IB Slammin

---------------- On 12/28/2003 7:47:33 PM IB Slammin wrote: ---------------- On 12/23/2003 3:46:57 PM Sublime40 wrote: My favorites I purchased this year: The Flaming Lips: "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots", Led Zeppelin: "How the West Was Won", Jack Johnson: "On and On"---------------- I am an old man and try to act my age. I listen to R&B, Jazz, Smooth Jazz, etc. But my roots are in 60's - 70's hard rock. HARD.....Blue Cheer, Jimi, marshals,Robin Trower, Sun amps, Hi-Watt, ELP,Zappa. And when the old woman is out............ A group, AUDIOSLAVE is the nastiest, hardest, filthy slammin, screaming guitar, pounding bass player, trash that I have heard in years. "Caulk the mids" type of sound. Not heavy metal. Just HEAVY. Enough said. Back to being 53. tc ---------------- PS: The J. Cash was haunting and great.

---------------- On 12/23/2003 3:46:57 PM Sublime40 wrote: My favorites I purchased this year: The Flaming Lips: "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots", Led Zeppelin: "How the West Was Won", Jack Johnson: "On and On" ---------------- I am an old man and try to act my age. I listen to R&B, Jazz, Smooth Jazz, etc. But my roots are in 60's - 70's hard rock. HARD.....Blue Cheer, Jimi, marshals,Robin Trower, Sun amps, Hi-Watt, ELP,Zappa. And when the old woman is out............ A group, AUDIOSLAVE is the nastiest, hardest, filthy slammin, screaming guitar, pounding bass player, trash that I have heard in years. "Caulk the mids" type of sound. Not heavy metal. Just HEAVY. Enough said. Back to being 53. tc

My gift was belated. I got her 2, Altec 511b horns for her Cornwalls. Its OK boys. Last year, I got her a new shovel. tc

---------------- On 12/23/2003 10:24:59 AM fini wrote: Last birthday, I gave my wife the Boston Acoustics Recepter clock radio. She LOVES it. Sounds amazingly good. Look and feel is great, too. Funny you mentioned the Bose system. I picked one up (I think it's the Acoustimass 5 Series III) system at Ye Olde thrift shop for $35. Two double cubes, a sub, and a receiver w/remote. I cleaned it up a bit, tested it, and it works fine (for what it is). I will be listing it on eBay tomorrow or Thursday, and the proceeds will be split between my wife (40%) and my two daughters (30% each). I'll give them each "stocking certificates" Christmas morning, indicating the item number. I may make up one certificate, and rip it into thirds, ala "Survivor" treasure hunts. Should be fun! ---------------- fini, You paid too much. tc

---------------- On 12/21/2003 12:41:11 PM smilin wrote: < >[bR>Thanks for the thoughts Smilin. The GPs are now in a temporary nursing home while we find something permanent. Not looking good in spite of everyone's prayers. If there's anything good that's come out of this it's that if one goes, the other wouldn't even notice. They're in the same room but have no idea where they are and can't remember one minute to the next. Very bizarre that this happened to both at the exact same time. ---------------- Gary, It's in God's hands now, Enjoy the Holidays with your Family nad friends and keep hoping and Praying for Gods will to do the right thing. Steve Smilin for U ---------------- Smilin, Congrats again...... My verts are '73. Gary and Smilin both......Just keep in mind that Gods will is Always the right thing to do..... Regards, tc

---------------- On 12/17/2003 11:16:58 PM smilin wrote: Thanks Guys, Great thoughts, I'll have to try them after I get the cornwall's out of my system. Smilin for U ---------------- If you have CWs and you like what you hear....do not buy Las...buy two more Cornwalls.......Great projection in an auditorium, if you have an auditorium....very clean....but.very shallow bass, if you like that....very clean, must be great as HT surrounds.....BUT I would never considder them for 2 or 3 channel systems......very clean and very upper bass.....absolutly no CW slam...Loud and clean.....But.........not designed for flanking channels...... tc

djk & Dave, Many thanks. The sites are exactly the reference that I was looking for, although even google took a while. Must be the hills of Arkansas. (Tomorrow my wife(sister) and I will travel to the city dump in search of Christmas lawn ornaments. Last year we displayed six old washing machines as reindeer, pulling a very large freezer. There was a large piece in Architectural Digest. If you didnt see it, email me and I will send you a copy.) John Ellis, Thanks for the call. As always, it was great talking to you, although the time zone difference deprives an old man of the 18hrs required sleep. You are without doubt the KING of CW mods. I love it when the student instructs the teacher. I would have never dreamed............ Best regards to you and Olga. tc

Guys help. I have become interested in Altec Horns and drivers. I have clicked until my mouse finger is gone. Does anyone know an Altec site that has a complete list of horns and drivers with crossover points? I continue to get partial info, no cutoff points, or lens info without driver match ups, damaged PDF files, sites under construction and everything other than what I am looking for. Thanks, tc

My kind of ride Jim. Execept for the lack of extended cab. Four Heresy's cargo strapped in the back is a must! tc

---------------- On 12/12/2003 2:39:14 PM Georg Friedrich Handel wrote: Hi Guys, Im about to pick up a vintage 40's era tube record player and i want to know what the diffrent speeds are on the records? What is the diffrences between 33, 45, 78 rpm and what is the sound quality diffrence. Im going to get a hand cranking Gramaphone player with the big horn on it and it uses 78 rpm records, what will it sound like? Im thinking of picking up a bunch of Bing Crosby 78rpm LP's and also what is some good music from the 1920's? You know how on some movies you hear them playing some real old jazz or a singing on a old record player, it has that hiss and that old sound to it that i just love. Thanks ---------------- Would it be the revolutions per minute?....No, thats not me....thats Fini's line.... Just kidding - tc

Well..Ah...Oh....Bob Moores...Ah....Jubilee....well...I live in Arkansas.... Anyone? tc

---------------- On 12/10/2003 10:35:17 PM chuckears wrote: Is anyone else thinking, "Hmmmm... Julia and Lyle..." (FYI, that's -Roberts and -Lovett). ---------------- It was the first thing I thought of !!!!! tc

---------------- On 12/8/2003 7:45:15 PM Champagne taste beer budget wrote: My guess is that he's asking a premiuim because of the rosewood finish, if he thinks there were only two ever made. I don't know, but with it being an option for so long, I'd think there are quite a few out there, just probably not often on the market. I don't recall an exact number, but it seems to me that the rosewood finish was a substantial cost over the other finishes. Then again, the last time I saw a pair in a showroom was probably 18+ years ago, at Audio King in Minneapolis, now Ultimate Electronics. ---------------- I am in the foundation repair biz. Walked into a customers home just south of Little Rock (the guy is about 75 years old) to discover.......Two rosewood Khorns with matching rosewood Bell. Signed by PWK. He had just moved in and there were old tube Mac's, on the floor, covered with dust,...everywhere. I mean everywhere. At least three preamps and three sets of mono power amps. He took me upstairs and......there was another set of cornerhorns with a bell. All rosewood. They were the most beautiful things that I have ever seen. He told me that he had owned ten rosewood horns. He had three sons. When a son grew up and moved away, they left with a set of horns! I ask about adoption. The rosewood Klipsch is out there. tc

---------------- On 12/10/2003 6:37:51 PM BigBusa wrote: my mom always told me to say what was on my mind. ---------------- Yo Momma! ( and elvis is such a cute guy. girls all over the world are killing themselves at the news ) tc

John, Congrats! And welcome to Phi Slamma Jamma. Injoy! Regards, tc

---------------- On 12/1/2003 7:47:36 PM artto wrote: I've experienced superior playback in both formats. The fact of the matter is that +90% of what's out there has poor recording quality, regardless of the format. There are more important mechanisms at work such as the complexity (or simplicity) of the recording chain, microphone choice & placement, etc., as well as who is involved in the entire recording to production process. Some people are known for producing superior results more consistently. ---------------- artto, I agree. I tend to listen to great recordings. To take it a step farther, I listen to the better recorded cuts on a CD or LP. Rarely get through an entire CD. The down side, is that I miss a lot of great music. Regards, tc

---------------- On 12/1/2003 12:55:11 PM m00n wrote: Aint he cute? ---------------- Moon, Please don't show that thing again. I'm begging. The last time I saw that I saw it, I couldn't sleep for a week. That is the creepiest thing imaginable. It looks like Matt Lauer from the Today Show. Many thanks, tc

---------------- On 12/1/2003 2:16:06 AM formica wrote: ---------------- On 11/30/2003 6:30:40 PM Marvel wrote: For whoever posted about the 6x9 speakers. They weren't all that was used -- ever. VOTTs and Altecs with the coaxial 604E were the mainstay. Ad ub JBLs. Many of those studios DID use the speaers in a boom box, of some 6x9 auto speakers as well. Many used the little Auratones. ---------------- That's more of what I've heard and imagined... ---------------- formica, T'was me who posted. You are right. Many use great monitors...and many dont. I was just trying to address the vast difference in quality from one CD or LP to another. mdeneen, "The time that they used 6X9's".......is now. Regards, tc

---------------- On 11/29/2003 8:37:06 PM mdeneen wrote: "....If you can't keep the stylus in the groove, can't play a cut at volume, you can't listen to it...." You may want to look into turntable isolation. Even mid-fi arm/cartridges (when rightly aligned) will track any groove I am aware of - this is independent of speaker volume. mdeneen ---------------- Years ago, my last TT was used was with 2 Klipschhorns and 4 LaS.(7-T pre & 2 DC-300's ) Yeh, Yeh, I know the Crowns. Old days for sure! ".........turntable isolation ?......." How about drilling a 5' diameter reinforced concrete pier 30' deep. Imbedding a 10" wide steel "I" beam in the concrete and allow it to penetrate the floor. Weld a steel pan atop the beam and fill the pan with mercury. Float the turntable in the mercury..and ISOLATE. Mid-fi. I'm shure you are right. But it always seemed that the better arms, SLT's included, were the worst. tc

---------------- On 11/24/2003 9:16:05 PM fini wrote: ---------------- On 11/24/2003 9:03:27 PM lynnm wrote: " Lynnm, if the speakers are picked up, is there any risk involved? " Not if the deal is strictly C.O.D. but it wouldn't be a lot of fun to shell out $1600.00 or some significant portion of it - drive 350 miles and discover that 1515 Buttstink Close is smack in the middle of a supermarket parking lot. ---------------- And that would be so like those semi-illegitimate north-easterners... California fini ---------------- fini, Do you know how many north-eastern people it takes to change a light bulb? ( Its none of your F*!king business!) Do you how many California people? (1,000....one to change the bulb and 999 to share the experience) tc

Damn Georg, Nice oration. You are realy out there some where. Perhaps a "sick ticket". Welcome to the forum. You are among friends. Regards, tc

PS: mdeneen, To my thinking, CD's are not just a matter of "convenience". If you can't keep the stylus in the groove, can't play a cut at volume, you can't listen to it. Good recording or bad. Regards, tc

Many valid points made for both LP & CD. I have never played background music. I always "listen". The volume is either up or off. I remember running into another room to change an LP. The tone arm (and I tryed them all) just couldnt stay in the groove at volume. I tend to listen to the great recording, rather than the great music. Great music does not necessarily complement the quility of our systems. Great recordings exist in both mediums, but not high volume. I primarily listen to 60's-90's rock, R&B, Hot Jazz, what ever is recorded best. I have very rarely heard "live music" or "live recordings" that sound as good as the studio. Many groups sound great when properly mixed, and sound bad live. IMHO the mix makes or breaks a recording. Years ago recordings were mixed while listening to 6X9 monitors. They were mixed to accommodate the 6X9's of car radios and not intended to compliment "Hi-Fi" systems. I can still remember opening 4 or 5 LP's at a store in an effort to find one that was flat. tc

---------------- On 11/28/2003 10:59:59 AM Georg Friedrich Handel wrote: Hi Guys, I dont understand why there are people that say an LP is superior in sound quality to a CD? Thanks ---------------- Georg, Having lived with dust, static,warps that produced large diaphragm excursions, feedback,TT's in other rooms,replacing cartraidges every year and not being able to buy flat LP's.............. I will never look back. TC

Considering the many posts....... Can you people believe the lack of responce from IndyKlipsch?..... I can. They have no reasonable replay or excuse. What can they say? I don't think that most of us have a problem with the $ makers at BB. It sounds "OK" and much better than most for the $. We will never see the Jub. Accept it. The last gift of PWK is lost to fast turnover. And that my friends, is the real Heresy. The real loss. But consider the source. I live in Arkansas where there are few "claimes to fame". #1Chicken #2 WalMart #3 PWK #4 Razorbacks #98 Bill C.