LS9/16 - not the desk for me
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From: liquidator on 30 Nov 2008 23:37 "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:49320787.6C024D9C(a)hotmail.com... > > > liquidator wrote: > > > "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote > > > > > The official voltage is 120 btw. > > > > Choose to believe your government and you are a fool. > > > > In the old days it was 110, 115, 117, or 120. > > OLD DAYS. > > Graham > Goddam whippersnapper..no respect... I had to fix all that dang stuff... Lots of electricians still say one-ten BTW. Very common.
From: liquidator on 30 Nov 2008 23:41 "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:493207F1.DA0F4FBB(a)hotmail.com... > > > liquidator wrote: > > > "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote > > > > > Irrelevant. Besides I never had any trouble with Lucas electricals. > > > > > I suppose there has to be one person who can say that. > > > > Lucas is a joke even among Brits over here. > > I had a couple of Fords and a Rover with Lucas electricals. Aside from an > alternator that packed up on one Ford due to under-specification I had > zero problems. > > Graham > > Wonder if export stuff was different from what you got. Connections were a big problem here.
From: Eeyore on 30 Nov 2008 23:56 liquidator wrote: > "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote > > liquidator wrote: > > > "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote > > > > > > > The official voltage is 120 btw. > > > > > > Choose to believe your government and you are a fool. > > > > > > In the old days it was 110, 115, 117, or 120. > > > > OLD DAYS. > > Goddam whippersnapper..no respect... > > I had to fix all that dang stuff... > > Lots of electricians still say one-ten BTW. Very common. I'm not unaware of that. It was the 9% losses in your cabling. What's your own voltage right now btw ? Graham
From: Eeyore on 30 Nov 2008 23:58 liquidator wrote: > "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote > > liquidator wrote: > > > "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote > > > > > > > Irrelevant. Besides I never had any trouble with Lucas electricals. > > > > > > > I suppose there has to be one person who can say that. > > > > > > Lucas is a joke even among Brits over here. > > > > I had a couple of Fords and a Rover with Lucas electricals. Aside from an > > alternator that packed up on one Ford due to under-specification I had > > zero problems. > > Wonder if export stuff was different from what you got. > > Connections were a big problem here. Different climate perhaps ? All my cars since 1986 have tended to have mainly Bosch electricals though. Graham
From: liquidator on 1 Dec 2008 08:53
"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:49336E16.3D2D0B60(a)hotmail.com... > > > liquidator wrote: > > > > You do live sound because you enjoy it, noy because it's your job. > > It's both. My main income is indeed design, consultancy and installation but > live sound has helped pay the bills too. > > And what's wrong with enjoying it ? Although with some bands ....... ! Enjoying your job isn't the issue...the point is amateurs have lots more choices. > > > > Amateur is not necessarliy incompetent. But your mindset is totally > > different from someone who is out there 24/7. Deny all you want, it's > > obvious to everyone but you. > > I am no amateur. Why do I get plaudits when the house engineer doesn't ? > Lots of amateus get plaudits. Much artistic work is done by amateurs, school pictures are taken by pro photographers. > > > I made no references regarding competence. It's mindset. Sorry it pissed you > > off, it was intended to kake you understand some things you just plain don't > > see. > > > > You can be quite the worthy conversation parner...the flip side is sometimes > > you get so wrapped up in yourself you forget there are others in the room. > > The point is, I never wanted to be a full-time sound engineer but I'm still good > at it. I taught myself the techniques when the industry we have today was brand > new and growing like a seedling. From that continuing knowledge I can innovate > better products and design better circuits for the likes of yourself to use. You > might be surprised how few audio designers have ever mixed a band and they can't > produce the same results. Why for example do I use 'loss' in my channels and mix > buses ? To improve headroom of course and avoid the original 'Mackie type' > problem. > > Incidentally, Graham Blyth of Soundcraft has a similar approach, as in he is > also an occasional mixer too. We very nearly teamed up about 30 yrs ago. > > When I was younger I did far more live sound mixing. Now, I suppose you could > call it part of my R&D to check out how well the ideas and products work in > practice. > > Graham > > NP with any of that. Pro's tend to have a much shorter fuse for the impractical. You on the other hand are willing to waste time and energy some of us can't. From a business standpoint, any gain has to be worth the expenditure...OTOH you are often willing to make large efforts for small gains...as I have been trying to say, a totlly different mindset and why you don't understand some posts. |