Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[krayzie]

Originally Posted by humfrz

.......and then, I'll betcha ol Tcoat took an old speaker out of a junk Ford, cut a hole in the rear package tray, mounted it and stuck one of these between his car radio and the rear speaker.

Who can tell me what it was called and what it did ......??




humfrz

Looks like a really ghetto version of this.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by krayzie

Looks like a really ghetto version of this.

Well, not really. This thing didn't amplify the signal ....... although it did alter it .....


humfrz

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Cole

You're god damn right. @humfrz would most certainly take better care of me than my girlfriend does. Plus he'd take me for car rides and tell me the same stories a few times per day. We could share a nap, eating and activity schedule.

Oh my god. I think I need a very old man as a friend...

Don't get confused about how I treat my grandDAUGHTERS with how I would treat a grand/step/adoptedSON .......

Of course you would be given a choice of which chore you would do first:


* pick up all the limbs and sticks from the yard and carry them down to the brush pile

* pull the large weeds over my 1/3 acre lot ..... spray the little ones

* trim back all the trees and bushes ...... I don't have grass ...... just bushes and trees

* rake up all the pine cones in the front yard

* sweep the pine needles and moss off the roof

* pressure wash the deck (about 600 sq.ft) and treat it with preservative

* wash and wax both cars

* after a brief break, then you can start hauling 30 years of accumulated "stuff" out of our 1,700 sq ft basement and place the stuff in a dumpster

OK, so, when can we expect you ??....... you can bunk in the basement ..... once you clear out a spot.


humfrz

[krayzie]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Well, not really. This thing didn't amplify the signal ....... although it did alter it .....


humfrz

Okay the only thing I can think of is a KEF KUBE loudspeaker active equalizer (some weird shit I've seen on Canuck Audio Mart).

[nextcar]

Originally Posted by Cole

You're god damn right. @humfrz would most certainly take better care of me than my girlfriend does. Plus he'd take me for car rides and tell me the same stories a few times per day. We could share a nap, eating and activity schedule.

Oh my god. I think I need a very old man as a friend...

I seem to recall a thread recommending walks in the woods with an older gentleman some time back...

[Cole]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Don't get confused about how I treat my grandDAUGHTERS with how I would treat a grand/step/adoptedSON .......

Of course you would be given a choice of which chore you would do first:


* pick up all the limbs and sticks from the yard and carry them down to the brush pile

* pull the large weeds over my 1/3 acre lot ..... spray the little ones

* trim back all the trees and bushes ...... I don't have grass ...... just bushes and trees

* rake up all the pine cones in the front yard

* sweep the pine needles and moss off the roof

* pressure wash the deck (about 600 sq.ft) and treat it with preservative

* wash and wax both cars

* after a brief break, then you can start hauling 30 years of accumulated "stuff" out of our 1,700 sq ft basement and place the stuff in a dumpster

OK, so, when can we expect you ??....... you can bunk in the basement ..... once you clear out a spot.


humfrz

Late November. See you in a few months! Also, lucky for you, I have about 40 pounds I need to work off, those chores sound like a blessing.

[MuseChaser]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Well, not really. This thing didn't amplify the signal ....... although it did alter it .....


humfrz

I gotta confess I'm a little stumped, too... MOSFET (I think) on an externally mounted heat sink, which USUALLY acts as some form of amplification circuit... what looks like a DC transformer, which could be used as either an inductor in a crossover, or to change line voltage... was it some method of adapting speakers intended for 70v distributions systems to car audio?!?

Either way, whoever did the installation in that pic should be imprisoned for crimes against ... installations, I guess...

[humfrz]

Well, @krayzie , @MuseChaser are getting closer.

Here is the whole "system" (minus the radio and rear speaker) ....... so simple, even ol @Tcoat and myself could hook one up ......

If ya'll haven't figured it out by morn, ol @Tcoat will enlighten you .....



humfrz

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Cole

Late November. See you in a few months! Also, lucky for you, I have about 40 pounds I need to work off, those chores sound like a blessing.

Late November ...... that will work ........ just in time for cutting down a few of my 80' pine trees and cutting them up for next seasons firewood .......


humfrz

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Well, @krayzie , @MuseChaser are getting closer.

Here is the whole "system" (minus the radio and rear speaker) ....... so simple, even ol @Tcoat and myself could hook one up ......

If ya'll haven't figured it out by morn, ol @Tcoat will enlighten you .....

How long did this reverb fad last? AM radio had enough challenges on its own.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

How long did this reverb fad last? AM radio had enough challenges on its own.

There ya go ....... old Ultramaroon was around back then ......

http://phscollectorcarworld.blogspot...rb-system.html

Yep, worked for us poor folk, who couldn't afford stereo in our cars ......


humfrz

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

How long did this reverb fad last? AM radio had enough challenges on its own.

Think it was well over by the 70s but my uncle gave me the one I had for my 55 Chev. It was probably 20 years old when he gave it to me so it would have been about the same vintage as the car.
Could make anything sound like Crimson and Clover!

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpGEeneO-t0"]Crimson and Clover - Tommy James & The Shondells - YouTube[/ame]

[krayzie]

I should have scrolled down before I squinted my eyes to read H CAT something sonic lol!

I typed that into Google and got this.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRxEV1rjM4k"]Reverb - YouTube[/ame]

[Cole]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

How long did this reverb fad last? AM radio had enough challenges on its own.

AM radio is the greatest. I love me some talk radio.