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  1. ,Splits! I'll have some KP-2500s for sale soon as these will replace them on my back patio.
    6 points
  2. These are SOLD. Link to the brochure for 2019 Klipschorn Museum Edition can be found here: https://www.klipschmuseum.org/blog/2019/1/5/one-time-opportunity-museum-edition-klipschorn-ak6-me-sale ONE OF A KIND MUSEUM EDITION-KHORNS and LA SCALAs The Klipsch Heritage Museum Association is excited to announce that Museum Edition ("ME") Heritage Speakers are now available for sale! EXTREMELY LIMITED to only ONE Unique Pair of Each Model 2019 Museum Edition Klipschorn® Model AK6 - S/N 001 and 002 Museum Edition La Scala Model AK5 (due to be released 01/19), S/N 001 and 002 Both pairs will have Museum Edition-only features.Including: Exclusive Museum Edition exotic "one of a kind" real wood veneer (stay tuned) Special Museum Edition grille fabric specially matched to veneer Hand selected and specially matched drivers and crossovers by Chief Engineer Museum Edition metal plaques Hand signed by the Chief Engineer responsible for each of these new models As with all speakers in the Klipsch Heritage line, these ME edition speakers will be hand-assembled and hand-finished by the Klipsch factory in Hope, AR, with pride. All proceeds from the sale of these speakers will go to the Klipsch Heritage Museum Association, Inc. (KHMA) which operates the Klipsch Museum of Audio History in Hope, Arkansas. Your purchase of these speakers directly helps us continue preserving and sharing the scientific work and cultural legacy of audio pioneer Paul. W. Klipsch. KHMA dba Klipsch Museum of Audio History is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation. The Klipsch Museum of Audio History would like to specially thank Klipsch Group, Inc. for their continued support. To see the 2019 Klipschorn Museum Edition brochure please visit us here: https://www.klipschmuseum.org/blog/2019/1/5/one-time-opportunity-museum-edition-klipschorn-ak6-me-sale
    5 points
  3. I got some new seats...
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  4. Here you go Artist - Deep Purple Title - 24 Carat Purple Tracklist  1. Woman From Tokyo (5:49)2. Fireball (3:26)3. Strange Kind Of Woman (9:14)4. Never Before (4:02)5. Black Night (live) (4:59)6. Speed King (5:52)7. Smoke On The Water (live) (7:29)8. Child In Time (live) (12:19) 
    4 points
  5. Yes ma n that Dylan is about farm out Like the deco... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1saEQSD7JI&list=PL94gOvpr5yt14JFP5aWi5V2FE-Sq5AvZK
    4 points
  6. I am citing my experience based on comparisons I’ve done of the more than 2 dozen amplifiers I currently own (listed above), plus several other amps that have come and gone from my systems. All of my amps are in good working order - all vintage amps are completely electronically restored by professionals (e.g., Craig Ostby / NOS Valves, or Vintage Vacuum Audio), or by competent hobbyists. Regarding the McIntosh MC275 that you’ve expressed interest in, based on my experience with an MC275 MkV (i.e., a modern MC275 variant) in my living room system, it is a fine amp. AND, I can tell you that I also enjoy the pair of fully restored 1950s era McIntosh MC30s that are in the same system. These amps sound different. I never said that the difference in listening quality of different amps is “huge”, but it is often noticeable, and IMO the sonic subtleties can affect whether the hi-fi system as a whole is “musically engaging” when listening to modern hi-res recordings of classical music. (Perhaps this concept of “musically engaging” isn’t relevant for other music genre. I can’t say whether someone who listens to vintage classic rock recordings (for example) is concerned with the natural timbre of the musical instruments. (I respect the fact that different people like different music. I’m simply not knowledgeable about classic rock.) I do think there are different criteria for recordings and hi-fi equipment based on genre, as I’ve discussed in other posts. Here’s a pic of my TV room system. At the bottom (under the table) you can see the banana plug jack panel that enables me to connect my Klipsch Palladium speakers to whichever amp I want. Niles AXP-1 switches enable me to switch my Oppo UDP-205 universal player to whichever amp I want. My hi-fi systems in my living room, office, and basement have similar arrangements that enable me to select different amps. Switching amps is something that I do often, because it’s part of how I enjoy the hobby – i.e., achieving the most satisfying sound quality during each listening session. On one hand my listening tests are not blinded or level matched, on the other hand I have no reason to lie to myself about what I hear. I have a degree in mathematics, experience with laboratory testing (including statistical design and analysis of experiments), and many years working with complex communications technology, both hardware and software. I’m not anti-science, and while my knowledge about statistical analysis of experiments is rusty (my experience was more than 40 years ago), I’m not completely ignorant of scientific testing methodologies. I’m just more interested in the visceral response I have to the music I hear from my hi-fi systems vs. “hanging my hat on” what “experts say” or what some graph shows based on a “calibrated microphone” and some PC software. Given that all amps don’t sound the same, then who decides which is the “correct” sound? Shouldn’t it be the listener, based on his or her speakers, in their room, listening to their music, who decides how closely the sound approximates what they heard in the concert hall (or whatever their sonic goal is), and which inevitable trade-offs they choose to accept? Because I attend more than 20 live classical concerts a year (large scale symphony, chamber music, opera), I have a pretty good idea of how classical music should sound, and I rely on my own assessment of how my hi-fi systems sound. Here’s one of my benchmarks for the listening quality of my hi-fi systems: Recognizing that there is some variance in the acoustics of different symphony halls, I have a pretty good idea how a classical recording “should sound”. I understand that humans can’t remember exactly how something sounded. Because it is impracticable for me to instantly switch back and forth between a live orchestra and my hi-fi system, my memory must come into play. I attend live performances on a regular basis. I listen to my hi-fi on a regular basis. My assessment of whether or not what I’m hearing from my hi-fi system sounds like a live performance – or like a pleasant facsimile of a live performance – is far more important to me than what some electronic test equipment indicates. My long-term listening impressions are the most relevant methodology for judging how natural one of my hi-fi system sounds – to me. It seems to me that each consumer must consider a $64k question regarding their hi-hi system: What is your benchmark for the quality of sound you are hearing from your home hi-fi system? And it seems to me that the genre of music is a major factor in defining the benchmark. I make no claim that I have the best hi-fi systems in the world. And what I hear in my home cannot exactly match the symphony hall experience. But with a high-quality recording, I am able to realize a musically satisfying “simulacrum” of (or “reproduction of”) the live concert hall experience. (Particularly when playing modern hi-res surround-sound classical recordings (Blu-ray, SACD) on my basement system: Front, center, and left speakers are Klipsch RF-7 II. A single rear speaker is a Klipsch RF-7. Subwoofers: SVS SB16-Ultra, Klipsch R-115SW. That’s enough acoustic power in an average size room to deliver near-symphony-hall dynamics.) And I am able to realize a listening experience wherein the inevitable distortions are pleasant (to my ears) vs. unpleasant. (This IME is where tube amps excel.) On any given day, if I don’t find a particular amp musically engaging for the recording I’m listening to, I switch amps. IMO it’s perfectly valid to specify “enjoyment of music” as one’s goal for music reproduced via a hi-fi system, and it’s perfectly valid for the consumer to assess the quality of their home listening experience based on their ears and brain. Different people choose to fine-tune their hi-fi system via different methods, based on their circumstances, constraints, preferences, priorities, etc. For example, some people put acoustic foam panels on their walls, some hobbyists engage in tube rolling, etc. (One of my constraints is that I don’t have room for the large Klipsch Heritage speakers. I’d love to hear hi-res classical recordings via tube amps and Jubilee, but my listening rooms can only accommodate tower speakers. One of my personal preferences is to put original art on my walls vs. foam panels. People are different, and enjoy the hobby differently.) I want to be clear that I’m not saying that people who can’t hear differences in amps are wrong. (People hear differently.) And, I couldn’t care less if someone buys an inexpensive solid-state amp. I have no financial interest in these issues. However, I find it perplexing that some people insist that their understanding, perspective, and opinion are correct, and that anyone who disagrees is wrong. I understand the concept of expectation bias. I’m not trying to deceive anyone or sell anything to anyone – including myself. Let me give you an example: One of my least aesthetically appealing 6L6GC tubes consistently sounds better that my most aesthetically appealing 6L6GC tube (which has a gorgeous ST “coke bottle” shape and exhibits beautiful blue fluorescence). And the gorgeous ST tubes cost more. And the tube that consistently sounds best is marketed to guitar players - not audiophiles. Conventional wisdom would suggest that if I was experiencing expectation bias (or being bamboozled by marketing people) that I would rate higher the tube that is more expensive, more attractive, and is marketed to audiophiles vs. guitar players. And many people say that KT88 or KT150 tubes sound better – but I don’t allow that to sway me in deciding what sounds best to me. And many people say that solid state amps have lower measured distortion and therefore sound better – but I don’t allow that to sway me in deciding what sounds best to me. I own a lot of different amps – I don’t think I have a parochial view. I’ve shared my experience here because - candidly – I think someone needs to push back against what I perceive to be dismissive and overly simplistic statements that are sometimes repeated, such as “the audible differences made by amplifiers are negligible”, or “only bats can hear the difference in hi-res recordings”. I think that newbies can benefit from reading different perspectives, and more importantly – benefit from reading about different audiophiles’ real-world experiences. Most people don’t own the number of working amps that I do, so hopefully it is useful to others when I share my observations. (If they are patient enough to read my rambling posts … ) I also offer this opinion to newbies – from someone who has been involved in the hobby for more than 45 years: Just because a few people have made ridiculous marketing claims (e.g., jars of magic pebbles), doesn’t mean that the industry is “utterly bereft of any sort of honesty”. (FWIW: I don’t buy expensive cables, but I don’t denigrate people who do.) Many of us have learned from our experience. For example, in the early 1970s I chose to build a solid-state Dynaco pre-amp and power-amp from kits, vs. the “old technology” tube amp kits that Dynaco still sold, because the solid-state gear was “new and improved”. (I was young and naive.) I’d like to read about what other audiophiles have experienced, based on amplifiers you’ve spent significant time with. Can you hear differences in amps, and if so, do those differences in sound quality affect your enjoyment of recorded music? In your experience, is amp/speaker “synergy” real, and if so, does it affect whether a hi-fi system is musically satisfying? What genre of music do you listen to, and what is your benchmark for excellence in the sound quality of your hi-fi system? What is your goal for you hi-fi system?
    4 points
  7. First, it was an eye for an eye on the tariffs. Fine. Now, it's an eye for an eye when it comes to arresting people. Not so good. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/china-confirms-detention-of-2-canadians-1.4944035
    3 points
  8. Walking out the door, heading South to Lafayette, really need some good sausage. But really just going to help a friend set up his HT, he had Khorns as mains in his house and will add a center and 2 rear speakers and a sub, should be good. Except for driving in the rain for 3 hours. Be back in a few days if I find something interesting I will post.
    3 points
  9. If I had a dollar for every time I had to explain that to a police officer, I could get Jubilees.
    3 points
  10. This is correct. Also, "Just because you did it does not mean you are guilty" can refer to lack of mens rea. For example, knowingly receiving stolen property requires knowledge by the recipient that the property is stolen. Simply receiving stolen property is not a crime. In addition, some criminal statutes are Unconstitutional. They can be Unconstitutional because they are vague or because they violate rights. The anti-sodomy laws are examples. Finally, there can be affirmative defenses, such as self-defense. Just because you shot the robber, it doesn't mean you're guilty.
    3 points
  11. Coffee - nope... can never go away..... oh wait... Cables are first...… well, pretty much here to stay.... Cocktail's…. Undoubtedly a staple for life with little debate.... other than hot & raw or ice cold slushies... Construction.... a seldom deliberated debate over form and function.... ie…. garage door cable's and speakers on raw concrete... Conundrum… I've never used this word lol and as is such with the original origin is unknown.... Contaminating…. Filling your house up with too many speakers... not really a problem.. o O (we always need a perspective) Could vs confusing..., and as an alternative to can suggesting less force or certainty or as a polite form in the present. Cantue… this word isn't in the dictionary and any suggestions that come to mind, please note your cable gauge before or after coffee, then again, once the cocktails settle.....
    3 points
  12. Saw Ella with Karen Carpenter on the local tube last night on a fundraiser on a PBS station...they were dynamite...
    3 points
  13. Have seen a couple of copies my man...dig it...semi-rare in my world...
    3 points
  14. A wife will always find something- shhhhh
    3 points
  15. Saw Rare Earth In Tampa with Cactus and MC5...they stole the show...
    3 points
  16. Back to the top Joe Walsh and company The James Gang Thirds Rides again with pics soon...lol Tobacco Road an old fav...Blues Magoos and others...thanks Dave https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_4iQDYDVNo&list=PL94gOvpr5yt2vVY04SZY6SQZIqERKqbEj
    3 points
  17. I had not heard of this company until recently. Their amps are supposed to be high quality units. I like their posting pics of the under-chassis construction as well as the schematics. Unlike some companies, they don't have secrets. For the money they look like a very good deal! http://www.bezdz.com/engindex.html Maynard
    2 points
  18. Where you there when they made this one? (1968 - my favorite year for the Charger):
    2 points
  19. I used to work for Chrysler Lynch Rd Assembly plant and was there for the last year of the 440ci Chargers. Every once in a while you would get to work weekends driving cars in from the repair yard to the plant. I was the only one who knew how to drive stick shifts so I got to "test" drive them on occasion.
    2 points
  20. Way more optimistic than me, probably by 5 zeros. Good luck
    2 points
  21. I thought you always got one of these after eating their product? https://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddrink/foodnews/kfc-is-now-selling-a-log-that-smells-like-fried-chicken/ar-BBQU6Cz?ocid=spartanntp
    2 points
  22. Just seen this, that is about the prettiest garage speakers I have ever seen. Very nice
    2 points
  23. === I’ll use the “cable” portion of the thread to say I’ve found IC’s that offer the “ultimate in detail and transparency” from Mathew Bond Cables. One meter, around 3 feet for us ‘Mericans @$24,000.00/pr. I figured I can re-cable my obviously crappy rig for $72K. I’ll suggest this to the wife - I could use a nice stocking stuffer this year —
    2 points
  24. Drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain...
    2 points
  25. 1st pressing, 2nd or which one? Joe was ALWAYS doing something most thought/knew was crazy so on the first pressing of his LP's he'd inscribe some crazy message or just a random thought. If you knew him you could sit back and laff at what he wrote on the master... Check the inner lead out groove on your LP's... Perhaps you'll score bonus points and get a laff at the same time! "Dat ain't no banana dat's my nose." Joe Walsh... Ha! Great guy and we still have laffs at his shows. Stories? 1 or 2 maybe. lolol
    2 points
  26. hooray for WV first responders rescuing the kids trapped in the mine. Now, you have to ask... What were the kids doing in there? Stealing copper... TWEAKERS !?!
    2 points
  27. PC has gone too far. I can't even make jokes about myself w/o my psychoanalyst getting butthurt. I am sposed to blame everything on someone/thing else.
    2 points
  28. Bob just stopped by last month Bob Dylan » Stanley Center For The Arts Concerts & Shows Bob Dylan Legendary Rockstar, Bob Dylan, is coming to The Stanley Theater in Utica on Thursday November 15th at 8:00 p.m. In a career spanning more than five decades, Bob Dylan's impact on popular music and culture is immeasurable. He is responsible for some of the most influential albums of all time, including The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited, and Blonde on Blonde, and his socially and politically charged singles, "Blowin' In The Wind" and "The Times They Are A-Changin'," are widely considered among the most important songs in modern music. The 'voice of a generation' boasts an unparalleled repertoire, including timeless classics, "Like A Rolling Stone," "Tangled Up In Blue," "Knockin' On Heaven's Door," and "Girl From The North Country." This concert is presented by DSP Shows. With a catalogue of more than 50 albums, Dylan has sold more than 100 million records globally, received 11 Grammy Awards, an Academy Award for "Things Have Changed" (Best Original Song), and has been inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2012, he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and in 2016 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Showtimes Thu Nov 15, 2018 Showtime: 8:00 PM Tickets Prices range from $59.50 to $99.50. Additional service charges may apply. To purchase tickets come down to the Stanley box office Monday through Friday from 10:00am - 4:00pm, give us a call at (315) 724-4000 or go to Ticketmaster.com.
    2 points
  29. If you want to play me a Deep Purple FR...
    2 points
  30. A marathon is a 3 LP release But this one is a great listen on a retrospective body of work Artist - Bob Dylan Title - Masterpieces 
    2 points
  31. What could she possibly do different to decorate the set...
    2 points
  32. Yes it is useful, and your story gives your opinion a high degree of credibility to me.
    2 points
  33. You got to stop with the negative waves man I plan to veneer my Jube bass cabinets this winter.
    2 points
  34. First of all, please avoid contaminating or threatening this venerable thread with politics. That billboard above is funny, but not necessarily incorrect. As an attorney, specifically a former prosecutor, IMO, the sentiment expressed in that billboard is correct. Laypersons, especially the media, frequently fail to grasp the legal meanings of the words innocent or guilty. As Mr. Archie indicates, you’re not legally guilty unless and until the state sustains its appropriately high burden of proving your guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. That definition of guilty does not mean you’re innocent if found not guilty. If a jury finds you not guilty, it does not mean you’re necessarily innocent, but, at a minimum, you’re not legally guilty. It drives me nuts when the media reports that a defendant was found innocent by a jury; that can’t happen. Whether you’re innocent or not is between you, your conscience and your God. Nothing other men and women can do can alter that.
    2 points
  35. This place needs one post per day, I think.
    2 points
  36. Dig me but don't bury me...
    2 points
  37. Just spinnin* some Bop / Jazz Playing before the wife takes over with Christmas decorations Artist - Ella Fitzgerald Title - Ella In Berlin Mack The Knife
    2 points
  38. Ordered a pair of REL Carbon Subs for my 2ch setup Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    1 point
  39. Yeah, I believe it will be difficult and messy to do what you want to do with the Powergate and RW-1. You would have to use the Klipsch Stream app or Regular Play-Fi app and play both the Powergate (for sub output) and RW-1 simultaneously as a group and try to get a volume balance between the sub and speakers. There might be delay issues also.
    1 point
  40. What they sound like in my living room.Smooth, Dynamic, musical.Currently using a 6CG7 Aikido preamp with a Tubelab Simple SE with the big Edcor single ended output transformers and 6L6GC Sovtek tubes.Code "P" with "AA" networks and rectangular badges.LS BR.1976 I assume.No water damage, slight chip in one side, candle wax drippings on the top, Heh heh.These are staying put in the living room for awhile. as in as long as I breathe!
    1 point
  41. Well...this is an interesting discussion..."how to retrain your hearing to prefer more natural listening curve". I've found that for most music tracks, you will prefer the more balanced tracks immediately. They will sound good at low or high SPL and every loudness level in between. Other tracks, particularly those that have (for lack of a better term) "screaming electric guitar solos", you will find it more difficult to inoculate your hearing for that genre in order to accommodate a more natural listening curve. I usually add a couple of dB of loudness tolerance during demastering to the 1-6 kHz band overall in order for these types of music tracks to retain interest, but I find that a lot of people have imprinted on these type of tracks that are very unbalanced due to heavy-handed mastering EQ, ostensibly in order to generate listener interest. I also find that there are a couple of genres that particularly suffer from this issue: hard rock/metal and 1990s grunge. (No wonder why I never really bonded with these genres--because it basically hurts my ears.) That's but one of a few interesting finds that I encountered along the way. There are, of course, many others--so don't feel bad if you thought that type of music was, well, "hi-fi" right out of the record sleeve or jewel case. Here's one extreme example (and please don't take this personally if you identify with this music). Here's a reverse engineered mastering EQ curve from a Smashing Pumpkins album (Siamese Dream): After demastering, I'm not sure that anyone would really like to hear that track, I found. The reason why I picked that album/track (that I bought just to demaster by request) was due to a comment that I got from another forum member who stated that this album "made his head hurt after a little while" but that "he really liked this music". I found out why his head was hurting. I can't listen to the original tracks for more than a few seconds before my hearing defense mechanisms automatically kick in. Understand that this is an average mastering curve for the entire track--so the statistics of cumulative spectral density show this to be the most likely EQ curve used by the mixing and/or mastering guys. Note that this is an extreme example. Chris
    1 point
  42. There is a more advanced discussion that I would like to share, but it turns out that an in-depth discussion would likely incite more emotional responses (which is actually not good) and perhaps misunderstandings. Generally, that discussion involves the difference in sound that many audiophiles are trying to create, but that sound is not realistic. I base these observations on the 15K+ music tracks that I've demastered and have long since realized that most people don't know that what they're listening to on stereo recordings is already altered from a natural sound quality into something that I'd call "audiophilia sound". This includes significantly boosted highs and attenuated lows below 50-100 Hz (among other "enhancements" to their frequency response and dynamics)--to the point that a double bass and kick drum no longer sound anything like the real thing, and even jazz electric bass [5- and 6-string] is robbed of its visceral impact and low bass presence (in fact, double basses can no longer be distinguished from cellos). If you want to hear the difference, simply find good 5.1 recordings of jazz groups and listen to them vis-à-vis typical stereo-only album mastered tracks. Why do I bring this up, rather than the "micro-variables" that you're talking about? Because once you realize that a very high percentage of those micro-variables are almost completely dependent on this altered stereo music gestalt ideal--and it isn't based on how the music sounds in real life...you realize that you have no standard at all to base these micro-variables as improvements or otherwise. I think that many people coming over for a listen to my system are subtly disappointed because I don't set up my system or play stereo music tracks this way (the "audiophilia" way which is VERY audible to my ears now). Instead I choose a much more natural sound (timbre) that doesn't overemphasize the highs and under-emphasize the very lowest frequencies, etc. Most people that have spent most of their lives not hearing the real thing will usually want that overhyped "audiophile sound" instead. That's where I agree to disagree. When you use mastering EQ to change the audio signatures of the instruments and voices to boost highs and attenuate lows, the entire timbre of these instruments and voices are no longer representative of real life. That's the antithesis of "hi-fi". Chris
    1 point
  43. Yes I have cavities under my Klipschorns, because I wanted the tweeters to be at ear level while standing.
    1 point
  44. Congrats on getting the new Heresy 3s. My friendly advice is not to touch them. It will only decrease their re-sale value and it is questionable whether those mods will make any appreciable improvement. If they were older cabinets, then by all means one should refresh the capacitors (it is cheap and simple). Much bigger gains can be realized by careful experimentation in how and where you locate them in your listening room. Hey, that doesn't cost a nickel. Good Luck, -Tom
    1 point
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