The ask Tin about audio thread

[red347lx]

Tin, what are your thoughts on the ZVOXsb500 sound bar?

[Tin]

Tin, what are your thoughts on the ZVOXsb500 sound bar?

Eh, I'm not a fan of sound bars unless space constraints would rule out the use of a traditional setup. That said, sound bars are best suited to bathroom stalls, jail cells, root cellars, tree houses, snow forts, and enclosed landscaping trailers. If you have the room, you can start out with a standard A/V receiver, a pair of front speakers, and a subwoofer for a few hundred more and get far better sound quality. The best bang for the buck speakers right now are the Elac Debut series designed by Andrew Jones. He did magic with the old Pioneer line that was all the rage a couple of years back, but now he works for Elac and continued on making good budget speakers. Couple those with one of the budget to midrange receivers from Marantz, Yamaha, or Pioneer, and you have a very good audio setup. The best part is, you can expand on that in the future. It wouldn't cost much more to go to a full blown 5.1 setup.

[red347lx]

Eh, I'm not a fan of sound bars unless space constraints would rule out the use of a traditional setup. That said, sound bars are best suited to bathroom stalls, jail cells, root cellars, tree houses, snow forts, and enclosed landscaping trailers. If you have the room, you can start out with a standard A/V receiver, a pair of front speakers, and a subwoofer for a few hundred more and get far better sound quality. The best bang for the buck speakers right now are the Elac Debut series designed by Andrew Jones. He did magic with the old Pioneer line that was all the rage a couple of years back, but now he works for Elac and continued on making good budget speakers. Couple those with one of the budget to midrange receivers from Marantz, Yamaha, or Pioneer, and you have a very good audio setup. The best part is, you can expand on that in the future. It wouldn't cost much more to go to a full blown 5.1 setup.

Thank you sir

[Tin]

Thank you sir

No problem. The big fault with sound bars is the way they project sound out into the room. All of those speakers used in a sound bar are close together. You will only hear the stereo effect if you're sitting a couple of feet away, further than that and the channels blend into mono and remove all channel separation. The same is also true of a standard stereo pair of speakers, but you can move them further apart to preserve the channel separation if you're sitting further away.

[red347lx]

Nvm

[DRAG-ULA]

I got one for you, the FM reception went out on my 73 Chrysler station wagon, AM still works. I wasn't too concerned, but right now I have the radio out of the car to get at the AC controls above it. Anyways, I know how to read a schematic, I took a few electronic classes in high school, most of it stuck with me, haha. I just don't know where to start. Any thoughts?

[Tin]

I got one for you, the FM reception went out on my 73 Chrysler station wagon, AM still works. I wasn't too concerned, but right now I have the radio out of the car to get at the AC controls above it. Anyways, I know how to read a schematic, I took a few electronic classes in high school, most of it stuck with me, haha. I just don't know where to start. Any thoughts?

Is FM completely dead or are you getting static or just a weak signal? Check for bulging capacitors, fried resistors, or fried transistors. The caps and resistors are easy to find, but a transistor may be something not currently manufactured and you will either need to find a parts unit or some new old stock transistors.

[93 saturn sl2]

Ive asked you this before, but is there a business or anyone locally that can re-cone the woofers in my AT-15's? I tried to re-edge them myself a couple years ago and either I damaged the voice coil when they were used with bad foam or I didnt center the VC correctly when I glued the foam on.

[Tin]

Ive asked you this before, but is there a business or anyone locally that can re-cone the woofers in my AT-15's? I tried to re-edge them myself a couple years ago and either I damaged the voice coil when they were used with bad foam or I didnt center the VC correctly when I glued the foam on.

I don't know how reputable this place is, but they are local. There doesn't appear to be many options from what I can see.

Spiral Reconing
3039 12 Mile Road
Berkley, MI 48072
(248) 506-2560

[DRAG-ULA]

FM is completely dead. Thanks, I'm gonna pull it apart soon & see if anything looks bad.

Next question, my 70 Imperial lost its radio also, that one works when I first turn it on, I get sound for about a second, then it fades out to nothing. I'm guessing a cap is shot somewhere inside? That radio is cool because on old Imperials you could scan the frequency with a foot switch next to the high/low beam dimmer on the floor.