Subj : CD->MP3 project
To   : Kevin Nunn
From : August Abolins
Date : Fri Jan 08 2021 16:58:00

Hello Kevin!

** On Friday 08.01.21 - 09:59, Kevin Nunn wrote to August Abolins:


 KN> ..I have gotten a few LP's recently, just for
 KN> collector purposes and they are indeed heavier.

I am tempted to get one or two myself.  But first, I really need  
to make sure I get a new cartridge/needle kit.  The virgin play  
would be need to be the best that it can be!


 AA>> It is very nice to be able to crank up the sound..

 KN> Now divorced, which is great, but I live in an upstairs apartment, so I
 KN> don't want to piss off my neighbors :)

Maybe you can find out when your neighbors downstairs would be  
away.  I lived in apartments most of the time. Two of my last  
apartments were in very modern buildings, THICK solid concrete  
floors and walls between units. I was impressed with the sound  
isolation. Even my apartment door for one of them was an  
oversized solid OAK.

In previous apartments, I had far fewer complaints around  
suppertime 5p-8p.  But then, I only cranked up the occassional  
song, not a whole album.  I figured that my neighbours thought I  
had good taste and therefore did not mind my selections.  ;)


 KN> I have a high end pair of IEMs and they sound amazing, but I do miss
 KN> "feeling" the music (bass).

My nearest neighbour is at least 200ft away, their living-side of  
the house is on the other side of their garage which is closest  
to me.  I can see my next closest neighbour across the lake, but  
that is atleast 0.5km away.  Often I will play loud well into the  
early hours.


 AA>> ..The original woofers "rotted" out around the rims.

 KN> When I was younger I had a set of speakers that did that,
 KN> tried to fix them myself with fingernail polish, but it
 KN> didn't last long LOL. I could not afford to actually get the
 KN> fixed at the time. The good ole days.

In my case, the woofers were completely detached from their rims.  
Prior to noticing that, the speakers were seldom played for about  
5 years, and the room they were in had big swings of temperature.

One day I decided I wanted to play them really loud, but I heard  
the occassional mechanical KLUNK in sync with the normal beats.  
Then, I thought that the woofers were "blown out" (although I  
didn't know what a typical blown-out speaker would look like).  
But when I removed the front fabric grill (very easy to detach),  
I noticed that the woofers were detached from the softest part of  
the outer rims.  My heart sank.

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