Quack System Upgrades

Hi Jerry,

Ben used to build Dale Earnhardt Sr's Grand National motors back in the day. He rebuilt the original 302 motor for my 69 Z28 back in 2000. Forged pistons, rods, crank, 11:1 CR, 4 bolt mains, big valve heads, and solid-lift cam all from the factory. Only non-GM part I used was a secret-grind Comp Cams cam designed by Gordon Holloway for the rare factory crossram racing intake with two Holley 580cfm no-choke double pumpers. Ben balanced and blueprinted the motor. Dyno'd at 402 HP @ 6200 rpm and 367 ft/lbs @ 4800 rpm. All that from 302 cubes!

Once a guy next to me at a red light rolled down his window and yelled, "Man, the sound of that motor is giving me a hard on!". lol

Dave

crazyeddy OP
@dlcockrum Hi Dave. You hit the nail right on the head! I have none of my guitar amplifier cabs (or combos) in the room for just this reason. They will act as passive radiators.

The beginning of a new thread........ Hmmm. Perhaps.

Guitars and flutes and trumpets in the room can act as Helmholtz resonators but not in a good way. They are not the correct geometry for the job and not in the right locations even if they were. It’s the same reason why empty beer bottles in exhibit rooms at CES or anywhere foul up the sound.

Speakers are presumed to act as passive radiators, and not in a good way; hence the single speaker demo concept. But getting back to the can of worms for just a second, even a land line telephone or cell phone in the room are said to degrade the sound - supposedly because of the tiny speaker in them. I’m here to tell you (and I’m not hot dogging you) it’s NOT because of the tiny speaker, though. It’s something else. Something much more mysterious. It’s the same reason why a telephone book in the room degrades the sound. And why even a PICTURE OF A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT in the room degrades the sound. That’s the can of worms! Hel-loo! 😄

mbaudio has it backwards.   By definition Snake Oil has to have TWO components; unbelievable performance claims and wildly expensive products, therefore, following this precept:

Audioquest cables make outragous claims and are expensive.
BlueJeans cables makes modest claims and is reasonably priced.

The wise audiophile will purchase Blue Jeans Cable! 

And I always thought it was about sound quality. Silly me.

Dave

honeybee2012
mbaudio has it backwards. By definition Snake Oil has to have TWO components; unbelievable performance claims and wildly expensive products, therefore, following this precept:

Audioquest cables make outragous claims and are expensive.
BlueJeans cables makes modest claims and is reasonably priced.

The wise audiophile will purchase Blue Jeans Cable!

BUT if Audioquest’s outrageous claims are true and Blue Jeans modest claims are also true then you could say the cheap and casual audiophile will purchase Blue Jeans Cables whereas the true high end oriented audiophile will find a way to purchase Audioquest Cables. Isn’t that more or less WHY they call their product Blue Jeans? And why THEY call their product Audio Quest? So, you see, Snake Oil has nothing to do with it.