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My wife and I recently celebrated our 20th Anniversary down in West Palm Beach. I'm truly blessed as we are more in love today than ever before. Here is some footage from West Palm.

unboxing pics.

^^^^^ Tarheels latest spreadsheet on life Pleasures Needs ----------------- ------------ See's Cialis Hot Sauce

Congrats to everyone that has worked towards a terrific relationship with their spouse/best friend. This September we'll be celebrating our 34th wedding anniversary. Plus celebrating being best friends for 39 years. Sent from my SM-G920P using Tapatalk

Glad to be of assistance my friend!

Tarheel liked a post in a topic: Cables, Coffee, and Cocktails 2 hours ago Tarheel liked a post in a topic: Cables, Coffee, and Cocktails 2 hours ago Tarheel liked a post in a topic: Cables, Coffee, and Cocktails 2 hours ago Last night before turning in, i noticed my "Like" Number Content was sitting @ 19,997 three shy of the Big 20K. Looking at my profile content, i see it was "Tarheel" who 2 hours ago placed the three needed. So as usual, upon my set goal of 20K, whoever was the one who topped it off.....wins. Tarheel, what is your Pleasure? See's? Hot Sauce? Cialis?

Confused, I am. That doesn't look like my living room so what gives here? I expected that you would have them set up for me before I came back from 4th fishing with the kiddos. Ribbon fish in abundance with gnarly teeth. Nice! You might as well PM me a price for 3.

afternoon gents Wife back in from Pub run CrockPot has been giving off this aroma everytime i walk through the house. Told the wife, Pulled Pork 30Min or im taking that crockpot to the Cave and sit down with a Fork. AC maintaining 77 in the Cave, outdoor 104, damm dry too @ 12% HMD. No Calls for search and rescue so far, walkie talkie has been quite, except for public drinkers/drunks. Scanner on FD freq, have been from one fire to another all day. glad i went for river duty this year.

Yes, garage La Scalas...

I worked at the pattern shop of an iron foundry whose owner was a car collector and motorcycle collector and ran with a bunch of other vehicle collectors. Every now and then I would come to work and find some kind of casting in bits and pieces or in some other state of disrepair sitting in the middle of my workbench for me to make a pattern for so that new replacement parts for some kind of car could be made. I made lots of patterns which were vehicle-related, such as straight-8 Hudson exhaust manifold, and that kind of stuff. The most interesting one, although not that difficult of a pattern-job, was when I walked in one morning and there was this weird-looking more-or-less assymetrical plate thing which was broken on one corner, and was originally cast in a crappy low-grade aluminum/aluminum alloy of some kind. Come to find out it was (I can't remember exactly which, front or rear...) an engine "block" plate for a lower engine block which was a bolted-together affair with separate bronze-type cylinders mounted within units of two cylinders each for the upper portion of the four cylinder engine block mounted to the top of the lower portion of the bolted-together block "box". If that wasn't weird enough, it was to be re-cast using ductile iron, instead of "aluminum whatever-it-was". It seems that it was more common than not for the two protruding corners of this piece to eventually crack and break off. That was because of a combination of the material it was originally cast in and the AGE of that material which weakened the overall piece over the years due to deterioration. So the owner want to make a few of them in ductile iron so that they would not tend to break at the corner protrusions over the years. Those protrusions were used to stabilize engine mounting, which on that particular piece had a large round projection sticking out of it, which was a SINGLE-point engine mount, which allowed the engine to rock from side to side from the torque generated from its rotating crankshaft and flywheel. The ear-like projections that tended to break off over time were to limit the engines rocking motion side-to-side by those protrusions putting pressure on solid rubber blocks mounted to the car frame on either side of the engine "block" at the points where they both could meet and stabilize the vibrations. The boss believed that making it out of cast ductile iron would solve the breakage issue, but the rest of the block would remain as in the original...made out of those aluminum-like plates bolted together. Well, I made the pattern and rigged it we made a few adjustments in order to get some excellent parts out of the deal, which were nice exact copies of the original part in ductile iron alloy. But they were basically a failed experiment for A TOTALLY DIFFERENT reason. Because they were ductile iron and not that alloy stuff! It seems that as the engine heated up, they would simply NOT remain sealed to the other engine "block" plates and leaked oil like a sieve. Simply too much difference in the two metals used and their heat expansion/contraction properties for the gasket material used to seal the plates to each other! What did the engine go into?? A VERY early STUTZ BEARCAT! Yep...some weird stuff was found on my workbench on a number of mornings! LOL!

You sound like you are indeed the great father you are striving to be. I've seen the "best friend" metioned here several times. I think this is key to a great marriage. My wife started out as friends. We went on "dates" together and for the first month, all we did was hold hands. We enjoyed simply being with each other. I'm confident we will not experience the empty nest syndrome because our children are a HUGE part of our lives but they are not our lives in it's entirety. We still do date night once a month, just she and I, leave the 4 kids at home. It doesn't matter what we do, it's just the point of being together that matters.

Congratulations on 20 years! I celebrated 25 years a couple of months ago in April. You know you have a great wife when part of the celebrating was this years Klipsch Pilgrimage. She is my best friend.

Everything we have been through in life (good, the bad and the ugly) has helped to mold and shape us into who we are today. It's those past experiences that often help us to become better for the sake of those that will come along behind us. Our past can either make us bitter or better. I have made a conscious decision to become better. I had a great childhood (although it was difficult at times) but I do not ever want my children to have to go through that hurt that I experienced as a child.

I haven't but I did see the death wish @ price chopper..

Haha for sure! This is true. We just made a commitment from the beginning that divorce is not an option. My parents split up when I was 7, several remarriages. I saw first hand how much pain and struggle it brings. I also prayed for 10 months for God to send me who He wanted me to be with. I truly believe my wife is an answer to prayer. I could not have found a more perfect wife for me.

Good Post Party day gang I see Coffee servers are "Upgrading" their uniforms. They should form a Union and slowly work their dress code across the US. 90s+, Dry, 100 by Friday again. Hell they just bumped that 100 to 103+.

Chuck you have to go there in the winter. for fresh perked coffee !!!!

Thanks everyone. That's the one thing that I love about flying the DJI Phantom 4. You get to experience the world from a totally different perspective. And what I see on my iPad Mini is exactly what you see in the video. When I was younger, I dreamed of being a pilot. Now I am one. LOL Congrats Gary to you and your wife! That's awesome. I love hearing of marriages that are thriving. One day I want to be that cute old couple that have been married for 60 years and still act like we are newlyweds. LOL. You have a good point there.

I'll have a #2, 3, and 4 to start

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....Side B playing right now

Liner with other ABC recordings....

...rear album art and track listing.............WOW, an Elton John cover ? Or, was it the other way around ????

Good evening/morning (for FR).... Chuck, you got some great jazz recordings right there ! Posting over in RTM now, and thought I would include my LP spins here..... Currently listening to this one that I have no idea where it came from!

Very nice! Now do a couple with the new Jubes.

Even on my phone this sounded good. Very clear

Complicated and sad but true. I know this may sound awful to some, but I am grateful he did not live to see what this world has become. I also guess I left an item off my list above. In loving memory of Jordan Kenneth Jensen 1920 - 1981

Afternoon gents Sent the Wife / daughter to their Fav Pub downtown, Girl Day. Addressing misc project leavings all over the place, retirement brings the mindset> Fkit ill pick that up / put that away later.........

Happy Fourth of July and Red White and Blue

Without knowing too much . . . some microwave ovens have "stirrers" which are fan-shaped devices which spread the waves around the oven cavity. It could be that yours is not working and the energy gets concentrated in the center. I see charring in the photograph. It could be that the intense heat of the food is causing thermal stresses in the ceramic plate and cracking it. It is not that the plate is absorbing the energy.

Welcome To Calif. News states this morning the Golden Gate Bridge Toll one way is now $7.75. Gas goes up another $.25 per Gal. Roundup now Banned in the state.

Jealousy will get you nowhere.

I don't believe there could be a more appropriate day to pose this question and Happy Fourth Of July to all! Just saw a post by Travis(thanks for that by the way)in another thread of a quote from The Declaration Of Independence and it got me to thinking about some of the things that truly have an amazing and sometimes inexplicable emotional impact on me or the things that give me "Goosebumps" . I realize just knowing the type of folks we have here on the Forum that a good majority of "Our" first few on the list so to speak will probably be somewhat similar. We would probably have to go down that list a bit before we start to diverge much. The unfortunate thing for me is(because a lot of times it is in public)that number one still brings the tears as well. I have tried like Hell over the years to control that and I just cannot seem to make it happen. Is what it is I suppose. Some of mine are: 1) The Star Spangled Banner. I have never failed to succumb to it when performed in an at least close to traditional and what I consider an acceptable, respectful(to the Anthem)manner. I don't think I need explain myself on this point. 2) The stories behind the folks whom have been awarded The Congressional Medal Of Honor and just the Congressional Medal Of Honor concept in general I suppose. Very, very moving to me and I cannot think of anything else on this planet that commands more respect, gratitude and admiration. 3) Reading The Declaration of Independence. 4) Reading The Constitution. 5) Military "Flyovers" at ball games. 6) Knowing that a woman as good as my wife Loves me. 7) How much I Love my Son. 8) Watching my Son shoot Trap. He is good and he got that from me hence the "Goosebumps" on that one. HaHa! In the spirit of this thread, what are some of yours?

The diffusion in my room is incidental: masonry bricks on the front wall, a large CD/DVD/BD rack and wooden shutters over windows on opposite side walls, books and LPs in a tall open bookcase, etc. that serve to break up HF and midrange frequencies. Having a room that's 40 feet deep handles the midbass and low frequencies quite well--no added diffusion is required. I found that the only treatment that was needed was absorption around the K-402 horns--within 3-6 feet of the horn mouths. I added absorption panels across the front wall to taste vs. the natural diffusion of the brick masonry. The smoothness of the group delay plot (below) shows the effectiveness of the room's absorption in controlling early reflections. The measured reverberation times vs. frequency are also plotted below for reference. Measured group delay of the left Jubilee and subwoofers (crossed at 40 Hz) vs. frequency (note the vertical scale): Chris

See's it is Besides im sure your "see's" for the Girls for no special reason is always a hit

"Fanfare for the Common Man" by Aaron Copeland. Reading the Declaration and the Constitution. No generation is homogeneous.

heading aids to louder than that..

Oh yeah, i forgot about that BS chat area for opinionated disgruntled armchair keyboard commandos. Say hello to the basement dwellers tarheel, i dont partake in the BS forum much. I can find that Ilk on something called the internet, and in mass. Seems to be NO shortage of opinions there.

Yes it is. I've never worked with it before. The finish is hard as nails and glassy smooth. When you cut or rip a piece you'll pick up splinters in your hands like crazy and don't even think of running your hand along the side. Ouch!

Happy - 4th of July

10 is only for you married folks...

Man, I really didn't want to give up the Secret Decoder Ring.

Nice score. Bob Carver was really proud of the Cinema Grand line. I met Bob once at a meet and greet at an audio store in Dallas a number of years ago. We had talked for a while when a sales rep from the store walked up and tried to put the hard sale on me to spend $5k on a Cinema Grand set up. Bob asked him to stop bothering me because I already had nice tube gear for my Klipschorns and didn't need a new amp. I think he was mostly annoyed at the rep's rather rude interruption of our conversation.

Buy a lotto ticket!

Why aren't you dogging John Allen and HPS-4000 for ripping-off Klipsch? Some of you state his A55G is a superior squawker. Why do you give Peavey and its FH-1 a pass? Why don't you slam Sansui's SP-3500 as a Cornwall rip-off? The Vittora is NOT a La Scala, less so than an FH-1. I don't remember any blow-up over/by Mr. Roberts. I checked out when ALK got so bitter and angry (for no good reason) and the drama that caused. Of course Roberts will say his product is the best in the world, who would say "We build the SLK, almost as good as an 850i"? It's time for a little more Libertarian approach. Obviously, we all like Klipsch, but other manufacturers make good speakers, too. Martin-Logan SL-3s sound remarkably like my La Scalas. I truly enjoyed a Holly Cole CD through them once. I am a Ducatisti, but I have a Kawasaki and an old Honda, too. I don't hide that on a Ducati Forum, but I don't dog someone who discusses his new Aprilia on the Duc Forum, either. A good Aprilia does not diminish a Duc. A good Rival does not diminish a Cornwall. This pettiness diminishes the Forum.

I think it's much better to buy a dedicated netbook at low cost and use REW. These can be had for much less than $100: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=lp_1232596011_st?rh=n%3A172282%2Cn%3A!493964%2Cn%3A541966%2Cn%3A13896617011%2Cn%3A565108%2Cn%3A1232596011&qid=1495389142&sort=price-asc-rank The advantages of doing it this way significantly outweigh trying to find an app for a iPad that can do even a fraction of what REW can do, and you're basically on your own with an iPad app. You can do it that way...but I've found that using a few fuzzy blankets or comforters tacked up on the side walls just even with the midrange horn mouths and extending toward the listener by about 2 feet--works wonders. Put some down on the floor, too, just in front of the bass bins and extending perhaps 4 feet in front of each bass bin. Listen to the difference in center phantom imaging when you do this--it should immediately become very strong and focused. This should be a fairly dramatic change in the soundstage imaging--for the better. This is good to have, but my question is "why"? What are you going to do with the untreated measurements? Doing an A-minus-B measurement is interesting, but what actually matters is how it sounds to you. If you had hard and fast criteria on what you were going to achieve (like a mixing/mastering control room), then those measurements would be useful. But in my experience, you need something in the corners (bass traps in two of the four corners, preferably the front corners) and early reflection absorption panels on the side walls and perhaps absorption on large acoustically reflective objects between your La Scalas (try blankets temporarily). The notion of "first reflection point treatments" is basically urban myth in my experience. What I've found to be key is controlling only the early reflections from within 3-4 feet of your loudspeakers, and corner bass traps to control "boom"--if you have a flat ceiling of 8 feet or higher and a rectangular-shaped room Measuring left and right channels together isn't a fruitful exercise in my experience unless you like looking at comb filtering effects and finding out just how sensitive the microphone position is to what you're measuring. If you measure at your listening position, get used to the fact that all your phase measurements will be garbage (unless you have a heavily absorption overtreated room). Not the first thing to do--in my experience. One metre in front of each loudspeaker centered on the front panel of the loudspeaker for the first measurements--as this will give you real information about what is going on. Once you get that under control, then moving to the LP and ear height is the next step. But recognize that all you're going to be doing at the LP is measuring frequencies below the Schroeder frequency of the room (i.e., less than 200 Hz) which have much less to do with stereo imaging than the side wall treatments and 1-metre microphone measurements. All the LP measurements are doing are showing you how much the room modes and placement of the listening position(s) interact at lower frequencies. One measurement with the sub off, one on. REW will show you the calculated RT curves vs. frequency. This is a gross measurement capability that tell you if you need more absorption in-room. As far as when those strongest reflections show up, you'll need REW's impulse and waterfall plots. We can go through those a step at a time. That comes from looking at the waterfall and spectrogram plots within REW. Basically, this is correct. You're looking at placing some absorption/diffusion in-room and looking at the differences--once you get the near-field absorption under control. You basically got the main points, but I believe that you missed talking about the present sound of your room: what is it that you hear that you don't like? Chris

Having seen and heard gregs speakers at axpona the last 3 years, I can tell you that they are quality. Very well made. Unfortunately out of my price range. His price point isn't as crazy as you might think as compared to some of the outrageous prices being asked for what is considered high end. 10k or 20k is nothing compared to what is out there.