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Happy International Coffee Day to all....

And to you too. My morning coffee waiting at the office. I'm just glad this guy wasn't pouring today.....

Digital Optic I hope. I'm still not entirely sold that HDMI produces better audio than Optical. Its not even close. Hdmi holds 15x the audio size vs optic. I was also not sure many years ago tell I a/b them.

Mornin gang: Monday eh ? What do i feel like doing? nothing sounds pretty good, home depot run, that's always fun. Iv been making a "post it" list for a week, iv found the last couple of times there, i came home with Bird Seed and a New Power Tool, when i went to buy a new weed eater Yes, "post it's" work, just need to remember to take the dam thing with me, This Time! I think three cups w/Duggans is enough to get going........

Sounds like plan coming together. Might have to leg it! Road trip!

I have not heard cw's with the aletheia upgrade as well as your amp setup etc... Prime setup. Cant wait to hear it

Bears vs Packers

In my book, the losers...they're the real winners.

when I need stuff rough cut at HD....I hang out by their saws, and when I see an employee, I reach for the on switch........see the pumpkin run!

We don't have that problem, ours are really quick to assist you by telling you we don't carry that. Our store is called a satellite store so they don't stock what a normal store does, but the parking lot is about 25 acres, we could have used the rest of the store instead.

I dread going there. I don't know about the one where you live but if you go to the one here and need assistance, allow about an extra 20 minutes to your visit. There's never anyone around and when you finally do find someone, they're talking to the only other employee in the store. Just sit on one of their displays. Usually gets someones attention. Except the toilet display..... Unless you really mean business....

I dread going there. I don't know about the one where you live but if you go to the one here and need assistance, allow about an extra 20 minutes to your visit. There's never anyone around and when you finally do find someone, they're talking to the only other employee in the store. Just sit on one of their displays. Usually gets someones attention.

I dread going there. I don't know about the one where you live but if you go to the one here and need assistance, allow about an extra 20 minutes to your visit. There's never anyone around and when you finally do find someone, they're talking to the only other employee in the store. I call the guy's at my Home Depot, the nail counters. Whenever you need some help there's always a group of workers standing around the nail department counting nails.

I dread going there. I don't know about the one where you live but if you go to the one here and need assistance, allow about an extra 20 minutes to your visit. There's never anyone around and when you finally do find someone, they're talking to the only other employee in the store.

Done and done...Redds apple ale,Johnny A...later coffee Do not know what it is but, trying everything apple cider/ale out there...refeshing somehow. Good Morning

You need to get some more friends. LOL I am not picking on you, but think there are many in the new generation that need to hear the "old school" music systems. Maybe they do not sound as good as the new stuff, but it is part of our audio history and as such, should be respected for what it is. I love my cd,dvd,blurays but there is something about a tape or LP that can't be reproduced on a cd. It is amazing what some companies could do with a few gears and belts.

I run everything into the AVR

Easy just have best of both worlds analog and digital

It is interesting that many of my old RTR tapes from earlier years (most of those I recorded myself) will still blow you away. Sometimes the pre-recorded ones that I purchase on ebay sound as if they were recorded yesterday. OTOH, sometimes those types of tapes are so brittle and dry that they break the moment you put them on the tape machine. I have several reference series tape machines that I maintain very carefully. I buy new RTR "blank" tapes. I transfer today's digital recordings to tape. The result is very pleasing.....

...for me analog recordings are a medium of convenience (and nostalgia) only--and only for those recordings not available without remastering on digital format. And many times, analog records are a LOT less preferable to my ears. YMMV. On your comment above, I have to mention that I always try to quality my opinions. Your statement is subject to the judgment of the person who is doing the listening and reporting. Whether I trust their judgment to make such statements to substitute for my own judgment is the issue, and your comment as it stands doesn't help. Note: I've learned this lesson the hard way--it gets expensive, too. The tube amps that I've heard that sound good are typically push-pull (i.e., having greatly reduced even order harmonics over a single-ended triode amplifier--and I really don't prefer the sound of an Aphex Aural Exciter). Their cost was at least 3x that of comparable SS amps--for instance the JFET amps from First Watt. I also don't prefer the "magic" of high output impedance tube amps used on fully horn-loaded loudspeakers, either. Chris The simplest test I have for any equipment is: will I enjoy listening to it all day? Its hard to put into words but I'll try, SS + digital is dry and artificial compared to the organic sound of vinyl and tubes. Tubes have a sweetness to them that SS doesn't in my experience. Its hard to quantify and describe but I know the type of sound that makes me smile and want to hear more. Its easier for me to obtain that with tube gear and a turntable than it is with SS and digital sources. It seems to me that as complex as our auditory system is, that different things are going to strike people in different ways. What I find pleasing may be finger nails on a chalkboard to the next guy. I dunno, it just is what it is.

This is a updated and tested simulation program for the EV DC-One that closely mimics the Tone Control section of a Mark Levinson's former company (Cello) product called the "Cello Palette" which was in part designed to address real world issues of recording's having obvious tonal issues. Please read this Link to the Cello Palette review because it highlights IMO some very important reasons why the ability to EQ is very logical when done properly. http://www.stereophile.com/solidpreamps/692cello/index.html Note: The graph showing the bands and their maximum ranges but of course small adjustments would be the proper way to use this method of EQing. miketn Here are the PEQ settings for the EV DC-One to simulate the Tone Controls of the Cello Palette Note: The following filters programed set point of 0db gain will change by the listener depending on the level of tonal adjustment desired for a given recording. 20hz Tone Control: (Type: PEQ) (Freq = 20hz) (Q=1.0) (Gain = 0db) 120hz Tone Control: (Type: PEQ) (Freq = 120hz) (Q=1.0) (Gain = 0db) 500hz Tone Control: (Type: PEQ) (Freq = 500hz) (Q=0.7) (Gain = 0db) 2khz Tone Control: (Type: PEQ) (Freq = 2khz) (Q=0.7) (Gain = 0db) 5khz Tone Control: (Type: PEQ) (Freq = 5khz) (Q=0.9) (Gain = 0db) 20khz Tone Control: (Type: PEQ) (Freq = 20khz) (Q=2.0) (Gain = 0db) I would suggest reasonable adjustment limitations and so far based on what I have experienced the bands of 20Hz, 120Hz and 20khz should be limited to approximately (+/- 6db) with something around 2db to 4db being more common. The 500Hz , 2kHz and 5kHz will often stay within (+/- 2db) with (1/2 db adjustments being discernable in these bands). On vocal recordings it is really pretty easy to tweek these 3 bands for the best tonal balance and the reproduced image is often improved in a meaningfull way. Note: Remember this EQ program is best and proprely used when used with subtle adjustments (often for vocals adjustments of +/-1db to +/-2db in the 500hz, 2khz, 5khz bands) and any large increases at the extreme low or high frequencies aren't necessary for any reasonable recording and could damage equipment and/or loudspeakers. I will post some test results for the EV DC-One using these PEQ settings for references This: is another tweek I added after forum member Cask05 brought some articles to my attention about room gain. I could easily see a recording being made and the engineer's tonal balance choice being made based on a unique room gain and other variables in the recording studio and even studio monitor system. Also our own rooms unique construction and room gain could easily come into play and after using it I do consider it a very usefull adjustment. Low-Shelf Filter: Program a filter in the EV DC-One for: (Type LOSLV) (Freq = 100hz) (Slope: 6db/oct) (Gain = 0db) Note: gain level will be adjusted by listener depending on recording and room needs. I actually found myself using this more and in preference to the 20Hz and 120Hz PEQs mentioned earlier. For my room and recordings I tried this with I used 100Hz and gains of usually around +2db to +4db maximum for the most realistic reproduction.

After a couple hours work, my CF-3 crossovers are updated with Solen caps on the high frequency side and Dayton 5% poly caps on the low side. Also, Mills 12 watt 1% resistors replaced the original ones and the 1-ohm resistor across the HF circuit removed which, apparently, makes them closer to the version 1 crossovers. The speakers have been playing for awhile at low volume as not everyone likes it as loud as I do it seems. But my wife spent a week in the hospital and had surgery this past Monday so she's not quite ready for jam time. Next step will be to extend the ports and put some "Fat Mat" on the horns and woofer frame which will probably be as far as I care to go. As soon as my KLF-30's make it here from Austin, TX next month, the process will start over again but I'll most likely change out the Poly diaphragms out for the titanium versions.

My best friend and fellow audiophile went up north to a museum. They had an old fashioned (mechanical roll type) reproducing piano from the 20's. They had a roll that featured George Gershwin performing a piano duet with himself using this device, obviously performing his own composition. He said he was blown away by how great it sounded. Just like he was right there doing it long after his death. This same friend has a CD recording of the same work transcribed digitally to a modern Yamaha Grand and recorded with modern microphones. He said the recording played back on his system sucked compared to listening the the original reproducing piano. I can see why PWK advocated going out to listen to live acoustic instruments (in his case, symphony orchestras). The best our audio systems can do is give us an ILLUSION of the real thing, but it's not even close. So I can admire PWK's goal of trying to get as close as possible to the "real thing," which is a live acoustic performance and NOT comparison to another speaker.

Thank you- I am going to have to go back there tomorrow and see if I can take pictures of these, while trying to explain to the owner why.... Oh BTW, they also had the recessed cup terminals in the back, again like the Cornwall IIs. Very confused...

I've had good sound from my Marantz/Heart tube output CDP fed into my Scott LK-48B.

Very nice, indeed! Enjoy.

We have a chemistry professor at school that is a total audio buff. He passed along those audiophile magazines to me all the time - I eventually just got into the habit of smiling and then leaving them behind. Was never much worth reading in them.

It may even be better. Anytime works from here That would be sweet!

i didn't spend much time on the forum this past weekend and it cost me ... have always wanted Belles and Pasadena is less than an hour away ... if they were in working condition, that's a great price too

2 bids, $1025. 11 hours+ Litttle old lady drove these speakers from Pasadena?!

In my opinion neither digital or analog or ss or tubes sound much like live music. For the music I listen to, tubes and analog sound the most pleasing. I don't listen to a lot of music produced by electronic synths or drum machines. For the most part I listen to music produced by acoustic instruments. For those instruments Analog and tubes sound best to me. J

Id love to hear your system. Anything klipsch is a priority to me to hear. Amps, pre's, "material most importantly", dacs's, subs, pre's, receivers and any speaker with a klipsch label as well as others though klipsch does the job incredibly well and the way klipsch mix with rooms to the amp etc...is all good stuff. This gathering is sounding very good I'll even stop and swipe up Jim so he don't gotta drive through crazy town lol just gotta be careful with Jim tho he may try to buy anything and everything he see's and/or hears...so im sure he'll drive the big speaker hauler he has oppusk? man that guy has some gear and in Chicago...he's got near doubles of everything at his undisclosed location...he would be buying everything too so gotta be careful what we bring

I too am a IT dude. You have several remote options with XBMC. I use a combination of IR USB plugged into the PC and then a Harmony remote. I also use Yatse which is a Android app which operates like a remote via your phone on your wireless network to XBMC. You can have all your XBMC machines in the one remote application. Its pretty sweet. There are many ways to skin the cat when it comes to delivering media in the home. I personally don't use a NAS but I have one set up for my parents that they use for storing and delivering media to XBMC. He has 4 2TB drives in it. Two store the media and the other two are backups of the first two. I chose not to go with any complex RAID settings as recovery can be tough. I just mirror the drives so he always has a online backup ready in case one if the drives fail. of My advice would be to experiment some and see which ones work for you.

A lot of todays avr's are made for switching and do a darn good job. Fewer cords and just a whole lot easier to use the avr to it's full capacity.

happy birthday and congrats! You've made one more complete trip around the sun!

In my opinion, if the AVR does not degrade the video quality, then use it for what it is designed for, video and audio switching. On the other hand, it is a personal choice. Bill

Thanks to everyone for their suggestions and observations. I've printed these for a cold weekend day in the not too distant future and for the regional record convention here next weekend. I have rarely been to an event as crowded as these and people come from about a 500 mile radius. This list will make for some great prospecting.

Andrew Luck and the Colts are roliin now

I listen to CDs, SACDs (mostly multi-channel SACDs), DVD-As, and Blu-Ray music discs, about in order here in terms of frequency. My CDs and DVD-As are ripped to FLAC (lossless) and played back over HDMI to my preamp's DACs (Burr-Brown). From there into the active crossovers (one for the Jubs, one for the center Belle, and directly to the surround Cornwalls). My FLAC library is on foobar2000, where I've taken the time to analyze all tracks using the Dynamic Range Meter plugin, which tells me crest factor for each track, and ReplayGain, which tells me average loudness for each track. I often sort on DR ratings (highest first) for the 13,000+ tracks that I've ripped to FLAC, and play the highest DR tracks, then switch to the lowest DR tracks for grins (don't ask--it's awful). I often sort by genre first and DR second so that I can pick my mood of music. All this is displayed on my fairly large flat screen TV using foobar2000 so that everyone gets to see all information about each track being played. Everyone that reads this display asks the question, "what does all the columns of numbers on the right side of the screen mean?". When I explain it to them, they typically are mesmerized by the DR ratings and how the music sounds. It's a really entertaining "party trick". Er, em. When I want music. I select a vinyls, slid it out of its sleeve, place on record player, run a micro duster over it and let is spin. My approach seems simpler somehow.

I feel I should disclaim my statement: Analog for music all day - every day. Digital for movies - no question.

Sounds like it could be the woofer. Get and ohmmeter, and measure the resistance of the woofer as well. A sure fire test would be to remove the woofer from the good speaker and put it into the one your having problems with.

I disagree that analog is on its way out. I think it's on its way back in. Vinyl and reel-to-reel just sound so much better than anything digital does.

Cleaning up the seals and also add some crossbraces to the side walls as per Volti http://www.klipschupgrades.com/lascalaupgrades2.shtml That horn slam is addictive

Now that I know there is such a thing as a Hoss Burger, I will. Thanks! Love meat but backing off of lately. Stilll a good burger, I am game!

haven’t heard that saying in a long time Need to say it more. Actually, I say it all the time. Guess just not here. I wish it was the Ponderosa,lol Good tidings to you there *BigStewMan! Love those female Brit accents...

Got to watch them smoothies...they can sneak up on you.

GM

I've been a fan of Andy Dalton since his days at TCU. It was fun seeing him catch a pass for a TD last weekend.

Ya know... I've been a Bengals fan ever since their inception. Forgetting the last 3 years, if you reflect on their 20 year of the black void..... It still makes getting genuinely excited about this year tough. There is still a voice in the back of the head that says in spite of three playoff performances (and chokes), they have plenty of time to go on a 10 game losing streak. I'm trying to appreciate this year for what it appears it could really be. A year of genuine respect and perhaps success for the franchise