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Evening gang... Just got back from a nice dinner with our friends..... We went to The Honey Pig..... It's a Korean BBQ .............. It's the shitt These are two of our closest friends and there children .... we hang with these guys as much as we can.... Loading some pics..... give me a min....... MKP :-)

Speaking of British cars, the car in my avatar is not British. It's a Rotus 8. I purchased the 1.0" square tube powder coated space frame from Dennis Hedges at Rotus (now defunct) in Hagerstown, MD. The motor is a 3.5 liter aluminum V8 out of a '63 Buick Skylark. Trans a B-W T-5 destined for a Camaro. Rear a 3.90:1 LSD from a Toyota Supra. Carrera coil-over shocks. Brakes are Wilwood discs. Panasport 15" wheels with BFG rubber. The engine is .030 over, with a Crower cam, 300 CFM Carter AFB, electronic ignition, tube headers and Super Trapp exhaust. Approximately 220 HP kept cool by a Ron Davis Racing aluminum radiator. At ~1,800 pounds wet, it was very quick (0 to 60 under 4), but the fastest I ever went in it was 85 mph merging onto an expressway. Before I built the car I considered getting a TR6, or the like, but the dilemma with truly British vintage cars is whether to keep them original or make them dependable. That led me to the Rotus. At 10" longer and 4" wider than a Lotus/Caterham 7, there was room for my 6'1" body, barely. Furthermore, a real Lotus/Caterham frame is like lawn furniture. The torque of that V8 would have destroyed it. The only genuine Caterham parts were the rear wings (fenders) and tail lamps. It was great fun, but when Scott approached 16 the decision was made to sell it. Insurance for a 16 year old driver would have been prohibitively expensive. The alternative of keeping it but barring him from driving it was unacceptable. Full disclosure, the photo of a Buick V8 in a Rotus is not my car. Mine looked the same with the Offy valve covers, but the photo shows a Holley, rather than a Carter. Also, my battery was behind the rear axle. The other photos are of my car. Scott , a veteran of Army deployment to Afghanistan, is now a cop in DC. The car is gone and so is my hair. The memories remain. The site below shows several Routs and similar cars. FYI the name "Rotus" was a reference to the fact that many were built with Mazda rotary engines. Unfortunately, it was also a not politically correct reference to the pronunciation of the letter "L" by Japanese individuals. https://www.google.com/search?q=rotus+7&espv=2&biw=1600&bih=731&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwinn8C92JbNAhXM54MKHfe6ADkQsAQIKQ

Good morning all. The caffeine is flowing. I know the feeling. It's a curse. Fortunately, age has cured me. After I sold the Rotus, I bought a 97 Miata on a whim with every intention of installing another BOP/Rover 3.5 liter aluminum V8. I met a Ford engineer who had put a Buick 215 in a Miata. It was very cool. The aluminum V8 was barely any heavier than the 4 banger it replaced. Even with the resources he had at Ford, the conversion was very complicated and expensive. Furthermore, that Miata was the most dependable car I ever owned. Whereas the motor was regularly pulled from the Rotus to address chronic issues with a Tilton hydraulic throwout bearing, I never once had to pull the motor in the MX5. :-) I eventually sold the Miata un-bastardized. The attached photo of the Miata has been posted before. Are you familiar with the following site? Dan LaGrou knows 215s. http://www.aluminumv8.com/ While I didn't stuff a V8 in it, I did turbo charge my '93.

Just back from a short trip to the Gulf Coast! Spent a few days with brother, sister in law and Kevin and Lisa Harmon. Sharing this pic of our office for one of the days. Good times, good friends, good food!

Good afternoon everyone........ Up here at Dartmouth College NH. with the boss tuning the chapel organ... Hey there MPK, wow, that is lots of power ! How loud do you listen ? I can say this seriously, my little Dynaco MK III pair/ Khorn combo could easily damage hearing in short order with only a puny 50 watts! Highest reading ever recorded on the DB meter 'A' weighting that I could stand, was a short 15 second passage of Percy Grainger wind ensemble. 108 at my listening seat 16' back! Yeah, it was over the top, delivered clean and full ;0) Ok, here is a photo from moments ago....no that is't me, but the maintenance crew member changing some lighting to LED floods for us so we could see up there.. We'll be here for a few more hours I gather... Enjoy your day my friends...

Good morning all. The caffeine is flowing. I know the feeling. It's a curse. Fortunately, age has cured me. After I sold the Rotus, I bought a 97 Miata on a whim with every intention of installing another BOP/Rover 3.5 liter aluminum V8. I met a Ford engineer who had put a Buick 215 in a Miata. It was very cool. The aluminum V8 was barely any heavier than the 4 banger it replaced. Even with the resources he had at Ford, the conversion was very complicated and expensive. Furthermore, that Miata was the most dependable car I ever owned. Whereas the motor was regularly pulled from the Rotus to address chronic issues with a Tilton hydraulic throwout bearing, I never once had to pull the motor in the MX5. :-) I eventually sold the Miata un-bastardized. The attached photo of the Miata has been posted before. Are you familiar with the following site? Dan LaGrou knows 215s. http://www.aluminumv8.com/

One for you. One for her. And one for Stoney.

Well Gary, I do like to turn that volume knob to right quite a bit....lol lol When I'm in the shop and I just want some nice background music I might have just a few watts going to the KP's.. But if the mood is there I'll pump that Carver to it's 375 watts ..... The bay is appx 30x30 so it's not a small room..... but at 300+ watts the KP's fill it with sound. Now if working in the back of a car next to a speaker I back it wayyyy off. I do want to keep my hearing... I've been using the Crown for the last few days. I just picked up three of those. The BOSS said she liked em..... so who am I to say no to three Crowns Very cool pic MKP :-)

Guess I'll wait and see how the drill hammer works.....then maybe a sledge hammer and a younger back Who pours cement around a vanity anyway

? Hope this helps!

Well the adventure at LF's new place is the master bath floor. Apparently someone remodeled it and poured a slab around the vanity and tiled on top of that. I wanted to see if a hammer would break it so I hit it about ten times with a 20 oz hammer. It just snickered at me. So tomorrow a former tile guy is going to try his hand with a hammer drill. I'm not sure if that will be enough. Any ideas other than a jackhammer? Gave Jake a bath yesterday and this morning washed the porch where he hangs out. Mop, hot water, TSP, rinse. Hr doen't know what all the fuss is about LF off to the house to meet the A/V guys and move wires. Taking the control center out of LR and moving it to her office/TV room. No big screen in the LR Whole house wired for sound but will set up a 2 channel system at some point. Maybe Earl will loan me his Bose 901s

One for you. One for her. And one for Stoney. Morning gang.... Hey OT Stoney doesn't like it when we put the music on. If he sees me turn the amps on him and his brother run down to the basement.... they want no parts of the Klipsch and Carvers lol lol.... Grandkids just got on the bus....... The BOSS and I are finishing our 2nd cup of DD..... coffee is a bit bitter this morning.... I think I ground the beans too long We just had a video chat with my daughter..... mom got out of bed and was able to walk to the potty... This is really a big deal.... She has been almost bed ridden since the UTI infection from weeks ago.... This has made our day I love the motor swap stuff...... Years ago back when Fast and Furious 1st came out I had bunches of kids wanting motor swaps in there Honda's... I took on several swaps. Most of the kids had no money..... and if the kids had the money and were under 18 I would make there parents come in to sing a waver.... hey I'm taking out a 95hp engine and dropping in twice the hp, yea you got to sing a waver! Some of the swaps I would not do.... like a H-22 Prelude engine in a CRX... yea it'll fit but the engine is really too big for the car... great for the drag strip but not for the street. There were some that would tell me my price was wayyyy to high for the swap.... My labor started at 5K + parts for a DOHC V-tech into a Civic/CRX... That would include me putting on a new timing belt H2O pump, clutch, lighten flywheel, fab shift linkage. and all wiring that looked factory... and before I dropped that power plant in I would wash the engine bay out... get it looking good. Some took there cars to other "cheaper" places..... then a few months they rolled up on my shop.... hey my cars not right can you help me??? I remember a few, I pop the hood or looked under the dash and it was a rats nest of wiring I would say to them "take it back to who did the swapp" and they would say " they want to charge me" I would just laugh.... like I'm gonna do it for free Well I don't do swapps any longer I just don't want the head ache....... OK gang I gotta roll.... wishing all a great day.... MKP :-)

Looks good, whatever it is!

I love that quote. I drove a Triumph GT6+ for several years.

God morning, troops! Took the wife to work so I can get her car in for a couple of new tires... I'm back at the house to finish my coffee before I go sit at the shop for a while. Always loved the Miata, but never could justify owning one. Bruce

Good late evening everyone........thanks for the reply AND photos MKP, looks like you had some good eats with friends. ......and Diz for the lowdown on the 'full disclosure' with photos on the Rotus All for now.........................

Just got the new Forte II's in from the Chicago area (thank you to opusk2k9 for alerting these). A huge thanks to ZEUS121996 for picking them up, to jimjimbo for transporting them from Chicago to Hope, and thanks to my father-in-law CECAA850 for getting them from Hope back to Texas. We put them through their paces this weekend with a few action movies and some music, and they sound phenomenal. I've got them in a 6.1 setup with the new ones as the surround sides, and they've made a HUGE difference. If I ever get a chance to meet you, I'd like to at least buy you guys a beer for your help.

You are welcome and it was my pleasure. One of the perks of doing something like this, is that occasionally you get to meet someone from the forum that you'd never come face to face with before, and that was my good fortune to meet Zeus for the Chicago hand-off.... Looking forward to hopefully meeting you next year at the Pilgrammage.....

So far, so good. Had to apply De-waxed Shellac to the stain in order to get the Poly to stick. So far, no disasters! Done with the bottom cabinet!

Hey folks. Checking in. All this car talk ties in to a couple of shows we watched last night on History about American muscle cars. Very high drool factor and certainly undermines my better judgment about handling retirement funds. Fortunately I know better and will stick to my audio toys. Sigh. Chuck .... maybe try something involving explosives to dislodge that bathroom floor? Good luck with it. Baxter sends a woof to Jake. Cheers.....................

I still have a 4 barrel manifold off a '62 or '63. I also have a manifold for a 215 V8. Don't know why I kept them, since I have sold the engines I had long ago. Found a couple of 215's and a 300 in a salvage yard about 15 years ago and snatched them up since I was into MGB's and planned a couple of V8 conversions. Ended up selling a 215 to a guy to put in a Pantera, and the 300 went to a guy in the northeast that just wanted to crank timing gears and cover and heads to build a 215 stroker for a MGB. Wish I had kept the 300 since it was the only year they had aluminum heads. Still have a '86 Fiero in the back that is begging for a V8 conversion though.

So in other words...no. So then, you don't know what you're talking about. Why do you keep repeating untrue and misleading comments when you have no idea what you're talking about? What about the nightmare? Exactly what kind of nightmare does one experience when encountering amplifier difficulties? Just curious. Keith Oh, I am SO sorry that my advice of letting the ops ears decide what path he chooses is so incorrect. I was under the impression that good sound was objective, but silly me...I obviously don't know what I'm talking about...so much for being "just curious." ...Are you freakin' kidding me? (Thanks for reminding me that the other type of audiophile are the nose-up varieties.)

Sorry I'll get some better ones tomorrow been too busy listening (and thoroughly enjoying) them. It's been a while since I got goosebumps listening to music. It's nice to have them back

"Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government." One of my favorite lines.

I've heard both(KSP-300s) and would rather keep the KG4s. They delivered a surprising level of inner detail that the KSPs, and a lot of other klipsch models, cannot match. The only models I've owned with more detail were the KLF-20s and CF-4s.

Road trip and get it all. I can only imagine what the KP682 can do with the KP362....x 4.

Afternoon all... Coffee long done....... The BOSS and my daughter are meeting with a social worker at mom's house. Getting a plan for her care...... So I'm holding the fort down by myself....... The plans for the day........ work work and more work with a side order of music from the KP's ........ Got a Crown giving the power to KP's today ....... Giving the Carver a little rest..... Check-in later... MKP :-)

I had a Spitfire in my garage for few years... needed too much work, guy I got it from dismantled too many sections at once. I could never get past the "where do I start" phase. Now, my son-in-law has it stashed somewhere that I will never see it again. Bruce

A formidable lineup Looks like five on the front line, three special agents and two spy's.

I would like to sell these Oak Chorus II's. The crossovers were rebuilt by Bob Crites about 18 months ago, they also have the titanium tweeter diaphragms. These sound great, but I am trying to upgrade my amp. Couple of flaws, one has a partial ring stain on top, the other has some scratches near an edge on top. Would like $800, not really interested in trades. I am in the Phoenix area and would prefer for them to be auditioned and picked up, but if we can figure out the shipping, that is a possible option. Let me know if you have any questions. I recently bought some JBL speakers and will also be selling some nice, and upgraded La Scala's as well as a Cayin A100T amp. The amp and speakers sound great together. I will post those items soon. Thanks for looking. ​Mark

Have you ever had one those SHIT days..... You go home and you turn on the tunes..... All the SHIT just disappears....That is what my 2 channel system does for me.... :)

You know what I drink and where I live These couldn't have found a better home. I can't wait to hear them.

What about pulling the tile and filling the vanity hole with self leveling concrete? Would that bee too high? I wouldn't think so as you'd be back to the height the tile is now.

I would take a pair of Chorus (original or II) after LaScalas. I like the fully horn loaded LS, but the Chorus really rock, are more placement and wife friendly. The Cornwall (to me) are too plain and I don't like the bass. I can't tell you which models are ply and which are mdf, other than: LS - ply LSII - MDF Heresy - ply Heresy II & III - MDF Pretty sure the newer Cornwall II is MDF. While I prefer the Ply, MDF is actually better acoustically. I've had no problems with my HII speakers, and I am at least the second owner. Bruce

The plus of all of this is she's your girlfriend. Notice how a lot of us have very supportive wives when it comes to speakers? If she can't handle some rf-7ii in the room your gonna have a rough time ahead of you. Cause the rabbit hole only gets deeper my friend

Yeah Pantera,

I thought the same thing when I saw that! That skit/movie was soooo far ahead if its time!

Interesting. I don't remember voting for all those people. Do you think you're in an anarcho syndicalist commune ?

Here you go.... to nice to stay upside down miketn

Welcome. 2 things... 1: What do you ears tell you about which is better? Consider doing A/B on them to determine which sound better to you. Those would be the pair you want to keep. 2: Original MSRP does not dictate the overall quality of any equipment. Do not let those figures be the determining factor as to which you keep. You will only be disappointed with your results if you do so. To be clear, both are fantastic speakers, and both have their application. The KG-4's are easily modified and repaired if there are problems. The KSP is a powered system, and probably has better bass response, but for the most part, what you have is all there is. If something goes wrong in the amp section and you're not savvy for the repairs - it could be considerably costly to fix.

And I see where this is headed......................................

I didn't intend for my novela about my late neighbor's Saturn to scare everyone away. At past 9:30 am EDT, no one has posted a greeting of the day. Good morning! We're dialing in the Bunn. It makes great coffee VERY quickly. No more complaints about out gassing. That's one of the benefits of a no beans diet.

Karma will reward you. Margaret, our 90+ neighbor still drove her Saturn to cards and the beauty shop. She had no driveway, so she parked in front of her house. We had a key to her car so we would move it into our driveway when snow was forecast. We would then return it to the curb completely cleared of snow. One day Nancy noticed that Margaret's newspaper was still on her porch. She went in to find Margaret still in bed and not doing well. By the time an ambulance and Margaret's daughter arrived, it was over. Much to the chagrin of Margaret's grandchildren, she left the Saturn to our older son. It was like new, or so it seemed. Margaret had the oil changed religiously at the dealer based on mileage, which meant she got her oil changed every other election. When the timing chain broke at less than 10K, GM blamed it on infrequent oil changes and change of use. Under Margaret's use it never went over 45 mph; not so with our then teenage son. The Saturn and it's timing chain were a subject of a Car Talk episode. Click & Clack sort of agreed that the oil should have been changed more frequently despite low mileage, but they cried BS on the change of use theory. Before you heap undue praise upon me, I confess I had an ulterior motive. I did not imagine that she would leave us the car, but we did benefit by getting it off the street during snowstorms. Had it stayed at the curb, it would have been buried by the snowplows. As they avoided her car, they would have swung wide of the mouth of our driveway leaving more snow to be cleared away. Also, since there was no way I would watch a nonagenarian dig her car out of the snow, it was easier having it in our driveway until the shovelling and snowblower were done.

B.S.Edit: I vilify him because he was born an United States citizen and THAT requires that a male of legal age serve THEIR country as called upon. Once he made the decision that he did not want to honor that 'commitment' and left he should have had ZERO opportunity to make income in the country he choose to leave. I don't give a rat's behind what he changed his 'name' to in order to make religion an issue. He never left. Who do you have him confused with? He went to draft board, filed as a CO, they refused to grant him CO status. He took it to court, lost, appealed, lost again, and he took it to Supreme Court and won. You can't be more of an American and in the rule of law than that. He was perfectly willing to go to prison for what he believed in.

Muff respect? I'm sure he got plenty of that :o Mark

Conscientious Objectors have been long recognized in this country. He was only vilified because of his color and religion. One of the greatest Americans to have lived in the 60's. How few could ever stand by their beliefs through all the trials society put him through? He took his own path. That amount of courage is rarely seen.

Just curious what do y'all think of the silver luster grille cloth from the 70th Anniversary speakers?

Did anyone say La Scala Referb