[quote user="sunburnwilly"]A neat trick is to use a laser pointer when adjusting toe in .[/quote] A laser pointer or, even better, a laser level, is much easier and quicker than running back and forth with a tape measure. When I set up my La Scalas in their present positions, I found they sounded best aimed directly at the listening position (they're 12.5 feet/4.5m apart and 13 feet/4.7m from the listening position) and about 6 inches/15cm from the front wall, measured to the nearest

[quote user="greg928gts"]Darn it, they only have the good colors in 1/16". I would need larger than that to get over the band on those spade ends. Probably 1/4", maybe 3/16". [/quote] Check out your local electrical/electronics jobber. They may have a selection of colours in various sizes.

[quote user="winchester21"]gone in 60- is a car junkie classic- admittedly a little over the top- is a great flick- for anyone with a heavy foot on the gas pedal[/quote] It was actually a remake of a 1974 movie of the same name by HB Halicki, who was later killed while making Gone in Sixty Seconds 2 . More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_in_60_Seconds_(1974_film ) Here's something that made me stop and look twice. In the Wiki entry just mentioned, all the stolen cars are

No, not Rat Shack, a jobber where electricians go to get parts. At my local one, I was also able to buy Tripp Lite surge suppressors w/AC filters, cable clips to secure speaker cables to the wall, hospital grade connectors to make power cables and all sorts of handy knick-knacks, plus heatshrink tubing in sizes up to 3/4" (black and red only, in those largest sizes). This is 1/2", IIRC, with my pre-La Scala speakers:

[quote user="seagull"]Not Forgetting Canada, Where my favourite singers and bands come from,and the place I'd most like to see[/quote] We like our Klipsch speakers up here. Let us know how you like the sound of your LS IIs when you get them set up.

[quote user="TheEvan"]It seemed like every pond, little or big, was bobbing with hippos.[/quote] Sort of like gators in Florida?

[quote user="mark1101"]My neighbor has had 3 cell phone wrecks.[/quote] Slow learner, is he? Just like a drunk driver, if he can't give up his favourite habit, he should give up driving before he kills someone. Has he never been reported? Even if there's no 'cellphone while driving' ban in your jurisdiction, 'driving without due care and attention' or even criminal negligence could be applicable in those crashes.

I briefly tried to use this as an avatar, but it wasn't accepted...

[quote user="John Albright"]Plastic seems like a natural material for horns since it is not very stiff and some of it is still a (stiff) fluid at room temperature, so it has good internal damping. [/quote] As well, those plastic horns are very heavily ribbed to increase their stiffness.

If it's a Technics direct drive, you just hit the "0" button and the appropriate row of dots stops moving. They'll remain immobile until you change the speed from 33 to 45 or vice versa. Not meaning to sound smug.