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This may just be me but, to often, I hear things like this speaker is better than that speaker or, this speaker kills that one. This type of info tells you nothing, did I say nothing. Newbies are always asking for speaker selection help. They will get the, this will kill that? What should we be telling them? First, a speaker is a transducer that converts an electrical signal to an acoustic one. This is no different than the job done by the CD player, BDP, amp or turn table. That is not the whole story, how do we judge a speaker. You need several pieces of info, room size, application and will it meet it's objective of accuracy and clarity. Room size is a big factor. To many blanket answers of buy the biggest you can get or afford. If the speaker is to big for the room, namely the bass production of the speaker, it will create modal issues. These problems can be difficult to overcome in a small 2 ch room or HT. If the speaker is to small, poor bass attack and the thing sounds like it does not have enough gas. How much low frequency energy can the room handle? Getting a speaker to large for the space will take a lot of EQ and room treatments that would not have been necessary. No reason to make problems that can be avoided. A speaker to tall will cause more reflections off the ceiling. This will cause delay issues. This also causes SBIE, speaker boundary interference effects. This show up as comb filtering and create a phantom image. Sometime you will hear a sound where it should not be or blurring of the image. For those with low ceilings, speaker height should not be greater than 50% of room height. Now, how to evaluate the speaker in the room. Look for accuracy and clarity. Judge how the speaker presentation is, things sound balance from top to bottom, wide sound stage, tonal balance, strong bass, clear vocals and a sparkling treble region should be heard. Do cymbals and triangles have air, slowly decay are signs of good treble. How is the off axis performance? Without some of this type of info, it is hard to say will one speaker be better in a given room.

just agreed to a quote from a moving company to take my stuff up north. Cheaper than those PODS, cheaper than renting a U-Haul and driving myself. Let me say that i saved A WHOLE LOT of money. I don’t have much stuff and they have room on a truck already going up there. win-win scenario.

that's almost all of Pa. except the big cities...

Every piece of equip i own is powered by Honda. Dredges to generators.

You're right Bill.

Chuck....it's hard to beat a Honda.

Tried out the new Honda push mower this morning. As advertised it started on the first pull. Adjusted the cut height and was off. Takes about 45 minutes to cut, another 45 to edge and to use the blower on the porches, walks, and road. I gave away the John Deere I bought in 1999 and used up to this season. It was just getting to hard to crank especially with a healing rotator cuff. This was a good opportunity to judge the better of the two quality push mowers. Granted we are talking about 18 years of technological advances with the Honda. The Honda was easy to push, starts fast, and is quieter. The mulching feature makes it easier to get around trees and fences. The John Deere lasted for 18 years! The aluminum deck was great and no rusting at all. Side discharge made it less nimble in close quarters. To be fair I would need to review both current models and that's not going to happen. All for now.......

A couple cups of robusto down. Getting ready for another day in the Klipsch Audio sandbox. Life is good.

Despite the immaculate reception, I still have a soft spot for pittsburgh teams, but I have met Bradshaw, don't recommend him. It's OK for a while if he's buying though.

Beer goes with lots of things

Interesting this item came up. Growing up we ALL hear what we are supposed to be blended with. Mom, (Indiana Hick) told us kids, Amish, Quaker, Penn Dutch, German, and that was pretty much all we heard. WE, us kids never really gave a chit. 40+ some years later a cousin calls and says she has a new hobby of Genetics, and is willing to pay for a DNA test on me. This must come from a male member of the family as our DNA does not really change from Generation to Generation. So i say sure, And it comes back i am 101% Irish, with zero other influence So much for MoM & Family BS. Now where was i .........oh yeah, Crackin a Guinness

Steve it's inner country Amish community...

no it's hard to beat what was used on the porch.

I've been a Honda fan my whole life, from motorcycles, van, to gas powered tools, they take a beating. I'm also a huge Stihl fan. I think their quality is equal with Honda's.

Morning gang 80+ is forcast I see some have survived Hope so far. <Day aint over yet> Swapmeet for Hammer drill, likely a Hilti, i seemed to have loaned mine out sometime back

I think some Hutterrites live in just a bit west of Airway Heights. I wonder the Tridentines still live around the priest factory. (Mount Saint Michaels) http://www.stmichaels.org/mount-st-michael-then-and-now/

Evening gents Bigstew is not out of the OC Drama yet. The crew in Hope must be-a-rockin, pretty dam quite around here. 75+ for the next week Swapmeet in the morning because i/we need nothing, that means ill come home with something

We have Mennonites and Hutterrites, in Eastern WA and N. Idaho. Good people. Very straight forward, no BS.

Daylight and candles

Well, in truth I was born in Amish country PA. But that is as far as it goes.

Steve I'm lost for words to say

Awesome Question and Answer with Paul.

only when he dresses like a sheep

I like blondes

i have no idea. i hear they are good cookers.

I'm a radical. I think it's OK to create electricity as long as the women folk generate it with stationary bicycles.

sounds like your ready to move to a Amish community... do they have them in Oregon ?

But not much longer.

pardon me. i’ve been in the city too long.

not dissing ... i’ve no problem with the amish or there way of life. my electricity bill is about $120 per month--maybe they’re onto something.

capishe? catfish was how bart simpson heard it.

I know. But I'm not talkin. Catfish?

they have a mafia.

When god talks to you, you stop and listen.,

@dirtmudd My tube amp (top) and tube preamp, both are one off hand made

The Whimpy effect.

038AV Stihl chainsaw. Going into the claim(s) trees fall across the road every year, Husky would be the better if not for the price.

Look behind him.

Play the system "as-is" and tell us if you hear any deficiencies. We can work from there. And what; 5 posts and no one has told Joe to replace his capacitors yet? You guys are slackin'... ;-)

Where city are you headed to sir?

You're so baaaad.

i like the Guiness Blonde.

Brian ... do you really have some Amish in you or am i falling for a joke here.

If you're dissing my people...well, you don't want to do that.

brian, i’ve you’ve ever been in an inner city Amish community at night, you may not think it’s so great.

I was in central Pennsylvania back in '93...back then they had signs posted that Amish had the right of way. That's all fine until one decides to stop in the middle of busy county road and start cloud gazing...I know they want to play it off like it's the 1700s or some such, but at least get out of the way for the folks who prefer existence in modern society...

everything would be so nice living in an amish paradise