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Well... they have arrived. The Forte IIIs - first shipment to NZ docked Tuesday night, and the dealer managed to convince the distributor to let me pick up straight from the warehouse on Wednesday. Had to fly out on business that night, so only got a few hours listening in, but back today and halfway through a nice bottle of Australian red while having a good listen. What a massive improvement on the RF 82-IIs I had - immediately noticed much sharper imaging and an absolutely massive soundstage. Vocals are just incredible on these. Currently have them around 40cm/15" out from the rear wall, toed in pointing straight on the listening position. Will play around with placement after a good 50 hours to let the woofers loosen up I think. NZ pricing came in at $7k which is just over $5k USD at current exchange rates.

LF thought I needed another little silver 2 seater.

Don't be confused Mike. It don't make a lot of sense until you live in it for 30 years. As Forest Gump said _ _ IT HAPPENS

If all the drivers worked, I would have them rhino liner and take them to the lake where they would be used for beach duty-rain or shine.

Those would make for a great winter (and spring and summer and fall) project!

WOW!!! Those are Minty!

not much sand here. I have rock. if ya wanna split hairs, I don't live in "the desert". This region is classified as semi-arid grassland. There is prolly as much cacti in Colorado as here.. A few prickly pear and some agave. I cut oak for the fireplace.

So, here's how you calculate this stuff. 30 watts is 14.8 dBW (dB above a watt) https://www.crownaudio.com/en/tools/calculators The speakers are 97 dB at 1 watt at 1 meter. 97 + 14.8 = 111.8 dB, say 112 A second speaker adds twice the sound or +6 dB (playing a mono signal for the pedantic) = 118 dB (at 1 meter) Sound level decreases 6 db for each doubling of distance (outdoors for the pedantic) and 3 meters/10 feet (9.8425197 for the p.......) reduces the sound level by 9.5 dB. http://www.sengpielaudio.com/calculator-distance.htm So your peak capability is 118 - 9.5 = 108.5, say 108 dB WITHOUT clipping (nasty sounding distortion) and at the amp's rated output. I would expect a Marantz to produce a little more than rated power. A symphony *may* hit peaks of 110 dB in the audience and sounds to me like it averages about 80 dB. Live jazz would be a comfortable 75 to 80 db average and 100 db peaks. Rock concerts, ...... well, "blow a 50 amp fuse." All that being proof you have plenty of power for realistic music levels, but if you hear gritty or brittle sounds, turn down the volume quickly; that is the first sign of clipping. Further, 3 db, a barely noticeable change requires twice the amplifier power and a big change, 10 dB, requires 10x the amplifier power. You will have to make a big change in power to get much louder.

Nice looking car, IF it were a contest about Valentine presents, you lost. But it's not so your OK, bet she looks better driving it than you.

At one time I was pretty fluent on BWW speak. Appearantly not so much now --- should have known it was a Z4

A little sumpin' sumpin' for Valentines Day?? She's Very generous!!!! What exactly is that - a 1 Series?

Harry Potter 2. The one with the big snake. It made the wife happy. I hate that whole series. I probably would have loved it if I were younger. Now I'm older and meaner and keep praying those annoying kids get eaten in a horrific way.

Another little silver 2 seater.

My guess is he lives 60 Miles south of Hope, Arkansas.

Not me, but my money's on an "investor". If so, you'll likely have another chance at them soon but probably in the $1200+ range if they are in decent condition. Keep an eye out for them and this time - be MORE ready.

I have to say it like my friend would say, " I've met some odd cat's in Indiana". I once thought some crazy stuff went on here but after reading the news for a few years, I thought Florida passed us up, and Indiana is close behind and catching up. I just threw out California, by now they are expected to be strange, they don't even try to be normal.

That should be on our license plates!

I'm not trying to get in trouble.,I just dont know how to use a computer that good. I was typing home theater shack one time and for some reason all that came up was ho shack and my girlfriend was sitting right on the side of me and watched me type it and I still got in trouble

Looks like it, 79 here today, things are starting to grow again after freezing, then it will probably freeze again later. Welcome to Indiana Just far enough North to get real cold fronts and Southern moisture and heat.

Well that would explain why almost everything on TV sucks. No I get if there is extra parts and not just wires that it could be directional but just wires, sounds fishy. I think the active HDMI wires are need for longer runs, if i remember reading correctly. I was quite shocked with the remote that came with the DAC, it's tougher and heaver than all the other remotes I have combined. That's funny

just how long has it been?

I've used mine with my '76 Heresy, RB-5, KP-2500-C, and La Scala. It's great for temporary setups (like when I was painting the kitchen after we moved and used it with the RB-5s). At the moment, it's in the garage powering the 102db@1w KP-2500-Cs, providing the tunes while I work on vehicles. Nice, clean power in a small and easily moved package. No complaints to report. All the Emotiva stuff I've owned has been very solidly built. Especially the 80 lb beast of an XPA-5. Best bang for the buck out there, IMO.

@Coytee Richard. I stopped by and loaded up all your extra speakers while you were away... Your wife told me to take as many as I wanted.. Your room looked too nice with the Jubilees so I left them behind. I was gonna play with the stereo, but I would hate for something to go wrong. I ran into your brother in-law while I was there and your wife showed my wife some of the tasteful speaker camouflage. Nice job hiding the sub and LaScalla's.My wife told me to take some notes! Thanks again they are going to a good home where they will be loved

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Classy ride to the pilgrimage Yea, Yea, Yea!

Hmmm...I figured the dry sand would soak up the rain as fast as it came down. I learnt sumpin today

I gotta get me a better LF.... my Olds is a classic ... but, in the wrong sense of the word.

A 2007 BMW Z4 3.0si 51,000 miles 255hp Great condition for an 11 y/o but not as cherry as the S2000

Cincy got beat also.

I think they’re a nice little amp. Used mine to add outdoor speakers to my system. Have landscape speakers around the front and back porches sounds pretty good for not much money.

Just a smaller scale diversion in comparison to the truck loads that leave northern Illinois headed south bound. Bottled water does have its use, but way too many now rely on it as a convenience factor. Filling a container from the household faucet, at pennies per gallon, is much more "cents-able"

I only forgot about the motorcycle parts.

The male end is positive, the female end is negative. I mean, it's pretty simple.....

It is torture, but it's what DAD's do, glad she had fun. Reminds me of when ours were little, dance reviews should require the parents to me medicated. Reminds me of what Abraham Lincoln said....." If my wife drags me to the theater one more time, I hope someone shoots me in the head !" i know that's terrible

Damn sure wouldn't let the $250 keep me from buying these. Pay the man what he wants and sell the tubes yourself. It aint hard. There is no way in hell I would let mine go for $4K In my system, this upgrade was not subtle, and all was better in the important ways. Sound of the instruments, image focus, scale, speed, slam, all much better with the HR VRD's. More transparent. They don't miss anything and somehow manage to keep it all sweet sounding at the same time. No aggressive edge to them at all, and beautifully balanced.

65 here today....20 tomorrow night.

which end is female and male.....?

Why is the center conductor a twisted pair? Cuz you have to cancel out the inter capacitance of the two halves of itself. Come on everybody knows that. And if you hook it up backwrds? My goodness can you say mucho Henries of inductance?

If you keep the remote on a nightstand they are sure to deter home invaders. Imagine getting hit in the head with one of those remotes.....yikes!

When I was younger and stupider I just pushed the heads over on Dad's R2R using my finger.

More power will make them fart louder.

Where you there just browsing

ash Wednesday....Gia received her ashes for the first time.... told her I could do the same thing.. by rubbing my finger across the exhaust ....on the snowblower..... she told me no....I want too go to church....to get my ashes

Yesterday I watched my yearly showing of 2001, A Space Odyssey....love that movie, great music in it, like most of Kubrick's stuff.

The Pier? I lived in Daytona around then.

And now for something completely different.

To add to that, dreamworks like Kung fu panda 1-3 are great!

Pretty much anything Pixar , Incredibles etc.