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All done and ready for a drive.

Tarheel….my wife said "hey" back. I'm drinking my morning blueberry, banana, protein, psyllium husk, flaxseed smoothie….doesn't it sound scrumptious? I'm watching the Sochi F1 race I DVR'ed. Sunny and 80 here today.

Luther and Gary both have impeccable taste and always stage photos so well. A cloudy Sunday. LF off to church. Jake snoozing enjoying the cool air. Speaking of that big boy.....he gave me a scare yesterday. I have been giving him more freedom in the yard without being tethered and yesterday he decides to go exploring. I called and got no response. After two trips around the area by car I got on my bike and finally found him headed back this way acting like just another morning. He was wet up to his shoulders....no telling where he had been. Getting all excited about my colonoscopy Wednesday That's also the best day of weather....70 and sunny and I'll miss it. No plans for the day. Not a football fan but LF is in a pool so I'll have to see what time Atlanta is playing....her pick of the week. LF won a silent auction for a breast cancer benefit yesterday. She bid on a pink bike for her 19 year old niece. I finally asked how much expecting $50-$75 and was floored when she said $275. Well it's for a good cause. Enough about me.....what have you guys been up to? That reminds me of what my late wife (5 years ago this past Friday) use to say. "That's enough talk about you let's talk about me for awhile". Cheers Ladies and Gents. Give your significant other a big hug. And if she is real pretty give her one for me. Tell her Tarheel says "hey".

said it before; but, it needs saying again….VERY nice rig there. simply beautiful.

Beautiful morning. I think I'll give my ride a little TLC with a wash, wax and some detailing. After that, I think a top down ride with my wife is in order. Maybe stop for something sweet. Ya'll have a great day and tell your loved ones that you love them. They can never hear it enough.

A very lazy afternoon. A lot of sitting around listening to tunes and a little watching the Velocity channel on TV. I really should do something constructive but I'm just burnt out from the week. Maybe a drink will help. Yea, I need a drink.

Good evening gang.... Very nice pics guys.... Not much went on this weekend......me and the wife watched some movie yesterday afternoon....we then rolled to the shop, she did some office work and I painted a hood for my Samurai. I'm draging a$$ on this thing....gotta off this little truck... After that we went to the steak house....met my old shop helper and his wife....had a good time.. I spent most of today moving and stacking fire wood......before ya know it it'll be freezing out.... Chuck...yea I'll give the wife a big hug..... We have our special hugging place at the shop....from my bay to her office there is a step.......she will stand in the office I will be in the bay....we are about the same hight there....and when life throw's a shitt ball at us...we give each other big huggs.....cuz at the end of the day it's just us and that's all that matters....ok let me stop all this mush mush stuff.....cuz she'll be reading this Monday morning..... She knows what goes on around here......I keep telling her she should join....and we already know what her name will be...... OK gang....wishing all a good night.... MKP :-)

Good early evening everyone..........! Thanks again Chuck and Chuck for your compliments on photos...I try Luther, nice ride......Kompressor / AMG ? Just asking Yup, CD player as figured....nice! Will be listening to music this evening and doing some posting.................stay tuned ............Gary PS. Mark, you really made me laugh with that life alert request and wife's reaction........too damn funny

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Evening Gang Haagen-Dazs time and wind down from the day. Halloween month had to change up the Avatar. Slight work day afternoon sunday, it seems our new McM owner is coming to fetch them. We will be hearing a lot more from him im sure, he will have as many questions for us as i did. Off to surf the Bay for parts, engineering yet another cool/kinky electronic convenience project this time around. Mailbox Alarm, the wife or kid are always running out to check on the mail, i thought id engineer a device(s) to just let us know "When" to look.

Man it has been a long day, Hard to break away from these damn Sennheiser HD800 at low level listening they are pretty much OUTSTANDING Good night and Good Sunday morning folks Joe is pooped

Patricia Barber on tap this evening...........................Modern Cool

Good evening gang Sitting down with a Guinness Blonde or three. 80s+ and going to 90s on sunday, this chit keeps up im going to have a heat related stroke, told the wife i want a "Life Alert" for Xmas, she's what hell for ? i even have the Doc's pizzed off cause i do not call them for anything. I told her go outside for the day, and you will see when you hit 60, it takes a bit out of you. Wife say's NO lifealert, you have guns, carry one, you feel like you are going down, pop off a round or two, i'll hear it over the vacume cleaner

That is a Shanling CD-T1500 SACD. Two tubes for output and two for headphones.

Mornin' guys. Just getting caught up. Great pics, Gary and great rig, Wardsweb. I'm now officially jealous. Mark, great avitar. Chuck, be careful of what you share on medical tests or these guys will make you the butt of their jokes!! Had fun at 2 yr old Aubrey's B-Day party yesterday. Had it at a nice local park with pavilion and playground. She was far more into the kiddie slide than any present she got. What a kick. Gotta run for now and get some grass cut, then pull some tax crap together. Peace and cheers folks.

Morning Gang Yeah, that Avatar was buggin me so it's time for the Kitty. Coffee, NO Other thoughts at this time.

An easy to see collage of this Chorus project. Big and special thanks to Sir Mookie!!! This most definitely would not have been possible with out your help. Hats off to you my friend https://youtu.be/ZcDaVKdTaro ...in a word -YAY-

"Like" isn't anywhere near adequate for this. Having a "date night" with the PAW tonight as the boy is off on a Scout trip. But I this is just as alluring... We need an "OMG" or something for this level of awesome. Dave

Excellent Wardsweb, you have seen what we are up to today, and we have an ELP DVD waiting for us when we return from a nice Italian dinner ;0) So glad you have posted a closeup of your TT ;0) Love it! We join you with the DTel etched glasses too...

Hey there Wolf, that really cracked us up ! ;0) Enjoy the SET.. Thanks joe and everyone for the photo appreciations.... We have just opened this, which arrived in my mailbox earlier this week.. Listening in 24/96 5.1 DTS MA ... Yes, the digital DB meter is in effect, and we are hitting orchestral peaks to 89 .... Although, we switched out to the 5.1 to 2.0 and got the surprise of our lives when the last orchestral hit 98 and still clean!! Now, we are about 16' back from these little, suspended in air, bookshelves speakers with 4" woofers as you have seen in the previous photos... Music enjoyment continues ;0)

No cold brewing here, and no concentrate either, I look at it like this, I bought aero press so I could brew 1 hot FRESH cup of fresh grounds at a time and so far that is how I have used the press as far as the paper goes I use hot water to wet it down before putting it on the press........................1 of the best features of the press is the ability to experiment and tailor the brew to your personal tastes Plus it forces me to get up off my lazy AZZ (the wife wont use it )

The women that run the place around her have all departed to do whatever the Heck it is they do when I'm not around. Shopping for more shoes or something like that. The bar is open and the joint is rock'n at max volume to two full watts of 45 SET goodness!

Agreed Dave! ......... We are at the restaurant now, awaiting to be seated..... Wardsweb, is that a valved CD player or other component? Looks nice and upscale 'industrial' ;0) .....Gary

Well, I have a wide tolerance for music, coffee, whiskey, beer, people, whatever. Love all of them at their best, like most of them at their worst. When I wake up on a workday at 5AM I am not competent to do much of anything, hence a basic drip pot on timer. So, I figure a good extract would be an easy step up. If I tried inverted Aeropress brew at that time of day I'd probably wind up at Doc in the Box with burns. Dave

Mark be sure and inform the government officials to announce them selves dont want a WACO in NC...............otherwise bring it on, they can not get bllod from a stone Chuck Happy B-day to the little one Listening to the Sennheiser HD800's as I type, sound good but frankly having trouble seeing / hearing all the hype I have read..........Patience GrassHopper Nice pics as always Gary

Good Afternoon Gang We now have a "NEW PRO" owner in the kilpsch field of enjoyment. Forum member showed up with son-in-law who is also a 14+year klipsch fan and a U-Haul. And No im not saying who, not my place, he has "The" braggin rights. And it looks like Ya-all get a chance to see what minermark really looks like, just remember im the good lookin one in thye middle. As has been the absolute NORM in this hobby, quality among men and young men, is as good as it gets. I will continue to pass on deals of a lifetime whenever it comes my way, nothing makes this hobby better than makin someones day. I will PM the new owner and have him drop in here, to post pics. Wardsweb has got himself "The" ride. id get in trouble with a car like that.....

Finally got around to giving this a try. Took a LONG time, but hassle free since the popcorn agitator keeps in moving. Not sure if it would ever get to French roast, but this worked out fine at medium roast which was what I wanted for this Costa Rica. Dave

I know we're not supposed to sneak politics into these proceedings, but I thought I was the only who read that and became infuriated by our government spending a half-billion on yet another foreign policy failure.

Got another confirmation about building a wood top horn. They look so nice. Thanks for sharing Arash.

it's not my job. I wish it was I've been looking for K402 profile with no luck. I'll start building a paif with a nive veneer on them as soon as I have the plans. If I have the plan of K402 I'll find the best way to build a wooden version and submit a well-documented topic (like this) about it and hopefully more people can build it.

I have tickets to see David Gilmour next March at the Hollywood Bowl. He’s only doing a few shows in the US.

I have subs and have used them with great success for music in the past and use them for 5.2 sound. My real point was that when placed as their designer intended, my Heresy's are not bass shy and do not "need" a sub for music. This flies in the face of an overwhelming number of Heresy posts that I have seen, most of which seem to be made by folks using the typical speaker placement strategies of today.

Just as long as they don't let Ringo sing... into a live mic. Actually, Ringo sang quite a few songs the other night. He did some Beatles songs, plus some of his new ones, which are not bad. He's a decent singer.

A new place to live... Moved from an 850 square foot 2 bedroom 1 bath with a 1 car garage apartment (half a duplex to be accurate) to a 1700 square foot 3 bedroom 2 bath with a 2 car garage. The best part... My rent is less than half of what I was paying. Still half of a duplex but a step up for sure. Super nice area. VERY quiet in the end of a cul de sac. A nice little fishing pond on the property were I so inclined. No interior shots yet because it's pretty much a shambles after 2 days of moving but here's the back yard with the pond:

But you don't live in a country where everything is criminal and thus you have to worry about criminals having more guns than law abiding country. You also don't live in a country where if you require things like gun registration, or limit handguns to the home, a tryant will suddenly emerge. As you have seen so reasonably and effectively argued in this thread, the only reason we have lasted this long is because the government is scared of all of the gun owners. It keeps em in line, closest tyrants stay closeted.

Damn sure does, Joe. My concern with the paper filters is their trapping oil. The stainless I have did fine...there was just a bit of VERY fine sludge in the bottom, but remember I used a blade grinder to pulverize the coffee so that is neither surprising nor was it a problem. As I used a tea boiler, I brought it to a boil and let it sit for a minute or so. Didn't check the water temp but suspect it was about where you suggest. I'll be experimenting. Have you made concentrate? I want to try it. I made cold water for a while and it's long keeping qualities and convenience were great...but the taste just wasn't the same as hot brewing. This sounds like a good compromise. Dave

Dave check out youtube for some recipes on the aeropress, I use the inverted brew method as well with mine 18ish grams of medium gring decaf french roast, 250 grams of water at 190ish degrees (add a few ounces to wet the grounds and stir, then add remaining water) allow to set 2 minutes Ish then 20 second press (I use the paper filters as there were some complaints about the stainless disc either clogging or allowing grounds past Makes for a really good strong cup o joe

thanks Joe…i realized that after i posted; but, figured i’d leave the post. For some reason, when i first glanced at it, it looked like some sort of camera.

Decible meter steve on the tripod

He was asking about you the other day. He wanted to know if he pissed you off or something.

...our view during this play....... it is on the screen ;0)

Attention Dtel family! I boxed up 3 of the wine glasses for this trip and here is our toast to friendship ;0))) Music coming up shortly....

Wow Dave, that is an excellent presentation! Very interesting how that was done and with successful results, congrats ;0) Meanwhile, we are enjoying this bit of nosh as mentioned, Pandora on the system for back grains listening....

Good morning / afternoon everyone.... We are here in Rhode Island at Pezz' home and about to sit down and do some serious listening to some music I brought.. The SPL meter will be setup on its tripod and we will be ready to go... However, some really great nosh was setup for us and a great wine too.... Stand by for photos (0: .....Chuck, sorry about no gloves, however, I am a bit of a sticker with hand washing, trust me, no grease from the fingers was added ;0) .....Gary

Bingo. It's called a "read drive unit" which is married to the motor and it's unique to them. It's our noise maker. They can pull it out and if no gear teeth are damage, etc they could reseal it and we could be good to go. (That's a $2,600 exploration). If there were damage to any of the gearing, the whole thing (engine and all) has to go back to Volvo. Our particular year, our particular model (they quit using these specific v6 engines go figure) is cost $9,500 (because it's a package deal) and $1,800 for 20 hrs labor to pull/reinstall. The tech at Volvo sounded pretty squared away. He said he and the other guy who's been around the longest said their gut says it sounds noisy enough that they're pessismistic that they would be able to repair it. (Our personal mechanic echoed concern with that option). So we believe we are car shopping. Deep breath. Lesson learned. We certainly weren't expecting this. I'd deal with 1000 of these vs one doc visit saying s family member is sick.

Spartacus...... Is one of my all time favorites. I can remember seeing it on Family Classics..... And then we all had to play gladiators after...... How did our parents ever make it through it????

I absolutely love the Chorus line, both I & II each have their advantages. What did you end up with on port length?

Mornin' everybody. All this car talk is a message to me from the Auto Gods to get my ancient Pathfinder in for oil and a good going over before long. Winter can come early here. What's really unreliable are the weather forecasts! Best part of today will be our granddaughter's 2d birthday ... will have a nice family party at the park. Temps are warm and the sun is shining. Enjoy your weekend. Cheers.

Good night OT, good night everyone ... ............Gary

Good late Sunday rainy windy Morning folks, Still Rainy here, and now they say through tomorrow, that's rain everyday for about 10 days now Had a tree fall across the drive that needed removal, had a dead 50' pine standing that we decided best to drop while the saw was there, Cut the wedge and just as the wedge got loose the damn tree cracked and pinched the saw and wedge couple wacks with an old double head Ax and the job was complete......Can sleep now without worrying when / if that dead 50 footer pine will land on the car