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Yes he was, he is the man on the Right in the red shirt, on the left is his good friend Steve (SSH) on the forum. Still can't believe this is real.

I don't know what else to say, a very nice man and funny. He is a great supporter of the museum, not just with his wallet but also with his sweat and hard work. I didn't know him as well as many but talking with him at the museum and Pilgrimage it was clear he is a good guy who always seemed to do the right thing. Pappy is who volunteered many desserts for the Pilgrims some of which his wife made, and boxes of cookies enough for everyone and all plant employees. He always was thinking about other people, I can see why so many people thought so much of him. Steve (SSH) was lucky to have him as a good friend and to have known him, you don't run across people like Mr Yocum everyday, Steve is very similar, probably why they got along so well. This is a shock and I am really glad I had a chance to talk with him more at Rodney's, I got to know him a little more and to know just a little more about him. For anyone who does not know who Mr Scott Yocum is or may have even talked with him at Pilgrimage not knowing who he was I wanted to put picture of two good friends hanging out together. Mr Steve (SSH) on the left and good friend Mr Scott Yocum (Pappylll) on the right.

My progression was Cornwall ➡️ Cornscala ➡️ Something else ➡️ Something else ➡️Forte III ➡️ Klipschorn Trust me, the FIII is so good that I could have easily lived with it for years. It's one of the best out of the 35 speakers I have owned. But a khorn is a khorn........😀 Shakey

Probably the best part of that story was how Roy finally convinced PWK that active crossover will solve all the problems they were having trying to straighten-out the response curve. I can just hear Roy now..."Mr. Klipsch, there is only so much that can be done with passive crossovers, and you have already done it all....maybe it is time for us to embrace the active crossover for this application. We need to give it a try if we will finish this thing together...then I will take you FISHING!" And...PWK caved on that last note!

With sorrow and regret, I pass along the news of Scott's sudden death today. Please keep his wife Paula and their daughters and their families in your thoughts and prayers. We have lost a kindred spirit, a genuinely good person, and a staunch supporter of the museum. Scott was a kind and unselfish gentleman who loved his family, friends, and all things Klipsch. He left life holding many expectations, and I am thankful that he shared some of them with me. Rest in Peace, friend. SSH

The reason I like my big, cast iron, fire box end barrel smoker was that to smoke at a constant 140 I learned to cut wood the precise length of the firebox. I'd then get charcoal going, put it in the firebox, then pack the wood on it to completely fill the box. In an hour or so, I could regulate the air and chimney to hold the temp, which would vary no more than 5 degrees or so for 24 hours. Need a good, tight box for that. Dave

I have one of the last brinkmann side box smokers, one of the smaller variety. It's not impossible to control the temp, but I do have to stay on it. I have tried the major cuts with great results, ribs, butt, shoulder, brisket, chickens, turkey. My next one will be a reverse draft unit if I find the right one, whenever that will be. I tend to use these things until they disintegrate. The old brinkmann gourmet bullets were quite good for what they were. I really enjoyed the bottom fire pan, you just lift off the whole rest to get to the fire if necessary and the heat retains in the body better than taking a top off. One trick I used was having extra fire pans to get coals going so they were ready to just throw in to keep a steady fire.

If you all don't know about it already, probably the biggest and best web site for BBQ, smoking, etc. is www.thesmokering.com. BBQ's, smokers, gear, recipes, etc, etc, etc. Lots of great stuff. http://www.thesmokering.com/

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Pretty crappy picture, but I didn't look at it until the meat was 3/4 eaten by Thomas and I. It was good. Not pit master good, but certainly good for us also rans. I hadn't used this thing for two years, and I intend to adjust a bit next time. As I mentioned, I only cooked it at 225 for 9.5 hours, then accelerated to 275 as my son was starving. That also meant it didn't get to rest for a couple of hours, which is the final touch. Anyway, it's always fun. Next project is my first attempt to cure a fresh ham in my 7-in-1. For those familiar with the Brinkman bullet cooker, it's the same form factor, but this one is on steroids. Can be used as a bubba cooker, a gas grill, a two level smoker fired with charcoal, or a charcoal grill for steaks and such. I am quite expert at slow curing...smoking at 140 degrees for at least 20 or more hours...in a large smoker, but haven't tried it in anything this small before. Should be an adventure. A properly fully cured smoke ham needs no refrigeration. I love 'em. Dave

My Perry Mason says not to accept as he wants a shot at the estimator tomorrow.

My mileage does not vary appreciably from yours, even though this is a very much a YMMV kind of thing. I n my room, strategically placed absorbers and diffusors, plus the natural kind like a rug, and many bookshelves with the books and diffusing pottery, art objects, occasional absorbers behind the books/objects, nothing between the Khorns (no equipment racks, etc.) in their wall plane (thanks to advice from Chris A.), plus the center channel modified Belle Klipsch is flush mounted into the wall, into a structure that bumps out into the other side, all make Audyssey's job a lot easier ... I think ... massed strings on some CDs are still a problem. See below. For some problem recordings, both classical music and movies (usually older) I switch from Audyssey Flat (my usual setting) to Audyssey Reference (just plain Audyssey). This imposes a dip at, and just above, 2KHz, called "midrange compensation." Another Chris, Chris K. of Audyssey said he never heard a speaker it didn't improve. I don't go that far, but it does help violins sound less steely, if the recording is too shrill. The same setting rolls off the extreme highs, providing -2 dB at 10KHz, up to -6 dB at 20KHz, but since most of our listening and movie watching is for older audiences, I don't think that is what is helping. With test frequencies above 13K or so, there is no guarantee of my hearing them. Sometimes I move my head a little, and say to myself, "Oh, there it is!" Heifetz sounds fine on my Khorns and Belle flush mounted center with the Living Stereo SACD 3 channel recordings. They are remasters, but the ones I've heard seem to be good remasters.

Roy gave us the entire story of their creation while we were in the Jubilee listening room in Hope. It was fascinating.

I like his ribs ok but he really grills them, about 350 degree, way to hot to be considered smokings. He asked me to watch his smoker once, came back and seen it was at 225 and freaked out saying it should be between 350-375, I said oh you want to grill them and not smoke them, and he just stood there giving me that what are you talking about looks. To him if they are on the smoker they are being smoked, he asked where did I come up with 225 and I said look it up, above 225 is not smoking. I had to cover my back side and tell him his ribs are good but not really what would be called smoked, but they were good, he was ok with that. When he gives you that sideways smile your OK, if not be prepared to completely explain and prove why. He looked it up and was fine, but then said i like 350, I said just keep doing them like you like, they are good. When we go back next time I want to smoke him some ribs and a pork loin and see what he thinks, just for fun, on his smoker. Now I do agree if your trying to cook for 100+ people you have alot to do in a short period of time, and he does well at that. Time before last, after Pilgrimage was all over we were talking and he said "that's the most people I have ever cooked for". I told him he did great, this year he said "I think I beat my own record for the amount of people" he was right, and he did good.

Could be the torque sensor. You need to get it checked.

@DizRotus Really? After all we have been through together, you assumed I thought the terminal cup was a second handle next to the "other" handle. You could give me a little more credit than that! Codewrittenfool was talking about one on each side as he clarified for you. On my splits the there is a handle on one side and the terminal cup on the other (that can be used to help move the top around if you need it) My terminal cup has the much preferred five way binding posts, not those cheap SpeakerOn connections! ( just trying to get a reaction out of you)

Agree on all the above. I only met him briefly as I helped unload the HUGE variety of incredible sweets he and his wife brought, but I like them both immediately and my heart goes out to the family. I've been here long enough to have lost many "virtual" friends over the decades. Virtual in quotes because it's so bogus. Anyway, each loss brings to mind the others. Requiem aeternam dona ei, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat ei. Requiescat in pace. Amen.

I mean...the system will work without it, but they ARE 3" drivers. You really need a sub with them, at least the R-110SW or R-112SW.

He has electric power steering.

I'd like to chime in here. I jumped onto the Emotiva bandwagon in 2014. That included purchasing a pair of Fusion 8100's, ERC-1's, and other items. Both Fusions broke down. Both ERC's broke down. The Fusions had terrible handshaking issues with HDMI which Emotiva said they fixed, but they apparently didn't. When the last Fusion died, I figured I'd give Emotiva the benefit of the doubt and purchased an MC-700. I regret that decision daily. It locks up, the setup is not even sort of intuitive, configuring anything on it is a chore, and some basic features are left out on it. I've heard similar processor hangup on every single Emotiva processor - I don't hear that kind of thing for other more well known brands. I may stick with Emotiva amps on the used market, but I'll never shop Emotiva direct for anything. As soon as I have the money and find something with 4K on clearance, this MC-700 is gone. Go with the Anthem.

Actually just looked on eBay. There’s a no reserve auction for a b&k amp and preamp that might go cheap and work well for you. B&K Reference 5 Stereo Preamplifier and 2 Channel Amplifier https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F302757633776

They are going to sound big, it's what big speakers do, don't let that let you miss listening to the overall sound and take your time, if considering buying ?

HF section taking shape.

Nice theater for sale over at AVS. RF 7 ii's for a grand. Maybe if you throw in a few more bucks, he will also throw in the red chair. http://www.avsforum.com/forum/209-audio-gear/2978864-klipsch-ht-fs.html

Looks pretty darn good. My neck of the woods it's all about bratwurst for the most part. Good ribs are hard to find so will be trying yours Jimjimbo!

Kind of what I was thinking. Sounds good, I try many seasoning to see how they taste, at one time I kept a book with each different mixture so when it was done I could remember what was used. One of my favorites for pork loin is to rub it down with Sriracha sauce, sprinkle with granulated onion and garlic and a little salt and sit in the ref for a couple days if you like spicy. It seems with chicken it's hard to get flavor all the way inside, the two best things were beer which i didn't care for the taste and the other is Soy sauce which gives a good taste. Of course both with other seasonings.

Can't believe this hasn't sold yet.

Just wanted to throw another option your way. Easily worth the price of entry. One of, if not the best sounding integrated amp I have ever owned. Bill

ya wanna shoot me a towel for my keyboard, please?

Not really didn't work so great at all, maby dehydrated ribs would be easier to light ? Or just go with the old standard.

Actually pretty fair; we gave 9k and I get 10.4 after 2k deductible.

they're getting it down to a science.

Maybe 8 to 10 hours a day which isn't much for those motors. There are a couple days a year that I'll run it around the clock but that's only when we have a freeze warning. I bought the replacement motor on line. Coincidentally it was the same brand. The old motor had a service factor of 1.1 and the new one is 1.46. Hopefully that means it a little more robust. It's about an inch and a half longer than the old one as well.

Who's the DD? Or are you getting a Limo? 14 months, jeez. 2 months after warranty expired?

Factory KG-1001 on the right, to say it is everything the factory speaker is and more is an understatement. only down side I can think of is it does not look factory as shown. Dont care, my screens look good and these sound great. Also added the titanium diaphragms from mid west speaker as well. All in I am at $600 for these speakers with new horns and drivers. While on the pricey side for a nearly 30 year old pair of speakers, these are now essentially brand new and I can not think of anything below $3000 I would rather have.

To my ear massed strings are the most difficult thing for a speaker to reproduce. Individual violin solos much less so. In addition to the quality of the source equipment, I believe the room, i.e. reflections, rugs, bare walls, distance from the speakers etc, effect classical music moreso than other less demanding forms of music. Just my opinion, YMMV.

Oh, believe me, they are plenty hot enough.

glad you're not close glws

I can't ... the steering wheel. Plus, she raises the seat as high as it will go, too. laughed when she whined about the seat in her Versa being manual... height included. Pump up... Hey, it works Reminded her, she didn't have height adjust in her 4Runner.

A Crayfish Amputated Its Own Claw to Avoid Being Boiled Alive in a Hotpot

One chart that I put together a couple of years ago refers to the book "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" vs. my own CD collection, broken down into relative percentages by genre (my CD collection is the blue bars). Perhaps this will begin to answer your question. The book's relative percentages by genre closely follows Rolling Stone magazine's 500 greatest albums list. You can see for yourself where the problem lies: Fully 1/3 of my music collection is classical, and I listen to those recordings every day. Classical 5.1 Blu-Ray music video discs and music-only discs (not included in this count, above) are absolutely spectacular on my setup. The best recordings that I own are all classical recordings--by far. Secondly, horn-loaded loudspeakers (i.e., the type for which Klipsch is noted) reproduce greater music transients much more faithfully than direct-radiating loudspeakers. This is actually much more important for classical than for other genres of music. Here is a breakdown of the average dynamic range of the different genres of music (measured) as per a JAES article from the late 1990s. The popular genres shown in the chart below will now measure even lower average dynamic range (crest factors, or average-to-peak values) than what is shown in this chart: Chris

, she would never even know what they are... if I didn't tell her. and if I did, I would most likely get the blank stare indicating it all went over her head. Her eyes would glaze over when I would start telling her about some innovation on my helicopters, too ...

You have the old timers disease of "Loss of Focus". Put one hand on the cable and the other on the terminal and see if you get sparks. This will align your eyeballs. JJK

Absolutely. Hard to say. Reliability track record, I say Yamaha, though I have never had any NAD gear fail or even hiccup. Sound quality, from my experience, both sound great. Bill

Hi gained good to see you here. Hey Claude I am also curious to know now that my mind has been jogged on this. As a much delayed update on the speakers I bought. They have K-42's in them that are far older than I have seen before and the mid horns had soldered lug K-55-V's on them. One round and one square K-77. The cabinets are really crude but stamped with a serial number and I think original. Pics to follow soon. It was a real deal at $300.00.

I second the use of the RC-7, great speakers that were designed and built to match the speakers you have leaving the guess work out of it and they can be found used for as little as $200 depending on location and condition. They are capable of very high output and a surprising amount of tight low-ish bass.

Excellent idea, Chris. Here is a shot of the 50th Anniversary Klipschorn, lacewood.