serge07 wrote:
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.
Oh I'm a big fan of Dynaudio, though I haven't owned a pair. British marques had a hold on me for a long time. I had no idea about Norh. It looks like a full range version of the B&W tapered tube tweeters. Enjoy the music.
James Markus wrote:
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.
Thank you James - far more complimentary than my self evaluation.
pbraymond wrote:
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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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!
Thanks, Ray.
The bird's eye maple was the standard finish, the Dynaudio in house cabinet makers performed their magic very well.
I have not messed with my system since around 2005 outside of picking up two vintage cd players. Quality equipment today is very expensive and too many of the great manufacturers are no longer around.
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.
James, I removed the grille only for the photo, they are always in place protecting the drivers. I added the metal tweeter protectors for added insurance, silk dome tweeters dent very easily.
You can probably replace the damaged driver. Madisound carries most types of speaker components for the DIY crowd, very reputable.
Oosty wrote:
Phong, it is also a great lens for panos when used on a tripod. By using the tilt mechanism horizantally you can overlap images by about a third without vignetting. Great for including wider buildings without moving a tripod. I'll repost an old image below.
Oh yes, you are right. We get out of perspective effect which usually brings barrel distortion.
I'll try it ASAP.
Many thanks for the tip.
Old school D3x fits AIS lens perfectly.
I've experienced with non-cpu zoom lenses declaration on semi-pro body. Just able to regist limited data to body (not D* digit range) and has to chose lense number manually each time which I've never faced with when using D5 body. _D3X1385in by blurrist lump, on Flickr
With all the old film cameras I have been acquiring - sometimes they include the case or more. The leather work are really done extremely well, unfortunately, age makes them very brittle and dry. While re-sewing a Yashica TLR case I had the thread tear out one of the holes. So I looked for some kind of leather rejuvenator, and an amazing product aptly call "Dr Jackson's Leather Rejuvenator." was purchased. The middle small case was a light sand color with a very glossy finish - one wipe down and a rich mahogany tone emerged, and even the strap relaxed and became flexible. I plan to treat first and sew later to restore these original cases.
They are building a replica of the Hughes Racer, I work for what remains of Hughes Aircraft and some of my old coworkers were helping build it. It takes forever to build one by old folks on a volunteer basis.
These are old photos, from eight years ago, they tell me it is nearly done now, I have to go see.
James, I have a few folder cases myself, I’ll have to pick up some of that product, thanks for the tip.
Happy coincidence yesterday, went to see if the sunset was any good and caught Space X launch. 3.5cm f/2.5 and 400mm f/5.6. Not print worthy but interesting to watch.
James Markus wrote:
With all the old film cameras I have been acquiring - sometimes they include the case or more. The leather work are really done extremely well, unfortunately, age makes them very brittle and dry. While re-sewing a Yashica TLR case I had the thread tear out one of the holes. So I looked for some kind of leather rejuvenator, and an amazing product aptly call "Dr Jackson's Leather Rejuvenator." was purchased. The middle small case was a light sand color with a very glossy finish - one wipe down and a rich mahogany tone emerged, and even the strap relaxed and became flexible. I plan to treat first and sew later to restore these original cases....Show more →
I will look into that product! My leather-rejuvenation needs are my Volvo V70R which has a very rare orange "baseball glove" leather interior (called Atacama). It is very dangerous to use most leather cleaning products on Atacama as unlike most car-interior leather it has no real surface finish, pretty much raw leather, and it tends to discolour dramatically if you use the wrong product. I was recommended to try Griot's Garage Leather Rejuvenator and bought a bottle, but have yet to try it out (waiting for warmer weather).
). As long as I keep it under about 5 - it doesn't buzz. 
I added the metal tweeter protectors for added insurance, silk dome tweeters dent very easily.
