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Bob, I truly question why you bother to participate on chat forums. There is clearly nothing this world can teach you. You regularly demonstrate your disdain for everyone here. You treat any advice offered that differs from your own methods as an attack on your person. I can't begin to know why...

What you lack sir is empathy. You have no problem risking someone's life. Fault currents have nothing to do with how much current a device normally draws. It has to do with how much current would go down the ground if the device got damaged (say a spilled drink or knocked over speaker). You...

Bob, your ignorance on these matters is criminally dangerous. I hold a degree in electrical engineering and have worked in the EE field since the late 70s. One of my early jobs involved the design semiconductor devices and analysis of their failures. In my work with the brains behind companies...

About 20-25 years ago, I was with the family in small town in WA that still had a drive-in. I dragged my girls there even though it was cold and damp that evening and they didn't care for the movie. They had never been to a drive-in before and I knew it wouldn't be long before none were left. I...

GFI operation only considers the currents in the Line and Neutral conductors. The ground conductor is not part of a GFI circuit. That is why GFI still operates with a HumX. Here is a picture and schematic of the inside of a HumX. Those diodes can blow faster than a thermal fuse trips. If that...

The WW-II movie in Sensurround was Midway. I saw it but it was not as impressive as Earthquake. The effect actually felt out of place in this movie. The Westbury Drive-In was near you but that didn't turn into a multi-plex until about 2000. Was there another one that you are referring to? The...

The movie came out with a feature called Sensurround. It utilized subs made by Cerwin-Vega and amps from BGW. Many of my friends worked on the design of the system and its components. It was really cool but not practical. Theaters had to remove seats to make room for all the subs. Older theaters...

Bob, would you care to elaborate about the "loops" you are creating? Also, I wasn't suggesting that anything you do risks tripping a GFI. I was only explaining how GFIs operate. You are correct ground loops can't exist until you do something (such as connecting two components together). Leakage...

Bob, the only thing I think you can take issue with is my use of the word ground fault. Many are familiar with GFI (ground fault interrupter) devices which react to small current differences between the Line and Neutral conductors of a branch circuit. Such faults are often caused by higher than...

I saw the product at NAMM one year. They were in Hall E (basement) where the cheap off-shore knock-offs and start-ups used to exhibit. I spoke to the guy in the booth and it definitely did NOT have UL approval. I was telling friends about the stupidest product I had seen that year and one was...

I see your point. Yes, when I was a teen, everyone wanted to upgrade their car stereo and most kids did the upgrade themselves. Teens were certainly more mechanically inclined then but I'm not sure if they really understood audio any better. High schools had metal shop, wood shop, automotive...

I have been moderating DJ gear forums for 20 years. I have seen relatively little change in the average audio skill level over the years. What has changed is that today's gear is more integrated. Controllers and mixers are all-in-one, speakers have built in amps and processing and you no longer...

There was a company about 20 years ago that was selling standard AC plug/receptacle (NEMA 5-15P/R) adapters to XLR. I think they also made IEC (C13/C14) versions too. The idea was that if you ran out of XLR cord, you could use a standard extension cord. The company was called J-CON which stood...

Taso, I love seeing your perspective on things because it is relatively foreign to me these days. I grew up in the NYC metro area and then moved away after college. I have spent considerable time over the last 40 years doing business across the country. The NY area is VERY unique. It was hard...

4.8 is a good jolt if you are close enough. It is not enough to cause significant damage out my way. You are over 60 miles away so I can't imagine it was much more than a surprise. They can be unnerving at first. I've been through some pretty big ones (Loma Prieta '89, Northridge '94) where I...

One of my favorite stories is when a song on the DNP list became THE tearjerker moment of the night. The requestor was a 7 year old kid. He accepted that it was on the DNP list but 20 min later the bride said its OK to play it. I hammed it up telling all the women that this shy handsome man was...

There was a time when this country lacked large stores outside of the biggest cities. You just had small local retailers and catalog sales. The catalogs were the convenient way to shop. Sears, JC Penney and others grew their empires via catalog sales. You are old enough to remember the Sears...

That's reversed. Harman bought Martin Pro in 2013 and ETC bought High End Systems from Barco in 2017. Barco had purchased High End back in 2008.

Online sales has really changed buying habits. You no longer have to worry about going to a store only to find the item you want out of stock. Amazon has also made returns about as easy as you can get. There is a return center less than 2 miles from me. GC is more than 10 miles from me. I don't...

Is the one in Roosevelt Field still around? I think that was the first guitar store I ever visited.

I can do about half the song from memory. Two local bands have me do it whenever I see them perform which is about once a month. One band starts playing Good Times and has me rap at the end. They use a backing track which fades out shortly after I start the 3rd verse (Master Gee). The other band...

I still don't have much talent. While others can fly all through the night, I can rock a party till the early light. Or something like that.

I know most here don't follow wireless like I do but there was big news last week at the FCC. They approved a new standard called WMAS (see thread title) that can support 32 (maybe more) wireless devices in a 6 MHz broadcast channel. This is the same spectral space used by about 8 traditional...

Southern CA is normally a pretty dusty place and the dirt can pile up quickly. During warm months, I will get a carwash a the local Costco for $8 whenever I fill up. It is a pretty good drive-through that even treats the tires and does a decent job at drying. I then towel off what the blowers...