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rhlabs
February 25, 2010 3:50:01 AM
Hello,
What a mirror on the past.
Dale Satterberg and I shared a manufacturing facility and tooling, machining and fabrication plant. We had started the first subwoofer production in history. He for the Rodgers LS45As, me for the Quads and Accoustats.
Idiots to no patent it. But we both were in love with music and creating the devices to enhance it.
The KRH was my experiment to compliment the RH Labs subwoofers with lower cost monitors (compared to the LS35A, quads and others).
Both Dale and I loved to come to work each day as we felt we were making some progress in the envelope of sound and craftsmanship. Dale is an amazing person, and I was inspired by him.
Don't buy the KRH speakers. They were names after my first wife and just as bad. Not my best work. Sorry community..
Randy Hooker (aka RH Labs)
What a mirror on the past.
Dale Satterberg and I shared a manufacturing facility and tooling, machining and fabrication plant. We had started the first subwoofer production in history. He for the Rodgers LS45As, me for the Quads and Accoustats.
Idiots to no patent it. But we both were in love with music and creating the devices to enhance it.
The KRH was my experiment to compliment the RH Labs subwoofers with lower cost monitors (compared to the LS35A, quads and others).
Both Dale and I loved to come to work each day as we felt we were making some progress in the envelope of sound and craftsmanship. Dale is an amazing person, and I was inspired by him.
Don't buy the KRH speakers. They were names after my first wife and just as bad. Not my best work. Sorry community..
Randy Hooker (aka RH Labs)
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February 25, 2010 7:39:26 AM
Lilith_K
March 10, 2011 6:04:02 AM
Hello,
I just happened upon this older posting and couldn't believe it. If Randy is still around, I have an original RH-1, still use it in my primary system, and it has never failed to impress. Although a bit on the large size by todays standards, without it sitting in the middle of my speaker setup, it just wouldn't be the same. I just wanted to thank you for the work you did on it. Younger audiophiles don't realize what a giant step it provided at the time, or how accurate and natural it is.
The only thing that I am sorry for is that I didn't get the bare speaker imputs at the time in addition to the crossover that came with it. I have never had an issue with the crossover, but now have outboard crossovers that allow me to vary the crossing point to balance the room a bit more accurately. You wouldn't happen to still have one of the straight, non-crossover imput plates, would you?
Thanks again,
Lilith
I just happened upon this older posting and couldn't believe it. If Randy is still around, I have an original RH-1, still use it in my primary system, and it has never failed to impress. Although a bit on the large size by todays standards, without it sitting in the middle of my speaker setup, it just wouldn't be the same. I just wanted to thank you for the work you did on it. Younger audiophiles don't realize what a giant step it provided at the time, or how accurate and natural it is.
The only thing that I am sorry for is that I didn't get the bare speaker imputs at the time in addition to the crossover that came with it. I have never had an issue with the crossover, but now have outboard crossovers that allow me to vary the crossing point to balance the room a bit more accurately. You wouldn't happen to still have one of the straight, non-crossover imput plates, would you?
Thanks again,
Lilith
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hifiguy_53
April 8, 2011 9:57:46 PM
rhlabs said:
Hello,What a mirror on the past.
Dale Satterberg and I shared a manufacturing facility and tooling, machining and fabrication plant. We had started the first subwoofer production in history. He for the Rodgers LS45As, me for the Quads and Accoustats.
Idiots to no patent it. But we both were in love with music and creating the devices to enhance it.
The KRH was my experiment to compliment the RH Labs subwoofers with lower cost monitors (compared to the LS35A, quads and others).
Both Dale and I loved to come to work each day as we felt we were making some progress in the envelope of sound and craftsmanship. Dale is an amazing person, and I was inspired by him.
Don't buy the KRH speakers. They were names after my first wife and just as bad. Not my best work. Sorry community..
Randy Hooker (aka RH Labs)
Randy,
Please shoot me an email.
Dave
Audio Emporium
holmesaedh@gmail.com
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musical marv
April 9, 2011 4:46:40 AM
rhlabs said:
Hello,What a mirror on the past.
Dale Satterberg and I shared a manufacturing facility and tooling, machining and fabrication plant. We had started the first subwoofer production in history. He for the Rodgers LS45As, me for the Quads and Accoustats.
Idiots to no patent it. But we both were in love with music and creating the devices to enhance it.
The KRH was my experiment to compliment the RH Labs subwoofers with lower cost monitors (compared to the LS35A, quads and others).
Both Dale and I loved to come to work each day as we felt we were making some progress in the envelope of sound and craftsmanship. Dale is an amazing person, and I was inspired by him.
Don't buy the KRH speakers. They were names after my first wife and just as bad. Not my best work. Sorry community..
Randy Hooker (aka RH Labs)
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musical marv
April 27, 2011 3:14:15 AM
Lilith_K said:
Hello,I just happened upon this older posting and couldn't believe it. If Randy is still around, I have an original RH-1, still use it in my primary system, and it has never failed to impress. Although a bit on the large size by todays standards, without it sitting in the middle of my speaker setup, it just wouldn't be the same. I just wanted to thank you for the work you did on it. Younger audiophiles don't realize what a giant step it provided at the time, or how accurate and natural it is.
The only thing that I am sorry for is that I didn't get the bare speaker imputs at the time in addition to the crossover that came with it. I have never had an issue with the crossover, but now have outboard crossovers that allow me to vary the crossing point to balance the room a bit more accurately. You wouldn't happen to still have one of the straight, non-crossover imput plates, would you?
Thanks again,
Lilith
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rhlabs
May 4, 2011 4:18:46 PM
musical marv
May 5, 2011 2:02:05 AM
rhlabs said:
Lost my password and user name! Sorry...You can remove the crossover plate and replace it with a blank plus connectors very easily. I caulked the plate rather than glue it to allow for this.
Randy
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gassave
June 9, 2011 9:27:04 AM
rhlabs said:
Hello,What a mirror on the past.
Dale Satterberg and I shared a manufacturing facility and tooling, machining and fabrication plant. We had started the first subwoofer production in history. He for the Rodgers LS45As, me for the Quads and Accoustats.
Idiots to no patent it. But we both were in love with music and creating the devices to enhance it.
The KRH was my experiment to compliment the RH Labs subwoofers with lower cost monitors (compared to the LS35A, quads and others).
Both Dale and I loved to come to work each day as we felt we were making some progress in the envelope of sound and craftsmanship. Dale is an amazing person, and I was inspired by him.
Don't buy the KRH speakers. They were names after my first wife and just as bad. Not my best work. Sorry community..
Randy Hooker (aka RH Labs)
I have an old RH Labs SB-2p subwoofer and i was wondering if i can locate a schematic of the electronics? Had a tech looked at it before ands he may have tampered with the wiring and now it's not working properly. PLease email me at gassave@gmail.com
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gassave
June 9, 2011 9:28:41 AM
musical marv
June 10, 2011 3:20:34 AM
Quote:
It's interesting that you recall a period when hifi was still a highly personal business with the Walkers running Quad and Jim Rogers and the BBC blowing everybody away with the LS35A. The quality of those products is still evident from the prices that they command secondhand.
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stantonaudio
September 13, 2011 7:20:45 AM
376516,1,579215 said:
Hello,What a mirror on the past.
Dale Satterberg and I shared a manufacturing facility and tooling, machining and fabrication plant. We had started the first subwoofer production in history. He for the Rodgers LS45As, me for the Quads and Accoustats.
Idiots to no patent it. But we both were in love with music and creating the devices to enhance it.
The KRH was my experiment to compliment the RH Labs subwoofers with lower cost monitors (compared to the LS35A, quads and others).
Both Dale and I loved to come to work each day as we felt we were making some progress in the envelope of sound and craftsmanship. Dale is an amazing person, and I was inspired by him.
Don't buy the KRH speakers. They were names after my first wife and just as bad. Not my best work. Sorry community..
Randy Hooker (aka RH Labs)
Hi Randy, What are you doing these days?
Do you have blue print's or plans for the RH-1 sub? I would like to buy a set of plans so I could make an exact copy of your RH-1 sub for myself. I have tried to buy a used one for a about a year now on audiogon and ebay but If I do find one it's 1500 miles away or more and the seller won't ship the sub I would even drive 600 or 700 miles to get one but I just can't do 1500 or 2500 miles to pick up a sub because the seller wont ship it.
My brother has my old Manepan 1d's and he will sell me them back and yes they still work good, but I can't find my RH-1 sub that I sold some years back I wish I never did I have never been real happy with another sub, {M&K super qube , Definitive tech ,Rell ,M.L. ect.
Thanks Randy,
Dale Stanton
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musical marv
September 14, 2011 2:54:47 AM
stantonaudio said:
376516,1,579215 said:
Hello,What a mirror on the past.
Dale Satterberg and I shared a manufacturing facility and tooling, machining and fabrication plant. We had started the first subwoofer production in history. He for the Rodgers LS45As, me for the Quads and Accoustats.
Idiots to no patent it. But we both were in love with music and creating the devices to enhance it.
The KRH was my experiment to compliment the RH Labs subwoofers with lower cost monitors (compared to the LS35A, quads and others).
Both Dale and I loved to come to work each day as we felt we were making some progress in the envelope of sound and craftsmanship. Dale is an amazing person, and I was inspired by him.
Don't buy the KRH speakers. They were names after my first wife and just as bad. Not my best work. Sorry community..
Randy Hooker (aka RH Labs)
Hi Randy, What are you doing these days?
Do you have blue print's or plans for the RH-1 sub? I would like to buy a set of plans so I could make an exact copy of your RH-1 sub for myself. I have tried to buy a used one for a about a year now on audiogon and ebay but If I do find one it's 1500 miles away or more and the seller won't ship the sub I would even drive 600 or 700 miles to get one but I just can't do 1500 or 2500 miles to pick up a sub because the seller wont ship it.
My brother has my old Manepan 1d's and he will sell me them back and yes they still work good, but I can't find my RH-1 sub that I sold some years back I wish I never did I have never been real happy with another sub, {M&K super qube , Definitive tech ,Rell ,M.L. ect.
Thanks Randy,
Dale Stanton
said:
Try going on a website called Audio Asylum.Advertise looking for audio gear under Craigs List also. Good Luck
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tombes
November 18, 2011 4:52:53 PM
rhlabs said:
Hello,What a mirror on the past.
Dale Satterberg and I shared a manufacturing facility and tooling, machining and fabrication plant. We had started the first subwoofer production in history. He for the Rodgers LS45As, me for the Quads and Accoustats.
Idiots to no patent it. But we both were in love with music and creating the devices to enhance it.
The KRH was my experiment to compliment the RH Labs subwoofers with lower cost monitors (compared to the LS35A, quads and others).
Both Dale and I loved to come to work each day as we felt we were making some progress in the envelope of sound and craftsmanship. Dale is an amazing person, and I was inspired by him.
Don't buy the KRH speakers. They were names after my first wife and just as bad. Not my best work. Sorry community..
Randy Hooker (aka RH Labs)
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tombes
November 18, 2011 6:45:44 PM
About 20 tears I put one of your systems in storage. The crossover unit has a model number ABX-4 and I believe the speaker cabinets have 18 inch down-fire units. I have now once again moved into a domicile that is removed enough from neighbors that when the system gets cranked I do not have to worry about an early morning visit by a squad car.
When it was originally integrated into my total system I was driving your fine product with two bridged David Hafler (built them myself) amps that I believe had the capability of providing 300 watts rms per side.
The amps are long gone so my first question is what would you recommend as replacements for the Hafler units?
The other question is that I believe one of the drivers is shredded’ was not paying attention to the Hafler’s clip lights’ and it’s output is a little fuzzy. I remember this situation arising several times before and you were kind enough to replace them under warranty for me. Obviously I can’t expect that to happen again ,the system has to be around 30 years old, so do you have any kind of spec that I could use to purchase a new driver that would match the good one?
As a side note I want to tell you how much I and my friends enjoyed the system. I let your stuff handle what it was designed for and had a pair of Bose 901s, still have them, driven by a 200 watt per side Adcom amp and the total system rivaled any of the club systems at the time which led to many after hours parties and squad car visits. The thing was so kick ass that I couldn’t use my turntable, even though I had it mounted on a thick granite tombstone. The era was pre-cd so a Teak X-1000R, still have that too along with about 25 10” reels of the finest Disco party crap of the 70-80s, was substituted. I also own about 1500 vinyls so for nostalgia’s sake I’m resurrecting a thing from my youth and hope you can help me out.
When it was originally integrated into my total system I was driving your fine product with two bridged David Hafler (built them myself) amps that I believe had the capability of providing 300 watts rms per side.
The amps are long gone so my first question is what would you recommend as replacements for the Hafler units?
The other question is that I believe one of the drivers is shredded’ was not paying attention to the Hafler’s clip lights’ and it’s output is a little fuzzy. I remember this situation arising several times before and you were kind enough to replace them under warranty for me. Obviously I can’t expect that to happen again ,the system has to be around 30 years old, so do you have any kind of spec that I could use to purchase a new driver that would match the good one?
As a side note I want to tell you how much I and my friends enjoyed the system. I let your stuff handle what it was designed for and had a pair of Bose 901s, still have them, driven by a 200 watt per side Adcom amp and the total system rivaled any of the club systems at the time which led to many after hours parties and squad car visits. The thing was so kick ass that I couldn’t use my turntable, even though I had it mounted on a thick granite tombstone. The era was pre-cd so a Teak X-1000R, still have that too along with about 25 10” reels of the finest Disco party crap of the 70-80s, was substituted. I also own about 1500 vinyls so for nostalgia’s sake I’m resurrecting a thing from my youth and hope you can help me out.
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cjjuggler
March 3, 2012 7:49:48 PM
rhlabs said:
Hello,What a mirror on the past.
Dale Satterberg and I shared a manufacturing facility and tooling, machining and fabrication plant. We had started the first subwoofer production in history. He for the Rodgers LS45As, me for the Quads and Accoustats.
Idiots to no patent it. But we both were in love with music and creating the devices to enhance it.
The KRH was my experiment to compliment the RH Labs subwoofers with lower cost monitors (compared to the LS35A, quads and others).
Both Dale and I loved to come to work each day as we felt we were making some progress in the envelope of sound and craftsmanship. Dale is an amazing person, and I was inspired by him.
Don't buy the KRH speakers. They were names after my first wife and just as bad. Not my best work. Sorry community..
Randy Hooker (aka RH Labs)
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cjjuggler
March 3, 2012 9:25:41 PM
Hey Randy,
I know you don't remember me. I hung around Greenwood Sound when you and Bill had it. Then when you moved to Seattle to help start Definitive, I would come up and visit occasionally. I also had a RH-1 woofer for my JR149's. I live in Seattle now, and just attended Definitives Music Matters. Made me think of you and wonder what you are doing now. Also wanted to say thank you for introducing me to better music reproduction.
Chuck Johnson
I know you don't remember me. I hung around Greenwood Sound when you and Bill had it. Then when you moved to Seattle to help start Definitive, I would come up and visit occasionally. I also had a RH-1 woofer for my JR149's. I live in Seattle now, and just attended Definitives Music Matters. Made me think of you and wonder what you are doing now. Also wanted to say thank you for introducing me to better music reproduction.
Chuck Johnson
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musical marv
March 4, 2012 12:07:18 AM
cjjuggler said:
Hey Randy,I know you don't remember me. I hung around Greenwood Sound when you and Bill had it. Then when you moved to Seattle to help start Definitive, I would come up and visit occasionally. I also had a RH-1 woofer for my JR149's. I live in Seattle now, and just attended Definitives Music Matters. Made me think of you and wonder what you are doing now. Also wanted to say thank you for introducing me to better music reproduction.
Chuck Johnson
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zeffiro
April 8, 2012 7:38:46 PM
rhlabs said:
Lost my password and user name! Sorry...You can remove the crossover plate and replace it with a blank plus connectors very easily. I caulked the plate rather than glue it to allow for this.
Randy
Hi Randy,
I recently inherited a pair of RH Labs SB-1's that have been in storage for a long while and they will need to have the foam surrounds replaced to return them to service. After removing the screws attaching the speakers to the cabinet, there seemed to be some sort of glue or caulk still holding them in place. Do you have any suggestions for ways to remove the speakers without damaging them?
Regards,
Tom
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blueberryz
August 3, 2013 7:01:37 AM
Hi guys,
let me first introduce myself : My name is Marcus and i am living in Munich/Germany. Being an Hifi Addict, i am always on the run for good
sound using old vintage Hifi.
Made some research about RH Labs, and this was merely the only source for it. After reading i decide´d to get a SB-1 offered in Ebay here in Germany. Bought this unit for twenty Bucks, it is unbelievable. Not yet at my home, has someone of you got a service manual or some technical information for me ? I am not sure, but it is a passive Sub with inbuilt crossover ?! Or is it an active Unit ? At the Moment i only have a picture, where i see plate with two rca inputs and i am wondering about them.
Would be very nice to hear a bit more technical info about it.
(Got a Cerwin Vega a-2200 and an active rossover modul, think it could be a nice team)
let me first introduce myself : My name is Marcus and i am living in Munich/Germany. Being an Hifi Addict, i am always on the run for good
sound using old vintage Hifi.
Made some research about RH Labs, and this was merely the only source for it. After reading i decide´d to get a SB-1 offered in Ebay here in Germany. Bought this unit for twenty Bucks, it is unbelievable. Not yet at my home, has someone of you got a service manual or some technical information for me ? I am not sure, but it is a passive Sub with inbuilt crossover ?! Or is it an active Unit ? At the Moment i only have a picture, where i see plate with two rca inputs and i am wondering about them.
Would be very nice to hear a bit more technical info about it.
(Got a Cerwin Vega a-2200 and an active rossover modul, think it could be a nice team)
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musical marv
August 3, 2013 6:17:28 PM
blueberryz said:
Hi guys,let me first introduce myself : My name is Marcus and i am living in Munich/Germany. Being an Hifi Addict, i am always on the run for good
sound using old vintage Hifi.
Made some research about RH Labs, and this was merely the only source for it. After reading i decide´d to get a SB-1 offered in Ebay here in Germany. Bought this unit for twenty Bucks, it is unbelievable. Not yet at my home, has someone of you got a service manual or some technical information for me ? I am not sure, but it is a passive Sub with inbuilt crossover ?! Or is it an active Unit ? At the Moment i only have a picture, where i see plate with two rca inputs and i am wondering about them.
Would be very nice to hear a bit more technical info about it.
(Got a Cerwin Vega a-2200 and an active rossover modul, think it could be a nice team)
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blueberryz
August 3, 2013 9:49:50 PM
@ musical marv
nope. Next weekend i´ll drive to switzerland where some guys from a german vintage hifi forum make a bigger barbecue and there hopefully i will hear a pair of them. Never heard them before, only heard an ESS Amt so far an really loved the sound. In my home i drive a pair of tsm Ravenna (not any more existing bavarian speaker company) in the living room. In my attic i am having my collection and experimenting place, where i will test the rh labs sub and see what to do with it.
The Preowner owns a pair of Magnepans and wanted to combine them, but he never heard the sub, he bought a smaller dipol and only stored the sb-1.
nope. Next weekend i´ll drive to switzerland where some guys from a german vintage hifi forum make a bigger barbecue and there hopefully i will hear a pair of them. Never heard them before, only heard an ESS Amt so far an really loved the sound. In my home i drive a pair of tsm Ravenna (not any more existing bavarian speaker company) in the living room. In my attic i am having my collection and experimenting place, where i will test the rh labs sub and see what to do with it.
The Preowner owns a pair of Magnepans and wanted to combine them, but he never heard the sub, he bought a smaller dipol and only stored the sb-1.
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