u/SlimParker

Her chats with historian Jill Lepore and NY Times journalists / authors Magie Habermann and Jonathan Swan were lively and enlightening and substantial. I say chats rather than interviews because they are just that - unscripted conversations between bright and knowledgeable people, that we have the privilege of listening in on.

She's also very brave. She's not afraid to talk truth about Trump.

750W BBS02, 48V 20AH. Donor bike is an oldie-but-goodie B.R.C. Gonzo 26" wheel MTB, very light steel with deore exage components, no shocks, cantilever brakes with V-brake levers 😱, $40 at thrift store.

40km/hr cruise, 50 max. Range 80km+ mixed riding including hard throttle. Half-length twist throttle. Programmed 5 levels: 1,2,3 = slow, moderate, brisk pedaling. 4,5 = 80% or 100% power, suitable for fast throttle riding. New 7 speed Shimano cassette, I find I mostly use speed 5 and 6.

My second build (the first was stolen). Over 1800km later I'm still smiling.

The blue straps around the battery are just extra reinforcement.

*rejuvenation

The walnut veneer is very thin, so I had to leave a lot of "character" marks on the top. Sanded down to 320, now in the midst of numerous applications of varnish oil.

The speaker cloth is the colour "coffee" bought off Amazon.

I ditched the alumi-plastic grill frame surrounds. They weren't in the best shape, and I didn't like the aesthetic - they had the style of a '67 Dodge Dart.

This is mine: 10 CD box set, pristine, Beethoven The Complete Piano Sonatas, Anton Kuerti, signed by Anton Kuerti.

$5.99 CDN

$30 Cdn at the thrift store. No signs of any use.

In the nineties I had a pair of these in my Chev 3+3 crew cab, shoved in the back bottom corners of the cab. They were pretty good, but froze up in the arctic winter until the cab warmed up.

I've passed up on a few pairs in the last while, I didn't find them very exciting. But together with the Realistic STA-20 mini receiver, which was designed specifically to wring the the best out of these speakers - an "EQ" switch on the back, and a very tailored "loudness" emphasis - they produce crystal clear highs and, as for the bass drivers, they do subwoofer magic. Make's Radio Shack's claim of 50Hz actually seem conservative.

Score!

The pictures pretty much say it all.

I added a set of banana jacks in parallel to the existing terminals. All it took was drilling two small holes in the plastic for the posts, inserting them through and bolting them down, and soldering wires from the end of the posts to the inside connections of the existing spring connectors.

The components glued to the back of the plastic limited where the new terminal set could be placed.

I build ZK-1002T class D amps-on-a-board into different cases, mainly for fun. Using bluetooth and a 20V DeWalt battery on a Starlink Mini adapter for power, I can try before I buy, anywhere.

It can power even the biggest speakers, and the basic bass and treble controls make it easy to evaluate the whole frequency spectrum.

Picked these up today for $40 CDN, they seem to work perfectly. Fairly warm sound. Woofer foam is good. I'm going to have to hone up on my cabinet refinishing skills. Grills need cleaning but cloth is 99% intact.

Mean looking woofers.

Manufactured 1971. Fried egg tweeters. Woofer foams intact (because they're replacement woofers, as someone has pointed out 🤦). Grill cloth good. Walnut veneer needs refinishing, but it's quite thick, so I can sand it down to smooth.

They sound so good! Very thirsty, but a Denon AVR 989 has power enough for them. From symphonies to Ani Difranco.

I've stopped listening to all of my other speakers. And I kinda love all my other speakers a lot.

$14.99. Canadian. For the pair.