Saved a sub from the landfill

[3db]

I had purchased a pair of PSB Century 1000i speakers but I had to take the sub as well because it was a package deal. The sub is an OLD PSB Subsonic II with a 12" driver in a dual ported box. I turned it on and it hummed like Gomer Pile on meth. I took it to my technician and he replaced a few bad capacitors. Its now quiet and works really well, good enough to give it to my son-inlaw.

 

[adk highlander]

Winner winner.

 

[William Lemmerhirt]

I seem to remember you and your son in law bonding over music gear before. Do I have that right? I think it’s great that you gifted that to him. Pretty cool.

 

[Bobby Bass]

Great that you were able to save and reuse. There’s way too much stereo equipment in landfills. We stopped taking equipment for our church fair because some people were just dumping old equipment that didn’t work. I bought an old sub when I bought a used pair of speakers for a great deal. It stopped working but unfortunately I don’t have someone around who can fix it for a reasonable price. So it sits like a side table in my garage.

 

[-Jim-]

I had purchased a pair of PSB Century 1000i speakers but I had to take the sub as well because it was a package deal. The sub is an OLD PSB Subsonic II with a 12" driver in a dual ported box. I turned it on and it hummed like Gomer Pile on meth. I took it to my technician and he replaced a few bad capacitors. Its now quiet and works really well, good enough to give it to my son-inlaw.

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What did the repair cost you?

 

[3db]

What did the repair cost you?

$75. I gave him a $100 for squeezing me in so quickly.

 

[lovinthehd]

"hummed like Gomer Pyle on meth" .... lol

 

[Squishman]

"hummed like Gomer Pyle on meth" .... lol

"shazamm!"

 

[lovinthehd]

"shazamm!"

Was thinking of something more specific to that description. My imagination got going with that description. I do remember when I first heard him singing just how different it was from the Gomer Pyle thing, tho....

 

[Verdinut]

"hummed like Gomer Pyle on meth" .... lol

But Jim Nabors" voice is rather far from that of a real basso profundo singing a C2:

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And how about notes as low as C1? Could those notes have been processed by electronic manipulation? No, as octavists really exist!

Octavists really exist. Here is a good guide on bases:

The Bass voice in opera - A complete walk through.

Bass – The adversary The color The range The roles The types Bass The Bass is the lowest of the male voices. And it’s the lowest human voice, full stop. In Russia, in the Christian Orthodox church, there is a very long tradition of so-called Oktavists. These are extremely low voices that can...

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