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  1. JoeFish

    Updating electronics in an old stereo cabinet

    Hi Bill, sorry I missed your post before. The finish on the cabinet is still very nice. I'm just going to maintain it and not refinish it. -Joe
  2. JoeFish

    Updating electronics in an old stereo cabinet

    Little more progress today. Stuck the receiver in the cabinet - it had to go in from the back and fit with 1/4" to spare. Turns out the Radio Shack IR repeater I got doesn't work with it, so I guess I'll have to find an H-K one. I also dropped in a spare phono I had lying around. It also...
  3. JoeFish

    Updating electronics in an old stereo cabinet

    Ok guys it has begun. Hope you don't mind lots of pictures. I picked up this Harmon-Kardon HK 3490 receiver from NewEgg to replace the 1965-vintage electronics. First order of business, pull out the old receiver and turntable. Pretty straightforward once I figured out how they were mounted...
  4. JoeFish

    Updating electronics in an old stereo cabinet

    Thanks Jeff, that's basically what I was trying to determine. I'm going to take a completely different direction, I think. Something involving touch screens :) I'll post up pix here once I start gathering components. -Joe
  5. JoeFish

    Updating electronics in an old stereo cabinet

    Thanks for the reply, Chas. As I said above, I do want to replace the receiver and turntable with modern units. I just want to do it in such a way that it looks nice and doesn't ruin the aesthetic of the original. That's why I was asking if any modern components are made with the controls on...
  6. JoeFish

    Updating electronics in an old stereo cabinet

    Yes, it does weigh a ton :) I did manage to get it out of my pickup and into my house by myself with some creative wrangling. I do want to replace the electronics with new gear. I was hoping to find something in a similar form factor, though, so I don't have to do too much modification to...
  7. JoeFish

    Updating electronics in an old stereo cabinet

    I found this beautiful old stereo cabinet at our local Habitat for Humanity Re-Store. The price was ludicrously cheap, so I had to take it home. Turns out, it works and sounds great! I don't know if someone replaced the speakers at some point (there's a date of 12/1965 on the back on the...
  8. JoeFish

    Building GR-Research AV2

    Morning, all. I'm building a set of A/V-2's (fronts/center) to replace the old Cerwin-Vega cabinets in my home theater. I'm maintaining a build-a-long here at my website, but here's the pix so far (click for full-size). All that's left is gluing up the center channel, rounding the corners and...
  9. JoeFish

    Rumble filters and bottoming a Shiva III

    Hey all. I'm waiting for my 300-754 amp and port to get here so I can finish my 142.5l EBS Shiva box. I've been reading about a lot of people bottoming their Shivas even with the built-in rumble filter. From my existing setup, I've got a pair of 20hz FMods. Would it be a bad idea (from either...
  10. JoeFish

    Subwoofer plate amp mounting opinions

    Thanks, I will. Once the PE stuff gets here I'll start a new thread with some pictures and SPL measurements. Incidentally, here's some pix of the sub that this one is replacing: http://www.gotmaille.com/sub/ -Joe
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    Subwoofer plate amp mounting opinions

    Cool, thanks. That's one less thing to worry about :) Would adding a bit of polyfill help "make up" for the lost space, or should I just forget it? I'm not worried about max SPL, I just want it to sound good and play low. Thanks, -Joe
  12. JoeFish

    Subwoofer plate amp mounting opinions

    Actually, there's a misprint on their website. It should be 4 1/4" deep, not 3 1/4". So assuming 1/2" for heatsinks and 3/4" for MDF, that's 4.1 liters of displacement. Will that still be negligible in a 142.5l enclosure? If I add a 3/4" spacer that drops the displacement to 3 liters. Thanks...
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    Subwoofer plate amp mounting opinions

    I'm so glad to hear that ;) It's the 142.5l EBS enclosure, so I think I can give up a couple of liters. 2 liters is only 1.4% of the volume. I'll prolly shim it up with a layer of MDF to minimize the impact. Thanks! -Joe
  14. JoeFish

    Subwoofer plate amp mounting opinions

    Hey all. I'm just finishing up a new enclosure for my Shiva III. I had been running it off one of the channels in my Outlaw 7100 amp (160w RMS into a 4 ohm load). I've now decided that I want more oomph, so I've been looking at: Parts Express 300-794 ...which seems a good compromise...
  15. JoeFish

    FS: MX-500 Remote almost-new in Box

    Dave, Thanks for the post. I kinda figured the price was the problem. However, I'm already losing $20 on it at $110, so I guess I'll return it to Amazon. I just figured if someone needs it, I'd offer it to a fellow enthusiast first. Thanks for the views, all. I'm going to officially stop...
  16. JoeFish

    FS: MX-500 Remote almost-new in Box

    No interest?
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    FS: MX-500 Remote almost-new in Box

    How about free Priority mail shipping in the continental US? That's $110 shipped to your door in 2-3 days. -Joe
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    FS: MX-500 Remote almost-new in Box

    I hesitate to call it NIB, because I took it out and started programming it. I stopped when I found out it couldn't learn my Sony TV's "ANT" function. Apparently, Sony uses a "double code" for this button, and the MX-500 doesn't handle that. Home Theater Master's tech support is amazing. They...
  19. JoeFish

    Adire vented design questions.

    Nope :) I do wonder why the neighbors don't visit so much lately, though... -Joe
  20. JoeFish

    Show off your sub!!!

    Here's a build in progress...It's going to be a coffee table sub with a chessboard top. Adire Shiva III, 85l vented. Click here to see all of the pictures... Here's what the top looks like so far: The green stuff is a cover for the sub box. Since I've been using it as a coffee...
  21. JoeFish

    Adire vented design questions.

    A couple of new pictures posted... My coffee table sub
  22. JoeFish

    Adire vented design questions.

    I'll be naked for a little while ;) I plan on veneering it and putting a chessboard top on it to use as a coffee table. We'll see how soon that gets done :) -joe
  23. JoeFish

    Stuffing Question

    mmmm Balvenie. ;) If you like that, give The Macallan a try. The 12 is good, the 18 is exquisite. -Joe
  24. JoeFish

    Adire vented design questions.

    Hello everyone! I wanted to thank you again for your suggestions, and post some pictures so you could see my progress. The sub is now in my living room, performing like a champ. On movies like the Two Towers, the bass is immense, especially the flapping dragon wings. On music, the bass is...
  25. JoeFish

    Widescreen or not?

    For your mix, I'd vote 4:3, personally. I paid $1234 at Sears. They had a deal at the time for $80 off a DVD player if you purchase them together. I needed one, so I did and saved $80 more. -Joe
  26. JoeFish

    Widescreen or not?

    Steven, precisely why I went with the 32HS510 myself. However, that said, if you're going to be watching DVDs 90% of the time, it might make more sense to go with tht 16:9. Even though the widescreen image is physically the same size, it "feels" bigger on a true 16:9 set. I play a lot of...
  27. JoeFish

    Adire vented design questions.

    I'm aware that stuffing the box will make it appear larger, but if the alignment of the vented box is designed for 89l, won't stuffing it ruin the alignment? I had contacted Adire about this and they said...let me find the email...I had asked them if it was OK to build the box a bit smaller...
  28. JoeFish

    Adire vented design questions.

    Hey all. I'm building the Adire 85L vented design for the Shiva III using their reference design. This is my first vented sub, and my first home theater sub. When I calculated the actual interior volume of the box in Adire's plans, it was about 89.5l, so that's the value I'm using for my box...
  29. JoeFish

    Enclosure volume calculator

    Just thought I'd share my project with you folks. This is the reference design for the Adire Shiva. 85l vented design, Adire alignment. It was originally 19x19x20. I squished it using my spreadsheet, and now the box is about 76l, because I'm going to stuff it...
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