I am disappoint.
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Patrick McHugh
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When I was a kid I spent about a million hours trying to extend the range of one of those with various wires and tin foil so the kid down the street and I could use it as an intercom. I don't have any information that can help you, but you may consider draping ten strands of scrap wire out your bedroom window and putting a collander pointed at the receiver at the end of that wire.
Tim, you're absolutely right, and that's my bad. However, it seems that the battery pack is the handset is actually still good. It turns on and he hears static. Doesn't that indicate that the problem is likely in the base or do weak batteries cause the handshake to fail?TSMacNeil wrote:Actually, a clean "handshake" of the radio to the base would be dead quiet carrier signal...just no dial tone.
Static means the handset isn't in contact with the base, and consequently, the phone line ( dial tone) won't be there either.
I remember using this stuff, I never had to troubleshoot it.
I'm sure you're just talking about the 30-year-old tinny sound. That style of headphone has never gone away. There isn't much I value more than a truly great set of headphones and a clean preamp with which to drive them. Happen to be a Sennheiser guy. Way more comfortable than Grados and I think the bass has more control too.
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Tim in N FL
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Tyler,
Thank you for a good belly laugh tonight. Totally dig that phone. I bet it has the 2-foot long extendable chrome antenna too. Hold a small fluorescent bulb up to it to see if it'll fluoresce. Oh, and that sizzling you hear is the sound of leukemia you'll be experiencing in your 30s. Enjoy.
Glad Tim was able to help you diagnose the issue and the required battery.
Bobby, you too man. The 80's is my "she-at" too. I was there but too young and poor to dress like that fly-a$$ models in those vintage BMW ///M-Style ads that Karl Grau posted up. Oh and I love the prison TV (80's "clear" scared straight vibe with post-millennium functionality = sweet) and the other 80's clear electronics in yo crib. Sweet!
Oh and, Davintosh, I too still have a set of those old Tandy Corporation (Realistic) Nova 40 headphones. I eventually ran across a set of those old-skool Koss Pro4aa headphones that look like a David Clark "listen only" aviation headphones...
http://www.davidclark.com/store/Product ... ductID=658
Like Kohler, I too love a good set of headphones. I've always wanted some of those super nice Stax Electrostatic Ear Speakers (aka headphones).
Though the sound stage is amazing, I don't know if I want all of that high voltage strapped to my head for hours on end. Note: see above wisecrack about the prospect of EMR-induced leukemia
Tim
What Chris said ^^^ Headphones are becoming the in thing, but they never really went away. There have always been a quality continuum with headphones, from AM transistor radio quality (like the 30-year-old Nova 40) to the Sennheisers Chris mentioned. Even in the Sennheiser lineup there's a lot of variation; the $25 set you can buy at Best Buy just can't compare to the HD 650s. But even the $25 Sennheiser will beat the crap out of the crappy Chinese sets that are all over the place.
Grado bass has always left me disappointed, even in the good ones the bass is too clinical and not velvety enough. I like my AKG's, they're not flawless, but at least they lend the bass some texture.wkohler wrote:I'm sure you're just talking about the 30-year-old tinny sound. That style of headphone has never gone away. There isn't much I value more than a truly great set of headphones and a clean preamp with which to drive them. Happen to be a Sennheiser guy. Way more comfortable than Grados and I think the bass has more control too.
Holy shit, you found a picture of Oldskool!Karl Grau wrote: