The ask Tin about audio thread
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Birdie2000
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Isn't that a struggle? I have some nicer older stuff that I bought for the garage and has been sitting indoors for almost a year now because of the guilt.
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Krazybones
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What would be a Lead time on some Early Vintage Polk 10A crossovers?
Thanks Bob
Thanks Bob
Tin
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Shouldn't take long once they have the capacitor for the woofer in stock. They were supposed to have it a couple of weeks ago, but it isn't showing anything yet. I could substitute the electrolytics for polypropylene capacitors, but that will add ~$16 to the cost. The electrolytics are $0.98 each whereas the polys are ~$9 each.
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BigWheelinBubba
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4Gas$
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Paging Tin…..
Is there a simple & cheap way to be able to watch TV on my laptop?
I don’t want to have to purchase a “subscription”. I also prefer not to
have to “streaming” to view.
I’m looking for something (if it exists) that works like an old TV with
“rabbit ears” – good old fashion free TV.
Is there a simple & cheap way to be able to watch TV on my laptop?
I don’t want to have to purchase a “subscription”. I also prefer not to
have to “streaming” to view.
I’m looking for something (if it exists) that works like an old TV with
“rabbit ears” – good old fashion free TV.
Tin
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There are USB HDTV tuners out there, but I don't have any experience with them. Most seem to run about $50 to $100 or so. There are also network TV tuners which cost a little more and support 1 to 3 concurrent devices, but they require a little geek-fu to get going lol
Tin
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Eh, I'm not a fan of sound bars unless space constraints would rule out the use of a traditional setup. That said, sound bars are best suited to bathroom stalls, jail cells, root cellars, tree houses, snow forts, and enclosed landscaping trailers. If you have the room, you can start out with a standard A/V receiver, a pair of front speakers, and a subwoofer for a few hundred more and get far better sound quality. The best bang for the buck speakers right now are the Elac Debut series designed by Andrew Jones. He did magic with the old Pioneer line that was all the rage a couple of years back, but now he works for Elac and continued on making good budget speakers. Couple those with one of the budget to midrange receivers from Marantz, Yamaha, or Pioneer, and you have a very good audio setup. The best part is, you can expand on that in the future. It wouldn't cost much more to go to a full blown 5.1 setup.
Tin
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No problem. The big fault with sound bars is the way they project sound out into the room. All of those speakers used in a sound bar are close together. You will only hear the stereo effect if you're sitting a couple of feet away, further than that and the channels blend into mono and remove all channel separation. The same is also true of a standard stereo pair of speakers, but you can move them further apart to preserve the channel separation if you're sitting further away.
DRAG-ULA
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I got one for you, the FM reception went out on my 73 Chrysler station wagon, AM still works. I wasn't too concerned, but right now I have the radio out of the car to get at the AC controls above it. Anyways, I know how to read a schematic, I took a few electronic classes in high school, most of it stuck with me, haha. I just don't know where to start. Any thoughts?
Tin
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Is FM completely dead or are you getting static or just a weak signal? Check for bulging capacitors, fried resistors, or fried transistors. The caps and resistors are easy to find, but a transistor may be something not currently manufactured and you will either need to find a parts unit or some new old stock transistors.
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93 saturn sl2
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Ive asked you this before, but is there a business or anyone locally that can re-cone the woofers in my AT-15's? I tried to re-edge them myself a couple years ago and either I damaged the voice coil when they were used with bad foam or I didnt center the VC correctly when I glued the foam on.
Tin
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I don't know how reputable this place is, but they are local. There doesn't appear to be many options from what I can see.
Spiral Reconing
3039 12 Mile Road
Berkley, MI 48072
(248) 506-2560
DRAG-ULA
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FM is completely dead. Thanks, I'm gonna pull it apart soon & see if anything looks bad.
Next question, my 70 Imperial lost its radio also, that one works when I first turn it on, I get sound for about a second, then it fades out to nothing. I'm guessing a cap is shot somewhere inside? That radio is cool because on old Imperials you could scan the frequency with a foot switch next to the high/low beam dimmer on the floor.
Next question, my 70 Imperial lost its radio also, that one works when I first turn it on, I get sound for about a second, then it fades out to nothing. I'm guessing a cap is shot somewhere inside? That radio is cool because on old Imperials you could scan the frequency with a foot switch next to the high/low beam dimmer on the floor.