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  1. Finally good weather to get these out and breathing.....wow. Thanks to Derek @Fleawatt for helping out with the crossovers. These are seriously badass....
    8 points
  2. Years ago, in a Usenet newsgroup, I witnessed a hilarious argument about psychoacoustics. "Person A" would say something, and "Person B" would respond that no, that's not how it works. The argument grew increasingly heated until finally Person A said to Person B, "You don't know what you're talking about. Here, read these papers to educate yourself and then write back." He then cited a number of AES and IEEE papers. What Person A didn't know was that Person B was "JJ" Johnston, of Bell Labs ... the author of the very papers that Person A cited.
    6 points
  3. Put the For Sale sign up on the house. Stalled enough. Wanted to put up a "Make Me Move" but with all the signs supporting violence around my side of town figured that was an invitation that might not be nice. Hope to have a new place in the middle of a good bit of trees so I can Shake Rattle & Roll again soon!
    4 points
  4. Since some seem to take issue with my statement about LaScala bass, let me clarify. The La Scalas are down by about 10dB at 40hz and by about 15dB at 30hz, which is where the lowest fundamental is for a bass guitar. In my opinion, that is not satisfactory bass for enjoying rock and roll; perhaps its fine for Jazz. Sure, you can EQ it up, but if your plan involves adding 15dB of EQ boost to get your bottom end, I'd urge you to reconsider. You'll suffer lots of compression and IMD as a result. Far from ideal. I love my LaScalas, but I'd follow the recommendation of many people on this forum over the last 20 years or so.... use them with a sub for maximum enjoyment.
    3 points
  5. Not quite, those are all long gone! It's the ones that quote the Reverend Martin Luther King on one sign, sheer hatred... the destruction of life, livelihood and property on another. No high water here ever, but I'm "Headed for the Hills" anyhow. Beautiful cabins up there, some without 1/4 acre of grass to cut👍
    3 points
  6. Good luck, hope you get a great offer.
    3 points
  7. South side of Charlotte. Trying to list at zillow, but they didn't call back like they said they would to verify. Need to get that straightened out, two offers already one lowball, one decent but not quite there. Would do the link but I think that might clash with regulations here. Three more of my bookmarked places sold this past week. & @Ceptorman is correct about that but I'm looking for half the size. Not tiny but 700 to 900 something square feet. They have gone up more than ten % in the mountainous areas. Tennessee has some tempting places, not sure about that. Since I have to get wheels too, my budget shrank and if I'm going to be two or more hours from a transplant center got to be able to trust the drivetrain.
    3 points
  8. Picked up a Denon DRA-397 integrated amp for $50 today. Mint condition, both remotes and user manual. Has a subwoofer pre out which is nice. My plan is to use it to listen to music outside so I don't have to disconnect everything from my surround receiver when I want to do that. I might also use it in a separate 2 channel system if I find speakers for one. Lots of positive reviews from what I've read online. Pretty solid unit at 21 pounds as well. https://www.denon.com/en-us/product/av-receivers/dra-397
    3 points
  9. I think the UCLA game took a lot out of Gonzaga, they never looked fresh. I'm actually glad the Zags didn't win, I don't want to see anyone match the 76 IU season 😃
    3 points
  10. Good luck with the sale, it's a good time to sell, but a bad time to replace it.
    3 points
  11. Not affiliated. https://oneonta.craigslist.org/ele/d/schuyler-lake-klipsch-lascala/7302790974.html
    2 points
  12. https://miami.craigslist.org/brw/ele/d/fort-lauderdale-klipsch-cornwall/7285110015.html Not affiliated.
    2 points
  13. Ok guys, been on my phone so much today that I had trouble talking on the phone today. There is a lull right now! @dirtmudd that's one of my early favorite records! He was great back then! @RandyH000 correctumundo!! There has always been one on the left in that picture until last fall. I noticeably missed hearing it this Christmas, Palm Sunday and Easter! Mom kept this roof over our heads worshipping with her music and directing her choirs simultaneously for God.
    2 points
  14. Not true at all. It starts rolling off, but there is plenty of low end. Best thing is to drop the mids 3-6db.. then as you increase the gain to get your mids back, there is more apparent bass. Cheers, Bruce
    2 points
  15. My 13 X 14 that had the 14 side opened to 19 halfway up was the best so far that I have ever heard any of my systems sound. Places I've looked at that look decent and under 150k just don't have this kind of space. I'll adjust like I always have, fully horn loaded sound still isn't impossible. Those old sound boards are heavy!
    2 points
  16. That scooter might make a 2hr run....I think distance traveled is the issue, though. I live 60 miles from a big/ger hospital. Only an hour drive. -------------------------------------- We have a patch of lawn on our acre. Just a patch. House 800 - 900sq.ft. @JohnJ, like I need to remind you... size up rooms for the stereo. We have 3 rooms that aren't twice as long as deep. One room is 14ft square... unfortunately, it's the kitchen. Another room that's ~10 X 10, and the bathroom - it's 8 X 8... No room for LS in them. Our livingroom is 12 X 25.... I had to put speakers on the long wall. Still considering making a sub out the the old upright piano. Not getting rid of the wood in the piano. It's near 100yr old. A '29 Packard...if my memory serves me. Moving the sound board might present some challenges...
    2 points
  17. I hope I don't step on any Blu-ray case collector toes. 😀 As I'm a fan of consolidation, getting the discs out of their store bought cases and into a disc binder. My entire collection, about 100, all reside happily in this one case, sitting by the couch for easy perusal and reach. The cases stored in a box, garaged and will probably get tossed one day. The John Wick collection.
    2 points
  18. Corner placement should help. My flush mounted Belle Klipsch center channel (supposedly very close to the La Scala in response) actually has a small peak at 60 Hz, then drops like a rock below that. In the case of the La Scalas @Little Wolf is considering, the response at 60 Hz may perk up due to the LSs being in a corner. A subwoofer probably will be needed below 60 Hz. Little Wolf, be sure to push the La Scalas all the way into the corner, then put some absorption on the wall at the point at which a yardstick placed flat along the front of the La Scala's "top hat" will touch the wall. Have the absorber continue out into the room for two more feet, like this (as seen here with one of my Klipschorns): This idea came from Chris A's corner horn post on this forum, and it seems to work well. Paul Klipsch was fond of saying that, in the bass, corner placement would be like multiplying your amplifier power by 4 (compared to the out in the room, away from walls).
    2 points
  19. new unopened vinyl is hard to come by... CHARLY ANTOLINI CRASH LP / VINYL / HIGH END ANALOGUE REMASTERING GATEFOLD EDITION / LIMITED 2003 JETON / JET 33 010 / EU / GERMANY
    2 points
  20. like down on the border.. where I am. lol tbh I wager we have as high percentage of law enforcement per capita as anywhere. You oughta see them all come out of the hills when bad weather threatens...
    2 points
  21. Charly Antolini - A great drummer 🤘
    2 points
  22. John , good decision , best to go where it is , much safer -
    2 points
  23. I have upgraded the crossovers on khorns and cornscalas in the past. But I don't feel any desire to monkey with the CW IV. I think Roy nailed this one down pretty good.
    2 points
  24. I'll have to give it a try this weekend
    1 point
  25. I hope you will be driving these with a solid state amplifier. If so, I would get Eminence Kappa 15a woofers which are less than $100 each wired in parallel and just replace the capacitors. Why would you even want to change the Xover frequency from 800? Do you have the means to measure ANYTHING? Don't work so hard a screwing up something that works if you don't know how to make it better. The Altec 806 is a good driver, so nothing to do there if it's not deteriorated. If you need diaphragms, you can get them from Great Plains Audio. Once you have fixed these, sell them and get Cornwalls! (just kidding, but not really).
    1 point
  26. I don’t know… I have a Marantz 1060 integrated coming from my guy in Chicago, and also an HK A402 which I am looking forward to putting on these. I have my old Denon garage receiver on them right now and they sound pretty damn good. Should be interesting.
    1 point
  27. Welcome to the dark side, they are indeed. Wait until you put a Crown k2 or a QSC DCA amp on them.
    1 point
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  30. I can sell you a single. Shoot me a pm.
    1 point
  31. the onkyo is only lacking a in few areas for me. imax enhanced, independent subwoofer inputs, last 2 not so important features hdmi 2.1 and hdcp 2.3. I have two emotiva amps a300 & a500.
    1 point
  32. Ha! It was more like an early 80s Blazer that fell through at the last minute. I'll try later when the dust settles from other stuff.
    1 point
  33. Good evening Tarheel. I made a video a long while back (that keeps getting blocked then released due to copyright) that a/b'd some basic EQ settings to defend against this exact statement. While I totally agree with and highly recommend the option to employ a sub, to say basically zero output below 60 Hz, well folks can take a listen here:
    1 point
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  35. I would listen to music and movies with them.
    1 point
  36. why? is there a legitimate reason to post it? , if its just because you doubt what i said - no Tx.
    1 point
  37. Thanks for this update.
    1 point
  38. That game was over in the first five minutes. Baylor was hungry and played very well the entire game. The Zag's have a great team but Baylor totally shut them down with that front row. Not to mention switched off up top very well eliminating that pick and roll that worked for the Zag's in their previous games. Not one lead change the entire game. That's insane! Great ball game but those Bears were hungry. Congrats to the Bears on that natty!
    1 point
  39. We have some wonderful songbirds Our state bird .... ... isn't one of them. Sounds like someone having trouble starting their car/
    1 point
  40. I have ordered many blu ray cases . Blockbuster $.99 Memorial Day sale 2011 .
    1 point
  41. The Carbonnière tower in Camargue - France https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tour_Carbonnière https://www.google.com/maps/place/Tour+Carbonnière/@43.5921377,4.2071553,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x12b69b08d0e56c0b:0x9e5275c79aa3a6a1!8m2!3d43.5921338!4d4.209344 The view from the top
    1 point
  42. This is our backyard. They must really like the Winter Rye grass I sowed.
    1 point
  43. Picked these up today.
    1 point
  44. Woke up this morning to find this is the front driveway, special delivery from Hope, Arkansas. Who doesn't need a little Hope is this day and age?. KCIV's and KFIII's, in Black Ash and Ebony, respectively. I will be doing a Heresy IV comparison, even though I know the answer already.
    1 point
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