I used to play with a little model of this plane when I ws like six years old. Made in San Diego by Ryan, same company that made the spirit of St, Louis.
Vertical landing in the 1950s, this was an experimental aircraft, only two were made and they flew successfully.
The spirit of San Diego was made in France by Renault and converted at the San Diego air museum as a tongue in cheek exercise, only one prototype made and it has never flown and can never fly - but it does get 40 miles to the gallon of gasoline.
Methinks that stuffing this 28 cylinder 4,300 HP Pratt and Whitney into the 2CV may actually make it fly - but the mileage may become 100 yards per gallon of gasoline.
Oddly I had music playing 24/7, still do after all these years. LOVE your craftsmanship on this unit.
James Markus wrote:
What is odd is that once we both had been widowed - we couldn't listen to music anymore. Eventually, the music came back into our lives.
SiMuMe wrote:
Contour SE's? What's that at the back?
Siphiwe, you have a very good eye. They are the Dynaudio Contour 1.3 SE.
In the background is the nOrh 4.0 marble speaker, one of three. They were manufactured from a solid block of marble in Thailand. The theory was an extremely inert enclosure with no parallel surfaces. They are stunners and were also available in white/pink stone.
James Markus wrote:
A lot of changes over the years. The right hand unit use to be video only. DVD, VHS, and Bluray + a 32" tube TV. When the TV came out I had more room for my LPs. The left-hand unit has a huge (dove-tail) drawer that holds at least 250-300 LPs. Middle TV stand holds two computers I built a dual boot Win10 + Linux Media center, and an old one for ripping audio from my own media (Has all the old analog, and digital connections to my 1970-80s stereo). About 2 linear feet of albums I haven't ripped yet are there - plus Barbs cook books, which she never uses. What is odd is that once we both had been widowed - we couldn't listen to music anymore. Eventually, the music came back into our lives....Show more →
James that is awesome craftsmanship, the cabinets are stunning.
serge07 wrote:
Harry, congratulations on the 500/4 and great captures of the young lion.
Music and music systems are also a hobby. I am a fan of vintage audio gear, own a minty Pioneer SX 1250 monster receiver from the 1970s. They do not build them like they used to.
Lovely speakers, good stuff that Dynaudio, that is really a great choice in the finish! I still listen a lot but have long since stopped upgrading the system, mostly just streaming these days and my small LP collection is pretty lonely these days. A lot more listening in the home office than the main system unfortunately.
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James Markus wrote:
A lot of changes over the years. The right hand unit use to be video only. DVD, VHS, and Bluray + a 32" tube TV. When the TV came out I had more room for my LPs. The left-hand unit has a huge (dove-tail) drawer that holds at least 250-300 LPs. Middle TV stand holds two computers I built a dual boot Win10 + Linux Media center, and an old one for ripping audio from my own media (Has all the old analog, and digital connections to my 1970-80s stereo). About 2 linear feet of albums I haven't ripped yet are there - plus Barbs cook books, which she never uses. What is odd is that once we both had been widowed - we couldn't listen to music anymore. Eventually, the music came back into our lives....Show more →
Those set of drawers are beautiful Jim. What kind of hardware do you need for a drawer for that much vinyl? It's got to be really heavy!
NightOwl Cat wrote:
Oddly I had music playing 24/7, still do after all these years. LOVE your craftsmanship on this unit.
For Barb and I, early on, it was a grief trigger. Having all seven kids very much into music, and one has made it sort of his livelihood in an unexpected way - I'm glad to be past that point. Thanks for the compliment.
SiMuMe wrote:
This is awesome, James. Pretty sure it will outlive many of us. Very interested in those 80s/90's hifi components. They are so hard to find now.
Barb doesn't think any of the kids are going to be interested in them. They are a bit "overkill" . I'm not so sure though, because they do like my taste in music. Nobody liked their parents music when I was a kid, but Angus (one of my sons) took my Steely Dan "Pretzel Logic" when he got into vinyl. That's a good start imo
serge07 wrote:
James that is awesome craftsmanship, the cabinets are stunning.
Serge
Thank you Serge. I use to have my speakers naked like yours, but seven kids did force me to add steel grills to the Woofers (pencil), replace the mid-range horns (bamboo skewers), and the speaker photos shows one tweeter with it's grill removed and the dome collapsed (nobody knew nothing ). As long as I keep it under about 5 - it doesn't buzz. I haven't found the exact same screw pattern, because I used threaded brass inserts to mount everything.
pbraymond wrote:
Those set of drawers are beautiful Jim. What kind of hardware do you need for a drawer for that much vinyl? It's got to be really heavy!
Thank you Ray. I used 22" hardware like this LINK ,but I used two pair (four total) that were rated for 175 pounds each pair. Have worked beautifully the whole time, and were much more reasonably priced 45 years ago.
James Markus wrote:
Thank you Serge. I use to have my speakers naked like yours, but seven kids did force me to add steel grills to the Woofers (pencil), replace the mid-range horns (bamboo skewers), and the speaker photos shows one tweeter with it's grill removed and the dome collapsed (nobody knew nothing ). As long as I keep it under about 5 - it doesn't buzz. I haven't found the exact same screw pattern, because I used threaded brass inserts to mount everything.
Have you looked into seeing if the tweeter is removable so you can swap in a new one in the old chassis?
kwoodard wrote:
Have you looked into seeing if the tweeter is removable so you can swap in a new one in the old chassis?
Kevin, I know they come out easily. It's just that under every brass round head screw is a brass threaded insert screwed into the underlining wood front. I guess I could just get a different type tweeter, and put it in with a round head brass wood screw instead. The entire entertainment center is held together by brass screws in threaded inserts. Some are as big as my index finger in diameter. My thinking was that such a large unit would flex during moving it, and brass could deform a little without failing. I rarely turn the volume up above 5 - so it hasn't been a priority fix.
Oosty wrote:
Our camera club has a bi-monthly set subject - this month it is "Shades of White" !!!
I'm not a great fan of contrived images but decided to try a capture using the 80-200 f4 and some flash.
This is more of a "have to do" image than an inspired choice but I'm sharing FWIW
This white on white is exquisite. When you are exploring gradients, and you can keep all those subtle shades intact - this is an exemplar.Excellent is WIW imo.
rafaelcasd wrote:
Love wides and love museums, love planes.
Went to the Gillespie field with the 15mm 5.6 ai.
I used to play with a little model of this plane when I ws like six years old. Made in San Diego by Ryan, same company that made the spirit of St, Louis.
Vertical landing in the 1950s, this was an experimental aircraft, only two were made and they flew successfully.
The spirit of San Diego was made in France by Renault and converted at the San Diego air museum as a tongue in cheek exercise, only one prototype made and it has never flown and can never fly - but it does get 40 miles to the gallon of gasoline.
Methinks that stuffing this 28 cylinder 4,300 HP Pratt and Whitney into the 2CV may actually make it fly - but the mileage may become 100 yards per gallon of gasoline.
. I'm not so sure though, because they do like my taste in music. Nobody liked their parents music when I was a kid, but Angus (one of my sons) took my Steely Dan "Pretzel Logic" when he got into vinyl. That's a good start imo
