Brother Thelonious

I didn't know I liked Jazz until I heard Thelonious Monk. If you don't like Monk there may be something wrong with you.

Thelonious is so cool North Coast Brewing named a beer after him and it is also bad ass.

http://www.northcoastbrewing.com/beer-brotherThelonious.htm

Thank you Thelonious. I'm not sure I'd like Jazz if I hadn't heard you.

Large RCA Theater System MI9572 MI9594

I don't usually post ebay auctions but this one is really cool. I saw it on ebay a few days ago and have since had several emails about it so here it is. Haven't seen this one before. This is about the right size.

1953 Heathkit Ad

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1950's article A VERSATILE PREAMPLIFIER DIY

This preamplifier article was written to accompany The New Williamson Amplifier Amplifier article.

TV MOD

I really hate the way new TVs look so I was psyched to see this mid century modern TV mod. I want one.

http://wilkersonfurniture.com/

78 Snack

Why eat the records? It looks like tubes are next....... Why?

AudioGrail Garrard 301 Restoration Video

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FOR AUDIOPHILES AND AMATUERS THE NEW WILLIAMSON AMPLIFIER

Another article scan. This one really cracks me up. Yes honey doesn't the industrial amplifier look nice next to your fine crystal. Some things never change.

Nicely placed ad.

1950's British Industries Group Lineup Ad

I scanned this ad a while back. This is a cool ad promoting Brit hi-fi of the day. I've always want a Leak amp/preamp.

RCA 15 Inch DuoCone 515S2 Study In Resurrection

I was in a friends rather large shop full of antique cars, radios, and interesting things. Anyway I was there looking at some sort of car from 1916 when I noticed the back of an RCA driver hanging on the wall. I had inquired about it and thought it very interesting not knowing the next time I was by he would give it to me. Very nice. It was in rough shape and had tears in two places with part of the paper being weak. To start I asked around about the driver and Jeffery at Experience Music gave some good advice on how to repair the speaker. Another friend had some good advice but he waited until after I had finished the repair to give the advice. BTW thanks Stoney McStonerson. The advice was to use "cigarette" rolling papers to repair the tears in the speaker. I have since used it with great success on a University 6201.

I see a cap that needs replacing.

The clean tear repaired rather easily. The lower right looks uglier than it is and actually repaired rather well. I did the repair on the back of the driver which looked cleaner in my opinion.

This is the HF part of the driver. It is different from the 515S1 as the HF section appears to be a separate unit and not attached.

Here is an example of the cigaretter rolling paper repair. The paper was dipped in thinned Elmers glue and applied to a small tear. As you can see the paper dries translucent and worked really well.

Here is the driver playing Unnatural Habitat by The Greenhornes. This is a great track from the Broken Flowers soundtrack


I am looking for another RCA 515S2 so if you have one let me know. One slipped past me on ebay last week in a guitar cabinet for $125...Grrrr

This post originated at retro vintage modern hi-fi http://itishifi.blogspot.com

Bogen Ad Nov 1956

I'm going to start looking for the Bogen 56 page book Understanding High Fidelity.

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Retro Hi-Fi Calendar Girl

Highway Hi-Fi

Yeah I want vinyl on the road.

Jimi Self Portrait

Happy Birthday PWK

Thanks PWK for the rock'n horns and sound philosophy.

Western Electric 755A

Norelco Speaker Ad

People of my generation didn't know that Norelco did anything other than razors. Fortunately I now know to buy one if ever one crosses my path. Thanks ALK of ALKENG.com for sending me this ad.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A CARPENTER TO BUILD THIS HI-FI SPEAKER ENCLOSURE 1955

Here is another artcle from Dell electronics 1955. This one is for the Cabinart Klipsch Rebel kit.

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JC's Tractrix Bass Horn 70hz to 600hz DIY Plans

I spent several days listening to this bass horn with multiple HF sections and it is a winner. JC does impeccable research and builds. I'm a big fan of his work and was very happy to see him post these plans on the Klipsch forums. This bass horn uses two 12 inch K31 drivers but it was mentioned that other drivers could be used. JC also mentioned that you could back port this horn but that was not how he was going to use this horn.

Check out that flare.

Mix and match this bass horn with your flavor of HF section. That bening said it mated really well to trcatrix mid and tweeters.

Finishing the build process.

Tractrix Flare

Here is the cut list for those with the skills to build this beastie. It is big and heavy but why would you use small horns? Bigger is better don't fight physics.

It is very cool of JC to make his personal build plans public. Thanks JC.