[Heathkit] question from a non-Ham

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

You tell them Bob! (This man knows his audio!). Put up a pair of James B. 
Lansing Century L-100 and feed them 35 watts pure continuous RMS and 
something recorded in the RCA Nashville studio B and you will have all the 
highs your neighbor's dogs can stand and enough clean bass to vibrate the 
dirt out of your carpeting! "Good" speakers and amplifiers do not need a lot 
of power to be efficient.

Bob I can still hear a Flea break wind at a thousand yards, a cat fight ten 
houses down the street and hear down to 32 Hz. I also spent thirty years on 
stage, but earplugs can do great things for performers, if they bother to 
use them!

Duane w8DBF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "wolfbob" <wolfbob at csnsys.com>
To: <k4oah at mindspring.com>
Cc: <heathkit at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 5:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Heathkit] question from a non-Ham


> I'm not too sure that there are any that can hear anything anymore. The 
> youth seem to run everything at 115dB and distorted wiping out any hearing 
> they were born with and we old farts cant hear much over 10K anymore. I am 
> now specializing in trying to get clean bass...another end of the spectrum 
> that is being ruined...but once you find a reproducer that can deliver and 
> a source that has not already been clobbered, it sure sounds neat...
>
> WBob
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Garey Barrell" <k4oah at mindspring.com>
> Cc: <heathkit at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 12:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [Heathkit] question from a non-Ham
>
>
>> Unfortunately, the ones who CAN hear the difference, have nothing to 
>> compare it against, since the "music" they listen to is _performed_  with 
>> intentional distortion, including voices.  That is, at least those who 
>> haven't already killed the high frequency response of their ears with jet 
>> engine level sounds at concerts!
>>
>> Those of us who remember what "real" instruments sound like can't hear 
>> the overtones that make them "real" anymore, due to advancing age.
>>
>> All in all, a win-win situation for all concerned!
>>
>> 73, Garey - K4OAH
>> Atlanta
>>
>> Drake 2-B, 4-B & C-Line Service Data
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>>
>>
>> Jim Brannigan wrote:
>>> For many yearsI have had a better than average Hi-FI set up and have a 
>>> pretty good ear for music.
>>> I've listened to songs on the kids iPod Nano and am amazed at the sound 
>>> quality.
>>>
>>> Jim
>>> PS get your license and join the fun!!!
>>>
>>>>   But it's not an isolated sign in traditional hobbies. Example:  I 
>>>> have been interested in High Fidelity audio for as long as that of 
>>>> radio. Building kits of amplifiers, tuners, equalizers, both tube & 
>>>> solid state were (are) a long-time passion. But kit-companies like 
>>>> Heath and Dynaco have long since disappeared.
>>>>    And 20-somethings I am friendly with have NO conception of hi-fi 
>>>> reproduction. None! They think their iPod and/or MP-3s played on that 
>>>> Best Buy abomination are the best that can be achieved in musical 
>>>> reproduction!
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