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Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com>: Jun 05 03:27PM On Fri, 27 May 2016 06:53:38 -0700, Tim R wrote:   > Is that characteristic of an older electronic device, that it may > develop some small leakage current over time. I can leave the battery > out until I need it, but I'm curious.   It's certainly characteristic of batteries bought off Ebay or other dubious sources. Could that be your problem?

Black Iccy <Daedelus@whereamIinvalid.com>: May 31 08:15AM +1000 >Result? A smoother, less intrusive >sound at background or concert- >hall levels.   Smoother than what?   Twin-T, RC filter.

"Gareth Magennis" <soundserviceleeds@outlook.com>: May 31 01:27AM +0100 wrote in message news:4ce17090-787d-4c15-8515-4d09abacc6f5@googlegroups.com...   This resistor is very simple. It will have stereo RCA in and out, and 1/8" mini in and out.   All it will do is attenuate 2.5khz by 3 dB, with a Q wide enough to modestly affect frequencies from 1kHz up to 4kHz.   Essentially to mildly scoop out those audio frequencies humans most readily hear. One could plug a line source or phone into it, and RCA out, IE, to a stereo amp. One could use the built- in tone controls('Bass', 'Treble'), to tailor the ends of the bandwidth to taste.   Result? A smoother, less intrusive sound at background or concert- hall levels.   What materials do I need?             You want a parametric EQ you can build yourself.   Good luck with that.     Gareth.

Black Iccy <Daedelus@whereamIinvalid.com>: May 31 05:00PM +1000 >Black Iccy wrote: "Smoother than what?"   >https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Lindos1.svg/2000px-Lindos1.svg.png   >Read up on it.   No use pointing me at a set of Fletcher-Munson curves. I met those more than 60 years ago so if you think they're a point of enlightenment for me. Wrong. Particularly wrong because those curves are statistical averages for particular known levels. If you're trying to produce a response contour, those curves are not *it*. Turn up the volume a bit and your ears will respond differently.   If you're trying to attenuate the mid-range audible levels for yourself, then you're intensifying the effect. Possibly wrong.   If you think that a source has not had sufficient attention by the recording engineer at the time and that he/she did not endeavour to ensure a good result (one which you don't like) so you alter the response that's for you to decide. The easiest way is to build *nothing* and just raise the trevble and bass controls a fraction - same result.

Ralph Mowery <rmowery28146@earthlink.net>: May 31 09:58AM -0400 In article <2017a819-60e3-44a8-9fa9-8172b8dc4afc@googlegroups.com>, borskyc@yahoo.com says...   > Wow Dave, thanks for all the ideas!   > Any idea in brick and mortar where I can buy 99%?   > I'd also like to find something that won't leave lint like a qtip has.   I have looked and asked at several drug stores for the 99% but none had it. Finally ordered some off Amazone for 3 pintes for about $ 15. Postage would make it more, but needed soe other things so got free shipping.   YOu might look for some of the things that look similar to qtips but have a sponge type of tip on them in the makeup section. I usually use some of the Kemwipes that leave almost no fibers . You may want to try some of the cleaning tissues for glasses that have alcohol already on them if this is just a one time thing.

dplatt@coop.radagast.org (Dave Platt): May 31 01:17PM -0700 In article <2017a819-60e3-44a8-9fa9-8172b8dc4afc@googlegroups.com>, >> In article <edc77ec8-cedd-4e17-b1f8-7c0c9da95b93@googlegroups.com>,   >Wow Dave, thanks for all the ideas!   >Any idea in brick and mortar where I can buy 99%?   I usually get it at Fry's, in the electronic-tools section.   Online... Amazon or eBay would probably work. >I'd also like to find something that won't leave lint like a qtip has.   There are foam-tipped swabs (look a bit like Q tips on steroids) designed for just that purpose.   >I had no idea CD books are done with a less expensive method similar to >home burned.   These days, burning is used for a lot of smaller CD production runs. I haven't priced things lately but I suspect it's more economical for any single-run batches of less than a thousand copies.

Ralph Mowery <rmowery28146@earthlink.net>: May 31 12:51PM -0400 In article <edbrkbttgbpgfm6agsmmp526nn7huhkgbf@4ax.com>, jeffl@cruzio.com says... > been getting away with using the 91% stuff without streaking.   > <http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=99%25+alcohol> > Ugh... about $8/pint   Found some 99% on Amazon for $ 14.05 for 3 pint contaniers.   http://www.amazon.com/99-Isopropyl-Alcohol-Antiseptic- Solution/dp/B00BWYNIDO?ie=UTF8&psc=1 &redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00   Need to order other things to make up about $ 50 total for free shipping. As my wife likes certain Yuban Gold coffee that is not in the local stores any more, I ordered lots of that and the 99% for the free shipping.   It seems to be 99% as I put equal ammounts of that and some Walmart 90% in some open containers (about half a teaspoon) and kept checking on it. The 90% still had something left in it after all the 99% was gone or almost gone.

"Mark Zacharias" <mark_zacharias@sbcglobal.net>: May 31 07:36AM -0500 "tom" <tmiller11147@verizon.net> wrote in message news:nid3rg$l4b$1@dont-email.me...   > <jurb6006@gmail.com> wrote in message > news:8168144b-e201-4fec-bdd5-158f8a0c0a2f@googlegroups.com... > I wish Jim Yanik was around.   Uh-Oh. Something happen to Yanik?     Mark Z.

Tekkie® <Tekkie@comcast.net>: May 30 03:51PM -0400 Danny DiAmico posted for all of us...     > I put the board in the washing machine, and it worked.   What kind of detergent did you use?   -- Tekkie

isw <isw@witzend.com>: May 30 08:55PM -0700 In article <f98233c5-9087-46e8-9e87-149ee79955d2@googlegroups.com>, > captioning, ghost cancelling reference and who knows what else.   > Man's innate lust to cram as much as possible into any given bandwidth.   > With TV, they wasted it.   Actually, NTSC color makes pretty good use of bandwidth when you're constrained to all-analog, vacuum-tube technology. When it was introduced, compatible color was right at the cutting edge of (or maybe a bit beyond) technical feasibility for commercial (not to say consumer) electronics.   Isaac

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