loudspeaker (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-09-29, 09:51:26 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Ozzy, good question, Ozzie I'm almost 65 now and still love the hobby.Back about 1976 this salesman at the New England Hifi shop and future friend Larry Lushbaum told me; Anyone can make the world .......
298: Critic's Corner, RE: Here's the link to JA's review (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-09-24, 15:22:11 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Brian, You found it. While looking something up about the speaker I found some different notes that John Atkinson wrote that I didn't see in the article you found. They might of been the measuremen .......
299: Critic's Corner, YG Acoustics Carmel 2 Loudspeaker (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-09-24, 09:26:13 (72.224.232.198)
Hi. Absolute Sound just arrived in my mailbox. The big review was the YG Acoustic Carmel 2 Loudspeaker.The reviewer was Alan Taffel. I have a few questions. The stated frequency response is stated .......
300: Critic's Corner, RE: Dynaco A30XL (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-09-11, 16:49:55 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Krav Maga, Great picture,thanks. Here's the A-25 Mark2 of that same year.The corners were dinged so I did a bondo job and painted them semi gloss black. I put new grill cloth from JoAnne's Fab .......
301: Critic's Corner, RE: KLH Model 5 (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-09-10, 21:33:18 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, all you guys have great points! Just to throw a wrench in it, I bought this little tube buffer before the virus thing for 30 bucks on Ebay from China.The FX-01.It's built solid as a rock,has go .......
302: Critic's Corner, RE: KLH Model 5 (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-09-10, 09:33:25 (72.224.232.198)
Hi HaHax, I didn't mean to be a wise ass and also get off the subject but I do horde all the old audio info I ever got my hands on and if you are looking for something and I have the info your always .......
303: Critic's Corner, RE: KLH Model 5 (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-09-09, 07:11:43 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Hahax, the A30XL is a 3 way. I have the A -25 Mark2 which came out the same year, built in Blackwood N.J..That is a 2 way. I had a clone of the A -30XL called the Dalco SW3 which designer Fred Shav .......
304: Critic's Corner, KLH Model 5 (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-09-07, 21:28:18 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, The new Stereophile reviewed the KLH Model 5.It kind of looks just like my brothers Dynaco A-30XL's I bought for him 43 years ago,made in America with Scandinavian drivers.Ken Micallef gives a g .......
305: Vintage Asylum, RE: Michell Transcriptor (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-09-06, 15:14:33 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I have 4 to mention. I'm on the Jack Benny side; The Technics SL-20, the SL-23, the Sansui 212 and the AR-XA. ..Mark Korda .......
306: Speaker Asylum, RE: adding mass to cabinet (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-09-03, 20:46:30 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Walktoslow, I added 4 pieces of rough cut poplar and screwed them onto a Dyna-A25.I used this roofing tar that comes in a tube at the hardware store that never hardens layered between the cabine .......
307: Critic's Corner, Absolute Sound / BAT VK80i (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-08-17, 09:41:39 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I just read a review by Dick Olsher on the BAT integrated tube amp.It was full of great stuff to know about tubes. I do have a question.He used a DAC called the Denafrips Terminator which I read .......
308: Critic's Corner, RE: Mark, Mr. Hesson just asked about TAS, to which you replied.. (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-08-09, 18:08:31 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, sorry to screw you up but it was Stereophile.It's the brand new one Viridian so it must be September. I think Julie Mullins started with The Absolute Sound and switched over to Stereophile later. .......
309: Critic's Corner, RE: Julie Mullins (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-08-09, 08:38:50 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Hesson, It's in the latest issue which without checking is September 21....Mark .......
310: Critic's Corner, Julie Mullins (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-08-08, 06:05:52 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I just read Julie Mullins article on the Pro-Ject Phono Box RS2. It was great.I've got to read it over and over because she jammed it all sorts of stuff about cartridges that might get me off my(t .......
311: General Asylum, RE: Someone spent their time compiling this data? (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-08-05, 19:42:25 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, What about the Three Stooges when they sang; Be I Bo, Be I Bay, Be I Biceo Be I Bay........they were dressed up as school professors and had the babes singing with them...Mark K .......
312: Critic's Corner, RE: Found it (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-07-30, 10:20:45 (72.224.232.198)
Thanks E-Stat...I did try but your way faster.....Mark .......
313: Critic's Corner, RE: Where's the ad? -nt (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-07-30, 09:56:08 (72.224.232.198)
Hi E Stat, It was on You Tube for a new Emotiva pre amp/DAC.I'll do my best to relay it to you...Mark. .......
314: Critic's Corner, Magico Tape? (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-07-30, 07:07:41 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I just saw an ad for Emotiva where the reviewer showed a roll of electrical tape from Magico that he said cost 300 dollars.Is this true? If it is,how come you reviewers have not told about this gr .......
315: Critic's Corner, RE: My money is on you Mark...- (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-07-22, 18:40:52 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Viridian,I still can't find a shot of the Bellari's PA 555's insides. The knob and jacks look as cheap as can be. It might of been E-stat or you or someone else who showed the inside of another Bel .......
316: Critic's Corner, Blind Handicap Match (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-07-22, 09:20:57 (72.224.232.198)
Good Evening Tube Preamp Fans.......We have a special handicap blindfold match to night...At 275, the BellariPA555. Also in that corner at 375 the Schiit Saga and at 35,from China the FX-01.......In .......
317: Tubes Asylum, RE: Maybe Nelson Pass can explain it (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-07-18, 14:56:06 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Airtime, I heard the same thing about the rat pack.Sammy starts out with For Once in a Lifetime and he struggles with the notes.That's where I mentioned a frog in his voice.I don't know what he di .......
318: Tubes Asylum, RE: Maybe Nelson Pass can explain it (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-07-18, 09:14:29 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Viridian, thanks for that site on the FX01! If the first guy liked it better than the Bottlehead I might not be going insane.I got the better tubes right off and they were 20 bucks.As good as it so .......
319: Tubes Asylum, RE: Maybe Nelson Pass can explain it (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-07-17, 19:31:30 (72.224.232.198)
Viridian and Shovel, thanks, that was just what I was looking for. That Nelson Pass article was easy to understand too...Mark K. .......
320: Tubes Asylum, Tube Buffers ? (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-07-17, 12:32:06 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, sfter all this experimentation with DIY passive preamps,transformer implemented and a regular stripped down Dyna PAS this little tube buffer just slays all the others mentioned. Is there anyone .......
321: Critic's Corner, RE: Depends on how broadly you define "acoustic suspension" (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-07-14, 15:20:12 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Hahax, I dug thru a lot of old stereo literature and found the A-30XL review from Absolute Sound which someone made me a copy of.The issue at that time,77 or 78 was only a few pages, nothing like t .......
322: Critic's Corner, RE: Seriously, an aluminum dome tweeter in a "re-introduced" KLH Five? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-07-13, 12:14:34 (72.224.232.198)
Hahax, the Dynaco A-30XL is a acoustic suspension. I know the A-25 has a variovent.The A-35,A-40 XL and the A-50 have an internal vent as you know.My brother blew a tweeter way back and we opened them .......
323: Critic's Corner, RE: Seriously, an aluminum dome tweeter in a "re-introduced" KLH Five? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-07-11, 15:09:20 (72.224.232.198)
Hi. E-Stat I couldn't spell exsagerated, I told you, for the bass response on the west coast sound explanation.Your graphs did the job, thanks for taking the time. When I looked at that KLH 5 ag .......
324: Critic's Corner, RE: Not a 50 year old design -- although it is a sealed box (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-07-09, 07:37:13 (72.224.232.198)
Hi guys, I never thought they would bring the JBL 100 back but they did. When I saw the KLH 5 ad I thought about the old east coast vs. west coast speaker debate when I first got interested in Hifi. .......
325: Critic's Corner, Ethics or Money (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-07-07, 10:31:20 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I just got the new Stereophile August 21. There is an ad that grabbed my eye more than the Thorens 124 DD table. The New Shape of Sound. It's an ad for a 50 year old design, the KLH 5. Looks a lot .......
326: Critic's Corner, RE: This has come up before . . . (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-07-01, 12:09:00 (72.224.232.198)
Thanks you guys for your ideas and jabbering with me.I saw this old Star Trek last night called Wolf in the Fold. Mr.Scott is convicted of a murder.Kirk hires this lawyer who gives this great speec .......
327: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: Mortite (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-06-27, 10:11:08 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I use Mortite for speaker gaskets and it works great! When I used it in my 1 room apt.to fills cracks to insulate my room some areas dryer out as the Mortite was exposed to the elements. When you .......
328: Critic's Corner, RE: This has come up before . . . (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-06-27, 09:07:10 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Brian, One thing I learned from Stereophile was the Audio Cheapskate"s Radio Shack 18 gauge solid core hookup wire twisted in a helix to minimize radio waves ! I quests. Recently I made a new pair .......
329: Critic's Corner, Expanding Hifi (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-06-26, 11:29:14 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I subscribe to this plastic model mag. called Fine Scale Modeler. For the first time in 30 or 40 years of publishing they started to include model cars. Model cars always had enough interest to m .......
330: Speaker Asylum, RE: Believe what you want. I've heard a very distinct difference. (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-06-22, 11:48:00 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, This would be my test. Find a Hifi friend and also find your favorite listening position. Using a blindfold on when entering your listening position have your friend play your best sounding cd,rec .......
331: Vintage Asylum, RE: Very nice! (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-06-20, 19:56:01 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Josh, Paul Klipsch himself would of been proud of your beautiful finish you put on those!...Mark.Korda .......
332: Vintage Asylum, RE: that eBAY "ad" looks intriguing (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-06-20, 16:46:27 (72.224.232.198)
Hi MHardy, thanks for the kind words. If I'm thinking of the right amp your describing Heathkit made 3 different versions of that 14 watt integrated. I got 2 AA- 161's that have the ivory colored face .......
333: Speaker Asylum, RE: bullethead (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-06-17, 07:45:46 (72.224.232.198)
Good one Brian's! ......Mark K. .......
334: Vintage Asylum, RE: how good of an idea it is... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-06-16, 15:00:26 (72.224.232.198)
Palestrina, take another look at the Heathkit tube cap kits. The seller claims using the best parts and states what they are. He also offers free help and gives a nice history about his work.Palistris .......
335: Vintage Asylum, Vintage Cap Kits (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-06-15, 14:27:19 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, here is something to check on Ebay.When you go to Heathkit Amps, there is a guy who has set up everything you need for a cap. replacement and other parts.He has about 30 different plastic bags wit .......
336: Vintage Asylum, RE: Different ERA (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-06-13, 15:17:17 (72.224.232.198)
Dr. Fuse, he did not give the science behind that last 20 percent thing. It sounds like bullshit but I just wrote down what he quoted...take care...Mark Korda .......
337: Vintage Asylum, RE: Different ERA (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-06-13, 12:34:15 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Sony, I have this audio mag. called Listener. It was great and Art Dudley was the man before going to Stereophile RIP.In the issue in front of me is a history of the Dyna ST-70 by Peter Brueniner i .......
338: Critic's Corner, RE: As does Technics... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-06-01, 13:38:17 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Dale, your last line about Heathkit turntables nailed it. In my old Heathkit catalogs Heathkit had turntables, but they were manufactured by someone else. Without checking I believe it was Garrard .......
339: Critic's Corner, RE: I spy with my little eye.... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-05-30, 08:31:20 (72.224.232.198)
Ross, the insides.I bought the transformers from Electroprint. They were recommended by the owner and designer Jack E. .......
340: Critic's Corner, RE: I spy with my little eye.... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-05-30, 08:26:06 (72.224.232.198)
Ross, on the stump is the Dyna PAM-1 transformer implemented passive preamp. .......
341: Critic's Corner, RE: I spy with my little eye.... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-05-30, 08:19:31 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Ross, you did see a Dyna PAM-1 sitting on the hutch my grandfather made, Paul Webb.It was just the chassis.The box of the PAM-1 is perfect for projects as the holes are already there in a nice stee .......
342: Speaker Asylum, RE: Few questions (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-05-23, 08:00:45 (72.224.232.198)
Gill, As all the guys tell you to check connections I noticed on every speaker system I have opened up uses spade lugs to connect the drivers. With vibration over the years they might have loosened up .......
343: Vintage Asylum, RE: Rebuilt Vintage not worth much more (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-05-22, 21:10:23 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Sony, It might be the rarity or availability of transistors needed. Most tubes I use can be found pretty regularly. Even with a schematic it might be a nightmare chasing down the exact transistors .......
344: Vintage Asylum, RE: 87 db speakers are Not standard (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-05-16, 10:33:04 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Sony, that was a lot of work you did, thanks.What I might ask about vintage stuff is how important is the wall outlet voltage using vintage equipment today.There is a guy on ebay who sells this out .......
345: Critic's Corner, RE: Schiit Vali 2 (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-05-13, 11:01:22 (72.224.232.198)
Hi PAR, thanks for that info. I can't think of a more bare boned ,less is more,straight wire with gain vacuum tube preamp. I liked the Bellari but they won't show the inside of their unit. Schiit does .......
346: General Asylum, RE: Shipping heavy audio equipment (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-05-12, 09:09:51 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Tantra, There is a show I've been watching called Shipping Wars where different independent truckers bid on hard to ship items. After you watch a couple of episodes you might want to drive the amps .......
347: Critic's Corner, Schiit Vali 2 (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-05-10, 06:52:25 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I thought the review on the Schiit Vali 2 headphone amp was great.It got me thinking about something Herb Reichert did not cover although I thought he covered everything superbly.The Vali has prea .......
348: Critic's Corner, World's Best Speaker Stands (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-04-30, 21:15:35 (72.224.232.198)
Here are the worlds best speaker stands. They don't cost anything to begin with but you might have to lurk around a dumpster to get a pair. They contain a heavy ballast .Heavy as much in pounds .......
349: Critic's Corner, Re- Tales / My Back Pages (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-04-14, 10:15:05 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, the new May Stereophile is packed! I haven't read it all yet,there's lots of good stuff. You should read Julie Mullins page and Jay Jay French's article,both near the back,about Lyric Hi-Fi,a hig .......
350: Speaker Asylum, RE: el cheapo sub crossover (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-04-03, 05:21:34 (72.224.232.198)
Lt, sorry, 1 input in the Y cable goes to 2 inputs. So with 2 Y cables coming out. of say your CD player, left and right signals go to your amp and left and right signals also go to your plate amp,whi .......
351: Speaker Asylum, RE: el cheapo sub crossover (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-04-03, 05:00:40 (72.224.232.198)
Lt, I use an older tube amp with a sub woofer.I bought 2 Y cables.One output goes to 2 inputs.That way your sub plate amp can get the audio signal and most plate amps will cut off the upper music sign .......
352: Critic's Corner, RE: Wilson Sabrina X Loudspeaker (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-03-18, 11:08:06 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Nvinyl66, great eye! The tech specs rule in my view.You just used them as a good tool.I didn't read the whole review so did the editor catch up on that or was that an impossibility for him to know .......
353: Vintage Asylum, RE: I don't normally encourage double-posting (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-03-04, 08:31:02 (72.224.232.198)
Mahler, this guy is great.Also (Audio by VanAlStine) has a simple step by step to modify,just slightly, the AR-XA. I did 2 and it was fun and easy.He gives the instuctions free on his site in Audio B .......
354: Speaker Asylum, RE: Holt Hill doesn't make tweeter parts (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-02-24, 19:39:59 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I think Dave K had a good idea about coating the dome with something. I did a quick CPR on a brand new D28 dome after I crumpled it in. That was 1988 and the tweeter was 60 bucks then. It popped o .......
355: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Edgar Horns (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-02-19, 10:18:40 (72.224.232.198)
Hi MPollin, I got a stack of older Speaker Builder mags. Edgar had a lot of project articles in there. I'll dig thru them tonight and see what I can find. What is that driver in the enclosure?.... Mar .......
356: Speaker Asylum, RE: I put a pair in my car in the 80s (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-02-14, 10:41:12 (72.224.232.198)
Lt.Mandella, my Boston A-40's foam surrounds rotted away fast along time ago.The Minimus 7 has a rubber surround like the Dynaco's have.Not abused they might outlive the owner....Mark K .......
357: Speaker Asylum, RE: Speaker Find! (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-02-12, 08:39:04 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Picture Guy, those little speakers are built like tanks although the Japanese not famous for strong tanks.I have saved 3 different articles from Speaker Builder on improving the cross overs. One ar .......
358: Critic's Corner, RE: Wilson Sabrina X Loudspeaker (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-02-11, 14:50:11 (72.224.232.198)
Hi PAR, The question about those mounting bolts on the Wilson speaker popped into my mind not only from the weed but this old book I've had since the late 70's.The book is called Tu-be or not Tu-be a .......
359: Critic's Corner, Wilson Sabrina X Loudspeaker (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-02-10, 09:15:14 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, In the new Stereophile is a review of the Wilson Audio SabrinaX. Brian Damkroger's intro,technology and then set up paragraphs were describing some real perfectionist type build.After I read that .......
360: Speaker Asylum, RE: Or this one? (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-01-26, 07:10:29 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Airtime, All set. The 2 pots on the MK 125's amp are the older solder tab kind, not the circuit board style with solder pins.When I open up my sub woofer,not my friends, I will use those Bourns pot .......
361: Speaker Asylum, RE: Or this one? (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-01-25, 12:38:54 (72.224.232.198)
Thanks Jonesy, I had trouble bringing up the links.It was not working like normal. When Pledger B. Gets his MK 125 going 100 percent I will see he thanks you guys. When he bought that new I came over .......
362: Speaker Asylum, RE: Or this one? (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-01-25, 10:45:35 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, thanks for the help you guys.I found this mini one although Coner I would like the bigger one and Airtime the Bourns pot at 50k looked like it would fit with no drilling or sawing. River Valley go .......
363: Speaker Asylum, RE: Looking for someone to build me grill covers for KEF LS50 metas (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-01-25, 09:58:58 (72.224.232.198)
Toddd....hope this works...Mark .......
364: Speaker Asylum, RE: Looking for someone to build me grill covers for KEF LS50 metas (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-01-25, 09:46:19 (72.224.232.198)
https://www.parts-express.com/6-Economy-Speaker-Grill-260-371 Toddd, This might be easier. I saw a video on the KEF 50.There is this flange or nice trim around the rim of the speaker where you would s .......
365: Speaker Asylum, RE: Looking for someone to build me grill covers for KEF LS50 metas (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-01-25, 08:25:29 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Toddd, I would like a crack at making you some grills for the KEF's. Here is my caveman way of protecting my old Dyna's from my cat who I love.I think the old football scares him from thinking .......
366: Speaker Asylum, Mini Pots /Subwoofer (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-01-24, 12:13:07 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I want to replace a mini 50K bass volume pot on my buddies MK 125 woofer. Through all the trouble shooting with the help of others online it's down to this pot, on the MK subwoofer amp. In all th .......
367: Vintage Asylum, RE: Stacked advents woofer to woofer (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-01-22, 08:59:05 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Sanman, if you stack them vertically with tweeter to tweeter and the woofer's apart I think you get a sort of D'Apollito effect if I spelled that right.With only one tweeter going, that might screw .......
368: Speaker Asylum, RE: MK Subwoofer 125 (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-01-19, 12:49:19 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Jonesy, That info you sent me was perfect! Thanks so much! I did find the pot values as I lifted a protective apron over the pots of the MK 125 Subwoofer. Your info solved the Lin/Log/Audio quest .......
369: Speaker Asylum, MK Subwoofer 125 (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-01-18, 11:38:21 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, A good buddy brought over his MK 125 subwoofer over to my house.I tried a couple years ago to get some tuner cleaner into the 2 pots.They are minature or the next size down from a standard pot. I .......
370: Critic's Corner, RE: Thank you... and I do think that Heilbrun is more than a flack (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-01-16, 15:30:20 (72.224.232.198)
Hi EStat and others, I was way off.Estat, I haven't even seen that video yet but appreciate the time you took to steer me the right way.I had never heard of the Wilson Thor subs.I was wrong and correc .......
371: Critic's Corner, RE: Meet the Writers/ Absolute Sound (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-01-15, 17:36:02 (72.224.232.198)
Hi E-Stat, I didn't see that they were subs.I've never seen a tall pair . It makes more sense now. Why subs with those speakers I wonder?...Mark .......
372: Critic's Corner, Meet the Writers/ Absolute Sound (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-01-15, 09:11:15 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, After my gripe with Absolute Sound and it's subscription ways I did get my January issue and have February too. If any of you have the January issue,I have my own issue. It's with Meet the Writer .......
373: Critic's Corner, RE: Did you cancel atomatic renewal? (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-01-03, 19:48:49 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Ivan and PAR, thanks you guys. I didn't know how it worked....Mark.k .......
374: Critic's Corner, Absolute Sound (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2021-01-03, 12:59:28 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, sorry for the gripe here but I think it might be a better avenue then to call the publication. I got an email from my bank of a charge that was not accepted.It was from Absolute Sound.It was to r .......
375: Critic's Corner, RE: Thoughts on the origins/definition of jazz (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-12-12, 09:28:45 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Brian, that Jazz explanation was better than the Ken Burns team! I like this certain music and I can't classify it; It is the music they used to play on the old NFL high lights . John Facenda was t .......
376: Critic's Corner, RE: Agreed. The Acoras are potentially wonderful speakers. (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-12-12, 07:39:25 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Brian and Picture Guy, I finally read the article on the Acora Acoustic SRB by Julie Mullins.She does a great job but I would like to add some stuff.Julie says that granite is well damped.I worked .......
377: Critic's Corner, RE: My new writing gig (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-12-10, 12:18:49 (72.224.232.198)
John, Mapleshadestore.com.....Sorry, the last ones a town, Mark .......
378: Critic's Corner, RE: My new writing gig (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-12-10, 12:10:28 (72.224.232.198)
Hi John, Congrats on your new gig! I need some help in the Jazz area. I don't know if you remember these little green catalogs you would get in the mail, Mapleshade.This was a company,still around .......
379: Critic's Corner, Easy Spec Check (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-12-07, 14:11:25 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, Just got the new Stereophile.Without even reading the reviews my eyes went right to John Atkinsons graphs. The Acora Acoustics SBB's frequency graph on page 66, Fig.3 looks like a camel's back. .......
380: Vintage Asylum, RE: Fisher X100 Faceplate (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-11-23, 19:27:35 (72.224.232.198)
Ghttps://www.google.com/search?q=fisher+hifi+logo&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari#imgdii=4MCu9S6W5DmFmM&imgrc=qwz5zy5Cta7ILM .......
381: Speaker Asylum, RE: You might have to use the Queen Plus size. nt (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-11-23, 15:56:41 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, Rivervalley, It's not burlap but another name I can't think off. It is more acoustically transparent than the original Dynaco grill cloth...Mark .......
382: Speaker Asylum, RE: I have some carnauba car wax here. (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-11-23, 14:27:13 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Ghosty, There is another way out of this.I don't mean to step on the toes of the guys who gave you those great wood finishing tips but sometimes you find a great sounding speaker with a dinged .......
383: Vintage Asylum, RE: Fisher X100 Faceplate (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-11-22, 11:47:03 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Iain, there was a real nice Fisher logo with your model on my tablet.I can't seem to find it on my desk top computer.When I do I'll send it along, Mark K. .......
384: Vintage Asylum, RE: Fisher X100 Faceplate (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-11-18, 09:20:39 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Iain, Years ago I had a friend who modded my Dynaco PAS 2. When the tone controls were taken out there were some holes left in the faceplate.I could of left the knobs in for looks but I had oth .......
385: Speaker Asylum, RE: Speaker Grill Attachment / seeking recommendations (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-11-10, 19:16:21 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Catbert., I took off my Velcro that kept my grills on and instead used a little marble sized bit of BluTac blue poster putty.I put 4 marble sized blobs,1 in each corner.The stuff squishes down just .......
386: Speaker Asylum, RE: High-level input to sub (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-11-02, 13:53:18 (72.224.232.198)
Dbphd, I use an old Heathkit Aa32 integrated tube with a Bash sub amp. With no sub output I use a Y cable as the BASHSub amp has the crossover and controls all contained within. I found most sub amps .......
387: Speaker Asylum, RE: To Subject In OP (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-10-21, 08:37:03 (72.224.232.198)
Hi JDK, this is William Conrad's test song for your speakers...Mark Korda .......
388: Speaker Asylum, RE: Chipboard rot (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-10-20, 09:11:15 (72.224.232.198)
Hi John, Those speakers look like the favorites of William Conrad......Mark. k. .......
389: Speaker Asylum, RE: Chipboard rot (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-10-19, 13:24:03 (72.224.232.198)
Hi JDK, I had a pair of Dynaco A-25's I bought used 40 years ago.They were vinyl instead of walnut veneer.I sold them to my brother who just left them in storage in my mothers basement. I bought then .......
390: General Asylum, RE: horses for courses (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-10-13, 11:31:30 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Bean, check this out...Mark Khttps://www.facebook.com/GetInTheMix.DJ/videos/968261193616800/UzpfSTExMzQ4NDc3Mzg6MTAyMTcxMTAwODMwODA5Mzg/ .......
391: Critic's Corner, RE: What is the "defined criteria"? nt (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-10-13, 10:10:14 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, thanks for digging that up John.The article explains Van AlStine getting hot under the collar for Stereophile losing his preamp.Ok, that might explain it.But why was that article reprinted 10 yea .......
392: General Asylum, RE: Rory Gallagher of course! (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-10-12, 20:14:21 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, Jan Ackerman, Focus! .......
393: Critic's Corner, Bury the Hatchet (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-10-12, 08:12:49 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, Here's a simple question for Stereophile; Why have you never reviewed any audio products from Audio by VanAlstine.Some of his stuff has won awards in the Absolute Sound.If you don't want to answe .......
394: General Asylum, Spit Valve's ? (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-10-10, 08:48:29 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I live in Maine near Portland. Our gov. has enacted Phase 4 in the virus battle.This will enable bars to open. Here are some rules if a band is present. There will be no singing and brass and wo .......
395: Critic's Corner, RE: Checking Under the Hood (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-10-07, 12:11:55 (72.224.232.198)
Hi AE, just do a Google search on the Bellari 555. You will find more review stuff easier than I could send it. No one has produced an interior picture yet. E-Stat do you think that board you showed w .......
396: Critic's Corner, RE: Yabbut (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-10-05, 20:19:25 (72.224.232.198)
Thanks E-Stat.......Mark K .......
397: Vintage Asylum, RE: Pickering 190B Tonearm (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-10-05, 07:50:31 (72.224.232.198)
https://www.mofi.com/product-p/mfslgd.htm Sorry...Mark .......
398: Vintage Asylum, RE: Pickering 190B Tonearm (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-10-05, 07:47:23 (72.224.232.198)
DC, here it is, the Geo Disc .......
399: Vintage Asylum, RE: Pickering 190B Tonearm (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-10-05, 07:44:35 (72.224.232.198)
Hi DC, good luck with that.There is something that would help you out.The Mobile Fidelity Geo-Disc.It looks like an LP with raised letter instructions and grids with pivotal holes for correct geometry .......
400: Critic's Corner, RE: Here is your picture... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-10-02, 20:15:32 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Misstl, thanks so much for putting that in...Mark .......
401: Critic's Corner, Checking Under the Hood (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-10-02, 07:30:36 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, There is a new vacuum tube preamp called the Rolls Bellari PA555. It's made in Utah and is very simple with one 12AX7 tube and has 4 inputs and a volume control.It looks much like a Schiit produc .......
402: Speaker Asylum, RE: Tweeter at ear level (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-10-02, 06:55:46 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Mossback, When you said (our) and (livingroom) you gave me a couple of Columbo like clues about speaker stands.I don't think there are many women or mates in the world that would put up with mi .......
403: Speaker Asylum, RE: Dynaco A25 stand options (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-09-30, 09:51:01 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Mossback, Those stands are nice but I think you can get better imaging by having your tweeters at a higher ear level.Sitting up and then sitting down I can always hear an improvement when my tweete .......
404: Speaker Asylum, RE: Hold on. My whole house in Hawaii is cinder block, and no (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-09-29, 16:31:35 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, my cat claw stopper over my A-25 Mark'2s. Just a bent hunk of cardboard.The cat never touches the footballs.This old one I've had since the 60's and is a Gale Sayers model...Mark Korda ::: TOPI .......
405: Speaker Asylum, RE: Hold on. My whole house in Hawaii is cinder block, and no (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-09-29, 16:26:15 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, Here is my A-25 speaker stand.The speakers are A-25 Mark2's where the tweeter is right above the woofer.I re-did the grills and painted them black after a little bondo job on a couple corners. .......
406: Vintage Asylum, RE: Vintage Caveman Desktop Stereo Rack (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-09-19, 12:58:39 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Jon, good eye and vintage knowledge.Right next to it on the right is a Ace Audio 5000 crossover. You don't see crossovers as much anymore as most sub woofer plate amps have that built in feature. J .......
407: Vintage Asylum, RE: Vintage Caveman Desktop Stereo Rack (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-09-19, 09:02:43 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Jon, good eye and vintage knowledge.Right next to it on the right is a Ace Audio 5000 crossover. You don't see crossovers as much anymore as most sub woofer plate amps have that built in feature. J .......
408: Vintage Asylum, Vintage Caveman Desktop Stereo Rack (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-09-18, 15:07:16 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I took this picture 6 years ago when I lived in a 1 room apt. A couple of 4 by 4's and a few rough cut pine planks from a nearby mill are all thats needed.I spent less than 20 bucks and had fun .......
409: Vintage Asylum, RE: or "orange" ;).......:-) (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-09-17, 09:32:57 (72.224.232.198)
MHardy, Story exposed the story! Your woofer is really a Jensen painted over by Chuck Yeager with some left over cans of spray paint he used on the Bell X-1...Mark .......
410: Vintage Asylum, Bell X-1 / Cleveland Browns / McClaren CanAm Car (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-09-16, 09:00:53 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, In restoring 2 pitted,rusted Dyna Mark 3 chassis my old football coach knew this guy that did every thing (4) pieces for 75 bucks.I've put this project off 2 years and these chassis still look .......
411: Vintage Asylum, RE: Re-attaching Epicure M400's grilles (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-09-14, 05:21:03 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I use BlueTack that blue silly putty stuff. Roll a little ball up the size of a marble and put in each corner where you would have Velcro.It is used instead of tape for hanging posters on kids roo .......
412: Vintage Asylum, RE: "it won in a ST-70 shoot out" (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-09-13, 12:31:50 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Shovel, I was wrong.I thought the amp was in the Shootout.I still have literature from GSI,Van AlStine,Southerland.This Purist Audio came out about the same time.Jim Aud is the modifier and Pur .......
413: Critic's Corner, RE: Schiit Freya Review? (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-09-13, 09:41:57 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Tom, In the reviewers hyperbole he might have stolen one of your lines.He said using the Freya in a small room is like adding a small space heater, the sauna?I know what you mean Tom but I thin .......
414: Critic's Corner, Schiit Freya Review? (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-09-12, 07:27:55 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I love the Schiit company.Made in America and trying to make affordable stuff.The book on the start of the company is great. In the October Absolute Sound Drew Kalibach reviews the Freya and Bif .......
415: Vintage Asylum, RE: Nice (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-09-10, 06:24:48 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Shovel, I have the schematic and circuit info on the Purist ST-70. I'd be glad to send you a copy.I will tell you it won in a ST-70 shoot out against 4 other mods in 1989's Glass Audio mag.I don't .......
416: Vintage Asylum, RE: Nice (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-09-10, 06:21:32 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Shovel, I have the schematic and circuit info on the Purist ST-70. I'd be glad to send you a copy.I will tell you it won in a ST-70 shoot out against 4 other mods in 1989's Glass Audio mag.I don .......
417: Vintage Asylum, RE: Nice (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-09-09, 19:49:44 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Shovel, the SCA-35 was just given to me by a friend I went to school with.I have a brand new cap board I bought for it a few years ago but it remains another unfinished project. Last night I ta .......
418: Vintage Asylum, RE: Nice (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-09-09, 19:48:47 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Shovel, the SCA-35 was just given to me by a friend I went to school with.I have a brand new cap board I bought for it a few years ago but it remains another unfinished project. Last night I ta .......
419: Vintage Asylum, RE: Hi Mark (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-09-09, 10:16:42 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Shovel, I just took that picture with a Canon cheap camera on a stump where a tree was knocked down one Patriots Day in a storm right out front.It's not the sea but I live right near. I tried g .......
420: Vintage Asylum, RE: Hi Mark (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-09-08, 09:28:41 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Shovel, thanks for the comments.You know when a beautiful pristine walnut cabinet housing a audio component the component best be a perfect example.It's kind of like a ( Monk) thing.But with the .......
421: Vintage Asylum, RE: Fantastic and brilliantly creative! We need more of that creativity. nt (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-09-06, 06:18:30 (72.224.232.198)
Viridian, nothing fancy but I needed the bases to match....Mark. .......
422: Vintage Asylum, RE: Fantastic and brilliantly creative! We need more of that creativity. nt (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-09-06, 06:14:54 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Viridian, thanks for the nice words.I made these with a hand saw 6 years ago on the front steps(saw horse) of my 1 room apt.The pictures would be better if I didn't take them on the back of my R .......
423: Vintage Asylum, RE: Mark, that is what I would do. (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-09-05, 17:23:58 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Viridian, I used some old barn board and framed it with slats of Richard Holts old lobster traps that had been weathered by sitting for ever in the water of Casco Bay.The rubber feet were punche .......
424: Vintage Asylum, RE: The Starsky Hutch (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-09-05, 16:34:12 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Shovel, good to hear from you. I built those speakers from a Daid Weems plan to a pipe speaker.I used a co-ax instead of the tweeter in his plan.I needed a home for a pair of Vifa 6 1/2 inch co- .......
425: Vintage Asylum, RE: The Starsky Hutch (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-09-05, 16:11:24 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Virian, I snapped this picture in my bedroom by accident one day.It wouldn't take Columbo to tell I'm single but I've been wanting to ask you if a re cap on the Heath-3 and the adapter, which I .......
426: Vintage Asylum, The Stereo Hutch (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-09-03, 10:12:18 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, Mom's old hutch became my stereo hutch.....Mark Korda .......
427: Critic's Corner, RE: Indeed he did. (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-08-17, 10:04:24 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, In the review of that amp Herb noticed a faint Lutron-dimmer type buzz.The sound he detected was coming from the amp in the transformer region.He used a stethoscope and presumed the transformer's .......
428: Critic's Corner, RE: Transparency should NOT be colored or have any color - if it does... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-08-13, 12:26:30 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Musetap, I had to look the word up before I wrote. If you look at it one way it sounds like the old transistor vs. tubes debate. Another reason might of been a very clean and pristine copy of A Tas .......
429: Critic's Corner, Herb's Verb (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-08-12, 14:39:25 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, In the new Stereophile Herb Reichert reviews the LKV Veros PWR+ power amp.In large red letters on the first page he says; (The LKV colors it's transparency with a kind of golden honey quality). .......
430: Critic's Corner, Great Letter Navy Sub Man (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-08-10, 13:35:47 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I just got the new Stereophile and there is a great letter by Eric Lang.He worked on Navy subs for 30 years and gave his idea about audio cables.He let go all torpedo"s on the subject. Jim Aust .......
431: Critic's Corner, RE: Many Will - and Easily (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-08-03, 09:22:31 (72.224.232.198)
RGA, I liked and agree with what you said. When someone dumps on your grammar they have nothing to add to the original topic. I suck at spelling and would never try to question anyone else. Maybe the .......
432: Vintage Asylum, RE: Voltage readings (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-07-22, 21:19:56 (72.224.232.198)
Ewalaa, I think Rivervalley has the right idea. My plate amp,the BASH, has a volume pot and cross over pot that might cost 10 cents They are miniature pots and I sprayed them with contact cleaner and .......
433: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: This is the regulator B+ board the article called for (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-07-19, 10:53:18 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Shovel,, I am going to get my digital camera out and forget the IPhone until I get a lesson from my brother.I'm more used to the desk top than this IPad. Most of my pics and how to manage them bett .......
434: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: "there is room for the board in the Vorhis mod" (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-07-15, 17:54:16 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Shovel, I promises tonight I will learn how to get a picture to you from my phone or tablet.The only reason I have these is because my brother gave them to me.He's trying to get me out of the Stone .......
435: Critic's Corner, RE: TAS Fall 2020 Special annual issue is a good one. (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-07-15, 14:31:56 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Tketcham, you are right.Even though it was one of those directory issues it was packed with good articles...Mark K. .......
436: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: "there is room for the board in the Vorhis mod" (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-07-15, 10:55:13 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Shovel, I promises tonight I will learn how to get a picture to you from my phone or tablet.The only reason I have these is because my brother gave them to me.He's trying to get me out of the Stone .......
437: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Cap board? (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-07-14, 23:04:16 (72.224.232.198)
Last Call, in Sheldons board build instruction not covered by the D Lab installation gives you the option of replacing the 12AX by adding 2 more diodes on the board. I checked the board. The D Lab guy .......
438: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Cap board? (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-07-14, 22:49:38 (72.224.232.198)
Shovel, I meant the 12XA tube rectifier. .......
439: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Cap board? (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-07-14, 22:02:43 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Shovel....the upside down installation Sheldon Stokes PAS board....Mark .......
440: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Cap board? (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-07-14, 21:51:10 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Shovel, there is room for the board in the Vorhis mod.The cap board was bought from Sheldon and let's you use the 12AX7 or not.It's silk screened instructions are right on the board next to the rec .......
441: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: 150 VDC (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-07-14, 17:50:19 (72.224.232.198)
Thanks alot for all that info guys.Shovel, thanks for your help and I will get back to the PAS project. You gave me the needed knowledge nudge. I delayed it because a You Tube video on the cap board w .......
442: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: If it's like the VP129 I once owned... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-07-14, 14:37:32 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Cut throat, I've always been trying to take as much out of the signal path and have tried all sorts of passive preamps and passive transformer preamps.I'm working on a stripped down PAS but that Be .......
443: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Bellari PA555 (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-07-14, 12:30:40 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I think I would like to purchase one of these but I can't find a picture of the insides.Would you buy a car without checking under the hood? I can't find much on the review side.Does anyone else k .......
444: General Asylum, RE: Caption This Picture...... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-07-13, 06:51:32 (72.224.232.198)
But King Midas, All you listen to are those Jim Nabors records your food testers find at Goodwill? .......
445: Critic's Corner, RE: I never watched much Star Trek (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-07-12, 07:08:12 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, John Atkinson, thanks for taking the time to dig that up....Mark Korda .......
446: Critic's Corner, RE: I never watched much Star Trek (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-07-11, 10:38:19 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I have in my hand a mag. called Sound and Vision. It's kind of thin and does not cover Hifi as well as Stereophile.The issue is June 2018. In the issue is a article called Speaker Cables( Can yo .......
447: Critic's Corner, Stereophile Letters (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-07-06, 13:06:11 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I just got the new August Stereophile.In the very first letter is a comment by a person who claims that by wiping down his cables with a disinfectant he is getting tighter bass,forwarded mids,an .......
448: Critic's Corner, Stereophile / Fill the Gaps (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-06-18, 09:40:11 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I'm old enough to remember the days before the internet.I was a subscriber to Stereophile and always loved seeing a new issue.But, if you liked Hifi you might also subscribe to Speaker Builder, .......
449: Vintage Asylum, RE: Dynaco Pas Hum (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-05-29, 13:33:06 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Rudes, If the link does not come up go to You Tube and type in Dynaco PAS cap board and the guy who explains the installation has a Gnome for some reason.Probably for good luck against hums....Mark .......
450: Vintage Asylum, RE: Dynaco Pas Hum (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-05-29, 13:28:26 (72.224.232.198)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaQNcpeX9VE&t=593s Hi Rudes, I am going to install a cap board by Sheldon Stokes in my PAS.It's different than the one you are using.One thing I noticed in your pictur .......
451: General Asylum, RE: Don't it always seem to go,... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-04-15, 21:08:58 (72.224.232.198)
I liked the way in one issue Art gave respect to an old pair of Advent 3's he bought driving by a yard sale that he fixed up. That right there showed me that it's not how much you can own or spend but .......
452: Vintage Asylum, RE: Yay, good to see your name again. I don't post on this asylum (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-04-08, 18:30:50 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Mike, glad to hear that your doing good.Here is some eye candy and a good sound test for your speakers...Mark Korda .......
453: Critic's Corner, RE: Just get a big enough plastic tub and turn it upside down over the TT (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-02-26, 15:25:41 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Brian, If you look at the dust cover picture you would be better off just throwing a plastic garbage bag over that table.It looks like you can't flip it down when playing anyway.A cheaper way for .......
454: Critic's Corner, RE: Rega P-10 / Dust Cover (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-02-15, 07:56:45 (72.224.232.198)
Hi PAR, this is why that dust cover would not work for me, and I really admire everything Rega does. When your turntable is spinning it is creating static electricity. That attracts dust.Thats why in .......
455: Critic's Corner, RE: Rega P-10 / Dust Cover (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-02-14, 15:48:59 (72.224.232.198)
Hi PAR, thanks. I had no idea other tables had this type of cover. I'm trying everything to combat dust to keep my cat healthy and that cover looked like a bad idea to me. Thanks Par, Mark. ::: TOPIC: .......
456: Critic's Corner, Rega P-10 / Dust Cover (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-02-14, 09:04:12 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, Unless Micheal Fremer has some listening room where you have to dress up in a haz/mat suit I think he should of addressed the new Rega 10's dust cover. There is no way that cover will protect ag .......
457: Critic's Corner, RE: I read the entire article... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-02-14, 08:31:59 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Ladok, I finally read the rest of the article. The first part kind of told me enough.The frequency measurement shown by John Atkinson had a missing chunk of important audio. If this was the 3rd me .......
458: Critic's Corner, RE: I just am tired of using the same presumed default pronoun. (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-02-13, 13:28:19 (72.224.232.198)
Hey Duke, Stereophile just hired Julie Mullins who writes for Absolute Sound...Mark .......
459: Critic's Corner, RE: "Good looking" is a highly subjective assessment... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-02-13, 06:37:55 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, great answers. I have a pair of Audax coax speakers 1989 that have been in use for 31 years that use foam surrounds. I also have a pair of Grado 80 headphones that I bought new foam ear pads for. .......
460: Critic's Corner, Rethm Maarga (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-02-12, 08:57:08 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I just got my new Stereophile.There is a review by Art Dudley on this speaker system from India.After reading that and John Atkinsons measurements I would think anyone insane for purchasing that .......
461: Speaker Asylum, RE: Excellent news! (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-01-28, 17:22:36 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I had a Dynaudio tweeter I bought in the 80's that cost 60 bucks. I slipped with my screw driver and damaged my tweeter cone just like you pictured. In my sheer panic I went down and did a revers .......
462: Video Asylum, RE: Kodi/You Tube (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-01-27, 13:26:00 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Rod, thanks a lot for the info. The switch was made today to a Amazon Firestick given to me by my brother.My Kodi box was 4 years old and as I am typing this I'm going to try to put my wireless mod .......
463: Video Asylum, Kodi/You Tube (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-01-26, 10:09:45 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I have been using a Kodi box M8S-2 for about 2 years. I seemed to have lost my You Tube app even though it will come thru if I use Google, but it's not as clear and more difficult to use. I have n .......
464: Critic's Corner, RE: Magico M2 (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-01-12, 14:12:20 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, thanks for all your answers. For me I think PAR with that picture was the easiest to understand. I don't know what John Atkinsons measurement area looks like or if he just uses his listening room .......
465: Critic's Corner, Magico M2 (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-01-10, 08:49:23 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, When I read John Atkinson's review I learned something new I never read in any book before. It was from Magico's Alon Wolf. He stated in simple terms why a sealed speaker system out performs a .......
466: General Asylum, RE: Ben! I forgot to thank you. (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-01-07, 08:30:28 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Story, I have a manual and schematic for the Dyna Quadaptor.There's a lot of info in it. I don't have a scanner anymore so I'd have to make you a copy. Here is my email( kordamark@gmail.com ) I'll .......
467: Films/DVD Asylum, 1917 (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-01-07, 07:46:16 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, 1917 won for best picture at the Golden Globes awards. It isn't even out at the theaters until Jan. 10. Today is Jan.6. What's up with that?...Mark Korda .......
468: Vintage Asylum, RE: Rethinking a piece is an option, too! (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2020-01-06, 11:30:33 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Duster, You got a lot of great info from those guys before me so I want to ad to your question. First I must give you a little info. I have a Dynaco ST-70 that a friend modified in 1989. It has no .......
469: Films/DVD Asylum, RE: 'The Irishman': Scorscese or SNL? (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2019-12-21, 14:14:05 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I really liked the movie. Billy Wonka pointed out DeNiros facial expressions. He looked like a guy that just ate a lemon and was nodding his head.That made me laugh before I read Billy's review. A .......
470: Critic's Corner, YG Acoustics Ad (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2019-12-17, 22:19:27 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, in the latest Stereophile is an ad for YG Acoustics Vantage speaker system.. In a box it states; We gave it our award for best system with a vinyl source under 500,000....The Audio Beatnik. Is thi .......
471: Vintage Asylum, RE: Cigars. nt (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2019-11-22, 15:20:33 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, As an old time house painter, 1981 ,one of my first interior jobs was a room with 2 Lazy Boy chairs in front of the TV with a garbage can in-between for an ash tray. I realized a hard lesson in .......
472: Films/DVD Asylum, RE: The B-17 landing scene (Midway 1976) . . . (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2019-11-16, 07:02:09 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, There were 2 other things I forgot. In the new movie there was a scene about the Hiryu and it's captain going down with the ship but there was nary a mention of the Yorktown and the destroyer Ham .......
473: Films/DVD Asylum, RE: The B-17 landing scene (Midway 1976) . . . (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2019-11-15, 12:54:17 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I love history and thought it was a great movie. One thing that kind of ruined it for me was seeing some certain stars that seemed out of place. When they showed Admiral Halsey it was played by .......
474: Critic's Corner, The Audio Cheapskate (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2019-10-14, 10:50:37 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Stereophile, It's time to bring back the Audio Cheapskate. After reading those letters in the latest issue, which were really good, I got to the 170 thousand dollar amps review. Micheal Fremer po .......
475: Critic's Corner, RE: Klipschorn's / Art Dudley (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2019-08-17, 08:42:12 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, you guys all have some great info as I'm learning new stuff by reading all your comments.I think most of you should have been the reviewers. Steve O. had the perfect conclusion in just 2 lines an .......
476: Critic's Corner, Klipschorn's / Art Dudley (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2019-08-13, 08:15:57 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, In the new Stereophile there is an review on the new Klipschorns by Art Dudley. He stated his listening room is 12ft by 17ft. With all his experience isn't that a little cramped for the K horns? .......
477: Speaker Asylum, RE: Mine are active (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2019-08-08, 13:30:45 (72.224.232.198)
Hi E-Stat, A lot of pictures you see of different people's systems look like you have to go thru a de-contamination room and wear cloth protective booties to gain entry. Your space looks lived in an .......
478: Vintage Asylum, RE: Look no further than the Vintage Asylum (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2019-07-17, 17:09:52 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I was dead wrong.Thanks Shovel 1973...Mark Korda....sorry .......
479: Vintage Asylum, RE: Double Advents in TAS article - I've never seen versions like those (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2019-07-17, 09:45:20 (72.224.232.198)
Kavakidd, A few issues ago Absolute Sound showed a picture of the famous ARXA turntable.In the picture almost everything on the table was not original. Even the base didn't look right as I own one. .......
480: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Why do I need a preamp (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2019-06-26, 06:17:05 (72.224.232.198)
Hey Cawson, Well said and everything you said makes great sense but remember this is an asylum! I really liked what you wrote...Mark .......
481: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Why do I need a preamp (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2019-06-24, 21:00:00 (72.224.232.198)
Rogerh113, I've had Airtime's question running around my noggin for years so I went your route and built a passive preamp transformer implemented rig. It uses the Goldpoint pots and Electroprin .......
482: Films/DVD Asylum, RE: I have been with the Star Wars saga since myself and group of friends.... (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2019-05-29, 10:58:05 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, A couple of months ago a friend had 2 tickets to the movies. We walked out of Aquaman after 10 minutes. Then the bumblebee transformer movie with John Cena and ended up watching the Mule with Clin .......
483: Films/DVD Asylum, RE: delete that last post (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2019-05-02, 15:03:20 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Beachcruiser, it was Rawhide where Eastwood played Rowdy Yates. I'm new to Wagon Train at 62 and am loving it. Ward Bond is the man on that one. Take care Beachcruiser...Mark .......
484: Critic's Corner, RE: Are there military or senior discounts? Nt (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2019-04-19, 14:46:01 (72.224.232.198)
Hey Sue, After looking at that I think at the cost of 20 sets of owners eardrums you could cure world hunger. I think I'd get more enjoyment from an old pair of Dynaco's and with the extra dough send .......
485: Critic's Corner, RE: RE":Anyone happen to know the Japanese word(s) for septic tank?" (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2019-04-15, 13:12:53 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, If you go by Absolute Sound's top pick for the amps in the latest issue I think the Heathkit W-5 may have been overlooked. Although a Williamson design itself it was an answer to bring a more aff .......
486: General Asylum, Progressive Insurance Lounge Singer (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2019-03-28, 14:54:50 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, has anyone seen the Progressive Insurance lounge singer tv ad? It looks like a pad of paper singing these tunes Sinatra and Bennett must of missed. Their really catchy...Mark .......
487: Critic's Corner, RE: Leaks (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2019-03-12, 13:41:24 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Crazy Dave, I having trouble finding the article from Stereophile. It was either Sam Tellig or Corey Greenberg that wrote an article about making your own Radio Shack cables with solid core 18 gau .......
488: Critic's Corner, Leaks (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2019-03-11, 08:46:02 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I don't know why John Atkinson added this but check out the new April Stereophile on page 176. In the letters section under Erratum JA points out something Herb Reichert left out in the Feb. arti .......
489: Vintage Asylum, RE: There can be only one :-) (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2019-03-07, 08:16:53 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, how about the Dynaco PAS 2 preamp and FM-1 tuner A brass faceplate with etched lettering. Not only beautiful with a fireman's bell shine but since the lettering can't wear off might last to the .......
490: Critic's Corner, RE: "Stereophile never targeted the DIY crowd" (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2019-03-07, 06:01:59 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I have some old Stereophile mags laying on my desk that show you how to make your own passive preamp and make suitable cables from Radio Shack hook up wire. I still use both. I like the DIY rout .......
491: Speaker Asylum, RE: Bash Sub Amp (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2019-02-03, 09:20:35 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Mike B., thanks for helping! Mike I am going to measure it like you say. I have a funny feeling that anything other than a mini pot might be the only replacement. If a replacement does not fit th .......
492: Speaker Asylum, RE: Bash Sub Amp (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2019-02-02, 10:47:20 (72.224.232.198)
Great Info, thanks Airtime....Mark. .......
493: Speaker Asylum, RE: Bash Sub Amp (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2019-02-01, 14:38:43 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Kyle, I saw those Parts Express pictures. The Pots shown are standard size and the ones in mine were mini pots.It must be a later amp that they showed after a lot of problems there showed up. When .......
494: Speaker Asylum, RE: Bash Sub Amp (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2019-02-01, 09:24:52 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Hornlover, When I bought the amp it said it was (from) Canada.Before I posted and was told by Airtime of China being the manufacturer I heard that from someone else.He said MK went south and was b .......
495: Speaker Asylum, RE: Bash Sub Amp (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2019-01-31, 17:15:49 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, thanks all you guys.I was going to ask a question about the measuring and you answered it before I got it out. The manual BASH gives you has a complex chart of different resistor values and ass .......
496: Speaker Asylum, Bash Sub Amp (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2019-01-31, 07:46:18 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, I bought a sub amp from Parts Express called the BASH 300. It's bass volume and frequency pots have failed. They look like Bash might of found them in a CrackerJack box. I can't find any specs etc .......
497: Vintage Asylum, Samra Shout Out (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2019-01-28, 12:12:14 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Mike, I hope you have been in good health. Your the heart and soul of this forum and even if you need a break from the vintage Hi-fi stuff I think I can speak for all here we need you back....so.. .......
498: Critic's Corner, RE: More thoughts on the antiphase null (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2019-01-23, 08:19:08 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Brian, the issue of Speaker Builder mag. that talks about the Minimus 7 mod is Jan.1988. The article is by William Hoffman. When he describes the Minimus 7's problems he said almost exactly the sa .......
499: Critic's Corner, RE: Good German engineering? Usually, but in this case I kinda wonder (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2019-01-18, 15:45:37 (72.224.232.198)
Hi Brian, When I saw JA's measurements I immediately thought of the Realistic Minimus 7's. I have several articles from Speaker Builder about the Shack's Minimus 7. The modifiers explanation of it's .......
500: Critic's Corner, RE: A common issue with speaker ad/promo copy (0.00)
Posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on 2019-01-08, 14:16:25 (72.224.232.198)
Hi, Thanks John. I did know that Ken did not listen to them in that position. I was curious why a German manufacturer with the name Physic in it would choose to show the speakers in that location. I .......
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