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Sounds like that was from the Department of Redundancy Department

Your best bet is to listen to them yourself and determine that. No harm, no foul if they're free.

This discussion is too black and white. The answer is neither, and both. Yes trust your ears, yes get some validation, more importantly listen for yourself to a variety of systems. Learning to listen critically is a far different thing from enjoying whatever you're hearing. It is not mandatory to an enjoyable experience. Here is the thing - you don't know what you don't know. Maybe you're happy with xyz speakers. Then, then you hear a friends speakers that sound 10x better to your ears. But what's the deal, were you wrong before to enjoy what you had? Were your ears wrong? I've been through this, and it was eye opening for me at the time. Do trust your ears, but be open minded (eared?) to listen to other systems to hear the differences. I think the point is valid both ways. Don't blindly trust what people tell you. DO take every opportunity to listen to other peoples' systems, speakers. Knowing of course that is their room their equipment, etc so it will not sound exactly the same in your space - but at least you get a good idea. Critical listening is a different topic, and yes it is a learned skill. I got sick of that pursuit 20 years ago, because I decided I just want to enjoy music without picking it apart and thinking about every detail and nuance - which for me took away from the overall experience.

Well. My wife had a frustrating week, and we decided it was past time to treat herself to something nice. She has wanted one of these for 20 years... His and Hers:

LF makes her pod coffee from a Keurig I don't like it but she likes the convenience. So she's off playing tennis (41 degrees) and I'm headed home to grind some Mayorga beans.

I will follow up with another John Klemmer album A double album with some of the best and most beautiful Saxophone 🎷Jazz to be heard Artists - John Klemmer Title - Mosaic

True Well the way things are these days, that closet must be much bigger than I originally thought, because they have way more people in there than the original concept considered.

It's not just that, any extra internal bracing takes up cubic inches which would/could change the tune of the speaker, or they have to increase the size by that many cubic inches to keep it the same. You can't just add a bunch of braces thinking your helping, your not, your changing the bass mostly since the horns aren't as dependent on cabinet size. Think about how important cabinet size affects the performance of a sub for different drivers, same thing.

No, but I’d want to know some things about them. I don’t think his question is unusual. http://www.klipsch.com/blog/6-noteworthy-upgrades-to-the-rf-7-iii

Mornin' from what I've been reading here ... it would appear than many [several?] of you are familiar with my old stomping grounds. North central IN. Prolly was MI before they cut a piece off to give IN great lake "frontage" ... My dad worked in the band instrument industry. I've been down here so long, that I am semi-native. Got a bag of Mexican beans, from the roaster. Good stuff. There are a couple varieties I don't care for. One is a specialty bean. Dried with the cherry on. Might be an acquired taste ... reminded me of chicory. And I am not too keen about dark roast, in general. No "weather" yet. Was too warm this AM. Clouds on the western horizon. Looks like it is coming. Our winter precip mirrors SanDiego, if you scale it back a bit.

Wrong, your ears are the only ones that matter!!! Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk

....Onto Side B, and this album really shows Greg's ROCKIN' side !! Big Velodyne subwoofer hittin' all the bass !

"Sometime" was, apprapparently, earlier this morning. Upon returning to the post maintenance site, it was first necessary to choose four security questions. One was, apparently, authored by the "sometime" person. The question was, "In what city were you born in?" Such a pity to waste a perfectly good "in."

........the inner sleeve and actual vinyl............... Side TWO coming up next......last track of Side ONE playing as I type ...

Good evening / afternoon my friends....................spinning a little vinyl here in Music Hall this Friday evening...........I enjoyed reading through the past couple pages here on Vinyl, and as always, nostalgic talk about PROG............ I just happen to be listening to this now, a SOLO album from the late Greg Lake for which the album is simply named... Here some photos......... Cover art, front and rear.....

Nice 19s Bruford!!! My best buddy has had his Model 19s since the early 1980s, and they still sound great. 19s are what got me HORNY, for hi efficiency type speakers.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6y2yKiy-RKo

I love this sentence!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Big fan of pecan wood for smoking but if I want to bump up the smoke flavor I'll go with cherry or apple. Can't seem to do anything decent tasting with mesquite so I mostly skip that. Same for hickory which should be reserved for bacon. There was actually for many years around here a company that sold their pulled pork in the major grocery stores, and it was pretty darn good. Way above anything you'd find in a chain store today. Mostly meat, with just a bit of sauce but a we bit sweet. Of course, I can't recall the name.

A quick spin whilst it’s a quiet time at home before I go to a lunchtime meeting And this record is putting me in a stable mood Not sure if @Tigerman is familiar with this artist Genre is electronic Jazz with the standout instrument being the Saxophone 🎷 Artist - John Klemmer Title - Waterfalls

Sure I think you were made for that part.

I can’t wait for the movie. Can I play the non-technical old guy?

Dont take my post in the wrong way I also love Fragile- it’s a brilliant album But just like you I had more early exposure to Close To The Edge

I love fragile.....it's was one of my first prog albums . That I listened too.....thanks to my neighbor the other 3 ...wish you were here , trick of the tail , and in the court of the crimson king ! It changed my life back in 78....

Yes - Close To The Edge is probably my favourite Yes release but I like the first 3 Records immensely Edit All my Yes Records are first press and almost all of my collection

https://delaware.craigslist.org/ele/d/ultimate-stereo/6406988116.html

I see no reason ether, I just wouldn't go out my way to do it. All it takes is one person to buy them and take pics, it's not like it's a secret. They let us watch them building them and all other speakers they were working on at the time of Pilgrimage, and I have been there plenty and they never hid anything.

My wife just bought the Porsche (it's a 2006). She'll drive it most of the time, but I'll sneak in a few drives now and then. Somebody has to put it through it's paces to keep it properly exercised The 2013 Camaro SS 1LE is mine, and can chew up the Porsche from a performance perspective but character of the Porsche is simply awesome and the top down back roads cruising is a real joy.

Seen that today, worked himself into bad health, such a shame.

Nice looking design! http://www.klipsch.com/news/klipsch-heritage-amplifier-drives-the-most-demanding-headphones

Just down the road from Austin, less than an hours drive is Lockhart, TX....... aka The BBQ Capital of Texas. In Lockhart you've got 4 good choices to choose from, some have been in business since the 1800's. My family likes mine best , but I'll take Kreuz's BBQ any day of the week, just don't ask for sauce, not that you'll need it anyway. Hell, even in Austin you have Franklin's, and there's a Black's also. Franklin's can get crazy though, the line can go around the buillding and down the corner.

coming out of the closet Phew. For a minute there I thought you were going to admit to cross dressing up in clothes sewn by Bose. Passion waxes and wanes. In life, in sex and in music. Find some good music which makes you feel, alive, dead, excited, relaxed, happy or sad and you'll be back into before you realize what you've been missing.

Chuck, sorry to hear about Jake! Sounds like he was a great dog!

I like my wife's BBQ. I help by eating it.

Yes, really great place and project. Hope AVGUY and you can work on it. My city's lone surviving movie palace is now the Perot Theatre. Magnificent place with extraordinary acoustics and hosts the Texarkana Symphony, amongst other things. Its original theater organ resides in the catacombs below it awaiting resurrection. That is my project... After finding, miraculously, during my transfers of the Paul W. Klipsch tapes a couple of recordings engineered by PWK of John Eargle playing this organ I realized it HAD to be restored. Best of everything to you guys on this great project...nothing like bringing back the glories of the past to get a person jazzed up! Dave

I am a fan of Audyssey and when I first got our Denon AVR-4311ci I was very unimpressed and then someone mentioned the above--The second I turned off Dynamic Volume everything came alive and it hasn't been off since except on an experiment or two. That said, definitely run the program as intended, which isn't as hard as ALL of the comments on the Audyssey thread suggests. As Davis mentioned, make sure the first location is at the MLP and then keep the mic away from obstacles and then tryout the various parameters available...Fwiw, I use the basic Audyssey setting and then the Dolby PlIIz matrixing and the sound system in our HT below is seamless.

Can't find anything on-line about Audyssey? Gack! The bigger problem is there is so much stuff it's hard to read it all. Here is the AVSforum.com Audyssey Official Thread with nearly 5,000 comments. Good luck sifting through that thread! (do read the FAQ) http://www.avsforum.com/forum/90-receivers-amps-processors/2376770-official-audyssey-thread-part-ii.html +++ Audyssey calibrates your system to Reference level, which is 82 db in most AVRs (sometimes 80). Unless you are listening at Reference levels the sound can be a little thin IMO. It's perfect balance at Reference Levels. I have two AVRs with Audyssey, a med level and high level version. I always use Dynamic EQ. Lately I have been using Dynamic Loudness in the Marantz SR6011 and found it adds much more "body" to lower level listening, especially TV audio. You might try turning on Dynamic Loudness and try the three levels of compression (light, medium, heavy), decide for yourself if it helps. Edit: I would point out that @Davis commented he does NOT use Dynamic Volume. That is the opinion of the majority who run Audyssey, including me until just lately. I've had Audyssey in an AVR for 3 years and it was only in the last few weeks I decided to turn it on and play with the various compression levels.

I assume you have a preamp/processor for your new system? The Outlaw 7700 is a 7 channel amplifier. You will need some kind of front end with it if you aren't going to use the 990. Not to be too critical, but all of your posts ramble and don't get to the point. Your mixture of fantasies, what you really want to do mixed in with a lack of understanding how some things work undermines your credibility. Bruce

Not very much, probably. If I had to guess requirements were written by a non-technical, old guy, who knew very little about what a web browser was; let alone software development best practices. Those requirements were RFQed and the slickest talking, lowest bidder won. They threw out all sorts of technical words that were hot at the time but even they did not understand. The old dude from the government was wowed even though his gut told him this was a just a used car salesman with an expense account. Shocked that he won the bid the know-nothing Project Manage now had to find someone to actually do the work....though he did not really know what that work was. He called a head hunter the pretended to specialize in technical placement. When the PM got the estimate of how much a "programmer" cost he started to panic based on his (terrible) estimate of hours required and the low ball bid he won with. So he contacted someone that specialized in cheap programming. This is the only guy in the chain that knew the story. He knew it was a fairly simple task but he could sell it as a monumental endeavor. The PM went back to the gov. guy who was ready to retire and just wanted it off his plate. He was told about scope creep, moving targets and changing requirements. The gov guy modded the contract and gave the PM 3X what he originally bid (making him the highest bidder after the fact). The PM still worried about not delivering gave all that money to the one guy that knew what was up. The guy in the know either hired a person fresh out of college with a BS in computer science with English has her second language or offshored it to one of two huge places in India. Either way the fresh faced woman out of college (willing to take any work way below market price to keep her visa going) or the guys in India (chained to computers for 20 hours a day) did not have a full grasp of the English language and its fine nuance. However, it is by no means their fault or problem. The guy pocketing all the money didn't care because he knew the PM and the Gov guy were too ignorant to see the corners cut. The gov. took delivery and it all worked sort of okay. But they never tested it so they never saw the error messages in question. Neil @DizRotus comes along and says that message does not even makes sense. Because it doesn't. It made sense if you were reading it on the written page and translating it to your native language in your head. But there was no basic QC to say lets word smith this just a bit. It will only take 3 minutes. The programming is solid, but the words on the page are not. The college grad/Indian guys did the best they cold given the information they had. Nobody did the up front leg work to call out what should happen at each path the software takes. The PM got a promotion, the gov. guy retired with a pension and the guy who actually understood the game got all the money; while the programmers that did the work said....I thought this was a high paying industry, what happened the last 20 years?

No, used a 4" roller for the first two coats then a small smooth finish / trim roller for the final. Sanded them initially with 220 and again with 220 after first coat then 320 before final coat. Should have spent a little more time but they turned out decent enough. After I steam cleaned the grills the speakers look brand new.

back in 81 i picked upped king crimson dr.d Atlanta Georgia 73 bootleg.... I lost my mind.... doctor diamond is one of my favorite crimson songs...

@Full Range Don't we all !! Forgot to mention that until recently I didn't comprehend your signature. I've experienced that so-in-so now and understand completely.

Epic cf3, version 1. Anybody want a pair of rf7 in New England? Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

New 3636 Autoformers from Bob C came in yesterday and I should be seeing my Parts Express order with the caps, coils, barrier strips, and other parts today. And I have two Mouser orders that should show up today, as well. I had ordered the terminals, per Dean's thread, along with some main filter caps for my Sunfire sub that was buzzing. I emailed Bob (Carver) on Tuesday morning and we emailed back and forth a little about what to do with the sub. He said it was "easy" and told which capacitors to change out so those were ordered "after" my first order. No biggie. Bob Carver is a helluva guy and I'm proud to say I've known him for about 30 years now. He's hoping to get to finally retire but "just can't seem to stop", as he put it. I'm "hoping" that I can build and cover the grills for the Belle's this weekend as it's actually supposed to get to 50 degrees outside! Woo hoo! I'd like to have them completely done before they go to my best friends house in his upstairs music room for storage in the next couple of months. Maybe there'll be time to build the new AA networks, too, this weekend. Since our offer was accepted for the land, we will be packing some things away and putting in a storage building to have the house cleared out some to get it listed But, stereo things are not going into storage....my buddy offered to store all of my electronics stuff. I'll be listing my CF-3's at some point in Garage Sale, too. I'd rather whittle things down than pack them away and hoard them. They won't see much use with the new speakers.

I agree 100% with what bsAudio is saying here. I won't go into the problems I've had. You can see in 3 different threads here. Klipsch is still Klipsch. Great sounding speakers is what they are known for but it looks like they should have stayed out of the wireless game. At least come out and tell us you bought a lemon and we won't be coming out with a solution so we can move one. The lack of communication is the worst part. Bush league customer service from a company that depends on loyal customers.

Congrats! That's very exciting!

You are a lucky man to find a pair of RB-75s. They are the best reference book shelf ever made (just saying) Great find. George

I guess I'm lucky, because after Audyssey calibration with a microphone spread of 3 seats (8 mic positions), the sound is better with Audyssey than without in all 5 seats (5 seats across, fairly close together, on a couch in a room 16.75 feet wide). I hear that Audyssey is now recommending a closer mic cluster than it once did. Before I started, I put in a medium amount of absorption and there is a large amount of diffusion. The only thing that seems worse in the farthest apart seats (seats number 1 and 5) is the imagining, and it is not too bad with movies. And, I'd say that even in the extreme seats, the imaging is better with Audyssey than without.