Even the geek who has everything...
 

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:32:06 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:50:16 -0400, John H.
salmonremovebait@gmaildotcom wrote:

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:46:27 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:19:08 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Aug 19, 3:44*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:35:30 -0400, wrote:
On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:15:17 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

Hendrix sounds like ****, digital.

Does anyone honestly have any idea what that means? I'm sure
Stairflopper doesn't. I'm just curious if anyone else can parse it and
make some sense of it.

Maybe he's not a Hendrix fan. *:)

Our family attorney is a big time audiophile with all kinds of early
Marantz, Mac and Sherwood stuff - collects them actually - and once I
took over my prized Derek and The Dominos (autographed) album to play
on his Mac system.

The comparison to what you get off a CD is incredible to say the
least.

To say the least indeed.. if he had to ask, he can never understand.

How can anyone be expected to understand your complete gibberish? What
you said made absolutely no sense no matter where the puctuation might
be placed.

Unless you think Hendrix played and recorded on digital equipment and
you just left out a lot of verbiage.

No... even YOU couldn't be that stupid. You'd have forgotten to
breathe a long time ago and you wouldn't be here.



Salty, maybe you should just filter him. It's obvious he's irritating the
hell out of you. Filters, for the most part, work pretty well.

Filter yourself, turdcakes.

Wow, name-calling too. Now you're right up there with the three big boys!
--
** Good Day! **

John H

Even the geek who has everything...
 

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:41:59 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:16:08 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Aug 19, 5:13*pm, hk wrote:
wrote:

Libs don't really understand art unless it has a pricetag, and a good
one.. of if one of their friends have it;) *

Please...stop demonstrating your ignorance and idiocy. You've long ago
convinced us.

If it weren't for "liberals," there wouldn't be much art, music or
literature. Most of the world's great artists in every medium were
forward-thinkers, and if they were championed, it was by those with
liberal underpinnings.

Ok, let me change that to elite, closed minded, narcissistic, cowardly
hide under your desk and troll, weren't allowed to listen to radio as
a kid,

My father built a rehearsal studio addition on our house and
encouraged us to use it with our friends as often as possible. In
1957, when I started taking guitar lessons, he took lessons for the
first year right alongside me, so he could help me with practice
during the week if I got stuck on something.

Your father sounds like a very supportive individual. Do you and he share
your rec.boats experiences?
--
** Good Day! **

John H

Even the geek who has everything...
 

Tim wrote:
On Aug 19, 7:48 am, "Eisboch" wrote:
"Earl of Warwich, Duke of Cornwall, Marquies of Anglesea, Sir Reginald P.
Smithers III Esq. LLC, STP. " wrote in messagenews:S72dnXHEG803IDfVnZ2dnUVZ_qXinZ2d@comca st.com...



Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
...
...is unlikely to have this toy:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/9836/
Only $1589.
This geek much prefers this ....
(new release of classic, 1965 twin .... 100% vacuum tube powered)
http://www.eisboch.com/65twin.jpg
Eisboch
I wondered why this was not done earlier.
Do the "experts" say this sounds the same as the 1965 version?
I don't know. Sounds the same to me, but I am no expert.
It has not been redesigned. Just re-released as a product. Same cabinet
design, same Jensen "special" speakers, same tube pre-amps, reverb drivers
and 6L6 output stage.

I have another, solid state Fender "Stage 1000" that has digital signal
processing, etc. Sounds ok, but not like the tube twin.
There isn't a chip, processor or digital circuit in it.

Eisboch

People are thinking "vintage" even if it's brand new, they want it to
look and sound old.

check out this brand New beat-to-death Strat!

http://stratoblogster.blogspot.com/2...shop-cruz.html

And to think, people pay more for this stuff than a crispy clean on of
the same year....


Ahh...the secret of my success with women...especially (and only) the
ones who want "it" to look and sound old! :)


A very nice looking woman, about 40 maybe, tried to pick me up last week
at the post office. I was so astonished about all I could do was
stammer. The postal clerk, a cute girl of 19, asked me afterwards if I
knew what had just happened.

The only possibility I can think of is that the woman was extremely
nearsighted, and couldn't quite focus on me. :)

Even the geek who has everything...
 

On Aug 19, 11:29 am, "Eisboch" wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in messagenews:h2ola4to2et2344ul4hfhnnug6cg8h6nqf@4ax .com...



On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:45:33 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

wrote in message
. ..
On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:48:42 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

"Earl of Warwich, Duke of Cornwall, Marquies of Anglesea, Sir Reginald
P.
Smithers III Esq. LLC, STP. " wrote in message
news:S72dnXHEG803IDfVnZ2dnUVZ_qXinZ2d@comcast. com...
Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
...
...is unlikely to have this toy:

http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/9836/

Only $1589.

This geek much prefers this ....

(new release of classic, 1965 twin .... 100% vacuum tube powered)

http://www.eisboch.com/65twin.jpg

Eisboch

I wondered why this was not done earlier.

Do the "experts" say this sounds the same as the 1965 version?

I don't know. Sounds the same to me, but I am no expert.
It has not been redesigned. Just re-released as a product. Same
cabinet
design, same Jensen "special" speakers, same tube pre-amps, reverb
drivers
and 6L6 output stage.

I have another, solid state Fender "Stage 1000" that has digital signal
processing, etc. Sounds ok, but not like the tube twin.
There isn't a chip, processor or digital circuit in it.

Eisboch

Does it have the original tube rectifier, or the later replacement?

Hold on .... I'll check ....

Must be a solid state (brick) rectifier. It has 10 tubes total .... (4)
6L6's, (2) 12AT7's, (4) 12AX7's.

Ah - now you ruined it.

Solid state - bleeeech.... :)

What does a full wave, solid state bridge recifier have to do with the sound
of the preamps and power amps?
All it does is supply clean B+ and bias voltages to the grids? I'll bet
the solids are cleaner, DC wise, than the tubes.

Eisboch

I would say a more, instant response. Most electronic guitar amps
sound 'sterile" to me.

Here's what i have:
Fender Blues Deville from the 90's Beautiful tone. Only difference
between it and a Hot Rod Deville is the HRDV has overdrive and the BDV
doesn't.

http://www.alpha-music.com/productca...&idproduct=499

Even the geek who has everything...
 

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:18:19 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:03:07 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:06:12 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:27:22 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:21:40 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

However, I can tell the difference between, say, my Mac 50s and a
similar power level solid state monoblock.

I think it's safe to say that the old tube amps had more "warmth",
just the thing for a cold winter's night in New England. :-)

Plus, the extra added advantage of glowing in the dark.

Nothing like a dim room and the soft glow of vacuum tubes. :)

I should take a picture of my Dad's Collins S-line some evening
after
dark.

Now that's a sight. :)

Don't the 30S-1 and 30L-1 use ceramic output tubes? Now the glass
tubes
in
the rx and tx would glow for sure.

Only the 30S-1 - cathode drive, ceramic triodes. The 30L-1 uses four
811A glass triodes cathode drive in parallel.

Got it, tnx.....memory fart.

The only reason I know that is because my Dad had both of them - the
S-1 I sold a few years ago because it is much too big for my purposes.

Besides, the L-1 looks better on the desk. :)

I used to have a KW-1. There was a real brute. While I was in the USMC on
Okinawa in '59 I used to transmit hour after hour of RTTY messages back
home
at full legal power plus a little for good measure.

I used to work MARS all the time when I was in SEA - loved the ability
to REALLY crank it up. :)

QRP? HA!!!

Anyhoo...

My Dad was a rather conservative soul, but when it came to radios, he
and his life long friend Fred used to "experiment" with antennas and
such.

Probably the classic Ed and Fred device was a 75 meter base loaded
antenna on his '54 Ford Crown Victoria powered by a homebrew
California kilowatt amp excited by his KWM-2. They jury rigged a
second generator and battery system to power the whole thing.

Occasionally, when the weather was right, you could produce a corona
ball off the tip of the antenna which was a sight in and of it'self
never mind the base loaded antenna. To keep it upright, they used
huge electrical service insulators and manilla rope tied off to the
door posts. :)

Then there...well, we'll tell that one another time. :)

I've seen some really wild mobile contraptions in my day. Your Dad's sounds
like a real prize.

Even the geek who has everything...
 

On Aug 19, 7:51*pm, John H. salmonremovebait@gmaildotcom wrote:
On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:41:59 -0400, wrote:
On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:16:08 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Aug 19, 5:13*pm, hk wrote:
wrote:

Libs don't really understand art unless it has a pricetag, and a good
one.. of if one of their friends have it;) *

Please...stop demonstrating your ignorance and idiocy. You've long ago
convinced us.

If it weren't for "liberals," there wouldn't be much art, music or
literature. Most of the world's great artists in every medium were
forward-thinkers, and if they were championed, it was by those with
liberal underpinnings.

Ok, let me change that to elite, closed minded, narcissistic, cowardly
hide under your desk and troll, weren't allowed to listen to radio as
a kid,

My father built a rehearsal studio addition on our house and
encouraged us to use it with our friends as often as possible. In
1957, when I started taking guitar lessons, he took lessons for the
first year right alongside me, so he could help me with practice
during the week if I got stuck on something.

Your father sounds like a very supportive individual. Do you and he share
your rec.boats experiences?
--
** Good Day! **

* * John H- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I think someone is pulling a wafa.....;)

Even the geek who has everything...
 

On Aug 19, 5:38 pm, wrote:
On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:09:37 -0700 (PDT),



wrote:
On Aug 19, 4:50 pm, John H. salmonremovebait@gmaildotcom wrote:
On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:46:27 -0400, wrote:
On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:19:08 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Aug 19, 3:44 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:35:30 -0400, wrote:
On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:15:17 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

Hendrix sounds like ****, digital.

Does anyone honestly have any idea what that means? I'm sure
Stairflopper doesn't. I'm just curious if anyone else can parse it and
make some sense of it.

Maybe he's not a Hendrix fan. :)

Our family attorney is a big time audiophile with all kinds of early
Marantz, Mac and Sherwood stuff - collects them actually - and once I
took over my prized Derek and The Dominos (autographed) album to play
on his Mac system.

The comparison to what you get off a CD is incredible to say the
least.

To say the least indeed.. if he had to ask, he can never understand.

How can anyone be expected to understand your complete gibberish? What
you said made absolutely no sense no matter where the puctuation might
be placed.

Unless you think Hendrix played and recorded on digital equipment and
you just left out a lot of verbiage.

No... even YOU couldn't be that stupid. You'd have forgotten to
breathe a long time ago and you wouldn't be here.

Salty, maybe you should just filter him. It's obvious he's irritating the
hell out of you. Filters, for the most part, work pretty well.
--
** Good Day! **

John H- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Libs don't really understand art unless it has a pricetag, and a good
one.. of if one of their friends have it;) Anyone who can not hear
the difference between an old record album, even when it was new, and
a remastered CD with "noise" and such taken out, has not listened. I
like the sound of the old records, the new remastered stuff just don't
have the feel for me.. but that is art to me. Some folks have a lot of
knowledge, but no soul...

Now you are even more of an idiot. The fact that something is digital
and the fact that somebody remastered it in a way you don't like are
two very different things.

My first recorder was a wire recorder.

I've got one. a VM. It needs new belts from sitting int he folks attic
for about 50+ years. also have about 10 spools of wire. I don't know
if there's still anything recorded on them but I'll find out
eventually when I find something to make belts with.

It still lights up and hums and when in "record" you can plug the mic
in and talk. the vu "eye" still winks

so....

Even the geek who has everything...
 

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:36:36 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:


wrote in message
.. .
On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:50:16 -0400, John H.
salmonremovebait@gmaildotcom wrote:

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:46:27 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:19:08 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Aug 19, 3:44 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:35:30 -0400, wrote:
On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:15:17 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

Hendrix sounds like ****, digital.

Does anyone honestly have any idea what that means? I'm sure
Stairflopper doesn't. I'm just curious if anyone else can parse it
and
make some sense of it.

Maybe he's not a Hendrix fan. :)

Our family attorney is a big time audiophile with all kinds of early
Marantz, Mac and Sherwood stuff - collects them actually - and once I
took over my prized Derek and The Dominos (autographed) album to play
on his Mac system.

The comparison to what you get off a CD is incredible to say the
least.

To say the least indeed.. if he had to ask, he can never understand.

How can anyone be expected to understand your complete gibberish? What
you said made absolutely no sense no matter where the puctuation might
be placed.

Unless you think Hendrix played and recorded on digital equipment and
you just left out a lot of verbiage.

No... even YOU couldn't be that stupid. You'd have forgotten to
breathe a long time ago and you wouldn't be here.



Salty, maybe you should just filter him. It's obvious he's irritating the
hell out of you. Filters, for the most part, work pretty well.

Filter yourself, turdcakes.


Splendid advice!



You obviously liked that comment also. Have you looked at the comments
which turn you on?
--
** Good Day! **

John H

Even the geek who has everything...
 

"Tim" wrote in message
...

Here's what i have:
Fender Blues Deville from the 90's Beautiful tone. Only difference
between it and a Hot Rod Deville is the HRDV has overdrive and the BDV
doesn't.

http://www.alpha-music.com/productca...&idproduct=499


I looked at a Tweed also, but my mind was set on the Twin before I even got
to the music shop.

My interest is old school. I very rarely use the overdrive/distortion
channels on the other Fender or Vox, and then only to screw around a bit.

I like it clean.

Eisboch

Even the geek who has everything...
 

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:51:40 -0400, John H.
salmonremovebait@gmaildotcom wrote:

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:41:59 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:16:08 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Aug 19, 5:13*pm, hk wrote:
wrote:

Libs don't really understand art unless it has a pricetag, and a good
one.. of if one of their friends have it;) *

Please...stop demonstrating your ignorance and idiocy. You've long ago
convinced us.

If it weren't for "liberals," there wouldn't be much art, music or
literature. Most of the world's great artists in every medium were
forward-thinkers, and if they were championed, it was by those with
liberal underpinnings.

Ok, let me change that to elite, closed minded, narcissistic, cowardly
hide under your desk and troll, weren't allowed to listen to radio as
a kid,

My father built a rehearsal studio addition on our house and
encouraged us to use it with our friends as often as possible. In
1957, when I started taking guitar lessons, he took lessons for the
first year right alongside me, so he could help me with practice
during the week if I got stuck on something.

Your father sounds like a very supportive individual. Do you and he share
your rec.boats experiences?

He lived a good long life and died a couple weeks short of his 95th
birthday, still doing the Sunday Times crossword... in pen.