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He moved! lol Billion Dollar Babies is the sixth studio album by American rock band Alice Cooper, released in March 1973 by Warner Bros. Records.[1] The album became the best selling Alice Cooper record at the time of its release, hit number one on the album charts in both the United States and the United Kingdom, and went on to be certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. The album has been retrospectively praised by such critics as Robert Christgau, Greg Prato of AllMusic, and Jason Thompson of PopMatters, but The Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004) gave the album only two and a half stars. Now he's venturing into uncharted waters. Already commented about the box contents. lol It's 7th spin w/a new one stashed. 20k pressed in 2022. Totally an amazing listen! :)

Time to play a bit tonight. Fired up the JBL128S w/the twin 18's this evening. 😂 💪 @JohnJ's nosin and it's all coming together. Time to move a lil air. It ain't even breathin heavy. I think Gilmour has his attention now. 😂 Layin back in the couch watching football and jut slide to the driver's seat. Yup, he's workin on toasted. No drool yet but rest assurred I'll keep ya posted. 9:15PM now. He's tough so I figure about 10:30 +/- 15 minutes. 😂 Might tweek the sub a bit more to see if I can get that true out of body experience. 😂

Thinking back this was possibly the first Zappa album I purchased If not the first it was one of the first Artist - Frank Zappa and the Mothers Of Invention Title - Not Another Band From LA Album ID - https://www.discogs.com/release/5167340-The-Mothers-Just-Another-Band-From-LA

Ha! Yer Busted @Dave1291 Told ya that I dug that Third Rock tune on side two.

Mayall for lunch w/Hooker? Eatin hard sourdough pretzels and got mah foot a werkin! Ole @JohnJ rollin on that cheap old Linn of mine. For 27$ ya can't go wrong imo! 4 sides of bliss? I'm down allll day!

https://www.discogs.com/master/36288-Steve-Hackett-Voyage-Of-The-Acolyte Side B, "Star of Sirius" quite distorted on both my TTs. According to comments on Discogs I´m not the only one it seems...

Third Stone From The Sun

Dinner was made.

Very important, my friend. Keep it up!

I am posting this very short video as a comic relief Put you dancing shoes on now

I would kick him out as well imagine Crocodile Dundee Thats not Prog - this is Prog

https://www.discogs.com/release/24037094-Edguy-Mandrake

which bird you´ve grilled? 😂

It's ok I just found a bag of pretzels. Then I see that? You're killin me! Geez.

@Invidiosulus that's nice!

Think ole John is workin his way to the head of the class. He's pushin buttons now. lol Funny cuttin someone loose with good taste. 😂 Leon Russell is the debut solo album by the singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Leon Russell. It followed his debut with the Midnight String Quartet and a production by Russell and Marc Benno billed as the Asylum Choir. "A Song for You", written by Russell for this album, is a slow, pained plea for forgiveness and understanding from an estranged lover. The tune is one of Russell's best-known compositions. It has been performed and recorded by over 200 artists, spanning many musical genres. Elton John has called the song an American classic.

The same people We're at the both shows

I have the David Gilmour version https://www.discogs.com/release/10920062-David-Gilmour-Live-At-Pompeii

Hit a fork in the road YT has gone scorched earth on accepting ADs Not sure I want to pay not sure I want to drop the force fields either. WDCB Swing Shift was great today posted playlist and link in RTM section Excellent show, Swing feat Benny Goodman Great female vocals on tracks Martha Tilton (sp) is great Helen Forrest sounds great It will be up for 2 weeks, then gone https://wdcb.org/archive WDCB Swing Shift Oct 14, 2023 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Note For some reason, the R Ch is missing in the first part of the show probably didn't have mono set correctly. Thought it might be my just rebuilt tuner, but it's missing on the digital version too. Set my pre amp to copy L to LR, for the first half hour ?

The Whole Wide World needs more of that relief right now Paul, thanks!

Pork Ribs! time to heat up some leftovers for lunch.

For a time, it was 1 hr from my house. All good things come to an end. With a little work, the city would be habitable again. Amazing place to visit.

I was at Pompeii in 1961. It hasn't changed a bit. JJK

You never want a Filipina mad at you. Just sayin'.. Don't worry, we're good here.

I think you might be onto something. lol I somehow don't think I'd want her mad at me. lol You get up this way you're always welcome though. Think you know that already.

Not yet, but the saying fits the issue. I did live in misery for a short while, though...

You live in Missouri?

Well it seems I won't be posting images today, delayed yesterday waiting on battery recharge, that failed. So now waiting for new battery, well 3 really, one for each camera that now needs a new one. I am not waiting on the batteries though to continue, and @Full Range I did try the hemp oil rope, as well as PTFE tape, and a few other slippery options, and found the most sensitive to be the graphite. I put a request in to Bird Precision on a set of spring loaded jewels that would fit the housing replacing the pivot screws, and working out a pin arrangement for a future test. Again a TY to @Full Range for the brochure, I had forgotten the damping of the tonearm bearing, mentioned in the Brochure of being butterfingers. So I disassembled things once (3 times) again and found the right grease for the cylinder. Today is the cleaning and oiling of the walnut, clean and assess the top plate (Paint it??), clean and polish platters, repair the power switch, oil the motor, no need to tear it apart though, not this decade, then on to the next phase. will be firing up the Thorens today as well...C U soon

I like the harmonica in this song And you may notice that on certain harmonica sections the sound is unique - Now my memory on this is because the harmonica was tweaked internally to give it that unique tone Enjoy

Dean, surely you realize someone with 70,000+ posts May be wrong on occasion, just maybe - 😉

The title reads like some seedy Craigslist ad! But that's right, I have an 11" long laser engraved piece of swag for your audio room. It's natural oak, so you may stain it whatever color you like, or leave it as is. Free! You just cover the shipping. (My way of giving back to the forum!) I can do more laser engraving if you're interested, just drop me a line.

I am testing to compare my pressing with @AndreG. In my 1975 UK first press I can’t hear what you have described The only section that I may find a little flutter in the lower register of the flute section of that track, but that’s what a flute does when one tries to go deep into the lower register Artist - Steve Hackett Title - Voyage Of The Acolyte Album ID - https://www.discogs.com/release/1433178-Steve-Hackett-Voyage-Of-The-Acolyte

I ended up buying it. Never know when I might need it. I have never seen a set of trim come up for sale.

Of course you will. Nice tail is always good!

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He says it's all there...

Last I heard Klipsch would not sell these by themselves have to order drivers with them as a kit "KPT-904 HF" $1250 a pair I believe

I tried that and did not receive an email, I even tried other email addresses.

Concerning the motor-boards, I remembered last night, I still have this structured paint left over from my Heresy project. I´ll putty-over the holes and use that on both cabinets.

The offer was to move to Ohio, didn't see how that was going to help since Missouri is the "show me state". I assumed that is what you were referring to. What was this thread about? lol

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Sounding better by the minute! First thing was I had forgotten that I had inverted the plugs of the speaker-cables when I first hooked them up, they sounded strange then. Now that I switched the new woofer for the old Visaton one I noticed that the stereo-image was wrong... As I said, I had forgotten about the cables. Back then I thought I had hooked that cable up the wrong way at my receiver, now I know that the previous owner wired the woofer wrong. That was part of the reason some of the acoustic information got lost... Now everything is as it should be, woofer wired correctly, cable wired correctly at the terminal-cup. Sound is much more coherent now. I will continue to use this combo K 1005-K and new woofer until the new unit has run in. George: As for why he picked the Visaton? My guess is, he just chose the cheapest option with the right diameter. Also, he didn´t know which specs the K 1005-K has, like I didn´t. I was lucky enough to have had a lucky search on Ebay to find my source.

I could move some stuff outta the thrid bedroom. Lemme know. 😂

You’re chasing your tail Marvel. The Master has spoken. Master? Why PWK - of course 😎

I'd say that whether it's worth to you to put up rear Atmos speakers depends on if you've been satisfied with the experience you've had with your from Atmos speakers. If you have, then it's likely worth it as you will get more precise overhead effects localization and more fully immersive ambience sound from Atmos/DTS:X content. As to whether kg1 and RS-3 II are appropriate speakers to use with a Belle/Forte ground layer, this will depend on several things. Firstly, wide dispersion surround speakers are not recommended for Atmos/DTS:X. All the major immersive surround formats (Atmos, DTS:X, Auro 3D) specify monopole (i.e., direct firing) speakers for all channels. Secondly, whether small speakers like kg1 (which are almost about as far away in capability from Belle speakers as you can get in vintage Klipsch) will work for you is going to depend on whether your receiver/processor has enough usable gain to overcome the sensitivity mismatch and whether you are sensitive to sonic mismatches between the ground layer and the height layer. Most people think that sonic (timbe) mismatches are just related to frequency response. While that's true, what's even more important is distortion mismatches, both in quantity and quality (types and profile over the frequency range) of the distortion. While frequency response mismatches can be somewhat mitigated by room correction systems like Audyssey, distortion mismatches cannot be fixed. I'll explain what I mean by this. My experience with this is very much like what @Coytee described. My main theater system in my basement consists of seven Palladium speakers in the ground layer (P-39F mains, P-27C center, P-27S side surrounds and P-37F rear surrounds). When I first decided to upgrade the theater to Atmos, I hung four Klipsch AW-650 outdoor speakers from the ceiling. I figured that these would be superior to most in-ceiling speakers for Atmos. They do work quite well as Atmos speakers. However, over time the mismatch in sound character between the ground layer and the height layer started really bothering me. I realized what was bothering me was the lack of midrange clarity from the AW-650. The AW-650 crossover from the horn to the direct radiator woof at 3400 Hz. The 3-way Palladium speakers do this in the 500 - 600 Hz range. That means way more of the midrange is reproduced by much lower distortion horns on the Palladium speakers and therefore have a much cleaner midrange. (I suspect this is something of what @Coytee experienced with the Academy (crossover at 2200 Hz). I owned an Academy for a short time as a center for original Forte. I wasn't satisfied with it for the same reason I mentioned with the AW-650. I ended up replacing it with a single Heresy II (crossover at 850 Hz).) So, I switched to front and rear heights using Palladium P-17B bookshelf speakers on high shelf units. Yes, overhead localization of effects was slightly less precise, but the coherence of the entire immersive sound field was much better due to timbre matching of all channels. Also, overhead effects occur much less often than other immersive sound in most movie soundtracks. So, I prefer the timbre matched heights much more than having precise overhead effects. If I ever add Atmos to my living room Jubilee mains/ Belle center/La Scala surrounds 5.0 system, I will likely purchase Klipsch cinema surround speakers like the KPT-1260H or the KPT-250. These hopefully should be able to reasonably "keep up" with the ground layer. Using these would be much easier than attempting to hang Heresy speakers from the walls or ceiling. Here's a picture from when I was first testing the Palladium height speakers but hadn't yet taken down the AW-650.

John Allen of HPS4000.com would sell you that tweeter. He uses that in his speaker systems. Check out the website and give him a call. Dan

Got the chance to hear a favorite pair of records. Have repeated it several times over the years on rainy days or any day. In "order" A Day At The Races A Night At The Opera

I always find it entertaining while reading through the many differing thoughts and opinions in some of these threads. My 2 cents about the passive comments of those being concerned about them not looking right... Well, the two times I really noticed my passive radiators on my Forte II's; 1) When I placed them in my system when I bought them 2) When I took them out of my system when I sold them I don't know how some of you are listening to your speakers with passive radiators, but sitting behind your speaker in a corner staring at the PR is not on my recommended list of ideal listening spots. Maybe you're on to something and I've been missing out? Just a though! Happy listening.