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Good morning all. Not much going on here. Mainly just checking in. I did attend our local audio society meeting on Saturday. It was the 5th anniversary of the club.

Greetings! Been getting emails and messages from both forum members and people in real life checking on me. Seems that my self-imposed exile from society has been noticed. Figured I should force myself to break out of this melancholy and say something. I’m alive and secluded in an undisclosed location. Finally picked up a guitar on Saturday and again yesterday. Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and that your New Year is off to a great start. May be back later … I’m getting tired of talking to myself. Regards, Steve

Morning gang.... Just finishing off 2nd cup.....it's to cold to take it to go....yea it's like 18° and got some wind chill..... Gonna have the shop heater cranking out for sure......got our first snow yesterday.....was just a dusting....but I have got to get the blower on the tractor......was going to do it a few weeks ago when it was warm, but I said "ahhhhhh I'll do that later" ......well later is hear..... OK gang off to the shop I go......a great day to all.... MKP :-)

What up Steve-O?

Hey there BigStewMan! We've missed you! Christy

Tigerman, is that a Leslie in the last picture. Or am I seeing things? Looks to be in excellent condition.

Morning gang Check out time and heading north to portland, wil be swapping out the rental for a new Audi. Then up towards east of Seattle, small air field that we will fly south from. Got till Wend. to wait, so we will drive (IN Rain) the north coast. Come Wend. we will decide as to head for his "Normal" stop of Palm Springs, and with the way the wife is talkin looks like it. Corp Kingair w/fuel paid! Here's a hoot, on the way up the wife sticks her head up in the cockpit and ask rick (Pilot) me sitting second seat, "How much longer? im hungry" rick says, is 30 Min too long? she says kinda, and im buyin. Rick nuges the twin throttles, a little Prop feather, ok he says 15Min! Public Pc and DONE with this hotel....on the road again.

I kind of agree. Me personally, if I'm going to spend 20 bucks on flowers to send to a woman, it's going to be for my wife, or my own grandmother who is also in the nursing home. Preferably at least somebody who I have met before, or at least knew existed before this thread. If that makes anybody sick then I'm sorry. If there is a real financial need for something, or if we start taking up collections for the University of Arkansas scholarship that Paul and Valerie started which Valerie apparently upped as recently as 3 years ago, or something else tangible and of substance, preferably of the tax deductible type, then I'll gladly donate. Ms. Valerie has contributed a substantial amount of money to Paul's alma mater, New Mexico State University and continues to fund various academic programs. This lady has probably donate more money that most of us combined to higher education. I apologize to any of you that may be offended by the manner in which this subject was brought to light. On my behalf there was no offense intended. I simply would like to make the 100 year old widow of PWK feel the genuine friendship and caring that I believe exists here. Those of us that HAVE had the pleasure of meeting her can attest to her feisty independence in the past. Without a doubt her independence has been compromised and some of us just believe this is a way to lift her spirits. By all means, if you don't feel lead to contribute, DON'T! It's not like you will be singled out, as the flowers and other gifts will be from the Klipsch Forum members as a whole! I'm am going to ask those of you that do not wish to donate, or have anything positive to comment to please refrain from commenting on this thread or any other thread relating to Ms. Valerie. I really don't care for the negativity and it's an insult to those of us that honestly care. Thank you for your understanding and your COOPERATION! Christy

Happy Monday all. Trying to catch up on the last couple of pages. Pretty good weekend but uneventful in our neck of the woods, aside from watching the Broncos pull one out over a really good Steelers team. Chuck .... that looks like a beautiful place to build a 2d home with LF. Best of luck on that. Have a good week folks. Back soon...........

Morning gang. I had my breakfast shake (not a coffee drinker, I like the smell, don't like the taste) Winter has a hold of us now. The temp is 0, windchill is -20. If it's cold where you are, stay safe and warm.

It seems the more I look at that picture the more I like it, great colors.

Moray is a great guy...helped me out with all the mods that I made on my CF3s and graciously answered all my questions along the way.

Some things that I have done to my sound system, Thanks to everyone here who took time to help. New crossovers , horn gaskets, angled risers. Thanks to Bob Crites. Woofers turned 180 ,thanks to Moray James, Good wires ,a gasket between the horn and the motor board for the squaker and tweeter for damping, many and various avr tweaks . Speaker placement. Room treatments. I believe this is an ongoing adventure. Thanks To the many interesting individuals who have a plethora of knowledge and experience of/with audio equipment. I also learned how to spell Heresy (Hershey) lol. I hope this wasn't to curt, lol. Sent from my SCH-I435 using Tapatalk

But you're the most interesting person in the room!

Got an E-Ticket to a colonoscopy ride on Wednesday, and an encore with the dentist on Thursday.

Of all things.... I have never ever concerned myself with my LaScalas being stolen, ever. 36 years, through college and several moves afterwards in some apartments where the word got out.... I figure if someone wants them bad enough and is man enough to grab them and take them he's probably a bad-azz that I'd rather not contend with unless I had a .45 in my hand.

No I expected the Chorus speakers to blow away the KG4s. But initially when we played them we did not get a WOW these 90 pound speakers blow away the much smaller and easier to carry KG4s. So I was disappointed to the point of thinking i'm going to sell these things. To me if they are going to be a pain in the rear to move and back breakers they better perform. I am guessing the old midrange or tweeters might have been in bad shape. With the new tweeters and midrange along with port tuning gave them a much better sound. So If you get an old set of speakers you never know if they are performing as good as when they were new. This upgrade on the chorus made more of a difference than it did on my KG4s now they sound more like a $4,000 speaker. Hey BobK, To me, speaker weight has always been a selling factor along with a bigger, better sound. My Klipsch TSCMs weigh in at 250 pounds each, and I own seven of them. I sleep peacefully at night when I am on vacation with the realization that they are just to big and awkward for two guys to easily tote off! Roger

Yea I agree with all....I always like what he's got to say....Moray is very nice and repectful to all.... I like hanging around with nice people and there are a lot on this Klipsch forum.....Moray is one of them for sure..... MKP :-)

The best statement of all! :emotion-21: :emotion-21: Bruce

You don't spit during a colonoscopy, otherwise they're identical. :-)

Hope your doing well, no email from me, sorry but I only do that on rare occasion. And getting lost is not the same when your getting emails. You were missed !

Yes it's a bit chilly, 56 and sunny here, considered a jacket.

Got an E-Ticket to a colonoscopy ride on Wednesday, and an encore with the dentist on Thursday. I see you've got it coming and going..

Hey there BigStewMan! We've missed you! Christy Thank You -- very kind of you to say that. I just replied to your PM.

Cool shape on those glasses, that's different.

My lossless files definitely sound superior. However it's just not night and day to me. Sometimes it matters to me, sometimes it doesn't depending on mood I suppose. It's nice having the option to choose one or the other. Sent from my SM-G920R4 using Tapatalk

Roger, thanks for posting this in the HT section as this is pretty much the only section I frequent and I rarely look at the "Recent Posts" on the home page. Just sent my donation. Not sure we have to try and guilt people into donating. Just by making the request known and letting people give from their hearts should be enough. Many of us I'm sure simply just did not know about it.

I acknowledge this will sound sexist and/or cliched, but being found to be not PC won't deter me. After our morning coffee, I asked my bride of 32 years if she'd like to go out for breakfast. Her responses were, "I would have to get ready; where would we go; I'll make pancakes." I should have stopped at pancakes. But no, I wanted to spare her the effort to prepare breakfast and clean up afterward. I assured her she looked fine for public viewing. I reminded her of the dozens of suitable breakfast places within a ten minute radius. Why is it a man can throw on clothes and be out the door in seconds, whereas a woman needs preparations suitable for a mission to Mars? To compromise, being ever the epicurean, I offered to go to McD's for a couple of Big Breakfasts to go. Before you suggest it, me preparing breakfast was not an option. I was prepared to toil over a hot steering wheel, but not to prepare a meal and clean up. To go through the McD's drive through, one need barely get dressed. I was on my way to the Golden Arches within seconds. After placing my order, I got in line behind a woman in a BMW suv (apparently too large for her to handle) attempting to parallel park it next to the payment window. Eventually, she got close enough and then proceeded to strike the car's door against the building. Minutes passed, Dialogue was taking place between driver and cashier. The driver handed her phone to the cashier. The cashier could be seen entering data on the phone's screen. This went on for some time. Apparently the woman was trying to pay with bit coins, a "speed" pass or a similar form of "convenient" technology with which she was not yet fluent. By this time, a line had formed behind me. A driver in line was heard to suggest, "Perhaps it would be better to experiment inside, rather than in the drive through at a fast food restaurant." I've paraphrased the suggestion, as this is a family forum. The woman must have taken the hint, as then actual US currency appeared to be exchanged. She pulled forward. By now my order had been bagged for quite some time. I could have been home by now, but for the entertainment unfolding before me. The cashier apologized for the delay. I reminded her it wasn't her fault, gave her exact change and pulled away, only to come upon the BMW stopped smack in the way. The driver looked up and pulled out of the way. Nothing had prevented her from stopping elsewhere so as to not block traffic. Perhaps "fast food" restaurants with drive though lanes need to designate a cash only lane, as done on toll roads.

Rental or to relocate. Boone is absolutely beautiful. I'm either coming to visit you there or renting the place, just sayin'! Smoky Mountains are definitely one of my happy places! A second home.. She has a new place and I have mine so she may sell or rent hers. You and dtel would be some of our first guest. I'll let you know when to start packing the car.

A very nice and well informed guy. I have a standing offer to hear his system (and modded Hereseys), whenever I find myself in Calgary. Might actually be able to do it this June.

Honky horn lover

Steve….It's cool you picked up your guitar. You were considering a new one a while back, any luck?

I have been on the fence with my digital music for sometime now. Don't get me wrong, I love it and have no intention of storing physical media. Digital is just way more convenient, since I don't have dog ears. I have been doing some listening test between the HT setup with the avr and a tube hybird amp using the RF 7's. Music file were mp3 256 kbps VS HD Tracks high resolution files. The mp3 albums are roughly 85-95 mb vs 850 to 1000 mb for the high res files. So, the HD stuff uses around 10X more storage space. One thing on the 256 mp3, they were done with a variable bit rate encoding. This uses more space for demanding sections of a song and not as much for thin parts of the song. I don't have duplicate albums in both formats but, these test were done with some of my favorite artist where I have a decent amount of their albums. So, I have a real good ideal of their music quality in both formats. After hours of comparison, I can't reliably hear a difference between the two file types. Don't start throwing tomatoes yet. I said, self, maybe the avr is different than separates. So, I used the same speakers with the avr and speakers set to large to compare to a tube hybird amp and the BDP running the show. The two systems sound slightly different as expected but, I was not better at hearing a real difference between the two file types.

If a broke person such as myself can pitch in a few bucks to help out Ms Klipsch anybody can do it. $20 is I'm sure just a suggestion, more or less would be fine as well.

easy! since i get a insane deal on both sets i IMMEDIATELY take price out of the equation. then i listen in the dark so i take looks out of the equation. i set them up to the best of my abilities and a/b them back and forth. when i hear ALMOST the same sound with just very SUBTLE differences i put a percentage on it. its that simple. i have multiple friends come over and do the same thing. take an average. really not hard to do at all. exactly. people get stuck on the price. and sure if you pay msrp, then i think you get a crappy deal and aren't getting your moneys worth. period. funny you are the second person i have heard say this. i believe you since you actually own them both in your home. this gets so old reading. i dont know how one can judge speakers in a store. klipsch listening room? dont care. still not a home. horns jammed in the corner to gain huge bass impact that they need. p-39's not spread apart at all. not sure how this is a fair fight at all. yet i keep hearing about it from you. i know of two people now that actually own palladium towers and khorns. both of them say the palladium is better. only thing i heard one of them say was the bass was better from the khorn. seems logical if its a horn loaded 15" in a corner.

The guy that got those now has the best pair of Chorus I out there. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It's not necessarily that anything is wrong with the K69. It's that the TAD is a better driver and sounds cleaner. I don't know the actual retail prices...but from what I've read, you are comparing a $100/$200 K69 driver to a $1,000/$1,500 TAD. When you do a side by side with them (speaking for myself), there was an easily discernible clarity improvement with the TAD. Clarity to the point that I honestly feel that if you put a blind fold on me and did the side by side, I could select the TAD most (if not every) time. You've read people say that making a certain change "lifted a veil" from the sound? It was when I heard them side by side that I finally felt I understood what they meant by that comment. It exactly described my experience.

Enjoy. Can wee see s photo of your setup?

the best bacon cause they feed the pigs sweet stuff. Canadian Grampa's like Crown Royal and Canadian Club Rye Whiskey and ladies with big ****.

Oh yeah! Just received these photos from wakejunkie. From render to reality! The screen frame has been equipped with these Mighty Lift Supports (Model # 3435 36314) to provide easy access behind the screen. Man it's super exciting to see this all coming together.

Sorry, I mainly hang out in the HT section and missed this thread. Donation sent. Blessings and prayers sent for Ms Valerie.

We had a cookout tonight and ate those fish we caught yesterday. We battered the fish with Aunt Jemima pancake mix/club soda. My wife Michelle made hush puppys, slaw, and some chess bars for dessert. Everything was delicious.

Well, I'm at 100%; every team I've picked is a loser. Steelers played well on offense but the D really kept them in it. At the end of the day, it was another 4th quarter come-back scoring a touchdown with 3 minutes to go to add to the legend of Peyton Manning.

Busy.bees.orders@gmail.com

Roger, I thing you have spelled her Paypal address wrong. I sent mine to Busy.bees.ordersAt least I hope it's spelled wrong

Good day ayy

your a little late to the party. not only has the "ultimate" sub already been built but they have already damaged his amp just messing with you cory

Never had a Stella billybob but give me a couple of minutes and I'll mix a bourbon and ice and have one with you

Ha! I was tearing up writing it. Anyone that knows me knows that's from the heart. There just aren't enough words!!! Sometimes less is more!!! I can tell by your posts you're a very nice lady, and would probably do anything for someone in need. You sure add a kindness to this place. I would say Dtel is a lucky guy. Thanks for making this a very nice place! I try, but dtel would tell you I'm the lucky one, just ask him! I'm convinced he's correct. Seriously, I love this forum and everyone here. As I stated in another thread we have made lifelong friendships here that no words can possibly convey. I believe this is the best forum on the Internet and it begins at the corporate level. Thank you for the kind words Ceptorman! I'm just one amongst hundreds of kind, generous individuals here!

Ha! I was tearing up writing it. Anyone that knows me knows that's from the heart. There just aren't enough words!!! Sometimes less is more!!!