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Done with the coffee, big pot of bean soup is simmering on the stove, the F-20 is 100% complete and ready to move into the house, but jamming in the shop and it's time for a silver bullet and a phone call to a friend to get the beast moved inside.

Good morning all you coffee drinkers. It was a brisk 26 here this morning! Was snowing a little yesterday, winter just won't go away At least the wind died and it's sunny. I need to cut the grass for the first time this year. Enjoy the day!

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Myself, a couple of my brothers, a nephew, and a few friends have a poker game once a month. It's always a good time. One week you win, the next week you lose, but at the end of the year you probably break even, and that's cheap entertainment. We used to rotate who's hosting the game. But my nephew, who's a terrific carpenter, made a spectacular 8 sided card table. It's black stained oak and granite. It has built in cup holders and a change/money section. It weighs about 400 lbs, too heavy to move, so we have it at his house now….good times. Normally at least a few friends get together once a week and do something. Sometimes poker, Yahtzee, bocci ball in summer. Just an excuse to get out really. We just play on a folding felt poker pad i picked up from a second hand store some time ago, nothing fancy but works great for cards and dice.

Just a party animal.....bet my head didn't hit the pillow before 11:00 Yep I watched the Tar Heels whip Syracuse. A little chilly, windy, and sunny. Going to meet a bud from the left coast for breakfast at a restaurant where I can get some sausage gravy and biscuits Cheers Ladies and Gents

Myself, a couple of my brothers, a nephew, and a few friends have a poker game once a month. It's always a good time. One week you win, the next week you lose, but at the end of the year you probably break even, and that's cheap entertainment. We used to rotate who's hosting the game. But my nephew, who's a terrific carpenter, made a spectacular 8 sided card table. It's black stained oak and granite. It has built in cup holders and a change/money section. It weighs about 400 lbs, too heavy to move, so we have it at his house now….good times.

Afternoon all We made it back from the audio shop...picked up my Pioneer Elite CD changer, dropped off two Sony ES CD players for parts.....hope they can fix my player and I dropped off one of my Carver's my TFM-55. The BOSS and I are gonna finish watching a movie we started and then I'll hook up my Pioneer and power up some of the "Wall-O-Klipsch" ....... yea that's what I'll do.... Later... MKP :-)

Good afternoon my friends (0; MKP, thanks for checking in last night over in RTM, I was back from our opening show of the season late, but stopped by and saw you had been in.... Great on your Elite player.... I have the multi-disc version and I love it! Ok, right now, relaxing with what is probably my 4th cup of Melitta Columbian roast in a D&D mug.. Taking in a live concert from Berlin... This one is the concert version of the opera, 'Tristan'... Right now, it is intermission, so, I have a break to send you photos..hope you don't mind so many........ Enjoy your Sunday :0)

True, and i definitely wouldn't want to, I want to keep it a sporting level, some are training for an Olympic event it seems. Aren't there prizes at Hope for this particular event? Whoever drinks the most beer and does not piss themselves wins. That's rigged! the only beer drinker there is Roy, and he drinks that nasty "Clamauto" stuff! Roger

Good Morning! DD is flowing, the sun is shining and the weird April snow we got last night should be gone today.

True, and i definitely wouldn't want to, I want to keep it a sporting level, some are training for an Olympic event it seems. Aren't there prizes at Hope for this particular event? Whoever drinks the most beer and does not piss themselves wins.

Finally located an Otari MX-5050 II b2 2/4 track R2R from one of my RMHC advisors today and he brought it to me from San Antonio. Heads a psychiatric clinic specializing in addiction and was going to the Caddo Indian Conference Nacogdoches this weekend as they were having a session on psychotropics used by that tribe so he just came up last night and stayed over until the AM. He had never checked it out but it was sold to him as working. Didn't get overexcited as I've been there before. Fired it up this morning and, sure enough, the reels took off at 30 or so ips. Not being my first rodeo I knew that meant the idler solenoid was either defective or sticky. Hoping for that later, I operated it several times manually and it fired, but not reliably. So I rocked it in and out of play about a 100 times and it's been fine since. At that point, I could see that the meters were running and such, but had nothing hooked up to hear it. Hauled my Audioengines down from the attic and Hooked them up. Anyway, solenoids are responding nicely, transport is free of jerks or flutter, and the sound is excellent. In fact, I got to thinking, in fact, MUCH better than most commercial prerecorded tapes. This one was a Boston Pops Columbia release. Suddenly, I realized why it was so good. Almost went teary-eyed when I realized that last time that tape sounded the ears receiving were probably Master Paul's. It was from his personal collection. I've emailed Jim Hunter I'm ready for the first batch of PWK's tapes to transfer. There are several hundred hours and most will have dry splices to replace and be very brittle as well. Serious lot of work, but I am humbled and proud to be able to do it. As we go along, Jim will determine what can be released and how it should be done. There will be some serious treasures there. If you've read about PWK's fuming about the crap source material he was stuck with you have to believe the recordings he made personally are going to be pretty stellar. Several genre involved. Aside from the jazz, I am, of course, looking forward to the triple whammy of PWK engineering John Eargle playing the classic Skinner pipe organ in Kilgore. I CANNOT wait to hear that! Then, there is the Joe Holland group, Rule Beasley, and others. Next tears will be if the recording of the Camille Saint-Saëns 3rd with E. Power Biggs he played for me when I visited him turns up. I want to thank Jim and Klipsch for entrusting myself and the RMHC with this work. It will be performed in strict adherence to International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives standards. I hope many of you have the opportunity to hear these at some point. Dave

True, and i definitely wouldn't want to, I want to keep it a sporting level, some are training for an Olympic event it seems. Aren't there prizes at Hope for this particular event? Whoever drinks the most beer and does not piss themselves wins. That's rigged! the only beer drinker there is Roy, and he drinks that nasty "Clamauto" stuff! Roger Yuck. I like home made or Zing Zang made Bloody's personally but everybody has different tastes. True different taste, I usually don't drink beer anymore, I like it but it gives me a headache every time.

True, and i definitely wouldn't want to, I want to keep it a sporting level, some are training for an Olympic event it seems. Aren't there prizes at Hope for this particular event? Whoever drinks the most beer and does not piss themselves wins. That's rigged! the only beer drinker there is Roy, and he drinks that nasty "Clamauto" stuff! Roger Yuck. I like home made or Zing Zang made Bloody's personally but everybody has different tastes.

Good day, won $7.00 worth of change playing poker. Drank $16.00 worth of liquor. Once a week hanging out with good friends is worth every dime.

Morning gang... Man I was up late..... watched Creed... I liked it... It was after 2:30 before I fell to sleep.... So I just got up 20 min ago.... I'm a lazy bone today..... Hell The BOSS is still sleeping, she's still not 100%.. I hear the coffee...sounds like it just finished... I'm going to wake The BOSS up with a cup of fresh DD ... Got to get out of hear....have to go to the audio shop... Check-in later... MKP :-)

It's spring, and once again I am having to clean carbs and tanks. If you don't know, with ethanol in gas, water gets drawn out of the air and contaminates your gas tanks and carbs with water, rust and sludge. It also dissolves and dry rots rubber and some other materials. There is absolutely no virtue to it. In any event, I think it would be nice to have a reminder next fall for everybody to drain tanks and carbs at the end of the season. It isn't a bad idea without the ethanol, but with it, it is a necessity unless you like taking carbs apart. The easiest way is to not fill the machine up when you are done, and let it run until it dies. If you have a carb with a drain bolt, you can drain what's left that way. There are fuel additives, but I haven't had much luck with them. Mini rant: I hate ethanol, and wish they would finally stop adding it to fuel. Production of this stuff creates a larger carbon footprint than gasoline. It's dumb.

True, and i definitely wouldn't want to, I want to keep it a sporting level, some are training for an Olympic event it seems. Aren't there prizes at Hope for this particular event? Whoever drinks the most beer and does not piss themselves wins. That's rigged! the only beer drinker there is Roy, and he drinks that nasty "Clamauto" stuff! Roger Yuck. I like home made or Zing Zang made Bloody's personally but everybody has different tastes. True different taste, I usually don't drink beer anymore, I like it but it gives me a headache every time. Give German beer a try it has zero additives by law. I never get a headache or feel thick or hung over with it.

True, and i definitely wouldn't want to, I want to keep it a sporting level, some are training for an Olympic event it seems. Aren't there prizes at Hope for this particular event? Whoever drinks the most beer and does not piss themselves wins. That's rigged! the only beer drinker there is Roy, and he drinks that nasty "Clamauto" stuff! Roger Not quite sure why you think Roy is the only beer drinker. There are quite a few.

Paint your refrigerator Avocado or Gold, these color refrigerator's seem to last forever.

Fancy and huge, it has that expensive look.

True, and i definitely wouldn't want to, I want to keep it a sporting level, some are training for an Olympic event it seems. Aren't there prizes at Hope for this particular event? Ummmm....NO! These guys need no encouragement!!!

True, and i definitely wouldn't want to, I want to keep it a sporting level, some are training for an Olympic event it seems. Aren't there prizes at Hope for this particular event?

That's funny, it's a shame you don't know someone with a Ht receiver that needs a little work done on there car. I'm with you Boss, a person in your position deserves a HT, even a 5.1, nothing crazy. Now MKP, how many people here would love to have a wife who want's a Ht setup, your lucky, but you knew that already.

Sorry but i'm with the Boss with this one, no excuse Good for you Boss, tell him he needs a new or new to him Ht receiver and if the sub does not stop humming he needs to build a sub and find some rear speakers....................easy for me to say since it's your $ this is what i see/hear in my head everytime we get ready to watch a movie.....

An incomplete version, (wrong knobs and minus a few chassis') went for auction and received $55,000. Too bad a guy can't get one for 1500 bucks now. A awesome radio...WLW was a huge, huge radio station in the mid-30s. It's only fitting that Crosley would have a receiving radio that's a monster

Buying (assuming they're not beat up, they looked good in the pics)a pair off CL next Sunday. They have new Crites tweeter diaphragms too. These are the first parts in my move from. 5.1 HT system to a dedicated 2.1 system. No questions yet, just wanted to express my happiness. They guys is selling them because his wife didn't like the look. I hope my wife does.... -Derek

True, and i definitely wouldn't want to, I want to keep it a sporting level, some are training for an Olympic event it seems. Aren't there prizes at Hope for this particular event? Whoever drinks the most beer and does not piss themselves wins. That's rigged! the only beer drinker there is Roy, and he drinks that nasty "Clamauto" stuff! Roger Yuck. I like home made or Zing Zang made Bloody's personally but everybody has different tastes. True different taste, I usually don't drink beer anymore, I like it but it gives me a headache every time. You need to drink more….drink right through that headache

.....well, I just had to capture a few more photos.... The full cast, and the stars ;0) This has been the longest thing I have ever watched!! It was fabulous and even I got misty eye'd at the end ! It was five hours long (including two 20 minute intermissions) ... One, toasted tomato sandwich and large glass of vino later...... TEN minutes of applause and 5 curtain calls later.....

Too high, IMO - sold a pair dressed in Oak with Crites and baffles sealed for $650 last year. If you are up for a little drive, there are an AWESOME pair of Chorus in St. Louis available. I would bet he would let them go for 1K? https://stlouis.craigslist.org/ele/5499722120.html Matt ♪ ♫ ♪

"Old Slowhand" is as good as ever, even if he's getting "old', LOL!!! "Slowhand"? Watch him, and regardless of the complexity of the song, hhe just makes it look simple!!! Take a listen to "Slunky" that he did back in the 70's. LOL!!! Supports the "God" accolade!!!

Florida... "Rec" fuel which is high octane and no ethanol additives.; "Stabil" every six months the motor is going to sit; Start all motors, engines, etc., every 30-60 days; run to operating temps. Run mowers, chainsaws, trimmers, etc., "dry", then refuel with fresh fuel. You can leave motors "dry", if the fuel you ran dry has a stabilizer that leaves the gaskets, and other parts "lubricated". I do this all the time with my lawn stuff and my generators. The easy way is once a month start everything, test, and let run for a few minutes. Generators are a "critical' component, so those are run for at least 30 minutes. Schedule the oil change every six months. drain, check and in this day and age, a good synthetic works fine. In Florida, all changed after hurricane season (end of October). Then in April-May as the rainy season starts. Filters... If any of your "stuff" has fuel filters... Change them in the spring cycle. My thoughts and experience from living in the "swamp" for 30 years.... LOL!!! Later,

Tim, Prayers are on the way for Shania and also for your wife and you. Where in Florida are they? Which hospital? If in Orlando area we have a guest room vacant. Bill

Based on your pick of the V, I'll go with UNC. :D Didn't you have Oklahoma beating the V on Sat night? Seriously though, UNC's got the big guns in this one.

Darn it, I just brought the speakers. I will pick them up in the AM. I really need to stay out of here. This place is like an ATM.

That's huge, someone wanted to go all out with that design, I would think those amps would put out some heat inside that cabinet.

True, and i definitely wouldn't want to, I want to keep it a sporting level, some are training for an Olympic event it seems.

Ya the guy is saying he wont take a penny less than 2,500 truthfully it sounds like he's full of crap saying he's had tons of hits and offers in the 2,000 range on them and they've only been up since this morning which I somehow doubt given the shape that there in and knowing how hard it is to sell even mint condition audio equipment on craigslist. I think this is one of those things where he thinks by saying he's had tons of offers I will jump on it. The guy that sold me my Chorus's had the listing up for over a month and said I was the first person to respond to the ad and those are mint. When I was thinking of selling my brand new RP-450C I listed it on craigslist and didn't get one hit and when I tried to sell my fully working JBL studio speakers the best offer I got was like 50. I think you guys are right, stay away from this one!

So, I took advantage of the big discounts on Palladiums and ordered a set of P-37’s, along with the center and surrounds in Merlot. I did not order the sub as it is just too big for me and I already had the RT-10D, which is excellent and compact. The Palladiums replace KLF-20s/C7 and KSP-S6 surrounds. They arrived roughly a couple weeks ago. I am driving them with a Denon AVR-X6200W, and I use Audessey room correction. After many years of tinkering, I had my KLF-20’s really, really dialed into my room and they sounded beyond excellent. My expectations for the Palladiums were better looks, slightly better mids/highs, slightly better imaging, and significantly better center integration/matching. I had my doubts about bass, but given I am running a good sub, I was confident I could get the bass dialed in and would be at least as good. In short, my hope was that these would provide the best sound I have ever heard. (No pressure, haha). The first thing to happen was that my RT-10D subwoofer inexplicably died right at the beginning, so it is in the shop, and I am without sub. When I first turned them on (no sub, no Audessey), I immediately noticed that the P’s had potential, mids/highs were smoother and clearer, and I was very surprised by the quality of the bass. But I knew I had some work to do to get the P’s dialed into my room. Now, I have to say again, the previous KLF-20s were really dialed in, so I had a good idea of the sound I was expecting. After two weeks and probably 20 hours of adjusting speaker positions, running Audessey, dozens of times, with multiple Audessey mic patterns, multiple speaker positions, and driving my wife crazy, last night it finally clicked. And Oh. My. God. It was goose-bump-city all evening. Yes, this is the best sound I have ever achieved in my house. Here are my a few tracks that I use to know if I am dialed in: Blue Ray: I use the movie “Battleship”. This movie has tremendous sound effects. When the alien ship breaks up and slams into earth, the explosion effects are supreme. When a piece of the alien ship slams into a glass skyscraper the explosions and smashing glass is incredible. I expect this to improve when I get my sub back, but I am pleasantly surprised how good the P’s perform without the sub. Music: Mark Knopfler – Album: Golden Heart, Track: Golden Heart. This song has some delicate guitar, delicate vocals, along with bass note that has always been a challenge to get sounding perfect in my room. Greg Brown – Album: Down In There, Track: Hillbilly Girl. This song has acoustic guitar, a delicate deep simple drum beat, and vocals that that will sound grating/awful if my midrange is not dialed in. Yarn – Album: Yarn, Track: Listen Up Sweetheart. This song has acoustic bass, steel guitar, mandolin, gentle snare drum and a certain spaciousness that I look for. Many others, but I use the above ones because I am very familiar with them and they tell me when something ain’t right. Overall happy camper here! Pics:

Prayers coming your way..... My best to all you guys... Mark..

Nearly everybody is running REW nowadays, tons of support. The most popular microphone is MiniDSP's UMIK-1. Cross-Spectrum not only keeps them in stock but also provides very accurate calibration files that go down to 5 hz, from three different angles. Basically for $100 you can get a real nice setup that's as powerful and accurate as you'll ever need. REW also does waterfall graphs so that you know how to set up your acoustic panels and fix issues with ringing and whatnot, plus a bunch of other stuff. There is a sine wave generator so you can do like I mentioned earlier, go through your room 1 hz at a time and isolate rattles. http://cross-spectrum.com/measurement/calibrated_umik.html

Looks like a bunch of dead pine trees stuck in the ground to me. We actually went round and round with this. My land was an empty field but abandoned for about 15 years, so all the trees are very young. The only tree that was large enough to bolt something to it was over 4' in diameter and seemed to have a rotten core. Just didn't seem very safe. We found a spot that was sandwiched in between two decent but younger trees plus my plum orchard. They'll have to deal with it. you need me to come down there and show you how to hit em on the far edges of the field?? Roger

I like this story from CNN. It seems to cover all points well. The one thing it doesn't offer is an annual alarm clock for the fall. The title of this thread says it all. If you forget that, then you are going to have trouble come spring, unless you are one of the lucky ones that has superior gas. I want what JJK is having. edit: I found another story. It seems that well sealed containers that are full may tend to last longer. Humidity, evaporation, and air seem to be the bad guys. In my sace, it is humidity plus ethanol = water in the bottom of the tank causing rust and scale which clogs stuff up. Also a problem are rubber components that are not ethanol safe. Here is the story: Maintenance Monday: Shelf life of gasoline

It was a great run for Syracuse, and now I have to go with the regional pick....go 'Nova

My thoughts are with you and your daughter.

Hoping for the best possible outcome for Shania! Hang in there.

No problem. This was introduced to me back in 91 because we were into car audio and it sounds great there too. Ironically over the years I've heard their songs used as background music in many movies. Enjoy Sent from my Z970 using Tapatalk

Now for some good news. I was out of town, and while I had a few minutes stopped into an Audio HIFI place. Several rooms set up with equipment from the $1,500 to $40,000 range. I could not believe my ears! Seriously, I am not exaggerating... the $35,000 set up sounded worse than the $1,500 by a long shot. My ears have become to attuned to the distortion free KHorns, I have no words. Simply amazing and shocked by what I heard and did not hear! KLIPSCHORNS RULE ALL OTHERS ARE PRETEND!!!

Welcome to the forum. Where are you located? As mentioned, photos would help. Without photos, the following is mostly generalized speculation. Decorators typically go for less than factory finished versions of a similar vintage. Decorators that have been "finished" by an individual could have a lower value than unfinished decorators, or a value approaching factory finished. It all depends upon the quality of the work done.

Thanks to those who responded. After much research, I found, the speakers inside the cabinets will sell for $600 to $700 alone. I have them listed on that auction website we all know for $800 obo. If there is anyone on this site that may be interested in them I will take $600. I think they are well worth that. Thanks and my best to all, Dean