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  1. Chip Chester

    Replace a TV, Movie, or Song Title Word With HEMORRHOID

    Obi-Wan Kenobi https://www.ranker.com/list/best-obi-wan-kenobi-quotes/movie-and-tv-quotes
  2. Chip Chester

    Replace a TV, Movie, or Song Title Word With HEMORRHOID

    Doesn't count because it's a movie line: (waves hand discreetly) These are not the hemorrhoids you're looking for.
  3. Chip Chester

    70's Kenwood Cassette Deck (KX-550) Beats My Entry-level Nakamichi??? (Pics)

    I've had a couple of Kenwoods over the years, including when working in a studio. My $150 deck would just record the heck out of standard cassettes. The quality transferred to playback on other decks. Kept it around for sure. Didn't have any Nakamichi's around, but we had a pretty nice Marantz...
  4. Chip Chester

    Ampex Cue-Mat magnetic recording mat / disc

    I have a recorder/player for a competing format of that approach. It's paper-backed, about 10", and was made to be a mailable family-to-family recording format. Forget the trade name at the moment, and it's in storage, too. It's basically a turntable with a hold-down clamp, and a magnetic tape...
  5. Chip Chester

    Fry's Closing

    With Amazon talking about buying up shopping malls, I predict the return of the decades-gone Service Merchandise model: Showroom out front, with one example of each available item. Scan the QR code with your phone and it's waiting for you at the door when you leave, or shows up at your...
  6. Chip Chester

    Ugghhh....Wife REALLY hates my cornwalls

    Put everything floor-to-ceiling, wall-to-wall grille cloth... In her favorite decorator color. Good to go!
  7. Chip Chester

    How are studio monitors different from other speakers?

    Radically different technique between multitrack record/mixdown performances and straight-ahead classical music. And in non-film-soundtrack orchestral recording (wherein dynamics are as much for film sound effects as they are for musical effect,) there's probably not a lot of post-production...
  8. Chip Chester

    How are studio monitors different from other speakers?

    I guess one other thing I neglected to mention in my previous screed is distortion. It takes an awful lot to make most studio monitors distort. One of he key things you're looking for when recording is unwanted* distortion. Your monitoring chain can't be the source of it, ever. You're...
  9. Chip Chester

    How are studio monitors different from other speakers?

    Well, small ones are, at least. No shortage of non-nearfield monitors in soffits 10' or more away from the console. I've got NS-10s, JBL 4401, and Auratone monitors from my days in the studio. Larger JBL pairs were in the office and garage(!) before we moved. We'll see where they end up. I...
  10. Chip Chester

    Splicing Blocks....

    You can find wood (oak) versions on ebay for half that. Not a high-volume tool, but you're not doing high volume. Reminder to clean the razor blade with alcohol to remove the oil used during production to prevent rust while in storage, and to demagnetize it so you don't get audible thumps at...
  11. Chip Chester

    A super rare maybe one of a kind console

    I have one of those Bell RTRs, along with a service manual. I'm mid-move at the moment, but I'll get back with you in a few months when I'm in the new place. Wherever that turns out to be. :dunno:
  12. Chip Chester

    3/4" plywood continues to kick my butt

    And a follow-up to my own post... If you need to install drywall on a plastered wall, consider using thinner drywall directly over the plaster. Why? Because older plastered walls may have multiple shims in place to true up the lath, to create a level surface for the plaster. Ripping all that...
  13. Chip Chester

    3/4" plywood continues to kick my butt

    Rockler 'Material Mate' or similar product, if you do it a lot. https://www.amazon.com/Rockler-Material-Mate-Panel-Stand/dp/B0773N29R5 There are also "Ply Wheels" for 1/10 the cost. https://www.amazon.com/PlyWheels-plywood-dolly-drywall/dp/B00PE32UWO And the plastic grip extender things that...
  14. Chip Chester

    Portable generator soundproofing?

    "might a used Honda EU3000 be cheaper and possibly even more quiet?" That's what I have used since they came out ages ago. Great generator. Quiet as all get out. Waveform THD rivals audio amps. Big thumbs up. Big thumbs down on backfeeding a breaker, though. Not code, and dangerous for...
  15. Chip Chester

    C'mon admit it..most uncool artist that you enjoy listening to

    Didn't wade thru all 9 pages of posts, but I'll always listen to a Carpenter's tune whenever it pops up.
  16. Chip Chester

    ? microphone transformers ? Altec Lansing Peerless

    Might have a place for one in my Altec tube mic pre-amp/limiter.
  17. Chip Chester

    CD storage...Is there life after the jewel case?

    Modlin wrote: "Pls show us pics.." First we have to find, buy, then move into a new house. At the moment we're in temp quarters, with the vast majority of goodies in storage. It'll be awhile...
  18. Chip Chester

    I now own a router

    Mmmm... drilling sideways in metal. Owning a mill is fun.
  19. Chip Chester

    I now own a router

    "Machine cut dovetails look so ... machine cut." Sadly, my hand-cut dovetails look so... hand cut. Need to work on that. Until then, I need to get my PC 7518 (3+ HP) and my Porter Cable dovetail jig together to party. (I wish they made a D-handle with switch that would fit that router.)
  20. Chip Chester

    CD storage...Is there life after the jewel case?

    Still retaining the jewel cases. I use a 8' tall, 4' wide pharmacy shelf that's about 7" or so deep. Adjusts in 2" increments, and has no problems with the weight of a full shelf. Integrated 'bookends'. Stores CDs, 7" reels, all types and sizes of video tapes, DVDs, cassettes (!) etc. LPs and...
  21. Chip Chester

    Very dirty head cleaning advice needed

    I'd stay away from the sandpaper as a solution -- too agressive, and much more so than a polishing-type compound. To figure out what you're up against on a stain/deposit like that, I usually start by breaking off the wood shaft of the head cleaning swab, and scrub with the broken wood end. Not...
  22. Chip Chester

    Red top optima battery 14 years old

    Same year Suburban and about the same age Optima Red. May be '09 instead of '06, but still a good long while. You need to find someone else to give you a battery.
  23. Chip Chester

    5 Pin Din Connector - Common/Grnd/Shield Pin

    Even though you have documentation to the contrary, it is often the convention that the lowest-numbered pin is ground. Convention rarely dictates reality, though.
  24. Chip Chester

    Rek-O-Kut Imperial Lathe

    I have two of these devices, but they're the 'tonearm' style, rather than the leadscrew/linear versions. So mine are merely home-use comsumer curiosities, with un-regulated 'pitch' or inter-groove spacing. Yours can do real work, as it's oriented like a true cutting lathe. Think of the...
  25. Chip Chester

    Is it just me or? I think the blue bulb/led is over-used

    All mine are buried under little 'dimming' stickers. They are way too bright for most use. My son got some bluetooth earphones/phone headset thingys, and they moved the blue 'active' LED from the bottom to the front, ostensibly so people can see your status when they start talking to you. Bad...
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