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Gia just made here first communion !

Well Gia it's true you look very pretty all dressed up for the ceremony. Very nice, you did good.

Waiting for son in law with truck to pick up everything, and me. Tell Gia she looks perfect and Congratulations.

--- Good Gawd man - not only have I just spit-up in my mouth but with that in mind, Carl taking a backseat to this years martini shaking might be a welcomed change ---

SOMEtimes I just go with my gut and listen to HIM! I found that out LONG ago... Today was truly one of those days: Almost 12k graduating from THEE OSU, yup 5 rows abreast coming in from both sides at the South end of the Horseshoe in Columbus, Ohio... Marissa where are you??? "Just coming in the South end tunnel Dad" But WHERE? WHICH SIDE??? No reply... The ranks were breaking up and spreading out all over the North end of the stadium finding their seats. Then a couple minutes later I look down the steps and BOOM! She was as suprised as I was! CONGRATULATIONS TO MY BUCKEYE! You GO BUCKS girl!!! DONE & EARNED! (Don't ask about the future... Last time I did she said she was flying to LA to talk about a job. I DO know she spent a couple days at Coachella! HAHAHA!!!)

Congrats Gia, a big day for you.

I did not have too tell her... She just read it ! She said thank you !

Welllllllll, that was a snarky way to hook me! Worked like a charm! I'm listening to a lil Phil Collins and watching LeBron get molesticated by the entire Toronto team! lol

All my Hendrix was either at friends or on cassette. Snagged this compilation when I worked at a record bar for a little while. Kiss the Sky:

It would actually leak out from under the commode when you flushed it. When the commode was pulled you could see where the lead pipe was split. The cheapest estimate he got was $800. I asked him why he was getting estimates. Lol. This cost about $200 with the biggest expense being the blade he had to buy for the rented concrete saw.

I just purchased another Turntable by stealth Its for curiosity sake to compare tonal differences against the Garrard 401 Also the engineer in me wants to refurbish and tweak the unit, to make it a super TT deck More to come

If it doesn't fit must acquit

Hope not Bill but you never know with slushie boy!

@dirtmudd I can't add anything the others haven't said. Congrats.

Congratulations Gia! You look great just like I knew you would!

Put this lp up a few months ago. It deserves more time for all of us on the heavy rock diet! These guys are mathematically relentless and inventive. This Queens of the Stoneage singer Joshua Homme is a great singer! OK I give, up at 2:00 on the volume pot...... no clipping.... but I've got to move these Forte IIIs out of this little room. They need to be about 16 inches out from the corners for kidney stone crushing volume levels. Thanks @dirtmudd I'll stick with the filtered water

Just in!

Shouldn't you be doing something else today? lol

You can buy this ... It will clean your records too.. And if you can fit into it... It should break down your Kidney stones.... Now you can kill 2 birds with 1 stone

For sure...and maybe a DAC down the road. road trip...🤐telling no one.😁

Ok, going over to daughters house and bring some Forte's, Spud sub, receiver and BR player. They use a computer for music now, this should be a little better.

The Don't Know-Nobody Knows:

I thought they were already in.

Oh OK, I figured it was leaking inside. Those blades are not cheap but it's alot easier than trying to drill a bunch of holes and chipping it out or other crazy ways. $800 doesn't surprise me, but this way you know it's fixed.

Rough week of kidney stone blockage for 36 hrs twice. Hopefully they're all gone for now. Spongetones, Firehouse, Antiseen. Think Nantucket was the only other rock band that had actual radio play around the country. This hometown band had a record I actually bought! the George Hatcher Band

Reminds me of a joke... Mark Antony says, "Where's Cleopatra"? Someone says, "She's in bed with Laryngitis." Mark says, "Damn those Greeks!"

Who's next....The Moody Blues.

Learn somethin’ new every day...

1" tracrix horns la scala size... these were going to go in the beaters...

LeBron is a basketball god! Go, Cavs!

Certainly looks like Mcintosh components in that console stereo…

The expanded metal would look super, and keep someone from tossing in some beer cans. Bruce

Carl has it covered, he has a glove, professional that he is, I hear... Gla🍸 to hear, he has a shaker as well...🍷 Bloody Mary?

Congratulations Dave to you and Marissa!

I was thinking the same thing at first and usually agree with Diz, but then I saw the fabric you picked. It might work and look cool & unique. Since you already bought the fabric, you should at least mock something up and see. What 'cha got to loose? They are looking great by the way.

Picked up a Marantz nr1605 for now. Sound is improved and I’ve got the features I was looking for., plus options to pre-out and/or multi-channel down the road. I was worried the Marantz would be a downgrade in sound from the Pioneer Elite. It’s not, and I love the low profile. Plan is to save and eventually invest in a good power amp to run the Forte IIs. My current budget would have resulted in too many compromises trying to get it all done at once. Forte IIs sound amazing. Gonna save my Quartets for home theater rears if my living situation changes and I have a bigger room to work with. Thanks again!

Can do!!

+1 on that post. I’m not opposed to their use on tweeters. I use fixed L-pads for those who request them (though I prefer Al’s autoformer based tweeter attenuator). I also still build a network that uses the swamping resistor on the autoformer, which allows for on the fly midrange adjustment - a useful feature for those who are using different horns and drivers. For stock configurations, I prefer the unadulterated Type AA. This just seemed like an interesting discussion to participate in. If I’d know it was going to get nasty - I would have drank more Boubon.

Wow, emoji time...that is what maintain was about...🎅Christmas in May...

No not really. 🙉

I had to review to recall why that “V” shaped opening is there. Gotta love those Speakon connectors. I use them on all my speaker builds. They’re especially cool on these pro-look La Scalas, plus, they satisfy the requirement to include a product of Liechtenstein in each project.

I went to see NeilYoung... He comes out and sez he has laryngitis .... don't know whether that is good or bad. Then he sealed the deal with a 45min performance thnx?

Who?

I'm watching the Rock and Roll HOF 2018 show. First up was The Cars, they played 3 songs, I didn't know Ben Orr passed away. Dire Straits was next, Mark Knopfler wasn't there, and they did not play....kind of a bummer. I doubt I'll stay up to watch Bon Jovi.

I'm watching Lawrence Welk ........ listening to PinkFloyd

We'll flush cut it then use a floor flange that glues inside the 4 inch pipe. If you want to use a flange that glues on the outside of the pipe you wrap the pipe with cardboard then pull the cardboard out after the cement dries. It leaves a void for the hub of the flange.

One day I was minding my own business and decided it was time to eat. We live in perilous times but I never expected this. I reached into the potato sack and my hand was almost savaged by a potato shark.

JEEZ ... you LUCKY guy ... how come I never find bargains like that FYI, just picked up a JVC P-3030 preamp. Amazing ... have not hooked it up to my VTA ST70 tube amp, but tested it vs a Dynaco PAT-4 and a PAS-3 ... think it is much better. OK; who knows But you may want to check out some of these earlier preamps Cheers, Emile