Willco Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Hi Guys I am not well at the moment. I have Bells Palsy (one side of your face gets paralysed) that I am only about 60% recovered from. Because of that my eye was unable to blink and was open during sleep - it became very dry and I developed a corneal ulcer. By applying lubricating eye ointment a lot during the day and before I went to sleep the ulcer healed in about a week but unfortunately my eye doctor noticed some corneal thinning where the ulcer was that concerned him. The thinning can grow and perforate the eye. However he thinks by applying the ointment that will not happen so every 3 hours or so I have to goop my eye up with lubricating ointment. It makes my vision blurry and while I feel safe driving where I live making a long trip is out. He is going to review it in a months time and will see what the go is then. Anyway the upshot is while I would like to go I cant make it so wish those that go all the best and look forward to the write up. Thanks Bill So sorry to hear my old friend--may i wish for a speedy recovery and back to a full music filled lifestyle-- I echo your pain- I have had Sudamonis of the eye and know the treatment you are enduring--with mine the Doctor made me stay in the Hospital for 6days--as the ointment/drops /etc had to be administed every hour and would not trust me to stay awake!---so the sleep deprivation get's to you-- luckily the treatment (involves Steroids) worked and while I have a Scar on my eye --the vision is OK --I pass the Driving Medical each year--so I'm sure you will be in full mode before you can "blink an eye"! Stay safe and take care Willco 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcarp Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 All the very best Bill for a safe and speedy recovery. Miss your posts on the forum and will miss your presence at the GTG. We all hope you'll be back to good health very soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acg Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Hi Guys I am not well at the moment. I have Bells Palsy (one side of your face gets paralysed) that I am only about 60% recovered from. Because of that my eye was unable to blink and was open during sleep - it became very dry and I developed a corneal ulcer. By applying lubricating eye ointment a lot during the day and before I went to sleep the ulcer healed in about a week but unfortunately my eye doctor noticed some corneal thinning where the ulcer was that concerned him. The thinning can grow and perforate the eye. However he thinks by applying the ointment that will not happen so every 3 hours or so I have to goop my eye up with lubricating ointment. It makes my vision blurry and while I feel safe driving where I live making a long trip is out. He is going to review it in a months time and will see what the go is then. Anyway the upshot is while I would like to go I cant make it so wish those that go all the best and look forward to the write up. Thanks Bill Geez Bill, sorry to hear it mate. I hope you get back to normal soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telecine Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Hi Guys I am not well at the moment. I have Bells Palsy (one side of your face gets paralysed) that I am only about 60% recovered from. Because of that my eye was unable to blink and was open during sleep - it became very dry and I developed a corneal ulcer. By applying lubricating eye ointment a lot during the day and before I went to sleep the ulcer healed in about a week but unfortunately my eye doctor noticed some corneal thinning where the ulcer was that concerned him. The thinning can grow and perforate the eye. However he thinks by applying the ointment that will not happen so every 3 hours or so I have to goop my eye up with lubricating ointment. It makes my vision blurry and while I feel safe driving where I live making a long trip is out. He is going to review it in a months time and will see what the go is then. Anyway the upshot is while I would like to go I cant make it so wish those that go all the best and look forward to the write up. Thanks Bill You're falling apart Bill. Can't you trade a few bits in with Mike for some new ones? Get well. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Muon Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 Hi Guys I am not well at the moment. I have Bells Palsy (one side of your face gets paralysed) that I am only about 60% recovered from. Because of that my eye was unable to blink and was open during sleep - it became very dry and I developed a corneal ulcer. By applying lubricating eye ointment a lot during the day and before I went to sleep the ulcer healed in about a week but unfortunately my eye doctor noticed some corneal thinning where the ulcer was that concerned him. The thinning can grow and perforate the eye. However he thinks by applying the ointment that will not happen so every 3 hours or so I have to goop my eye up with lubricating ointment. It makes my vision blurry and while I feel safe driving where I live making a long trip is out. He is going to review it in a months time and will see what the go is then. Anyway the upshot is while I would like to go I cant make it so wish those that go all the best and look forward to the write up. Thanks Bill Damn, Bill..that sux! Hope the recovery goes well for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenehan Audio Posted March 27, 2016 Author Share Posted March 27, 2016 So what exactly is the difference between them? The name implies an even thinner layer of copper - would this make them less physically robust? Hi Lee The new speaker cables are twice as wide as the older RibbonTek so nearly 50mm ! this imparts a significantly lower DC resistance which provides better bass control and damping to the loudspeakers . The problem is that wide ribbons can cause some other problems , one of them is a propensity to ring or hum when a sympathetic voltage or current is passed through it . This is in fact a significant problem with all wire !!! This is why transformers hum and electrical devices make funny electrical sounds . Ok having said this may I direct your attention to a guitar string which is deliberately tuned to a specific note or frequency ! When energy is applied to it it sings at the required or desired frequency ! Noooowww we can all see that with a speaker cable we don't want the thing to have its own natural tuning , but all wire does ! And when it's excited at its FS (natural resonant frequency) it's going to sing for Ya !! But we don't want the wire to add its own musical note to the signal of course. Obviously we just want the wire to be a conduit for what we wish to send through it . The solution with this wide ribbon speaker wire was to de tune it ! This was achieved by building the cables conventionally and testing them under extreme conditions until we got identifiable negative results. The fix is proprietary and it was achieved over a 1 year period and 9 different prototypes, each one fiddled with add nauseum . The end result is we believe exceptional ! They have been run against quite a few competitors and beaten then . A comparison with the earlier RibbonTek speaker cable shows obvious and complete superiority. This was demonstrated at our factory GTG some months ago. Regards Mike Lenehan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren69 Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 @@Lenehan Audio Mike did you come across Faulty Natural Frequency during your efforts. Otherwise known as FFS? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenehan Audio Posted April 20, 2016 Author Share Posted April 20, 2016 Hi all. Unfortunately we will need to cancel this GTG until further notice ! Alcarp is unwell currently so will be unable to host this one for us . Many thanks Pete for the offer and a speedy recovery. Best Regards. Mike Lenehan LenehanAudio 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Muon Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Hope alcarp feels better soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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