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Hello gang, back from our show in the park..........dinner and now some wine to cap off the evening, almost 12 midnight here in the east, up at the usual 5:45 for work.......((((sigh))))...start it all over again..... Anyway, I could not resist adding to the Central AC freeze up! First off, we have a very quiet and smooth running YORK system in our home which was installed by our seller back in 1991.... We had a dinner party a few years ago in the house and there was eight of us. Between the bodies and the cooking etc, the AC was running during the evening hours to keep us at a comfy 73 degrees. I went down to the first floor and noted a strange 'thundering' sound coming from the utility room........ Ahh, it was being generated by the blower unit in the furnace... I ran up and checked the AC floor registers, and noted there was very little air movement! I thought, hmmm, THIS is a first! Well, as it turned out, the evap was pretty much totally frozen. I also noted that the outside temp was in the 50ies !!!! Shut it down to thaw for the night...... We had the HVAC guys come to check it all out the next day. Turns out the 'core' thermostat for the evaporator was around 32 degrees! He turned it up to 36 and said that should keep it from icing up. Also, he said running the AC with the OUTSIDE temps that cool will also cause this too happen, which was adding to the case that evening... So, ever since their adjustments, there has been no ice up, and I make sure the AC is OFF should the outside temp get down to those numbers and the house thermostat is calling for cooling. I open the sliders and let the cool night air in ... NOW, to continue with home owner challenges..................Chuck, it looks like the 'plumbing demon' has found my dishwasher! I went to run it last night, and noted that it did NOT call for water at the start of the cycle. Sure enough, the bottom was still filled with water and soap from the last rinse! Seems the pump got plugged up and could not exit the rinse water! I have had this happen before, and I will usually 'jog' the door handle while the pump is running to help 'clear' what may be blocking it which works. Well, it took a while, but I finally got it cleared and it emptied the washer. So, I ran a load last night figuring all was ok.... Tonight after the show, went to take the CLEAN load out, saw a big arse puddle of water sitting in the bottom AGAIN! Dishes and glasses had a film all over them! So, jogged the pump again and it was dumping just fine. I ran a couple of rinse cycles which also emptied, then put all the filmy dishes and such back in, running ANOTHER full cycle... I will see in the morning how that comes out. Otherwise, it may be time to replace a 10 year old dishwasher Ok, that is my LONG story of the evening.... Good night everyone.................zzzzzz ........more later on.... ...............Gary

Cave temp, 88 just up from Nap #1, 90s + they say, i say it's gettin time to head East. No more Coffee today, Corona's and Madilens, Pizza ordered, Dam summer just creeped right in here wile nappin. The Cave will be more tolerable with more air moving, yet another reason to double up the stack system(s)

Can't believe my girls are on stage right now! Actually should be about done by now. My wife was telling me that there are actually over 300 singers in the choir. I'll bet it sounds beautiful!

Morning gang... Getting ready to roll out....No work on the book today at the shop...but that's ok, cuz I got my Samurai to work on (getting ready for sale)...and I'm sure the used car maggots will have something to do. They always have some kind of crapp going on... Yea Mark those Opossum's they are some strange creatures....many years ago back at my old house I walked around to back to get the trash...the sun was just coming up.....got to the cans and there was this huge Opossum around them....he scared the chitt out of me.....I think we scared each other.....he made some kind of grunt noise and ran off in the back yard....damn thing.. Gotta go..... MKP's boss is telling me that I gotta stop chattin with you guys......I'll check in later at the shop when she's not looking...lol lol MKP :-)

Morning Gang Waiting for the the Coffee. Cave temp 81 and cooling w/door open. Opossum seem to like creeping in here if i leave the door open at night. 102 predicted today our first over 100 this year Muel has requested a Duggans run during this impending speaker run, he is currently trying to arrange a meeting, if anyone else would like to sample the "Duggans" i will be hitting Rite Aid and picking up a few, you guy's know my route, 80 from Sac to st Lou and back, a little north, a little south, You have 48+ Hrs to figure out a meeting/Delivery. Will be leaving Wed night or Thursday morn.

Maybe we can ask chad for a radio channel for the thread. Should be even more interesting than the car guys as, we cover the whole gamut, maybe, so far.I sure enjoy the experience of others pita projects,emergency repairs. Beside the road woes. Tigerman's dishwasher,patio speakers,etc. Pics, likes,fooood, drink, coffee, oh, and audio. Cables & Threads Music

Thinking that is the case as have been checking other things like new filter, outside unit for air to breathe near plants. Thanks! Unfortunately we have an older Janitrol outside unit that I hear ac techs like for making some money. Usually a service call once a year around now is normal now. Out of that many trips, I should have asked them to check and top off. Living and still learning here.

heh heh... that pic was 12 years ago or so. They are teenagers now. I just like that picture! You don't see them hugging each other like that as much these days.

Yea...my home A/C unit was doing that for a few years. Had a leak in it. My shop land lord sold me a 30 lb container for $150... Every year I would put about 4 lbs of R-22 in it, did that for three years... then two years ago the compressor locked up...so I did get my moneys worth out of it...I went with some window units.. MKP :-)

FYI: usually freeze up is caused by low refrigerant. Even 1/2 a lb low can cause this to happen.

Bet it will sound great, Is this an old pic of the girls, for some reason I was thinking they were much older. Hope they had fun, not everybody can say they got to sing at Carnegie hall.

Well be safe, have fun and keep the wife happy and everything will be good. Were also leaving Wed sometime ? Going back to Hope to deliver some stuff to a really nice guy who hosted the klipsch get-together, also going to a birthday party, and I would think probably kill off some more of my liver as Carl would say.

Any reason is a good reason,.............. it's been to hot, need to scare off opossums, to much empty space in the garage, road trips are fun, I love plywood.........there are a million reasons why.

The Klipsch Upgrades webpage has been updated again. I'm spraying lacquer on them right now, and next up will be the black back paint. Greg

You didn't use that Mexican Jumping Bean polyfill did you?

It is a non-interference so, may have broken timing belt, or it did a tooth jump or 2. 225,000 miles on car. Not after 400,000+ that some owners get out of the 5 cylinder. Nancy heard me saying Stupid twice while sleeping Friday night after the event with car. On the bright side, our inside home AC unit froze up less than a week ago. Thawed it and set thermostat on 70. Did it again last night. Thawed it and will try to leave it alone and leave on 70 until can clear my plate of the car. May not be cost effective to fix, or fix and sale, or to keep. Been a good car, and only put 100,000 on it since we got it. Have fixed several things myself during that time but, not enough tools, space to workon it and blah blah Nothing inexpensive about the car. Thinking about moving to the North Pole. Tummy and hair, with a red suit and I should pass. Do not complain much as a rule to other's but, hope your experiences with fixing is better than my current. Alright, finished my rant, maybe! Hoping you have a good rest of weekend.

$3k for MCMs eh ? I just bought three pair, boy for what i paid, im feelin all warm and fuzzy

All I see is your avatar pic

Hmm, I'm not sure what got your dander up in that year-old post, but Mr. Oldtimer posts with a lot of tongue-in-cheek, usually with more than a bit of hyperbole, but in a good way. His posts are slightly irreverent, sometimes off-beat, but always in an entertaining way, and without ill intent. I think if he said those things while sitting across from you at a table, a wink and a nod and a half-smile might explain things better than all the words I know how to write.

WD, Seagate, Fujitsu, Toshiba, .... they all make top notch and cheapass HD's. Even the higher rated, Tom's HH approved durable favorites can go belly-up at any time. Best thing you can do is to be prepared for the worse, and have at least 1 portable HD for back ups. I learned on my first HD crash. And that happened on a high dollar Fujitsu SCSI back in the late-90's. Reportedly one of the most durable HD on the planet at the time, it lasted 4 yrs.. Told myself I'd never be unprepared again, and currently run a redundant array as an alternate (D: drive), that's used for back ups and storage purposes only. Even with the redundant array, I still back up to an external HD (WD workbook) once every week or two. Moral of the story, don't blame the manufacturer, it can happen with any make and model HD, be prepared so that the loss is maintained to a minimum.

That's funny Billy Bob...do you moonlight palm reading? Great prediction! What do you predict will happen Monday night in Chicago. I believe I got that one right. Are you taking the Dodge dually on your road trip? 80 miles North of Chicago isn't too far North is it? On 2nd cup..Highlander Grogg again. Yes, the Dodge is our roadtrip standard. can haul/tow anything in that critter.

One of the best rides ever.

The 2-channel and its "guards"

My Arai helmet did it's job beautifully. The insurance company took it. I wish I could've kept it but at least got to keep my face FWIW. Gotta be a full face helmet. Riders who think they're protected with beanies or open face helmets should look at this study. http://www.motorbiketimes.com/feature/gear/helmets/study-open-face-helmets-offer-as-much-protection-as-no-helmet-$21383483.htm

http://toledo.craigslist.org/ele/5059680596.html No affiliation. I did go view these and they are in beautiful shape and sound fantastic. There is a small scratch on one side of the speakers, but will be non viewable when positioned. They are just TOO big for my set-up. I hope someone gets them though. Nice.

Having moved K-horns 5 times in 50 years you have to be in the right frame of mind to move them. A dolly is a must with nice rugs to cover. When you get to moving things you get yourself all lathered up into a mesmionic frenzy of get-er done as in Laurel & Hardy. JJK

The dangers of SELFIES

I enjoyed 1 & 2 for what they were, but passed on T3 once Liam Neeson started barking about America with his anti-gun comments. He even blamed America for the Paris Terrorist attack. Plus,I heard the latest movie was by far the worst of the 3. Makes for an easy pass on my part. The first one was a pretty original idea, but more than that, it had some downright shocking extreme close quarters gunplay that is rarely seen in movies. That's what made it successful in my opinion.

Hmm. If I sold my house the last thing I would leave behind are my Klipschorns. Very peculiar.

My 1972 Walnut Khorns are practically mint - no veneer issues at all - but a couple dents that do not look out of place. I paid $2500 for them and the guy threw in a RSW-15 and a Klipsch center that I forget the model # but is also very nice. I practically stole those speakers Id be in for 2500 on these after fuel I think

The N and B are next to each other on the keyboard, so I'm guessing a misbelling.

Gary RC knows his history! I haven't heard GMENAC referred to in an eternity! It was before my time, but I had a role to play with the Council On Graduate Medical Education (COGME), which came to the same conclusions. And, like GaryRC says, they were "dead wrong." No methodology has been developed that can accurately predict demand for physicians and/or other health professionals. So, what happens is the interpolation of political and philosophical agendas, usually by the Chairman of the Council. These are not always what the establishment would prefer, either. For example, COGME was very oriented to promoting primary care, while medical education organizations were doubtful about that push. The test of time reigns, of course. No one now seriously believes that we have a "surplus" of physicians. On the other hand, the role and importance of more primary care physicians has gradually inserted itself into organized health system practice, and there seems to be far less resistance to training and utilizing primary care. Pay is still too low, however. Medical schools did not readily expand at the time of GMENAC and early COGME days, because starting and running a medical school is VERY expensive, in both money and medical leadership manpower! This has gradually changed since the GMENAC days in the 1970s, and the COGME days of the mid-1980s to late 1990s. Since, then, there has been a quantum expansion of medical school enrollment. Unfortunately, there is a 10- to 20-year lead time from deciding to increase med school enrollments to the actual entry into practice of well-trained, fully practicing physicians. That's been the real problem.

Very nice! My last week was interesting. Put a charge of Freon to get ac right on level with gauge, some AC Pro from Advanced Auto. The compressor clutch was kicking out and still is. Went to very known repair shop for estimate and of course,they were swamped. Around 9:30 in morning and said would be back for the typical repair next week. Was trying to get ahead of traffic coming back home and had the 99Volvo wagon punched. Nancy said Billy, what is this coming from beneath the dash (about a cup of antifreeze) at my feet. Could not stop as was in motion. Motor started loosing power. Called ac repair shop for a wrecker. Brought it back and mechanic was looking at serpentine and alternator, all was good. Did a chemical test for blown head gasket. No blown gasket, at least according to test. Started coming to conclusion may have jumped time. Maybe we will hear the good news Monday what they actually find. Kicking myself in the *** . Will take my mind off of it by working my job today...weeeee

Hey, just wanted to say that I got this all put back together and engine runs great (so far only about 200 miles driven) with no leaks about 60 lbs of oil pressure.

A bird flew into my path on I 30. I was at 95 to 100 on a BMW K75S. It hit me just above the face shield so hard that it almost knocked me off the bike backwards. It took both lanes to regain control, then I stopped and sat on the side of the road looking at my chipped helmet. Poor bird. SS

Thanks everyone. I just can't believe this little amp drives these so well, I know I read that they are really efficient speakers, but man this is insane. One thing I do remember about my L220s is they needed masive amounts of power, and I mean mortgage your house power. I had the biggest Adcom amp they made back then and remembered needing another one. I've been listening to headphones for the last year with my Fiio, but after listening to these I don't want to put my phones back on. I played a few of the reference cds I have managed to get back, like Flim & the bbs Tricycle, the salesman played this cd when I bought my very first system so it's just always been my go to try out. I have listened to every type of music so far over a 10 hour listening marathon yesterday, and the rf3s pasted the test for me. I grew up with Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and all the classic rock, then in my 20s I abandoned rock for a 20 year ride with jazz (turned on by an old school mate) and now falling in love with my classic rock again, and building up my cd collection. Jazz is still my fav though.

I've got some dead bodies you can pickup on the way and deliver.....anywhere..... closer to your house, the better.

When will you be through Beaumont??????? Was waiting to see the route, but it didn't go South so I didn't say anything, maby next time. Party at Carls house !!!!!

Almost always it's the skill of the rider not the displacement of the bike. I've seen many a boy racer on 1000cc repli-racers humbled by skilled old men on Goldwings. I'd venture to say less than 5?% of sport bike riders get anywhere near the bikes capabilities. Almost always it's the skill of the rider not the displacement of the bike. I've seen many a boy racer on 1000cc repli-racers humbled by skilled old men on Goldwings. I'd venture to say less than 5?% of sport bike riders get anywhere near the bikes capabilities. I would guess it's probably less than 5%, very few people can take a modern bike to it's limits….I know I can't Speaking of Duc eaters, this is what was left of my Duc after I ate it. Good reminder of my skillz to look at this from time to time. The TT would eat me up - I doubt that many mortals could recover from those "little wobbles" at those speeds with feet off the pegs. HOLY HECK!!! I hope you were okay. That's a lot of damage. Did you get rid of the bike, or salvage any of it? "One Liter Duc Eater" was a term used to describe Honda's Early 2000s World Superbike. They got tired of losing championships with their V45 (750cc V4) against the Ducati 1000cc V twins, so Honda made a 1000cc V twin of their own, called an RC51. It won 2 WSBK and 1 AMA SBK titles. They are becoming rare, pretty unique bike.

We here in California thank you for making everyone aware of yet another service, on the long list of inferior services rampent through out the state.

EXACTLY what I was thinking. They have great potential. I see it, and you see it, but the wife doesn't! A great fit for those alcoves.

Got home from work and immediately put some caster wheels on them so that I could move them around easily. Then I moved them into the house and I'm auditioning them on my system now. Here's some photos:

I have run 3.1 with great success although my preference is the 5.1. I have heard quite a few 5.1's with the surrounds set up as a secondary thought trying to hide the speakers, etc. and they have been more of a distraction than it is worth. If it is a compromise on installation I would say stick with the best 3.1 and be happy. Enjoy!

Pure evil genius.

How about this. Keep a 3.1 system up and running for TV watching and drag a pair of surrounds on telescopic stands out of the closet for action movie watching. Just pull the preconnected rolled up speaker wires out from your TV stand or audio rack and connect to your surrounds. Only a temporary "eyesore" to contend with. My bedroom 3.1 rig becomes a 5.1 rig for movies by pulling the RSX-4's out from under my bed and placing them on each of the night stands that flank my bed. Voila! Bill

Who am I to argue that 0s and 1s need some cushion? I'm sure it releases the tannins in the tubes, giving a full, more robust sound. The cork does look very cool.

two rods up front, one in the rear-middle. the cork underneath laptop and dac was for aesthetics and to keep from scratching the wood. and highly scientific anti-vibration of my 1's and 0's.

Here's my 2-channel system. Going to stick with this for a year or more and let it bake in.. maybe now I can focus on paint and carpet in this room. '83 Cornwalls, in custom DBB cabinets (only one woofer being used) with Aletheia made crossovers (Jupiter flat stack caps, wax impregnated blah blah, teflon coated wire blah blah) 2010 MacBook Pro running Roon. SSD, 8GB RAM, ethernet, blah blah Schiit Gungnir with USB Gen2 module. BJC interconnects. Custom dual mono SEP amp from Maynard. Flexy Rack made using 3/8" threaded rod and Ikea chopping boards

Though Shiva's home contains the entire Universe within it, my home seats 5 comfortably. Apocalypse Now will sound slammin for anyone venturing to Southern California who wants a listen.

I do not have experience with his horn upgrade, but I do with alk s trachorn. One of the most significant upgrades to be had. Coupled with new crossovers and Gregg's attention to detail, one would be getting some fine speakers