Re: Now: Face to Face (again)

[Raymond <Reb.barnett@xxxxxxx>]

The trouble with making addresses available to the list is that you
instantly create a nice searchable database of who has what expensive
kit (41" TVs etc) and where they live. Combine that with "let's
meet up
next weekend" and you've got the ultimate internet burglar resource.

I'm quite happy to let active members of the group know my address, but
not so happy about it being available for anyone to find. Unless they're
also a member of the Comfort group, so know not to bother trying a
break-in at my house ;-)

Ray Barnett.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: paul_gordon@xxxxxxx [mailto:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 03 November 1999 17:04
> To: REB.Barnett@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Was: Whole-house audio, Now: Face to
> Face (again)
>
>
> This kinda makes me recall the discussions a while back about a UKHA
> face-to-face meeting...... (which hasn't really got off the
> ground yet...)
>
> I guess it's now the wrong time of year, with Xmas coming up
> & all, so if
> it's ever gonna happen, I guess it would have to be in the
> new year?....
>
> Failing that, the kind of one-off meetings like the kind that
> could have
> happened below (if only the protagonists knew they were just
> 10 mins away
> from each other), could be facilitated if we all knew, or had
> access to each
> others' private addresses....
>
> I'm willing to publish my details to the list membership, and
> would be happy
> to receive visitors (not unannounced of course), from list
> members should
> anyone happen to find themselves in London with an hour or
> two to spare....
>
> What do you all think of this?...If it's a goer, should
> someone (perhaps the
> list moderator) serve as a central repository for contact
> details, or would
> it be better to just have each individual mail the list with them?
>
> Regards.
>
> Paul Gordon
>
>
> >From: Keith Doxey <keith.doxey@xxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> >To: ukha_d <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> >Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Whole-house audio
> >Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 16:08:43 -0000
> >
> >Wish I had known Jerry lived in Lancaster.
> >I spent the last two weeks staying at my mums house 6 miles away!!
> >
> >Keith
> >
> >Keith Doxey
> >http://www.btinternet.com/~krazy.keith
> >Krazy Keith's World of DIY Home Automation
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Jerry Treweek [mailto:J.treweek@xxxxxxx]
> >Sent: 03 November 1999 15:36
> >To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> >Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Whole-house audio
> >
> >
> >Hi Brendan,
> >
> >thats a very kind offer - yes please!
> >
> >Jerry Treweek
> >2 Rutland Avenue
> >Lancaster
> >LA1 4EZ
> >
> >Enclose your address and I'll happily cover your costs.
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >
> >Jerry
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Brendan wrote:
> >
> > > Folks,
> > >
> > > Think I might have an answer to your requirement.
> > >
> > > I have an article published by Steve Ciarcia in 1986
> covering design of
> >a
> >8
> > > x 8 cross-bar switch (scalable in multiples) allowing any
> Audio / Video
> >i/p
> > > to be switched to any of the
> > > 8 (or multiples of) o/p.
> > > Utilises RCA 74HC22106 crosspoint switch which presents
> some 95 ohms ON
> > > resistance and some 9MHz bandwidth.
> > > Routeing of any i/p to any o/p is achieved by clocking a
> 6-bit address
> >onto
> > > the switch.
> > >
> > > I obtained this some years ago wvt building but it is,
> unfortunately,
> >one
> >of
> > > the many items I have never 'got around to' ... so no info
on its
> >operation
> > > in anger.
> > >
> > > If any of you interested I'd be happy to snailmail
> photocopies of the
> > > article of scan and mail
> > > (15 pages).
> > >
> > > Let me know.
> > >
> > > Brendan
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Nigel Orr <nigel.orr@xxxxxxx>
> > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> > > Date: 03 November 1999 08:50
> > > Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Whole-house audio
> > >
> > > >At 16:39 02/11/99 +0000, you wrote:
> > > >>I'm working on a similar idea. I would like to
> distribute hifi - (yes
> > > hifi)
> > > >>from a central system, the intention being to have
> computer control
> >over
> > > the
> > > >>routing at some future point.
> > > >
> > > >'Me Too'...
> > > >
> > > >>people who share the house...) so I've been turned
into
> a carpenter
> >making
> > > >>stair gates - anyway I digress...
> > > >
> > > >If you hadn't been digressing, you might not have had to
> make stair
> >gates
> > > ;-)
> > > >
> > > >>The idea of a multi-input multi-zone amp sounds
rather
> like 100volt
> > > speaker
> > > >>drivers - I really don't think you're going to get
hifi quality
> >through
> > > that.
> > > >
> > > >Not necessarily.  Lots of the big PA systems (EAW, Meyer
> etc) use high
> > > >voltage distribution rather than 8 ohm, just to cut the
> losses in the
> >line.
> > > > There are good music quality 100V transformers around
> (try Canford,
> >for
> > > >starters), but good transformers aren't particularly
> cheap.  There are
> >also
> > > >some speakers (like the odd looking Canon wide
> dispersion thingys) that
> > > >come with 100V as an option instead of 8 ohm.
> > > >
> > > >>You really do need an amp (preferally with a
> differential/balanced
> >input)
> > > >- eg
> > > >>Samson 'servo' series of studio amps (excellent
value)
> > > >
> > > >I'd agree with that as the best approach, but for some
> rooms where you
> > > >don't want 'things', a central amp would be better.  In
> a typical
> >house,
> > > >with speakers run on 2.5mm T&E mains cabling, there
> would be few who
> >could
> > > >claim to notice the difference between a 2-3m run and a
> 10-20m one.
> > > >However, the potential interference from the long runs
> of cable near
> >other
> > > >signal cables might be an issue.
> > > >
> > > >>I think that using a network link and mp3'ing to
each
> room is a very
> > > >expensive
> > > >>way to go
> > > >
> > > >Agreed 110%!  At least for now.  MP3 decoders are
> actually getting
> >_very_
> > > >cheap, but if you've run cat-5 for audio, you might be
> able to use the
> >same
> > > >cable for digital audio and video in future.  That'll be
> the Kat-5
> >plus,
> > > >right Keith?
> > > >
> > > >Nigel
> > > >
> > >
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