Finally - 1916 Custom Order Brunswick Kling
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Someone already asked the important question about your turntable 
VERY nice setup. At first I thought the speakers were Thiel.
This is very similar to the room I am working on right now except with a 9' diamond pro am. I'm also installing a custom made touch screen jukebox that will be linked to my music collection (mostly FLAC).
VERY nice setup. At first I thought the speakers were Thiel.
This is very similar to the room I am working on right now except with a 9' diamond pro am. I'm also installing a custom made touch screen jukebox that will be linked to my music collection (mostly FLAC).
Someone already asked the important question about your turntable
VERY nice setup. At first I thought the speakers were Thiel.
This is very similar to the room I am working on right now except with a 9' diamond pro am. I'm also installing a custom made touch screen jukebox that will be linked to my music collection (mostly FLAC).
Sounds like a nice room for sure. I've been thinking of going to a server based system instead of replacing the CD. I'll have to check FLAC out. It's a lossless codec right? Supports 24 bit if I remember.
I also noticed that your primary player just happens to be my dream cue (love cocobolo). Lucky man.
Cheers,
RG
I prefer the spirits inside the orb in the background of the third picture
and they're always free at my place.RG
Excellent job on the table! Dam that's sexy.:lovies:
( fair warning -I have an unhealthy lust for the old-school classic tables, and just might drool if I stare too long)
In case you didn't already know:
The Brunswick "Kling" is a beautiful table named after Johnny Kling, the nationally renowned Chicago Cubs catcher and a World Pocket Billiards title holder of 1909.
Kling was also featured on many different sets of tobacco cards during his reign.
( fair warning -I have an unhealthy lust for the old-school classic tables, and just might drool if I stare too long)
In case you didn't already know:
The Brunswick "Kling" is a beautiful table named after Johnny Kling, the nationally renowned Chicago Cubs catcher and a World Pocket Billiards title holder of 1909.
Kling was also featured on many different sets of tobacco cards during his reign.
Yes FLAC is lossless and supports 96khz.
CDs are kinda pointless these days.
CDs are kinda pointless these days.
So here is the recipe I am using for the audio player.
I'm using an intel NVIDIA ION-2 based PC with a USB DAC that supports 96khz. The system has an onboard compact flash adapter and is entirely silent. So basically I will install windows onto the compact flash card (this means the box is silent). Then this will be hooked up to a 21" touch screen or a plasma.
Foobar2000 and Itunes + touch screen software will be used for playing the audio.
I'm using an intel NVIDIA ION-2 based PC with a USB DAC that supports 96khz. The system has an onboard compact flash adapter and is entirely silent. So basically I will install windows onto the compact flash card (this means the box is silent). Then this will be hooked up to a 21" touch screen or a plasma.
Foobar2000 and Itunes + touch screen software will be used for playing the audio.
it's absolutely nonsensical that they even sell them at all...
I've been patiently awaiting the day that music quality on CDs catches up with the technology, but i get the feeling that the CD is probably just gonna disappear anyway
real nice
I had an old Brunswick Balke Collendar Madison about the same age that went with the ex... I will miss her forever,
THE TABLE, NOT THE EX!!!
Yours is a much nicer model
nothing plays like those old bulky silent rolling tables... just the click of balls and the sound of balls dropping in leather
I now have a Brunswick Gibson that is pretty and plays well but just not the same
Really nice job on the restoration
I had an old Brunswick Balke Collendar Madison about the same age that went with the ex... I will miss her forever,
THE TABLE, NOT THE EX!!!
Yours is a much nicer model
nothing plays like those old bulky silent rolling tables... just the click of balls and the sound of balls dropping in leather
I now have a Brunswick Gibson that is pretty and plays well but just not the same
Really nice job on the restoration
No need to imagine....here is Kling's room, with 50 Kling tables:
http://www.chicagobilliardmuseum.org/images/50_Klings.jpg
(pic is too big to post)
Thanks for all the kind words everyone. It did take a while but I could not be happier with the restoration. It's not perfect but quite spectacular for something 100 years old.
Mr. Bond - Thanks for the pictures. I need to find one (or more) that can be enlarged and framed. That would look great in the room and also do a service to Mr. Kling. A picture of that room full of Klings would be cool to.
joelpope - Your not kidding about the silence. It kind of caught me off guard at first and I couldn't figure it out ("it" being the absense of sound). Nice dog there by the way. Spending a day in the field with a friend can be even more rewarding than a great day at the table.
Eric - See you soon.
Cheers everyone and thanks again,
Randy
Mr. Bond - Thanks for the pictures. I need to find one (or more) that can be enlarged and framed. That would look great in the room and also do a service to Mr. Kling. A picture of that room full of Klings would be cool to.
joelpope - Your not kidding about the silence. It kind of caught me off guard at first and I couldn't figure it out ("it" being the absense of sound). Nice dog there by the way. Spending a day in the field with a friend can be even more rewarding than a great day at the table.
Eric - See you soon.
Cheers everyone and thanks again,
Randy
Kling info.....
there are many unique tables BBC made but this is not a Kling, it is a custom order table with no name. Probably more value calling it a Brunswick custom order. No pearl, no Kling. Phenomenal veneer which is the main thing. Although the first table with this number of blocks is the Alexandria, it is not that either. Although the first table with this leg shape was the REGENT (not the Regina) it is not a regent either. It is also not a Monarch although some Monarchs had circassian walnut and so did the Marquette that came before the Kling. So if you have to insist on naming it after a similar table then it would be a Rege-Marq-Kling-Arch.
I own a table that is the architecture of the Arcade with the crotch figured walnut and larger inlays of the Hudson- it is neither, it is a BBC custom order. More valuable.
there are many unique tables BBC made but this is not a Kling, it is a custom order table with no name. Probably more value calling it a Brunswick custom order. No pearl, no Kling. Phenomenal veneer which is the main thing. Although the first table with this number of blocks is the Alexandria, it is not that either. Although the first table with this leg shape was the REGENT (not the Regina) it is not a regent either. It is also not a Monarch although some Monarchs had circassian walnut and so did the Marquette that came before the Kling. So if you have to insist on naming it after a similar table then it would be a Rege-Marq-Kling-Arch.
I own a table that is the architecture of the Arcade with the crotch figured walnut and larger inlays of the Hudson- it is neither, it is a BBC custom order. More valuable.
Phewwwwwwwww sho is sweet
I know we've got one maybe two Kling's at Antique Billiards in CO Spgs, the owner always preferred the table, tho when he took the 'big beat' from the
Basavich a few yrs ago he realized he didn't actually "own" the table like he thought.
Basavich a few yrs ago he realized he didn't actually "own" the table like he thought.
