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I guess I see it a little different. People come and people go. I don't remember Cigarbum having a riff with anybody for example? Also, sometimes people just need to get their priorities back in order? I haven't had cross words with anybody but I certainly might find something more constructive to do as soon as tomorrow. If I disappear, don't take it the wrong way. I just need to get off the computer and actually DO something!!!

It would appear that many of the more colorful members over the years have been run off the forum, either through the endless diatribes of some, or the small minded neediness of others. Over the last several years the forum had fallen into the trap of certain members pontifcating their positions and being unwilling to listen to any alternative viewpoints without resorting to name calling and boorish behavior. As a result many learned Klipsch fans have stopped frequenting our forum. What made this place so interesting and worthwhile was the combination of respected members with extensive knowledge of Klipsch products as well as electrical engineering, combined with a group of members whose wry observations and witty commentary helped keep the forum from becoming too boring. The loss of several cherished members, such as Old Buckster & Boxx to name two such prominent names, as well as the lack of contributions from others such as Cigarbum, Michael & Hudson Valley Noah, among others, has all hurt the quality of the content here on the Klipsch forum. I am sad to say that the forum is not that which we once all truly enjoyed. Hopefully the Pilgramage helps to restore the flagging spirit around here.

If anyone contemplates leaving the forum please contact me ahead of time. We do have a waiting list to join CC&C There's guys and girls out there with empty coffee mugs staring at their computer screen just drooling to join us Heck....we even have the occasional toaster give away We are also thinking about awarding one CC&C member the title "poster of the week". That title.....sort of bland...may be changed if we come up with something better. Maybe Grand Poobah or from Cheers "Big Shooter". You guys think about a name. Maybe Carl can get Chad to pitch in some demo Palladiums for the person selected. Heading out with LF to sign closing documents on the house and then the work begins...... Cheers Ladies and Gents

Evening gang.... MKP is still in da house Just taking care of all the crapp that needs to be taken care of.... I also have not heard from BigStewMan or Joe, sent them pm's some time ago and I hope all is well with those guys. I did hear from Mark last week and I think your right Chuck I don't think he will be back. I unfortunately did not Know Zako.... But my he RIP.... I've been meaning to give Chuck a call..... but it's back to stuffing that 10lbs of shitt into a 5lb bag.... there's just never enough time to do it all.... I've been waiting for the audio shop to call me about my gear that's still there... I picked up my Pioneer Elite CD player a few weeks back and that's all good. When I picked up my Pioneer I dropped of a Carver TFM-55 that's broke and I also gave them two Sony ES Cd players for parts. They still have my Sony ES 801...... The ES 801 was "OK"ed to be fixed a few weeks back..... then they called and said the one part is no longer available I've had these two "back-up" players just for a situation just like this... I hope it works out. I got a feeling that this is going to dig in my pocket..... Well the Pilot is running great.... The BOSS loves it and when she's happy I'm happy... I picked up the grandkids in it this morning... when they saw it they said it looks like my BIG CRV.... My CRV is silver and the Pilot is silver. OK gang wishing all a good night..... MKP :-)

Go Chuck Go Best of of luck to you and LF on the new house... MKP :-)

Option 4. Do nothing until the desire to do something disappates. The fine art of buying without buying. Our wants are many, our needs are few.

Where is BigStewMan? Talked with ChuckAb3 yesterday and he is doing much better. Baxter is fine too Heard from Cal..... he has been real busy and hasn't posted much lately. No response from my buddy Zako or from Joe. Heard from minermark and don't expect him to return but you never know. So much about outreach......what's up with you guys? LF closes on her house tomorrow and she is in a tizzy with things to be done. She has made a lot of progress getting utilities switched over and contractors lined up. Speaking of contractors....I think the building recession is over.....everyone is busy. Called the roofer who roofed my house for an estimate on LF's and he whined about how busy he was. Guess he forgot the lesson of the last building boom and later decline Going to have to think seriously about doing Atkins again. Been eating too many blueberry pancakes I recall Mark Deneen was looking at different diets....wonder how that's going? All for now Gents....

A few pics from today.....

It's not very encouraging when a mechanic says this after putting an engine back together. Not that you don't know what your doing but make it sound like there was no doubt, no reason whatsoever for it not to be fine. ....................you would never make it in the used car business,..... which is a good thing. Glad to hear it ran fine, now get on that next job lol lol... The OMG thing was......it's taken me for ever to get this damn thing running....... Ya know I have truly forgotten how many engine rebuilds and overhauls I have done in the last 30 years..... But I would be a liar if I said.......right before I turn that key to start it I didn't have some thoughts running in my head.....Like.... did I torque that.... did I do this...and I kinds of stuff ..... But the Pilot started up in less than 7 seconds of cranking....and I had oil pressure in less that 2 seconds of it running..... and it did not miss a beat It sounded good.... valves are quite.... nothing leaking out of it...(that's a good thing )..... It just felt right... I got it operating temp and just drove it outside.... I'll button it all up later in the week. The BOSS got in it while it was on the lift running and said "yea I can do a Honda Pilot" The craziest build I did for a Honda was years ago... This young guy came to shop with a 99 Civic Si.... it had a burnt valve in one of the cylinders. He already had a turbo on it... He told me he wanted it fixed and wanted to run 20lbs of boost ....... My next words to him was something like this.......If you are not looking to spend at least $10k on just the engine I won't even start thing about this build for you! he said he's got the money and wants it done...... So me and this young man sat down a got a plan to build this engine. I got alot of help from Z-10 racing these guys build crazy boosted Honda engines. They do some wild block sleeving with AEBS sleevs... I won't bore you with all the ..... but this thing was put together right. Now the kid had the money for the engine but not the up-graded turbo he wanted. So the plan was I'll build the engine and later we can put the big turbo on it. Cool... Well the day came that I was going to start this engine..... all the work of building this thing....plasti gauging bearings..... filing piston ring gap... adjusting valves.... just making sure I dotted my "i's" and crossed my "t's"......... man I was shitting razor blades..... Finally I said to my self....." just do it!!...... My heart was pounding...I turned that key and it fired right up.... sounding good...... took it out for a test drive to break it in..... yea it was good..... Now it wasn't that fast cuz the engine was built with lower compression pistons for a big turbo..... I was really looking forward for this guy to come back to the shop with his turbo kit...... ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh the "A"-hole ended up selling the car about 6 months later.......what a tool...... so I never got to see how fast this Civic was .. But hey I got my Money Later.... MKP :-) Never had a problem myself but would worry about others screwing with my work. Sometimes we would screw around and grab a handfull of bolts and screws and throw them in somebody's parts bin while they had something apart just for grins so they wonder where they went after it was all back together. Some of the stuff i saw others do would make you cringe. Tech with one eye cut a driveshaft in half on a van instead of the exhaust pipe and nearly rolled off the lift. Tire guys leaving lug nuts loose, customers losing tires driving away. One of the guys left rags stuffed in the intake ports after replacing the intake. Lots more horror stories.... At least you got the job done right, it is normal to worry when you have something apart.

Bruce,PM me your address and I'll send you the horns. You can pay me when things get back on track for you. No hurry. Mark

RIP Zako. Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk

Blueberry pancakes! You are a wise man tar! Enjoying cup one, reading a little before the kids get up and I head to work. Hump day already, I suppose that's a good thing. I've given up on this baseball season as my beloved Braves are... well, just google train wreck, they're right there. Enjoy the day!

Good question, hope he is OK,never did get a message back from him. He may be looking up North where he was considering moving ?

that house is gorgeous. as is the property. congrats. she has good taste

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And you guys thought mermaids didn't exist!

I just had my Carver stuff recapped. My daughter picked it up yesterday and I should have it back this weekend.

i say do nothing. Drones will continue to get cheaper. New cameras are coming out every six months to a year. Is it a tool that you could make $ off of in your line of work or is it just a hobby that you're interested in?

Hate to hear that. RIP

Well as to my earlier post I have been informed that Zako is no longer with us. RIP Maron.

Good question, hope he is OK,never did get a message back from him. He may be looking up North where he was considering moving ? I sent him an e-mail as well. Haven't heard back. Hopefully it's part of a normal cycle for him and he'll pop back in.

A doz or so guys loading 700 bales? Wow.

This is what a hard days work looked like 150 years ago.

Sorry I got that mixed up, I just put the two together.........and it didn't look good.

If any of you want to help me help Bruce, I'm in for $35.

that house is gorgeous. as is the property. congrats. she has good taste Yes it is but who's the hippie beach dude with the pool stick, must have come with the house ? Tell the LF good looking house and I love the yard.

Something fishy about that picture

I hope I didn't ruin anyone's sale because of the mention of Mark D. retiring. All Juicy Music products can be serviced by NOS Valves. I can tell you that Craig can fix them better than Mark. No BS. The so called "Maxim" mods Mark was selling were nothing but power supply bug fixes in the Blueberry and a slight tweak in the 6H30 circuit. Craig knows these issues well and no one should be afraid of purchasing such units as he makes them bulletproof.

Duder, It's not as fun being mature. Lol I mentioned this to my wife yesterday Me:I'm thinking about selling one of my subwoofers to help fund the Phantom 4. Wife:Go right ahead. You won't hear me complain about one less subwoofer She cracks me up

Have you been talking to my wife?

I would NEVER ship McIntosh without using one of their boxes...pay for one of their boxes (you can still get them for anything they have made) and try Terry DeWick in Tennessee IIRC... Bill

I agree….sometimes wanting is more than having.

Thanks "MKP" - never imagined after brining home my very first pair of Klipsch (RB-61's) it would morph into such a passion. I know what you mean............... as I look at my Wall-O-Klipsch.... MKP :-)

The mounting strips I made for attaching the bass bin grills. Photo op before they get covered in paint on Saturday One more round of 220 paper, a good cleaning and they will be ready to shoot with some high gloss black enamel Matt ♪ ♫ ♪

We have one of Klipsch's new sound bars sitting underneath a flat screen. This is the family room and we decided trying the surround is more Headache than it is worth. Looks cluttered tooo. Does it really matter....no. It is so easy to setup. Powers on when the tv is turned on. Wireless. Very good sound for TV and movies. Kids like it. Easy to control. Sounds wayyyyyyyy better than the TV speakers. Can even jam the satellite music channels. It is no HT surround and all that stuff. We save all that energy and high expectations for the HT room. jc

Got front windows tinted today Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Maybe we can trade or offer them Bowe Bergdalh for the other Canadian..... or better yet, maybe our POTUS and teach the Canadian PM how to successfully make deals with terrorist.

RIP Zako as well.

Not unless they vote to join Canada, USA or Mexico.

Speaking of NAFTA, now that Cuba's borders are open and the embargo is lifted, does Cuba become a part of it?

So NAFTA really is a failure.

As long as she liked it, I have never been in a starbucks, I would feel bad drinking a cup of coffee that cost as much as a half pound of coffee at the store, I'm cheap. I don't like what is called sour cream here and I would think that wouldn't be good in coffee? But if it's different that explains it, i guess we just get use to what is available here. But in the end as long as she's happy your happy, I know how that works been married 37 years. I should had written more clearly. The sour cream does not go in the coffee. Its for eating as a baked potato or other garnish where you would want sour cream. It just tastes much better than regular sour cream and is unavailable north of the 49th.

If I button up an engine late in the day I have to start it before going to bed or I will lay awake all night wondering if I tightened/torqued everything. Drives me crazy thinking about it. Sure is a great relief to hear the darn thing run right too!

First cup done....LF's turn to get the second cup She takes possession of new house Thursday so we will be busy for awhile Good story MKP. Wolfbane.....instant coffee? Really? If you are near a Costco buy a bag of Mayorga beans and grind away

DD in the cup and heading in a little early this morning.

Tuesday morning coffee.

Now that would be different. Sour cream ?

I was just kidding, there is so much that can go wrong I don't blame you, I'm happy when these things start and run on a normal day. I use to play with cars for fun but now I'm just happy when they get me where were going and back, I'm over it. You do have to admit with all these parts moving and needing to work together it's pretty amazing they run and are as reliable as they are.

It's not very encouraging when a mechanic says this after putting an engine back together. Not that you don't know what your doing but make it sound like there was no doubt, no reason whatsoever for it not to be fine. ....................you would never make it in the used car business,..... which is a good thing. Glad to hear it ran fine, now get on that next job lol lol... The OMG thing was......it's taken me for ever to get this damn thing running....... Ya know I have truly forgotten how many engine rebuilds and overhauls I have done in the last 30 years..... But I would be a liar if I said.......right before I turn that key to start it I didn't have some thoughts running in my head.....Like.... did I torque that.... did I do this...and I kinds of stuff ..... But the Pilot started up in less than 7 seconds of cranking....and I had oil pressure in less that 2 seconds of it running..... and it did not miss a beat It sounded good.... valves are quite.... nothing leaking out of it...(that's a good thing )..... It just felt right... I got it operating temp and just drove it outside.... I'll button it all up later in the week. The BOSS got in it while it was on the lift running and said "yea I can do a Honda Pilot" The craziest build I did for a Honda was years ago... This young guy came to shop with a 99 Civic Si.... it had a burnt valve in one of the cylinders. He already had a turbo on it... He told me he wanted it fixed and wanted to run 20lbs of boost ....... My next words to him was something like this.......If you are not looking to spend at least $10k on just the engine I won't even start thing about this build for you! he said he's got the money and wants it done...... So me and this young man sat down a got a plan to build this engine. I got alot of help from Z-10 racing these guys build crazy boosted Honda engines. They do some wild block sleeving with AEBS sleevs... I won't bore you with all the ..... but this thing was put together right. Now the kid had the money for the engine but not the up-graded turbo he wanted. So the plan was I'll build the engine and later we can put the big turbo on it. Cool... Well the day came that I was going to start this engine..... all the work of building this thing....plasti gauging bearings..... filing piston ring gap... adjusting valves.... just making sure I dotted my "i's" and crossed my "t's"......... man I was shitting razor blades..... Finally I said to my self....." just do it!!...... My heart was pounding...I turned that key and it fired right up.... sounding good...... took it out for a test drive to break it in..... yea it was good..... Now it wasn't that fast cuz the engine was built with lower compression pistons for a big turbo..... I was really looking forward for this guy to come back to the shop with his turbo kit...... ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh the "A"-hole ended up selling the car about 6 months later.......what a tool...... so I never got to see how fast this Civic was .. But hey I got my Money Later.... MKP :-)

Coffee n' Cream Latin Style: