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stop agreeing with me. I wasn't very clear. I was agreeing that you were probably high on your own farts.

Good Monday Morn Gang 3AM and "D" Day, Lobby Coffee is-a-flowin, second cup "Styrafoam", Duggans in the truck along W/Gin&Tonic fixins, too lazy to fetch it I think we had some pretty good rest and are ready for the Load/Road. Too Bad Hooters does not serve Breakfast, not many places out here in the industrial area, however there is a Sheraten a mile away, man if id have seen that before booking this place id be nursing a hangover

Yeah... heard some Barred Owls outside of my bedroom last night around 2 AM. Those are the hooters you are talking about right?

Been repairing drywall damage from upstairs water closet leak. Man what a mess slinging and sanding mud. Cleaned up and cleaned the work area too. Will paint this morning and see what my finishing looks like. Going to be 98 degrees here today Helping LF pick out a new car. Think she has narrowed it down to a Volvo XC60. Now to haggle a bit. Cheers Ladies and Gents

Hooters! This is not a test...pop.....fizz..oh what....ahhh! Another weekend jaunt in the bin. May do some posting on coffee...waxing philo-poetic. May so beware. Very short La quinta Mark, in Mo. Jacuzzi should be free soon. You have driven more right now than I do on my job X2. Cheers C&C

Evening Gang Up from Nap, looking for the coffee, wife and i looked in the Gym, yep , looked right at we did. On with the Humid evening at 80% Humidity @81Degrees Wonder what breeds at night with this kind of weather?

Afternoon gang Checked in to La Quinta, Maryland Heights. Pretty fancy name for a motel in the Industrial District of S/W St Lou. Cruised by the Uhaul rental joint where im supposed to pick up a trailer in the morning, no trailers today, not one anywhere. Could be an interesting Monday morning I'll think about this later, meanwile Hooters!, guy's got to eat ya know.....

I am at a point with audio where I love trying and hearing new gear but I am tired of the constant search and dealing with the seemingly endless line of folks that appear to be either oblivious or out to take advantage. I also hate the shattered expectations when a piece of gear is supposed to excel and for me it FAILS I find myself asking (myself) am I at a point where any improvements will be nuance at best and spending double or more on a component is going to garner enough to make it a worthy investment. I feel like my modest headphone setup is at the point of diminished return (except perhaps my dac) There are several higher end headphones on the market that would cost minimum of double and as high as 4 times what my current HiFiMan HE500 cost. I find myself wondering how these monsters of headphones sound then I play my system and I have to ask how can anything sound twice or more better than this The fact that I question this so much kind of tells me I am at that point, yet without hearing the other headphones how can I truly be sure. Perhaps I need therapy so I can learn how to be satisfied How do some of you pick a point that is far enough and then just be happy with what you have ??

Below that, it's a sealed box 15" woofer radiating into a very tight corner with a lot less gain. Go build a Quarter Pie horn, put it under the Belle and get a free Octave down to 50 hz. with the same woofer. Plus you will raise you tweeters to better ear level.

In many regards, I think ignorance is bliss. Many of you in this hobby hear a particular system or component and spend years and $$ trying to replicate it. My goal has always been the pursuit of a pleasing (to me) music playback system. I haven't listened to more than 10 properly sorted systems, nor am I emotionally tied to a format, a sound signature, or brand name (Klipsch is excluded). So my choices are guided more by my budget and the philosophy of keeping it as simple as possible, with incremental upgrades in components that matter. Most of my tinkering these days is with playback software and horn positions. I fully expect that half of you would listen to my system and walk away thinking I was deaf or high on my own farts. In either case, it doesn't really matter because I enjoy the experience I get out of it and it brings a smile to my face when I think about it.

Okay, I am just going to say it. Would you just sit back and enjoy your rockin kick butt system and stop over thinking things? Seriously, your rig is awesome and you can tweak until there is no tomorrow, but you got to just put on the brakes and enjoy the spoils a little bit. As far as too far out, I had the same problem with movies. My 63's were lined up right in the corners and toed in at about 45 degrees at about 14 feet apart. Great for music, aweful for HT with a 59 inch TV . When things panned to the right and left, the sounds were way off the screen. Bill

Dang, I thought Beeker was back

Agree with TWK. ^^^ There are multiple reasons for enjoying your music. When I was younger, I had a fascination about getting theoretical "perfect" sound reproduction. Now I'm older, and I don't want "perfect" I want "good", that being what sounds good to my ears. I matured and moved on, the same way I liked the Beatles when I was 10, but now I am older and I like Beethoven. To me, it's about a maturation and a personal growth in listening to music. It's all good, but I don't want the same thing at 60 that I did when I was ten.

I love your profile pic - a young Klipschter sitting in the LS bass bin Thanks..That's my is my youngest daughter "Emma".....We would always find her sitting in there when we played music. It was all the time she would laugh and laugh.....She's 21 now. MKP :-)

Oppo are great. Do you need super audio support? If you only need a CD, grab an older Oppo dvd player. If it is part of the HT system get an Oppo 103 (7.1 RCA outputs, toslink, etc.) It is a 3D blu-ray with 4K upscaling, wired or included wireless dongle (has pandora, netflix, built in etc.) It support DSS audio. It has 2 HDMI ins (you can hook up an AppleTV) and 2 HDMI outputs. It has two extra USB, you can hook up a Amazon stick. The USB can mount a hard drive, it reads mp3, flac, etc., it will read video and picture files as well. The bonus for the older receivers, it has volume control on the remote. The old DVD players do as well.

I have owned many fine CD players including a Denon DCD-3520, three Cambridge Audio 840C's, CA 640C v2, Adcom carousel players, NAD C542, etc. Of all I have owned, none, not even the mighty Denon DCD-3520 and CA 840C have sounded as good as my NAD C542. It is fast and punchy with detail in spades and will easily come in under your $300.00 threshold. http://app.audiogon.com/listings/cd-sacd-players-nad-c-542-c542-cd-player-with-hdcd-2015-06-05-digital-01060-florence-ma Factory refurbished with warranty from Spearitsound for $249.00 including shipping. Bill

Peter! Welcome back brother. Glad to see ya! Have Leon here too...great movie. Great cast and story line. Love Gary Oldman in that as well. ...but Natalie Portman in Black Swan <wipes brow> ~whew~

I offered the lend mwells the forte until I found him another pair. My friend won't need a pair for a couple months. He declined, no worries. If anyone wants to let me know what they are looking for - type, model, finish, price range - your location - how far they are willing to drive. - email I will happily keep an eye out. Then, if a deal comes up in the area, I can email directly and quickly. Deals like this one go FAST, so if you see an email you will need to act quickly. I have done this for many people and offered this on the forum before. Some people have benefited greatly. Send me a PM if interested.

http://app.audiogon.com/listings/full-range-klipsch-klf-30-legend-klipsch-klf-30-legend-klipsch-klf-30-legend-2015-05-17-speakers-34232-forest-lakes-fl Any of us? I seem to feel like these look familiar. Crites XOvers too.

Two weeks after having at least 4,000 posts of mine deleted this is a topic that upper management doesn't find offensive? ...Just gotta love the irony.

Awesome! But, for us old folks....what exactly IS E3?

Knowing what really needs to be fixed helps immensely. There are of course people that believe you can throw money at anything and it'll get better, but that simply isn't how it works. Where I've drawn the line is when I can sit in front of the system for a couple hours and, no matter what's playing back, just get lost in the sound field without any distraction from the equipment in any way.

Audio enjoyment for me is two fold. I love listening to music but I also love the technical aspect of taking a source and routing it as cleanly as possible to my ears. I do sometimes always want to upgrade but then I think about how much benefit I am really going to get vs money in. If I am just wanting to upgrade to satisfy my technical aspirations then I will look up some free/cheap DIY fixes such as room acoustics/speaker placement etc which is more rewarding in the long run.

Generally speaking, as you move any loudspeaker closer to the walls, dips in response will tend to flatten out. Try moving it if it doesn't cost a lot of time and effort to do so, and run REW again. I think that you will see improvement in the 200-400 Hz region peaks and dips. Chris

I have an Oppo DVD player you can borrow.

A July 24th court date I witnessed a hit and run accident at the beach today .

Not my taste. Note, the eBay listing describes new La Scalas being made today; it does not specifically describe these or what was done to them, other than a reference to pulled veneer due to a careless mover.

Interesting question. I don't have any certain answer. But I see some issues. The MSDS on the stuff is http://www.wmbarr.com/ProductFiles/GAF354%20MSDS.pdf. It certainly is not mild. I see some information that it will remove urethane paints, which is tough stuff. So it may be more than you need. Issue: The photos of such horns show them white from the factory. Maybe someone can confirm. I doubt that is a natural fiberglass resin color. It may be that they are spray painted at the factory. Now, what kind of paint that is, is a question. A lacquer is a possibility. So whatever you use might well remove that too. Issue: It seems that you're saying that a previous owner has painted over whatever comes from the factory. We know what sort of paint that is either. I don't know whether it will be possible to determine that by inspection. It seems that you'd like some remover which will take off whatever was added by the previous owner, but not the factory paint (if there is such). I don't have any pat answer. But the above might alert you to issues. WMcD

You may have done this but the output mode with JRiver will greatly affect the sound. If you haven't tried this: Go to out mode Select audio select WASAPI You might also try ASIO. I find WASAPI better with modern DACs. JRiver seems to default to "direct sound" but I think that still leaves Windows affecting the sound.

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yeh. not my cup of tea. i'd be interested to see how the veneer installer managed the inside deeper into the dog house. I think that is pretty much impossible to veneer all the way to the back of the cab. have seen some nice looking adaptation of Belle type grill covers to cover what can't be veneered.

Have a look at the used professional/studio models for Marantz or Tascam. They are a good value and within your price range. The usual audiophile brands are very pricey, and if they are less than $30, then they are either ancient or beat to crap.

Personally, I don't mine them at all. I guess they would only look good in limited decor though so point taken.

oh well, to each his own. I don't like them either.

Morning, second day in a roe for coffee with Duggans. Lets see plans for the day, mow the lawn, homework, maybe clean the Jeep out. Will time to do my Sunday ritual and go through CLs, and the forums. Oh crap, wife just asked me to help with the grocery list.

Thanks! (and thanks for the welcomes; this forum is great). Oh man I've stepped into a new world now - already spent hours reading and learning about these speakers. Given that they are 35 years old . . . not too surprising to hear that there is some damage from over excursion (and apparently I need to replace the capacitors also). I see other K-22s on eBay with this same over excursion effect so maybe this thread will help others. I really appreciate the advice. I understand that it can be fixed (and then I can keep the original drivers) so that's good news! Looks like 2 good options so far. I'm sure that those will create visible repairs but that's to be expected. I found one more glue that seems appropriate to ask about - what does anybody think of this glue: http://www.parts-express.com/parts-express-speaker-repair-glue-1-oz-bottle--340-076?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=pla I like the varnish suggestion because I could easily soak that complete area and be sure that all the fibers are back together. Not sure if the Parts Express glue would soak in as thoroughly. Thanks again!

They were looking for bloody mary's this morning, but I failed. Told them about a place on the way back through, but they probably don't compete with the bloody mary's your wife makes.

I'm very worried about your potential headache pain tomorrow...hopefully you are a seasoned professional. Impressive territory you have covered so quickly. We'll fix you up with some biscuits & gravy and bloody Mary's. Just give me a heads up when your within a couple hours.

Wish you were dipping down thru the Texas coast! Have fun and be careful.

Already signed up fro that, but I'm still checking my options for SS. We had some tickets for a local movie theater, and headed to an Italian resto in the same block, but instead of going in, we hit the Chinese resto next door. Surprise! About 15 friends were waiting for me. We had a great time. Bruce

what a lucky dude -have a safe trip and best of all may God Bless -

I will be at this show, I went to 21st Saloon to purchase advance tickets last week and was told only day of the show at the door, and if you want a seat get there no later than 16:30. Don't know about the rest of you but hearing this guy play makes the hair on my arms stand up and my nipples hard.....LOL :o :o

not going anywhere near South Carolina are you? I expect that is not the proverbial "on the way"

If you are in Omaha on 6/11 stop by for this show...Price is right, always a great mature crowd and is over by 8:30pm http://www.omahablues.com/event/bobby-messano/

Very nice offer. If for some reason you take a wrong turn for say 12 hours and run into the Gulf call Wife might like museum(s), im always afraid they will put me on Display. It's a possibility, wouldn't take the chance myself.

I went to our new neighborhood Chipotle today. See attached image if it worked. Sure enough, looks like Heresy in the high wall. Pretty subliminal marketing if that is the intention. Actually think they need a third in the space they have designed. They got a little nervous when I started taking photos of their new operation.

I used a black sharpie.

I've got the kpt-884 I bought from Scrappy, I'm wiring for a 2nd 884. Both will be in front between main channels.

Who are you talking about?