Recent content by Mike Thompson

Thanks for the reply, Mike. It may be a little more than I want to bite off, especially Linux as I am using specific dental software that is picky on its op. system. Also I probably don't know enough about this stuff to get this technical. Mike

I'm setting up my wife's dental office, and installing Cat5 to all the rooms for a peer-to-peer network. I'll be connected to cable for the network. What would I have to do to have a WLAN available to the waiting room patients, like an "internet cafe"? Obviously the wireless can't have access to...

go to zzounds . com and check out the Behringer 2500. 2400 watts 4 ohms bridged; awesome amp. $350 Mike

Well, you could build the same size box with 2-4" vents, about 18" long and obtain nearly the same response. One PR wouldn't work well, so it should either be 2 PRs, or vents. As for closed, well in 100L box, which is noticeably smaller, you would get 3dB less output at 40, 5dB less at 30Hz, and...

Hi Serge, ambitious project. I built 2 using 12" lambda and 15" PRs, and love them. I used 3/4" baltic birch laminated with 3/4" MDF for sides, top and back. I inserted 3/4" redwood strips in all the corners; they look sharp. No rattles; I had to put some rubber feet on as they will walk around...

A couple things: first when you hear the snapping sound during loud bass passages, its likely the voice coil of the sub smashing into the backplate. Not a good sound; your sub will be damaged if that happens often enough. Don't pay any attention to the numbers except as a reference, as someone...

You might want to take a look at these. http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=WHP160-R RCA wireless from computer geeks, only $25. I'm going to get a set myself, probably not up to my Sennheisers but may be fun to play with. Mike

We lost one of the greats when Dirk died a few years ago. The initial reaction was mixed, to say the least. In his autobiography, Bogarde recounts the story, told him by Visconti, of the first screening of Death in Venice for "the American Money," i.e., a room full of studio executives...

Neil, something similar happened to me awhile ago. Turned out one of the memory chips was bad. Mike

Something is fishy, Wes. Icon shows a list of $1999 just for the monitor, which seems quite high? Can you elaborate a little on the prices? Thanks, Mike

I'd be interested in the demod if you sell the player. Mike

Here are some results from someone who built these, and has measurement software: http://www.gti.net/wallin/audio/he_crate/he_crate.html Although the response is somewhat ragged, I've talked to him about the speakers, and he likes them in general. Says imaging is impressive, along with...

I just got off the phone with Dell support. The machine doesn't have an AGP slot, but there is a built in ATI Rage video. The tech said sound isn't guaranteed to work, also the pci slots are 3.3V. Its cheap, but a lot of work to make it be a good PC, I think. Mike

To those looking for a good spy movie, check out the 1965 (?) release of "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold". Richard Burton received a well-deserved Oscar nomination; he was robbed in a lot of folks estimation. Back in the days when a movie relied on plot development and character to be...

Rick, anything else you may want to trade for? I don't really want to get rid of my Leon, just yet........ Mike