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Re: Another Jubilee Post

Coytee — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:05:55 GMT

Cask05:
Hey Richard, do you have any nicknames?

An old girlfriend called me "Ert". Seeing as I called her "Perv", I'm not sure I should go into more details...

Re: Another Jubilee Post

Cask05 — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:58:29 GMT

Coytee:
I HAVE (while OUT of the room I might clearly point out) had the meters on my 2102 pegged (100 watts) on my 402's.
System was up loud (obviously), I was downstairs using a pneumatic nailer so I had hearing protection on...consequently, I had the stereo up even louder so I could hear it above the noise I was creating downstairs....
Then a change of CD's and the new one must have been recorded 1,000 db's hotter than the first because the sound just became thunderous upstairs, even through -26db ear muffs. Went upstairs to turn things down and saw the meters on the 2102... not moving... simply pegged to the right at a standstill.
I might add that I kept my hearing protection on as I went into the room as I knew from downstairs it was going to be some serious volume.
I sure felt the pelting of the drums though

I wondered where the phrase "Quantity has a quality all its own" came from... (I think that was attributed to Stalin, however.) Hey Richard, do you have any nicknames?

Chris

Re: Another Jubilee Post

Mighty Favog — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:41:39 GMT

BEC:

Yes, he is fine, just a flesh wound.

That's what the knight said in a Monty Python movie .

Re: Another Jubilee Post

mdeneen — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:09:08 GMT

Ouch!

In the past, I'd see those news stories about guys with nails in their heads and wonder, how'd they do that? Then, last summer I bought a nail gun for putting in a tonload of new windows and trimouts. It was THEN that I realized how easy it would be to end up with a nail in the medula. I handle that thing like it was a loaded shotgun with a hair trigger.

Re: Another Jubilee Post

Coytee — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:08:51 GMT

Side story...

We were installing insulation in the house (we've finished most of it ourselves). I was using one of those hammer-staplers. Well...it would seem as though I was going to staple some insulation down but my silly finger got in the way and not only did I smash it with the hammer action, I also injected my finger with a staple that went through the fingertip (in and back out, making two holes)

The second this happened, there was the 15 seconds of no pain but I looked down at it and simply said to myself..."this is going to really REALLY hurt", followed by the pain of not only the smash but the staple (probably 3/8 inch if I recall) through the tip.

I got down from the ladder I was on and started to walk out of the room...wife was over the way saying "Richarddddddddd...... where are you going....???"

I just said I'd be back. Got some pliers and did what had to be done.

Wasn't fun. I feel for those who have serious accidents, this was more of an annoyance than a serious accident.

Re: Another Jubilee Post

BEC — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:00:09 GMT

Coytee:
BEC:
However, the sound of my brother-in-law came in loud and clear above everything else last week when he put the nail through his hand.
Bob, I hate hearing about that & hope he's ok. I'm curious... were the safety features on the nailgun bypassed? I am always a bit paranoid when I'm using things like that. You can't give some of these things enough respect.

Yes, he is fine, just a flesh wound. All safety features are intact on my nail gun and will stay that way. Brother-in-law was removing a piece of plywood he had nailed down improperly. The plywood suddenly came loose, popped up into the air and came back down running one of the 3 inch nails through his hand. He let out one sharp expletive immediately after the nail went in and a much longer and more piercing sound as he pulled the nail back out. Now his tetanus shot is up to date. He had been meaning to take care of that.

Bob

Re: Another Jubilee Post

Coytee — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:15:55 GMT

BEC:
However, the sound of my brother-in-law came in loud and clear above everything else last week when he put the nail through his hand.

Bob, I hate hearing about that & hope he's ok. I'm curious... were the safety features on the nailgun bypassed? I am always a bit paranoid when I'm using things like that. You can't give some of these things enough respect.

Re: Another Jubilee Post

BEC — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:57:49 GMT

DeanG:
The only thing better than listening to a system while using your nailgun is listening to a system that sounds like a nailgun. :)

I listen to nail guns every day here in the shop. I can get the Cornscalas up to the point I can pretty much cover up the nail gun noise. However, the sound of my brother-in-law came in loud and clear above everything else last week when he put the nail through his hand.

Bob

Re: Another Jubilee Post

mark1101 — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:17:38 GMT

Yeah, I've made my fireplace rattle too. But I'm not goin' there.

Re: Another Jubilee Post

Coytee — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:01:55 GMT

mark1101:
The fireplace was rattling like crazy

True that this may be... I can make my fireplace buzz while watching the evening news with Katie Couric

Re: Another Jubilee Post

Coytee — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:53:07 GMT

kaiser SET say:
when he started on his quest to hear his system while running nail guns in his basement

between the nailgun and the compressor downstairs, Marie Osmond at 145 db's upstairs my neighbors didn't know WHAT to think of me...

Re: Another Jubilee Post

DeanG — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:52:06 GMT

The only thing better than listening to a system while using your nailgun is listening to a system that sounds like a nailgun. :)

Re: Another Jubilee Post

Coytee — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:44:13 GMT

mdeneen:
He gave up MC30s for this?

Not to disrespect anyone who loves the MC-30's but I never got an "OMG" moment out of them. Yes, before someone wonders outloud, they had been redone by DeWick prior to my purchase (I verified that with him), so they were up to spec. They were about as pristine...well, no...acutally they were probably the MOST pristine pair I've ever seen... they were very pretty.

To tell the truth, about the only amps I've ever had an "OMG" moment with, was the SE-OTL's and frankly, that makes me wonder if I might like the sound a bit more after taking the transformer out of the equation??. I don't want to overblow the OTL's, it still wasn't a significant OMG moment, just that they did seem to sound more natural & 'real' than the other amps. Sadly, they only carried 4 watts and when running full signal, that wasn't enough for me. Now that I'm biamping it's probable that 4 wpc (on the 402) would take care of 90% of my listening.

I have gone out of my way to try out in my place, various types of amps that some people simply rave over. Differences? yea, I guess there was some. Were the differences worth the multiple thousands of dollars to me? Nope.

The item that was THE most significant "OMG" moment was swapping out the speakers and yes, that part was worth the investment (although I use the word 'investment' loosely)

Once I'm back from my trip, I'm anticipating buying some OTL's again and giving them a whirl. I sold my MC-2102 and was going to use those proceeds to buy Kudrets pCats but unfortunately, I've got some 'deals' that are slow in closing so that cash ended up going elsewhere. Perhaps if he still has them when I'm back from my trip.....

Re: Another Jubilee Post

colterphoto1 — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:38:29 GMT

my brain hurts

Re: Another Jubilee Post

mark1101 — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:32:57 GMT

When JC and I went to visit Richard there was a point in the afternoon where we both actually had to leave the room.....and that hasn't happened to me in years. As I recall Richard was sitting on the sofa as if nothing was going on. It was painfully loud. The fireplace was rattling like crazy. If it wasn't fastened to the house it would have moved across the room. Trust me.....he likes it loud and his system does go very loud.....and of course it sounds great.