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@KROCK I'm going to send the BOC albums to you.. that you can play them back to me.. With the landline and the cell. And I will be able to listen to them in stereo!!!

Been watching BOC vids for the past few weeks so I had to check what I had..

We are all old hands here and know how to read the room 👌 Next month I will be getting about 2K more in my pay for extra contract work - so I have earmarked about $500 for new vinyl See we are all crazy but good crazy 🤪

@dirtmudd By golly Mr. Mudd that's thinking out of the box for sure! I like it! It wouldn't sound right using just a land line and the Princess bedroom extension. By golly you could be on to something! Thanks! 💪 🧡

Glad I'm just outta the box. 😂 💪 The red-headed step brother.

Time for electro synth again Artist - Jean Michel Jarre Title - Magnetic Fields

Woot, today's the day. Not much on the plate so turnin up the gas. One to unzip and who knows what else. Might even put a few away but that sounds like work. Looking at 6 stacks leaning with each being about a 18" long. Depressing. I've been eyeing a piece of shelving board about 8 feel long I've saved in the garage. It's from my original concrete block shelving circa 1962. Too late to use that and I'm not gonna take a chance but... There IS the front hallway if I move a bunch of gear and give my oldest a nice oak panel door cabinet she's been craving. I've had that board since the beginning of it all... 😂

I have 20 something LPs & he listened to all of them thru the phone.

Kick out the jams, brothers and sisters Well, I feel pretty good And I guess that I could get crazy now, baby 'Cause we all get in tune And the dressing room gets hazy now, baby Well, I know how you like it, child Hot, sweet and tight The girls can't stand it when you do it right When you're up on the stand And let me kick out the jams Yes, kick out the jams Come on, kick them out Well, I'm starting to sweat You know my shirt's all wet, what a feeling And the sound that abounds And resounds and rebounds off the ceiling Yeah, you gotta have it, baby, you can't do without 'Cause when you got that feeling, you got to sock them up Put that mic in my hand And let me kick out the jams Yes, kick out the jams Come on, kick them out You know I got to give it up You know you can't get enough Miss Mackenzie (Miss Mackenzie) Yeah, the sound in my brain You know it drives me insane with the frenzy (with the frenzy) Well, the wiggling guitars and the crash of the drums Make me wanna keep a-rocking 'til the morning come Let me be who I am And let me kick out the jams Yes, kick out the jams Yes, kick out the jams Yes, kick out the jams I done kicked them out!

OK George & Paul, y'all know me well enough to know I did not take your comments as a sleight! With how well it worked for me after I got rid of that ort elliptical needle & cart I was just surprised. Did not notice it at all the last time that floating platter record player was talked about here! Love the almost @Full Range level radical aesthetics. It's George Jetson all the way!!

Thank you for your welcome greetings This evening...

For me it was LaScalas at Friday night dance parties back in the mid/late '70s. (remember disco?) Invited to a friend of a friends house and there they were. Once I heard them I said/thought what the heck are those?, gotta have me a pair. Saved up some pennies and in '77 bought a pair and like @Coytee I still have them. Still have the original receipt $602 a piece, raw birch(back when they used or could obtain the good shit) with full front grill cloth. Sweet.

My Dual 1019 is being shipped back from service. But I've got a fresh copy of Taylor Swift's new album ready for the first spin.

@dirtmudd Thanks Mr Mudd. Couldn't resist! Here I go on another dive. Been forever and I've been holdin back. Ugh! Astronomy started it. Now I'm sittin here lookin at a handfull of albums, which isn't good! Well, maybe. An exorcism is right around the corner if I start with them Ahhhhhgain! Heaven help me... Lima, Ohio Saturday, October 26th @ 7:30! I could be runnin the beads and I'm not even Catholic! Ya ever lose an entire weekend and not know what happened or anything related to that weekend but told you had a blast? Asking for a friend.

He was too broken hearted in selling, to the give the cost or contact info!

I'm guessing you don't like Dire Straits? I'm not sure how level matched these are, but the Heresy IVs sound very balanced. The LS sound a little weak in the bass, but I could tweak the to where I could be happy. Cornwalls still sound boomy to me, that could be the room, setup. The Forte IVs sound great, and the Heritage Jubilees massive, but very balanced.. Still, I'm listening on headphones, so who knows. I happen to like DS, but might have picked a different song.

It pains me to get rid of this subwoofer as I absolutely love it, but I live in an apartment now and it rarely gets used. This sub has major kick, and if used I would probably be evicted lol. I am now moving to a smaller apartment and cannot justify the space or the sound, so unfortunately will be letting this beast go.

5 Heritage Klipsch:

Old man. (you!?!?!!!!) I first heard LaScalas in 1978 at Carlin Audio in Fairfield Ohio. Scott (if I recall his name correctly) played Lucky Man / ELP. I swear, it sounded like they were IN the speaker playing......I was hooked. Went back couple weeks/months later and bought a pair (1979 production) Still have them. When the Underground Jubilee's arrived somewhere around 2007? (now that, I can't remember for the life of me, I'd have to do some searching to find when) I put Pink Floyd, Pulse on and had at it.

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I've know of Klipsch for decades and even owned a cheap pair of SF-2 tower speakers just to try them out. However, y first experience with the Heritage series happened for me recently... New to me Heresy 2's and the first thing I played was Cannoball Adderley's Something Else on vinyl via my tube amp and tube preamp. It was eye opening. it felt like I was listening in the club while the band was playing. Great dispersion and soundstage, articulate highs... overall a very pleasing experience. I like to listen to music on the media that it was originally recorded / released on (50's, 60's, 70's - Vinyl, 80's, early 90's CD, etc) and this set up is what I think it must have been like "back in the day" when this was first released.

Might scratch that itch. I'm still savin my egg money. Sorry bout the drool I do that a lot.

Thanks for the volume warning.

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Here's something you don't see, a %THD v. power plot for a pair of MC30s. The output tubes are new make, matched pairs from JJ (6L6GC), rectifier is also new make JJ 5U4GB. The small signal tubes (preamp 12AX7, phase inverter 12AU7, voltage amp 12BH7 and driver tube 12AX7) are all vintage. The amp pair is shown. Load is 8 Ohm non-inductive power resistor. Plot shows that both amps produce about 30W RMS with <0.4% THD.

I made a Closet into a Sub Box. 🙂

Ever had a Bosch? We don't use ours often..it's just the wife and I. But when we have guests or a dinner party it is nice to have. Quiet and does a great job. Heats the water so hot it does NOT have an electrical drying element. Of course we rinse and remove large food remnants before placing in the machine.

Pau : Best Rock Drummer 2023 ! Only in socks 🤪

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I got 20 yrs out of a basic Bosh dishwasher. The pump failed and was no longer available. We are 3 yrs into a Kitchenaid 38 decibel dishwasher that is almost silent with no issues so far. I buy half priced scratch and dents at Lowes or Best Buy. George

A quiet place:

Felt awful the last couple weeks. New Rx that makes you grow green antennae and get purple polka-dots Love the original version I grew up with, but I've heard it a thousand times. Liked this variant from that eight hour Crossroads Festival on tv years ago! Open it up in another tab ... the whole show is great!

Great Brand, but there is an issue. Please take one of your plates and wine glasses and put them in the dish washer. Why, European dishes and glasses are smaller than US and it can be an issue for everyday use

‘Pretty hairy Had to look twice that they were not Yeti dancers

Don't forget Waylon:

Ahh Yeaaaa: Try this whole LP on for size, preconceived notions will disappear!

ARC and Heritage have always sounded exceptional. My SP14 preamp I used with VRD and H H Scott 208. Belles Chorus II

Not saying they are dead, but if they are they had a good run of about 53 years. Considering how specialized their market place is, that's PDG. In 1970, pretty much all young men were interested in audio gear. I'm from that era and I got my first "real stereo system" in 1969 - and so did all of my friends. I'm just spewing, but I would guess that today, a young man with $1500 will spend it on a telephone to carry around in his pocket before he would buy a piece of high end audio gear. "Tiny, plastic, portable, digital, cheap, and offshore" - - all the qualities that ARC amplifiers don't possess! I hope they make it. It is a great company with a great tradition of excellence. In 1974 when Bruce and I designed our first preamp at Paragon, the ARC SP3a was the "gold standard" for most who were in the know. Very intimidating.

I looked online for a photo of the mid monos and there are a couple of photos over on audioasylum. Just a quick glance between photos does show the build quality difference! From my earlier question: There is a small source signal that runs through the preamp when both the gain and volume are turned all the way down. I sent an e-mail and this is expected.

The SP2 is a prettty old preamp. I read allot on Audio Research since January and just purchased a used SP-14 preamp for $ 1050 including shipping and extra tubes. The asking price seemed a a little steep for the two components. Some ARC components have excellent reviews and others are less favorable. SP-9 is reviewed poorly but the SP-9 MK III is reviewed quite well. I know very little about ARC power amps. My intention is to first use the SP-14 with my Scott 208 power amp and Chorus IIs. Eventually I will compare the ARC SP-14 to the updated CJ PV10B with my VRD and Belles. I like all the vintage Scott integrateds but to get the bass weight and depth of soundstage potential out of your K Horns you would need to make a larger investment in separates or a highly regarded integrated.

Has anyone heard the Quicksilver line of amps on Klipsch? What did you think? I might be able to get a pair of mid monos, but would also consider the horn or set monos. Thanks!

I'm thinking about getting a 7-channel amp for a basement home theater and was wondering if any of you had recommendations? I've started looking at Outlaw Audio 7700, B&K 200.7 and maybe an Emotiva 5-channel with one of my two channels powering maybe the rears? Right now the plan is cornwall fronts, academy, forte rears with an SW-15 sub. I'm probably 50/50 music/movies and will (someday) do some sort of JBL-based cornscala mains.

Trying to work out a deal on a B&K 7-channel right now. We'll see how it goes. jhoak - where is your center? Is it on the shelf above the screen?

I think I paid $2250 for a used setup. They definitely keep up with a pair of La Scalas, so if you can swing it - I would recommend them.

The forte ii's are definitely better for music (I have kg5.5s). If your budget is tight - kg4.2s might be better paired with a sub for movies.

I've heard both speakers in the past, but it's been a long time. I remember the kg3.2's lacking in bass. The klf-20's are a 3-way speakers with a tweeter, midrange horn and two 10" drivers. The kg3.2's have a tweeter and an 8" driver with a 10" passive. I have a pair of kg5.5's which give much better bass than the 3.2's, but given the choice between them and the klf'20s - I'd pick the klf's.

The ARC 75W/channel tube version is for sale on SaturdayAudio.com for $729 if it is still available. They have not taken the time to update the website in over two weeks.