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Papajoe

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  1. Hi Greg, Long time between conversations. Would it be possible to have a section on the site dedicated to listing the components that are needed for DIY refurbishment of each model? I realize that some models are pretty complex, for a casual rebuild. Longtime members like you, usually have some models, if asked. Maybe everyone can share their lists and put them in a specific section for all to use? Thanks, Papajoe
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    Brian D. I read your post and thought to myself 'Compression'. You know, I cannot ever remember hearing that term used in terms of 'vinyl' . It seems to me that the 'term' was first used in regards to digital recordings because of the large size of the sound files and the restraints of the recording 'medium' being used. Papajoe
  3. Hi Guys, It has been a long time since I visited the site. Too many things going on with my sculpture and life. I purchased a Sony XBR65X-850C, 4K, 3D TV last week. The old one (10 years) just gave up, it started to cut off every few minutes and then cycle on again. Hard to watch TV that way. The new one is amazing. I also upgraded to the Dish Network Hopper and that install included a new HD satellite dish. Because these thin panels have a lack of great sound, I am now using the full theater as my sound source. We streamed 'Interstellar' over VUDU the other night and that soundtrack is really dynamic, it gave that whole system quite a work out. First time in a long time did I see the power lights rising on the amps. It was a chair shaking adventure. The Oppo BDP 105 player that I have, has an upscaling feature that allows you to convert the standard blue ray to 4Kx2K. Now that is something to see. Nice to be back, Papajoe
  4. Welcome. Just keep looking on E-bay until you find a decent price on a 500T and once you have that in your hands, get one of the many members who tweak them, to do his magic. If you are a hands-on type of guy, the members will help you with all the info you will need to upgrade anything Carver. Papajoe
  5. Hi guys, Having spent most of my life working with plastics, let me repeat what I said on another post about warped records/plastic. A record is made by placing a small, heated wafer of plastic on top of the record mold. High pressure is then applied to spread the plastic into the mold, after a controlled time the mold is opened and the record is removed. When plastic is pressed into the mold, it creates stresses internally in the plastic, ie record. As long as the 'record' stays at a reasonable temperature, the stress forces are neutralized. When a record is subjected to higher heat, it allows the stresses in the plastic to have an effect on the shape of the record, thus warping it. To remove the effects of the warp is near impossible as the material has been stretched. You may get them flat again; but, that does not mean that they are back to its original integrity. Papajoe
  6. Hi Bob, Welcome to the site. I am running a pair of Vandy 2 Ce speakers in my rec room system. If you want to make those 2 Ce's really perform you need to vertically Bi- amp them. I am using a pair of TFM-15s that I recapped. A pair of M4.0Ts would make a killer system. Papajoe
  7. My son saw the new Star Trek in a theater that was equipped with the new Dolby ATMOS systems. It uses 64 discrete tracks played through 64 speakers placed through out the theater. He said that it was awesome but very loud. Not sure they weren't just pumping the sound that day. Although, I would think that when they set the levels they have to take into account the sound absorbtion of all the bodies in a theater full of people, so when it is half full that might be a factor in the sound level. His friend, who also went with him, said that he enjoyed it just fine with his earplugs in. LOL Papajoe
  8. The great and wise Bill Cosby, had some advice that I remember about this. He said "I use the 'sit method' of remembering important things. That is where you are always seated when you are concentrating on an important fact, if you get up and forget what you were thinking about, just sit down and and most times it will push it back up to your brain again". Papajoe
  9. If the isolation and stiffening elements don't completely do the job, you could cut a hole in the floor and build a concrete plinth up from piers anchored a few feet below the basement floor. Papajoe
  10. Retriever- I can think of a few simple questions to ask about the turntable itself. Is the turntable level? Measured with a sensitive level on the platter itself? Have you actually measured the tracking force? Not relying on the numbers on the weight? Have you recently reseated the cartridge to be sure that it is tracking correctly? Some people think that once it is set, it is always correctly attached. Not so. Has the turntable been stored for a long time of non use. The sensitive bearings in the pivot can 'settle' after a long unused period. Papajoe
  11. Anytime someones is introduced on TV and the person says " A great entertainer ". I always finish it with " A great entertainer, A great humanitarian and a Dear friend of mine for 25 years", Roy Scheider in the original 'All that Jazz'.
  12. Welcome to the Forum. If the original components made you want more, the refurbished ones will put you in Nirvana. Papajoe
  13. Congratulations. I know that you will do a great job.
  14. Boy, I don't know about putting all my CDs on a hard drive. I have had toooooo many of them fail when they feel like it. I would imagine that some of those high capacity ones cost quite a bit. Do you employ a 'raid' systems to protect them? Then you need twice as many hard drives. Maybe you save them on one of those internet backup sites? Also, how many CD/DVD drives will you go through before you get them all on the hard drive, doing them one at a time could be a 'daunting' task. Beside when you rip them, it is sometimes does not sound as good as the original CD. Maybe I am just 'too old fashioned' , the sound of a CD being played off a hard drive is a far cry from one being played on a high end player especially through an all Carver system. The big question for me would be " what do I do with all the cds that are now on hard drives?" The answer "save them just in case all other fails".
  15. To me, MP3 is 'OK' for casual listening through those 'little eary things', while doing something else. Ripping is just that 'ripping the music'. If you really want to see what it does, put the MP3 sound and the same CD sound into a music program like 'Pro Tools' , magnify the stream and compare them. Lots of missing info there. Now that you have all MP3s, do you play them through your stereo?
  16. Chatanooga Choo Choo by Glen Miller.
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