Best SW left ...
 

dave wrote:

John Smith wrote:
On 9/27/2010 9:06 AM, dave wrote:
Myine IRA

Why would anyone pay for something they can get for free, on their
computer?

Regards,
JS


Because the standalone appliance uses 60% less electricity than my very
low-power Everex computer with a VIA C7 processor. Over an extended
period I will use less electricity and save money.

Same reason I don't have 2 [ea] R-390A receivers. Or use resistance
lighting.
What did you do with the R-390As? One of the greatest BCB/DX machines ever
built.

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sctvguy1 wrote:
dave wrote:

John Smith wrote:
On 9/27/2010 9:06 AM, dave wrote:
Myine IRA

Why would anyone pay for something they can get for free, on their
computer?

Regards,
JS


Because the standalone appliance uses 60% less electricity than my very
low-power Everex computer with a VIA C7 processor. Over an extended
period I will use less electricity and save money.

Same reason I don't have 2 [ea] R-390A receivers. Or use resistance
lighting.
What did you do with the R-390As? One of the greatest BCB/DX machines ever
built.

I sold them to a guy from the Valley. This was 12 years ago.

Best SW left ...
 

On Sep 28, 1:03*pm, dave wrote:
RHF wrote:
On Sep 28, 5:35 am, *wrote:
John Smith wrote:
On 9/27/2010 9:06 AM, dave wrote:
Myine IRA

Why would anyone pay for something they can get for free, on their
computer?

Regards,
JS

- Because the standalone appliance uses 60%
- less electricity than my very low-power Everex
- computer with a VIA C7 processor.
- Over an extended period I will use less electricity
- and save money.
-
- Same reason I don't have 2 [ea] R-390A receivers.
- Or use resistance lighting.

'Special Dave',

You are still paying for an Internet 'Connection' and
even at a low $20 per Month @ 10 Cents per KW
that's equal to the Cost of having three 100 Watt Light
Bulbs "On" 24/30 all month long.

24H x 30D = 740 TMHs ~ $74 @ 1 KW Average

100 Watt Light Bulb 740 TMHs ~ $7.40 @ 0.1 KW Average

Plus the Cost of the Electricity to have an Internet
Appliance "On" to utilize the Internet 'Connection'.

Paying $$$ for an Internet 'Connection' is just not
the same as "Free" Over-the-Air Radio ~ RHF
* .
* .

My internet costs about a dollar a day. If I use my Drake to listen to
talk radio I have to leave a 1 Amp linear power supply plugged-in all
the time.

- That's 12 VA X 24 = that's abt. 288 Watt Hours per gay,
- or about 6 kWh per month, at $0.20 per, or about $1.20.

*The internet radio
appliance is also rated at 1,000 mA, but the power supply is switch mode
and probably never even comes close to using that much power.

My internet connection is always on, whether I use it to listen to KLBJ
or not, so that doesn't count.

- Your "math" is undeciferable.

'Special Dave' - sure-do-look-like-you-math-is-fussy-
288 Watt Hours x 30 Days = 8,640 Watt Hours
per Month -not- about 6 kWH : Off-by-About ~44%

The Fact Still Remains that your Internet 'Connection'
Costs you at least $20 per Month and that is about
the Cost of running 3 x 100 Incandecent Light Bulbs
24/30.

D'Oh ! and least we forget : "Free" Over-the-Air Radio
does NOT Require an Internet 'Connection' and the
Associated Monthly Cost of an Internet 'Connection'.

Buy a good old AM & FM Table Radio
http://www.murauchi.com/MCJ/front/im...1780019892.jpg
and you can receive "Free" Over-the-Air Radio
at just the cost of the Electricity to run it;
with NO Internet 'Connection' and the Monthly
Cost of an Internet 'Connection'. [1 Cost Unit]

Buy a new Internet Radio {Audio Content Provider}
and you can receive Internet Radio at the cost
of the Electricity to run it; PLUS you need an
Internet 'Connection' and the Monthly Cost of
an Internet 'Connection'. [2 Cost Units]

OBTW - Stick a 'Pocket' AM&FM Radio in your
Shirt Pocket and take an Hours Walk around town
and you will hear your local AM& FM Radio Station
throughout your Walk-A-Bout. You simply can
NOT do that with your Internet Radio. -eod- ~ RHF

Idiots-R-Us -wrt- The Term 'Internet Radio' {Audio Content viaThe Internet} -versus- "Free" Over-the-Air Radio
 

On Sep 28, 12:53*pm, John Smith wrote:
On 9/28/2010 12:25 PM, RHF wrote:

* ...

- Well, yeah!
-
- But, they can still pretend ...
-
- Regards,
- JS

JS - If you want to 'pretend' then set the stage
so that all can 'pretend' too . . .
...

I said "they", you said "you" ... try to pay attention here ... or, are
you in danger of catching the "special" disease?

Anyway, take off that purple speedo and rainbow earrings ... they look
ridiculous on you! *LOL!

Regards,
JS

My 'Speedo' ain't Purple
http://www.wackystock.com/details/51...wackystock.jpg

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RHF wrote:
On Sep 28, 1:03 pm, wrote:


Buy a good old AM& FM Table Radio
http://www.murauchi.com/MCJ/front/im...1780019892.jpg
and you can receive "Free" Over-the-Air Radio
at just the cost of the Electricity to run it;
with NO Internet 'Connection' and the Monthly
Cost of an Internet 'Connection'. [1 Cost Unit]


There is one terrible AM station here. That's it. Everything else is
blocked by mountains.

wood radios for real men
 

On Sep 28, 3:47*pm, dave wrote:
RHF wrote:
* .
-ps- a Wood Cabinet would be nicer :o)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3200/...871f96dd9e.jpg
* .

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo...WGjf63n1mzNQBg

Dave,

Yes the Tivoli Radio produces a very good high
quality sound from just one Speaker : But it just
lackes that mellow full room filling sound of the
old Tube Radios got from their one Speaker . . .

FWIW - I do own one of the Tivoli Model One Radios.
It has a Very Good Tuner and equally Good Sound
from such a small box. ~ RHF

Cheap china plastic is what they use ...
 

On 9/28/2010 5:59 PM, RHF wrote:

...
Yes the Tivoli Radio produces a very good high
quality sound from just one Speaker : But it just
lackes that mellow full room filling sound of the
old Tube Radios got from their one Speaker . . .

FWIW - I do own one of the Tivoli Model One Radios.
It has a Very Good Tuner and equally Good Sound
from such a small box. ~ RHF
.

The Tivoli lacks the sensitivity of the GE Super Radios. My old DX-392
even beats it ... hands down. Bought one because I liked the looks ...
took it back the next day.

Regards,
JS

Cheap china plastic is what they use ...
 

John Smith wrote:

The Tivoli lacks the sensitivity of the GE Super Radios. My old DX-392
even beats it ... hands down. Bought one because I liked the looks ...
took it back the next day.

Regards,
JS

The Tivoli Model One is a state of the art FM radio, and 'Dwardo will be
happy to tell you AM is dead.

The point of the thread being wood cabinets. If you put the Tivoli on
its side with the bass port facing open space it fills the room.

Cheap china plastic is what they use ...
 

On 9/29/2010 6:10 AM, dave wrote:

...
The Tivoli Model One is a state of the art FM radio, and 'Dwardo will be
happy to tell you AM is dead.

The point of the thread being wood cabinets. If you put the Tivoli on
its side with the bass port facing open space it fills the room.


If you have two tivoils, you can chit on one and cover it up with the
second, and probably a better use for the radio ...

Regards,
JS

Cheap china plastic is what they use ...
 

On Sep 29, 4:16*pm, Kevin Alfred Strom
wrote:


On 9/29/2010 4:04 PM, DEFCON 88 wrote:





On Sep 28, 10:25 pm, John *wrote:

On 9/28/2010 5:59 PM, RHF wrote:

...
Yes the Tivoli Radio produces a very good high
quality sound from just one Speaker : But it just
lackes that mellow full room filling sound of the
old Tube Radios got from their one Speaker . . .

FWIW - I do own one of the Tivoli Model One Radios.
It has a Very Good Tuner and equally Good Sound
from such a small box. *~ RHF
* *.

The Tivoli lacks the sensitivity of the GE Super Radios. *My old DX-392
even beats it ... hands down. *Bought one because I liked the looks ....
took it back the next day.

Regards,
JS

The Tivoli's FM sensitivity is OK but has dreadful AM sensitivity. I
think it sounds great considering its size.

Yes, the AM on the Tivoli left a lot to be desired. My Carver TX-11a
and McKay Dymek AM5 beat it handily in every way. My favorite AM
receivers, though, were ones I modified for high fidelity: my Racal
RA-6217 and Kenwood TS-440S.

You can't spell "ham" without "AM,"

Kevin, WB4AIO.
--http://kevinalfredstrom.com/


Sound preference is admittedly subjective, but the Hammarlund HQ-180AC
I once owned sounded SUPERB on AM. There's just SOMETHING about tubes
that solid-state components can't seem to match. However, right now I
feed my Ten-Tec RX340 thru a Sherwood SE-3 synch dectector driving an
el-cheapo Radio **** bass-reflex speaker and the AM audio sounds very
good indeed, especially if I open up the 340's IF filter to 16 khz.