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And to go with the coffee Gary.....how about some apple cake?

Morning gang First cup, and NO thinking of the day YET, maybe by the third cup.

I've got an old stove top model and an electric model buried in the back of the cabinet that I use every once in a while for nostalgic purposes. When I was a kid, I remember that my parents and their friends would argue whether Mirro-matic, Presto or West-bend made the best pots. During canning season it was the same with the Mirro-matic and Presto pressure cookers since the All American was out of the price range.

Coffee and Quaker oats oatmeal for breakfast. Then off to the basketball game.

Evening Gang BevMo run today and fully stocked for a week. Boat rear bench seat installed and wired, speakers broke in as of today, been cranking tunes all day. Looks like Tarheel is having a fine day

Never tried a percolator before, I was given my grandfather's after he died and it's all I use now and love the taste. Probably won't try any others, I really don't need to like coffee any more, I drink to much of it already. It looks like this but with the top cover missing and decades of wear.....this is an internet pic of the style. Drip-O-lator brand

Pour and enjoy......... Sorry for the soft photo, trying to wrestle with an iPad with the case cover flapping around and pouring boiling water.......you get the idea (0; All I Have for now, time to clean up the kitchen.... [/url].photobucket.com/user/Tigermanv8/media/image.jpg5.jpg.html][/url]

Excellent coffee add montage there... And a healthy breakfast Duder ;0) Ok, let's start with boiling up some water in this stylish Bodum kettle which (a little history) I bought at a kitchen store up in Hanover N.H. on the Dartmouth college campus area.... One of our clients had one of these on her range, and I had to have one :0)

Something nostalgic about the old percolators on the stove. mach-1 provided an ebay link for new stainless ones. I may try one. Cheers Gents

Good Saturday morning coffee group! Ok, this morning, thought we would try some of the old tried and true coffee making we used to do around here often..... Time to bring it back for a little different flavor and a bit of show and tell ;0) Stand By.... .....gw PS. Looks great Minor !

Well, I bought Dean's NBS. I bought it for $1,400 and will sell it for what I paid. I bought it to help a Forum member. It gfs not arrived yet, but should be here next week. Thought I would post here before garage sale.

Saw them back in 82 (i think) George was one of the opening acts for the Rolling Stones (along with J. Geils and Prince). Interesting day that was.

Nice looking work, neat and clean, that's some lucky farmers, bet there going to be really surprised. I have that CD, it's a classic.

this is the most perfect and repeatable and simple system I have ever used. Best way to heat water is with a small kettle with a thermostat set switch you can adjust. so simple easy to clean I use a stainless filter now so I don't mess with the paper filters but it is a very easy clean up used coffee puck pops out in to the bin. depending upon your preference it takes 10 - 20 seconds to make a shot of espresso with this think super fast. Best regards Moray James.

Thanks for the birthday wishes guys Getting ready to have a celebratory cocktail Cheers!

Picking up my Chorus IIs tomorrow so I thought would drop in and say Hi. .

That might make you the top holder of Craig's fine offerings! 2 preamps and 2 amps? Nice. A brief honor I hope.

Spoiled I tell you......it does look good.

nice looking french presses, bet the coffee tastes great..............enjoy

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Every time I see this I get a good laugh.

morning guys, late start as was up till 4am again gotta get first cup going......................I have an old pyrex percolator it looks cool

If you drink too much coffee and Duggans.

nice work mark, Ok James I have wanted a coffee system that requires ZERO electric, I have a percolator and if I were camping that would work great but using it on a propane stove just takes to long, my Melita espresso maker makes good coffee but no control over heat so you get what they want I think I will give the press a shot its cheap and my Bday will be here soon so early gift

A very interesting book for folks who share this audio hobby. It is called Perfecting Sound Forever An Aural History of Recorded Music. by Greg Milner. The title pretty much says what the book is about! As he says on the linear notes.. “(This book…….)It is not an exhaustive history of recording or the art of record production, although those subjects play a large role in this story. And its certainly not about every sonic innovator who’s ever committed music to tape, disk, or hard drive. It is an attempt to find some of the important fault lines in the narrative of “recorded History” - the points where people with access to the technology decided that this was how recordings should sound, and this is what it means to make a record. Ultimately, this is the story of what it means to make a recording of music - a representation of music - and declare it to be music itself. “ And it is a good read. It is more about how the music gets to a point - prior to when we all tend to discuss or argue about the various merits of reproduction. He starts at the beginning with Thomas Edison and the original phonograph and the early disagreements regarding the benefits of acoustic recording - promoted by Edison versus electrical recording as promoted by Victor ( prior to RCA) . Along the journey he goes into significant detail (sometimes a little to significant for me) regarding the role of the studio and the impact on the sonics, the rpm wars, the introduction of digital and the technicians engineers and producers who made the decisions and invented the products that effected the end results of the recordings that we listen to. There are interesting anecdotes about everything from the birth of magnetic tape,to the merits (or lack there of) of various sound boards and digital devices. He highlights the early adopters of technology from Leopold Stokowski to Brian Wilson to King Tubby. He also points to the records that are evidence of the various changes along the way or that are examples of the introduction of various technology. Good information on compression and the loudness wars as well. The title of the book itself is a play off the reported claims of Sony and Phillips on the invention of the Compact Disk. An ad for the new format claimed “perfect sound forever”. The author covers changes along the way not only for the effect on the recording itself but the impact beyond - record plants, sound studios, professional musicians, music stores etc etc When I read a lot of comments and discussions on this forum and others regarding accuracy etc, I think of this book and what exactly are we attempting to recreate with our “systems” . I highly recommend at least skimming through this book. I know I learned a lot!

Quartets just found a new local home, Sale of my 362/682 PA is pending!

They sound great, I'm having a blast pouring thru material I expected to give these an challenge and enjoying every minute of it. That's a The Fisher 400. I've been using it all day but I just switched over to the Mac to check them out with SS. You guys like pics right? .

I have only seen that after consuming peyote or mescaline.

That might make you the top holder of Craig's fine offerings! 2 preamps and 2 amps? Nice.

Looking good...coffee,boat speakers,console,coffeemakers...Tampa today and tomorrow so... Edit: and pie...

I've got an old stove top model and an electric model buried in the back of the cabinet that I use every once in a while for nostalgic purposes. When I was a kid, I remember that my parents and their friends would argue whether Mirro-matic, Presto or West-bend made the best pots. During canning season it was the same with the Mirro-matic and Presto pressure cookers since the All American was out of the price range. And there is my "Presto" right there on the bottom ad. $60 bucks and perks a full pot 8min. The wife and i knew, we finely had a good one when the coffee 4hours later taste good.

........let steep for a few minutes........

Look like it would be a perfect match Chuck...... Thanks for the idea ((0; Ok..... add the boiling water.....

Sounds good Chuck, let us know if you pull the trig on one ! Ok, still rounding up my fresh photos.... Back shortly....

NIB Quartets for 400?? If I didn't already have a very nice pair, I'd be on that one. I love mine. The temptation to grab them anyway is killing me though. I'm only about 1.5 hrs away.

Like the movie & you are missing the extra extra on the 2nd Blu ray... "The Tanks of Fury" 46:10 minutes featuring more tank info a few more interviews with vets "No Guts, No Glory" about 28 minutes, background uniforms, set, et Cetera, with cast & crew...

One thing with autocalibration and multiple subs, set the subs to 71 or 72 db with an spl meter if using two subs before autocalibration. I have 4 subs and set each sub to 68 db. Even with that, the combined spl is over 75 db and I end up with a sub trim of - 6.5 db. Auto calibration with a -12 db mean you need to attenuate the mains to get things to work right. Remember most of the time the subs will appear silent and only make themselves know with LFE. I have many people ask me are the subs on with basic non-action movies and music. Good luck with the autocalibration.

Picked it up this afternoon.

Hosting my son's robotics club for the evening; burgers on the grill and no time for music 8 teenagers on the sleep over prior to tomorrow's competition at Texas A&M and of course my 10 year old daughter felt left out so she has her friends over as well where oh where is the Tequila?

Keep in mind I'm an old Tanker: M60, M60A1, M60A3, M1 & M1A1... So far, I like the special features better than the movie. I got the Best Buy Exclusive, which has a Bonus Blu ray, with over on hour of Extra Special Features...

I feel compelled to go count all my trees tomorrow..

I've turned on my tuners in the rest of the house and outside to it. Running one of the meditative soundscapes throughout the house and yard. Everybody happy! Sort of like a whole house audio air freshener. Dave

Decaffeinated, I could give up the caffeine but would miss the flavor.

Don't blame you JL.....you're looking a little wired!

I'm gonna go cold turkey off caffeine.

The thread sure has stamina. It seems that I only get to log on a couple times a week and visit and ten pages or more have gone by between visits. One of the books that I’m currently reading is titled, “Watchers” and is a 1987 suspense novel written by Dean Koontz. I don’t usually dream; however, for some reason after reading several chapters of the book, that night I was dreaming that the book was really about Tarheel, Jake and Lady Friend. The story began with Tarheel, a former Delta Force operative, feeling that his life had grown pointless and when out at the beach one day near his home he encounters two genetically engineered creatures that have escaped from a top-secret government lab. One creature turned out to be a golden retriever (although I know that Jake is a mix Shepard/golden retriever) with extraordinarily enhanced intelligence that he befriended and named Jake. The other creature was unknown but appeared to be trying to kill the dog. Later, Tarheel and Jake meet Lady Friend and together they form a nice happy family. It wasn’t long and Tarheel, Lady Friend and Jake found themselves on the run not only from the other creature, but also from federal agents, determined to track down the lab escapees, and a professional assassin, hired to kill various targets to cover up the conspiracy of the two genetically engineered creatures. I need to read a few more chapters; however, good luck in the adventures Tarheel. I like that story my friend. If only my life was half that exciting...... I'll let Jake and LF speak for themselves. Thanks for sharing that. You and Thebes should team up and write a book!

Correct, spec'd at only 2 channels driven. Not the 7009 here but the 7008. Marantz SR7008 A/V Receiver Test Bench 2 channels continuously driven, 8 ohms (watts @ 0.1% / 1.0% THD): 122.5 / 148.02 channels continuously driven, 4 ohms (watts at 0.1% / 1.0% THD): 195.4 / 216.8 5 channels continuously driven, 8 ohms (watts at 0.1% / 1.0% THD): 101.2 / 111.5 7 channels continuously driven, 8 ohms (watts at 0.1% / 1.0% THD): 68.8 / 82.2 We must assume that since the 7009 is spec'd the same as the 7008 that they would bench very near the same. Bill I have a cliff-notes version of the below at the end. Something to consider, and probably the biggest differentiator between receivers and seperate amplifiers is the abilty to deliver power to different types of loads. Let's take the 200Wx2 into 4 ohms as an example. A resistive load, which is what that bench result you are referencing is absolute cake for an amplifier. Not all 4 ohms, however, are created equal. A 4 ohm resistor has an impedance phase angle of 0deg which is as ideal as it gets. In the bass region, a loudspeaker will tend to creep towards a capacitive load (neg phase angle), and swing from capacitive to inductive (positive) quickly. This is very important because an amplifier HATES driving a capacitance in particular, and second to that is a wildly varying load. You can't drop power across a pure reactance, so if the load of the speaker is more reactive than a resistor (and all loudspeakers are), then that amplifier is going to be to some degree limited in its ability to supply large amounts of current without strain. Were it to do so with reckless abandon, it could either shut down or go into thermal protect. To put it another way, the receiver would have to work harder to deliver what you're asking it to do, so instead...it just doesn't. It dials back the output so that the output is as clean as possible, but not at the power level on the box. The reason is because that impedance phase angle tells you how much power the amplifier is going to have to dissipate, and as far as your amplifier is concerned, a 45deg angle is the absolute worst situation possible. This is where you have maximum resistive and maximum reactive load at the same time. With a 4ohm load at 45deg, your amplifier is dissipating 2x the power than were it a resistor of the same 4ohm impedance. Angles greater (magnitude is implied) than 45deg imply that you're driving more reactance than resistance. In other words, you're turning more power into heat than delivering it to the speaker. These large angles don't occur frequently and when they do, not often in current hungry frequency bands. You take that same 200W into 4 at 0.1% THD from a proper monoblock (frankly most monoblock manufacturers would be ashamed if their 200W amps could only do so at 0.1% THD) or otherwise solidly constructed and designed amplifier, and that 200W into 4 is going to be available when you need it. These strong amplifiers are made to withstand impedance behavior that a receiver is not. So when you hear that dynamic slam from the monoblock setup in the demo room and you can't get that at home, your receiver simply isn't capable of supplying enough current in a short enough time period. More importantly, it's not designed to nor should it be. The receiver knows that were it to have the output devices and power supply of an equivalent 7 or heck 9 channel 150W/ch separate power amp, then it would have the price to reflect that. The receiver then is no longer a cost effective piece of equipment. Long story short: even if you think you have the same power, that's not the entire story. The speaker connected to the receiver is going to determine just how effective it is at transmitting clean power at high levels. Klipsch speakers in particular are very receiver friendly, but that does not mean that your RF7s and RC64 wouldn't enjoy a bespoke amp.

Now you're just pushing the envelope

I have exactly the same problem. I have tried to change the cable and bought a ground loop isolator, it just did things worse. Now I'm considering to return the subwoofer, then they must get the repereret or give me a new one. I a'm running out of patience.....