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  1. #16
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    I use an old PC with a good set of speakers.
    PC has a Radio/TV tuner & about 80Gb of MP3 music files.
    It also has a BIG CLOCK program.

    During the cricket season, I have the TV on channel 9 with the volume down & the Radio on the ABC.
    The Radio commentary is several seconds ahead of the TV so I can be working & when I hear something happening worth a look, I can stop work & look at the screen in time to see the action.

    If you have a very dusty shed, hang Chux over the air intakes of the equipment with a fan in it & wash the Chux out often.
    Cliff.
    If you find a post of mine that is missing a pic that you'd like to see, let me know & I'll see if I can find a copy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sawdust Maker View Post
    interesting hammer storage!
    I had the wine glasses rack just laying around so I bunged it up there and it sat empty for a while, now it has about 8 hammers hanging in it,

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers View Post
    If you have a very dusty shed, hang Chux over the air intakes of the equipment with a fan in it & wash the Chux out often.
    Good idea but don't leave it too long as it can affect cooling and cook your gear.

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    I just throw a large old table cloth over the entire system. Blast the dust away if it gets to much with the commpressor

  6. #20
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    I use a $50 set of Bluetooth speakers from wally world. $20 big digital atomic clock from Sam's. Don't have to set the time at daylight saving and I keep the phone in by back pocket. Shed close enough to house so phone pics up wifi and stream for free.

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    I just use a stereo from 1990 era. only need a radio and I am more than happy.... wallet proof and bullet proof lol
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    I use whatever I can find that is too beaten up to use in a posh location. At the moment I'm using a small portable stereo that has a CD and AM/FM radio that was used by the tradies at our old house when they built/painted/plastered it. Very beaten up and old but it still works so I don't care. When it dies I will find another at a garage sale or the Sallies. As long as I can get the cricket and the footy on the radio I'm pretty happy.
    Bob C.

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    Yeah, this is made significantly trickier because I'm a computer geek by trade, and need it to talk to my phone!

    Kind of tempted by this - bit expensive though:

    Ryobi One+ 18V Hybrid 2 Speaker Radio With Bluetooth | Bunnings Warehouse

    I have a few of the ryobi hybrid bits and pieces and like all of them. A shame it doesn't have a big clock display... I'll head to bunnies and have a look on the weekend.

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    I have a 50 year old Astor Mantel Radio on the wall. I don't think I have had my value out of it yet considering it was a wedding present.
    Tom

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    I ended up ordering a Bose Soundtouch Mini 10 on special. Doesn't fill my criteria, and I kind of hate Bose hifi for their marketing department, but hopefully it works out. I'll post an update when it's arrived and I've used it for a bit.

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    A little late to the party on this one, but none the less...

    After looking for the perfect solution for a long time, I ended up just picking up a mini stereo system from gumtree for about $10. Perfect. And I don't care if it dies after a couple of years from dust etc.

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    Boooo, all this talk of buying stuff, make some pretty speaker enclosures from offcuts.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rtyuiop View Post
    I ended up ordering a Bose Soundtouch Mini 10 on special. Doesn't fill my criteria, and I kind of hate Bose hifi for their marketing department, but hopefully it works out. I'll post an update when it's arrived and I've used it for a bit.
    Bose - overpriced and sound too punchy for my taste. The audio chain is designed to "punch" out the sound so that it sounds *impressive*.

    Having said that I do have Bose in my car and it is not too bad so don't do as I do, or is that don't do as I say :O

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yanis View Post
    Bose - overpriced and sound too punchy for my taste. The audio chain is designed to "punch" out the sound so that it sounds *impressive*.

    Having said that I do have Bose in my car and it is not too bad so don't do as I do, or is that don't do as I say :O
    Agreed! I also dislike Bose, but in this case it was the best deal I could find.

    And I'm the same way - dislike Bose, but now have this box and also a set of (really good) noise cancelling headphones!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ubernoob View Post
    Boooo, all this talk of buying stuff, make some pretty speaker enclosures from offcuts.
    I thought about it... But I'm more of a turner than anything else, and round enclosures would just roll off the shelf/bench .

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