Other Hi-fi and AV junkies anonymous

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  1. MLyons

    MLyons 70% Dev, 30% Doge. DevDoge. Software Dev @ Corsair Lover of bit-tech Administrator Super Moderator Moderator

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    I'm doing my living room soon and instead of going to a 75" I'm going to a 55" as I watch too much Football, F1 and MOTOGP. What year is the OLED as I'm torn on if I want to get one or not.
     
  2. ModSquid

    ModSquid Multimodder

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    Cheers Gunny - at least gives me a number to think about. I reckon 5ish then without your wall/pipework and speakers (maybe £4k). That's not too bad if the wall is getting knocked through from the kitchen anyway, I can add it to the bill.
    LG C6 - but I got it late in the day. Last of the V8s 3D sets (if you got that MM reference then all power to you). COD on the 360 in 3D is mental, Sine Mora also not too bad. I was going to send it for repair, but I'm worried it'll come back worse now that they've stopped making the 3D panels. No-one told me about burn-in when I bought it - should I have known? Maybe, but I thought those days were gone with the plasmas (which wasn't even too bad). My OLED burnt in through what seems like non-static usage (subtitles) in a fraction of the time I had my plasma, which never burnt in at all. I dunno, just feel a bit put off by OLEDs now, but I realise the tech has come on in leaps since. Seriously looking at that Sony top LED one just to be safe.

    Why are you downsizing just for the sport? Surely bigger = better?
     
  3. Vault-Tec

    Vault-Tec Green Plastic Watering Can

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    Finally doing the last job on the MF B1. The volume knobs were chipped badly and faded. How I managed to mask the indicators is a mystery, but fine line tape did the job very well. All I need to do now is put some 2k clear on them when I do my bike wheel (you only get one day with 2k as it has hardener in you release).

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    And then I can finally button the amp back up and present it to my care worker.
     
  4. Vault-Tec

    Vault-Tec Green Plastic Watering Can

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    Behold my shiny black knob !

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    Real 2k rules so much. It is so, so much better than it was before.
     
  5. ModSquid

    ModSquid Multimodder

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    You have a marvellous knob (the quote text even specifies your "member"). What do you use for this? I've had some shocking experience of late with Flame paint. Never touching it again. Used the Kobra matt varnish, hoping it holds up.
     
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  6. Vault-Tec

    Vault-Tec Green Plastic Watering Can

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    For this I used cheap acrylic black, but then I pushed the boat out and used real 2k clear in a can.

    https://www.specialistpaints.com/products/clear-coat-kustom-canz

    You can tell if it is real 2k by the fact it has that plastic cap on the bottom of the can. That contains this.



    I wanted it hard. Mostly as they are things you touch every time you use the amp. That said, I did not buy it specifically for that. I bought it to do a wheel and then did those before it all turns to a lump of rock in 48 hours inside the can lol.
     
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  7. Gunsmith

    Gunsmith Maximum Win

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    took some A/L to smash out the living room, had the rear wall boarded over with more soundboard and made some neat boxes to hide pipework in the corners, needs one last coat but I'm back in tomorrow and the CBA was strong today. I'll probably paint it after work and then let it cure for a few days before getting the skirting/architrave in. Looking at end of next month now before I have the capital to buy the remaining speakers and any odds/sods for the media server but once the skirting is done I'll FINALLY get the carpet and couch delivered and have a usable room.

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  8. Gunsmith

    Gunsmith Maximum Win

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    Decided to drop from Bronze 100's to 50s for the rears due to the size of the 100's being too large, gonna admit I was concerned I was going to lose out on audio quality but being rears it would have been an acceptable loss, they arrived today and as with all new toys they need to be played with :D hooked them into mt PC setup which is still chugging along via SPDIF to an old 22 year old amp/receiver but even with that I gotta say I am genuinely ****ing amazed by both the quality and throw of these little things, cant wait to get the mains and play with those next month.
     
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