What New Stuff Have You Bought? If You Care To Share Thead! :)

[Happy Joe]

FYI, they have battery powered ones with an indoor chime.

Got a rechargeable one with a recording peep hole (apparently no one can figure out what the button with the little bell on it does)...
Put a sticky note on the door with an arrow pointing to the button with the bell on it and prominently labeled it "DOOR BELL" (that worked for nearly 50% of the people); eventually the sticky note will fall off; hopefully, by then most people will have figured it out...

..Then I installed the Door knocker.

Enjoy!

 

[dolynick]

Picked up the Founder 100Fs this morning.

Set them up and took a measurement at the central listening position with no subs or EQ active:

Reference level was 75db and they're hitting 35Hz in room at that with room gain. 27Hz at -6 from the reference level. The room is doing it's usual funky stuff with the 70-300 range.

I don't think I'm going to bother applying EQ over 500 Hz on these.

Sadly, where my old studios just powered through the low end, these do not and exposed a nasty null/cancellation in the low 20s that I will probably have to try an move the sub to fix. Might have invest in a wireless transmitter to try positions across the room.

 

[Happy Joe]

Ordered replacement (enhanced from the original)aluminum inverted dome tweeters from Human Speakers , to match the new woofers in the bookshelf speakers...

HUMAN Speakers: PRO 002 ME1 Tweeter

A new concave aluminum dome tweeter built on a five inch diameter faceplate for EPI and Epicure speakers, featuring very low distortion, wide dispersion, and extended frequency response

www.humanspeakers.com

They should be here Tuesday...
...Just because some thing is old, it doesn't have to sound bad... If it sounds good; enjoy it.

Enjoy!

 

[Teetertotter?]

I expect 3 new Belkin Surge protectors to be delivered tomorrow. 2 with 2200 Joules and 1 with 3550 Joules. I have 2 more yet to replace. We have to many power outages and the Elec company is still working on upgrading the substation, on our side of town. Then too, we have transformers blown due to squirrels. They just recently did some tree trimming and shut down electricity for 3 hours. Then the other day, it was out for an hour. In our city location, the poles run between backyard properties or on an easement. Too many trees planted since 1960, near back yard easements, per saaay.

 

[Matt34]

Went with a ported sub after using a bunch of sealed subs in the living room. One port plugged, Dirac shows it flat to 16hz in room.

 

[Verdinut]

Went with a ported sub after using a bunch of sealed subs in the living room. One port plugged, Dirac shows it flat to 16hz in room.
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If you listen to pipe organ music, you now can enjoy the low 16 Hz fundamental notes of a 32 foot pipe stop.

 

[Squishman]

A few LP's on the way. Paul Johnson and the Packards "Guitar Heaven" which is instrumental surf rock from the mid 80's, Charlie Peacock - self titled and Pet Sounds mono pressing 180 gram still sealed to file next to my stereo Analogue Productions Pet Sounds.

 

[Squishman]

A few LP's on the way. Paul Johnson and the Packards "Guitar Heaven" which is instrumental surf rock from the mid 80's, Charlie Peacock - self titled and Pet Sounds mono pressing 180 gram still sealed to file next to my stereo Analogue Productions Pet Sounds.

These just arrived. "Guitar Heaven" sounds wonderful on my (Kef) system. I bet it would sound amazing on @TLS Guy 's system! Basically stripped down surf rock. Well, most of the album is of the surf variety.

 

[Mikado463]

Echo PB-2520 leaf blower, my 12 year old Craftsman bit the dust......

 

[DrMorbius]

If you’re putting off buying something - don’t as the idiotic tariffs are raising the prices on just about everything.

 

[3db]

I purchased this trailer last week as my new g/f of 4 years and I are merging down to one site at the campground.

 

[Happy Joe]

Ordered replacement (enhanced from the original)aluminum inverted dome tweeters from Human Speakers , to match the new woofers in the bookshelf speakers...

HUMAN Speakers: PRO 002 ME1 Tweeter

A new concave aluminum dome tweeter built on a five inch diameter faceplate for EPI and Epicure speakers, featuring very low distortion, wide dispersion, and extended frequency response

www.humanspeakers.com

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They should be here Tuesday...
...Just because some thing is old, it doesn't have to sound bad... If it sounds good; enjoy it.

Enjoy!

The new tweeters arrived yesterday and got installed...
The results are similar to installing a new, upgraded, performance engine in a beloved sports car...

THE GRINS ARE BACK!!! ... Toys should make you grin whenever you think about them...

The resulting sound improved my whole system!
... wider, deeper sound stage...
I hear music that I have despaired of ever hearing again...
Clear, transparent, precise highs with mellow mid-ranges; spent the last 6 hours listening.

Overhauls can make a huge difference in speakers; not just vehicles.
As soon as Human Speakers opens, today, I am going to order a, complete set of spare drivers, as insurance..
I am going to be looking for used EPI cabinets/boxes...
If I can find a pair of the old EPI towers these poke r700's are going into the dumpster! (after appropriate verification, naturally).

Enjoy!