[Vintage-Audio] JVC speakers

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Bob, 	
	
Hmmm. Now that is the first time I have heard of my most unfavorite dog
listening to music with headphones! One of those is the only animal that ever
bit me. I seem to have a natural affinity with them, other than that one.
Probably because my grandfather owned a farm in SD and I used to go out and do
the morning chores with him. A little boyin the pen with hogs weighing several
hundred pounds, polled shorthorn cattle and so forth. Grandpa was not afraid of
them, and I guess I just learned not to be either. Even though they dwarphed me!
 They never bothered me and I could wander among them safely. 		
	
I suppose if the dog falls asleep the music is relaxing. If the dog leaves a
pile it is stimulating. If the dog kicks the bucket it is modern! 	
	
Dynaco. Hmmm. Seems that I read about a piece or two of Hallicrafters stereo
equipment from the very early sixties being possibly modeled after them. I have
heard there is quite a resemblance. Nobody knows if Hallicrafters actually
designed and/or manufactured this equipment, wonder if Dynaco did?  	
	
That should be a sweet system when finished Bob. Anxious to hear your report. 	
	
Send me the model number of the JVC tweeter. Perhaps the contact who told me
what I had, a now retired JVC regional manager, could point you to a source.   	
	
Curious as to what brand and model of headphones you are using? Since losing my
sight, I can only tolerate headphones for ten minutes or so, regardless of the
quality. While on stage, I did use a pair to cue my songs prior to a
performance, again at the end to be ready for the next show. Otherwise the audio
went over my sound system. Even though I had somebody else running sound for me,
I double checked everything that everybody did. I left nothing to chance, as
when on stage, things go wrong all to often as it is, so keeping what you can
under your control is always a smart thing to do. 	
	
DBF	
 
	

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From: Robert    J. McKee <mckee137@mindspring.com>
To: vintage-audio@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Vintage-Audio] JVC speakers
Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 11:22 AM




> [Original Message]
> From: Duane Fischer, W8DBF <dfischer@usol.com>

Duane, your mentioning JVC brings to mind a need of mine
that had slipped my mind.  Probably a series of senior moments
prompted by events at hand.  She is a five-month-old chihuahua
pup I named Linda Lou.  You may laugh at her because when
I am playing reel to reels I lay a second pair of headphones on
the floor at my feet and she will lay down and stretch out so
she can listen also!

The reason I am using headphones is that I have not completed
building a pair of speaker system to use here on Long Island. I
am short one driver dating from back in the eighties.  It is a JVC
ribbon tweeter.  O'kay, I have a pair but one is a little bit short
on cosmetics having been shipped loose in a box that let it slide
and bang around.  The model number is 1101 or 1011 or
something like that.  They are good out to over 30 K Hz and
I'll have the chihuahua confirm that when I get them playing.

Will be driving them with a pair of Dynaco Mark III amps
I am now in the process of modifying to replace the power
cords with EIC recepticles so that any modern power cord
can be used.  The old quad caps have been tossed in favor
of the Curcio upgrade to both higher capacity and voltage
rating for improved reliability and more solid low end punch.

O'kay, o'kay; I also admit replacing the original input/driver
boards with a more modern phase inverter driver circuit
which uses one each of 12AU7 and 12AX7.  I think the
circuit came from Kevin Kennedy a few years back.

I had the project nearly done when some silver plated
teflon wire came into my hands.  Then came the search for
a thermal wire stripper I could afford.  Now winter is coming
and there is nothing better that a 30 watt soldering iron to
help keep the house warm until the KT 88's can once again
glow.

Bob McKee


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