Re: Does anyone here DIY anything at all?

[Mark Storkamp]

I once rolled a piece of paper into a cone, stuck a pin through the end, and
made my own Victrola. Lasted until my parents caught me trying it out on one
of their albums. But with proprietary digital formats used today, I wouldn't
even know where to begin to look for information on decoding it all. So I
made my own wall unit instead. It helped to have a couple of nephews who
went to vo-tech for cabinetry. I had a Sauders unit once, my homebuilt is
much nicer.

"Clams Canino" <nowayhose@nospam.net> wrote in message
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> I'm in the middle of a DIY project of turning an old PC into a HTPC. But
> I'm gonna use commercially made reciever / speakers etc.
>
> -W
>
> "T" <tberk@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> >
> > Trying again to see if folks DAY (Do It Yourself) or just buy everything
> > 'ready to wear' off the rack so to speak.
> >
> >
> > TBerk
>
>

[dg]

I too have used a needle and some paper to listen to an album. Also, there
is a guy who wrote a computer program that can take a SCANNED IMAGE of a
vinyl album, and convert it into recognizable sound. Freaking amazing.

--Dan

"Mark Storkamp" <marks@nettworknospammfg.com> wrote in message
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>I once rolled a piece of paper into a cone, stuck a pin through the end,
>and
> made my own Victrola. Lasted until my parents caught me trying it out on
> one
> of their albums. But with proprietary digital formats used today, I
> wouldn't
> even know where to begin to look for information on decoding it all. So I
> made my own wall unit instead. It helped to have a couple of nephews who
> went to vo-tech for cabinetry. I had a Sauders unit once, my homebuilt is
> much nicer.

[Clams Canino]

I'm in the middle of a DIY project of turning an old PC into a HTPC. But
I'm gonna use commercially made reciever / speakers etc.

-W

"T" <tberk@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:weQBd.6206$yV1.4601@newssvr14.news.prodigy.co m...
>
>
> Trying again to see if folks DAY (Do It Yourself) or just buy everything
> 'ready to wear' off the rack so to speak.
>
>
> TBerk