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As Marvin Gaye said, "What's Going On?" Today, not much. Just do some work, go home and repeat the same tomorrow.

That is for the weekend. I'll spend some time at the record show in Shertz and then work on my present turntable project. I seem to always have something going on.

Funny you mentioned the issue with early CD's sounding bad. My daughter has been getting interested in some of my older CD's (Have around 1200). I have multiple copies of some CD's from different time periods. I took an original copy of Social Distortions Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell that I bought when it was released in early 1992 and played a few tracks and then played the same tracks from a "Remastered" disc that I bought a few years ago. I was pretty amazed at how much better the remastered disc sounded.

Not sure how to modify the title of the thread? We could add construction, tile work, and auto repair.....Cables, Cocktails, Coffee, Construction, Auto Repair, and Tile Setting Other title suggestions? We could borrow from Two Men and A Truck. Our title could be "21 Old Geezers And A Sub" How about "Crooked Levels R Us" Let's hear more guys. Cheers Ladies and gents

Morning my coffee peeps..... Getting ready for another great day......1st cup almost done... Weather is starting to get a tad cooler....took notice yesterday that at 2:00 the sun was not infront of the shop yet.....yea it's starting that change.... Gotta run, got to read a book with my grandson....then get them on the bus... Check in later.. MKP :-)

Dtel that really makes the room look more open. Good job! Did i tell you guys that Monday's and dentist are two of my favorites. As a matter of fact, i usually go to the dentist on Mondays. Anyways just finished my coffee and breakfast with my daughter at Panera Bread. Time run, everyone take care. Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk

Room does look nice dtel......... Two thumbs up for ya...... MKP :-)

Luther....if I had your skills I would be trying to out do my last turntable creation! duder....good for you meeting your daughter for coffee Well guys what how do you like the new thread title? Thanks Carl for the edit info. Should the "A" be lower case? How about "Cables, Coffee, and Cocktails" ? Went to LF's house last night. Read the manual and started her generator. The battery was dead so I had to use the pull cord. Ran pretty smooth. We then unboxed 800 CD's she had stored from her move and put them on shelves. My thought is that CDs produced before 24 bit recording sounds pretty bad. I usually try to buy after the year 2000 or remastered disc. Any thoughts on that? Do you have quality CD recordings from the early to mid 90's? Then went in and had one too many martinis and cooked scallops, salmon, chicken, and asparagus on the green egg.

Shootin' The Breeze Cafe

Morning Gang New thread name should draw in a few Lookie-Loo's. 106 projected as yesterday, need to make an ice cream stock run later. Re-adjusting my sleep time as to the hot part of the day. No more MCM work till temps drop to 80s at least. Belgain waffles/eggs coming up, second coffee/duggans.

Mornin' guys. Missed ya yesterday. Beautiful weather and low humidity out this way. Weather guys must be trying to redeem themselves. Interesting new title to the thread along with the comments. Will let others decide. Just want to note that after many years sober, I'd stay out of the loop if the emphasis shifted to 'cocktails'. Have a great day and cheers!

"Coffee, Cables, Cocktails and other mindless dribble" just spitballing here...

Now that is for real and funny!

Now you tell me, I had no idea Guess I shouldn't smoke any of that metaphysical stuff either, now what

I doubt there will be anymore discussion of booze than before. If you see it going that way please say so. We sure don't want to lose one of our charter members Thanks for the reply Joe. LF has a lot of early disc I noticed when unpacking. Hope most are playable. I asked why so many disc and it turns out her late husband played them on changers in his dental practice. She said he hated Muzak.

Its the source not the disc, I have several redbook pre 2000's that can sound wonderful if played on the right setup (your DAC can make a HUGE difference on SQ) Digital done right requires the same commitment or more you put into a vinyl rig to make it sound pleasing (especially true for any of us old geezers raised on vinyl

The alliteration is strong in this one.

One thing about the RF-7ii... everybody's got an opinion about them. They're bright. They're dull. They're awesome. They suck. Perfectly smooth mids. Nonexistent mids. They're only for rock. They're only for opera and orchestra. Mostly music oriented, mostly movie oriented. Weak bass, bloated bass... seems like I've heard it all.

Dtel, that's looking nice. Man, if you and Carl teamed up on a project, what could we have?

My new Marantz MM8077 7-Channel Amp was just deliver by FedEx about 5 mins ago!! Of course I am at work and saw the e-mail. NISMO - I hate you for getting me sooooooo interested in ATMOS/DTS: X Pictures of the new amp getting unboxed will happen tonight! FedEx is also showing my 4 RP-140SA's due tomorrow. Setup and tuning will take forever!! But that's the fun part.

No, not the Indiana State Prison, but the REAL Big House in Ann Arbor...Got a great seat on the opponents side, 40 yard line about halfway up, so I can watch Harbaugh run up and down the sideline, and watch the boys run out of the tunnel...Looks like great weather, should be fun. Go Blue!

No shift really, just the same as always as far as I know, you should have no problem. I would completely understand if a cocktail is not good for you it's best to stay clear of them, no problems.

Don't tell me, you were then taken advantage of.

Most awesome sir Thanks, the room does look better than with the old Tv/cabinet it replaced, and the picture is so much better.

HEY CHUCK! How about re-naming the thread "Coffee, Cables and Cocktails"? You can mix the order up anyway you see fit.

That would certainly be worse. Cocktails arrive AFTER the power tools have been unplugged. Speaking of which, I needed some guides for my bathroom project. I normally screw a straight edge on the wall when I set my first row of tiles to keep them straight and keep them from sliding down the wall. I got out the trusty track saw and ripped five 5 foot pieces faster than you could imagine. They're laser straight. Man, I love that saw. Let me know how you like the tequila. Be sure to get the middle grade (resposado) and let me know how you like it.

2 drunks sitting around listening to music. Could be worse, could be 2 drunks cutting wood

Ha!

2 drunks sitting around listening to music.

Converted cabinet done, before and after, see a resemblance ? Exact same size Tv 65", it's on wheels so it rolls out easily to get to wiring.

LOL. God intended wood and then charcoal, not earth farts. So did you ever read the history of Kentucky Fried Chicken of which the main revolution was the use of a pressure cooker? Their stuff would still be good today if only they used real chicken and learned how to make decent side dishes.

We were talking about metaphysical drinks anyways

Let's hope that's not the price.

It's angled up pointing right where we sit, look right under the speaker, it's a angled frame pointing it up.

Ha! A+ for honesty.

So you have 6 kids you are braver than us, we gave up with 3 girls. I would think when the last one flies off you and the wife should plan a trip, or something ? Yes....4 girls...2 boys.....19, 18, 16, 13, 3 and 18months It'll be a good while before the last one leaves...

Morning yet again Gang Done with the Dental Maint, simple cleaning and they say we need to address a little "single" tooth problem there in a week or so. I hate perveyors of pain, anybody that comes at me w/needle is on my short list. On the lighter side, Fedx is out for delivery of my Upol coating, Bass bin/Hf single prepped to shoot. If im going to shoot them this week, likely be when the sun goes down, 100+ sunlight just loves to cook Black color. Finishing the pot of Cold Coffee, Dam sure Duggans enhanced. Cave cleaning, working on Max room for the MCMs.

Finally watched MAD CHARLIZE... errr.... I mean MAD MAX. Dayum !! What an audio & visual feast. The LFE was powerful, precise & unrelenting throughout. The Atmos track was excellent, the audio filled & surrounded the room like no other movie I can remember. It felt like I was in the middle of the action from start to finish. Move over Transformers AoE... there's a new Atmos demo disc in town. Wow. I only watched the standard version so far... but going to watch the 3D version tonight.

Congrats, nice amp! Hope you ordered cables.

Not so sure you can place a $$$ amount that would account for a DAC being top flight, Most of that 5g is asthetics

If you ever decide to, just go to the first post and hit edit, then more reply options (I believe).

Chuck's driving this thing but I do like the idea.

There is no telling, but it would include a subwoofer that would be dangerous. And American Honey. Plus a Martini or just about anything you would recommend, still never tried the Tequila you recommended, but will have a chance in about 2 weeks.

There is no telling, but it would include a subwoofer that would be dangerous. And American Honey.

There is no telling, but it would include a subwoofer that would be dangerous.

Most awesome sir

The needles don't bother me, it's the drills and knives. I hate dentist, sorry Kevin

So you have 6 kids you are braver than us, we gave up with 3 girls. I would think when the last one flies off you and the wife should plan a trip, or something ?

That ABS light is just on to let me know they are there, right?!

Needs more cowbell...