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    Sansui G33000 ????????????

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted

    I'm familiar with that unit. Doesn't it have something crazy like 300 watts per channel.

    You didn't say how much he wants for it. It would also be nice to know what kind of music you like and how loud you like to listen.

    You need to remember that all watts are not created equal. Besides power there is also sound quality to consider.

    It's only a good deal if you are picking it up for very few dollars.

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    deanG

    To all you early-morning posters...

    in General Klipsch Info

    Posted

    POHP - Presumed Ocular Histoplasmosis, also known as Rocky Mountian Eye Disease & Pigeon Disease.

    This one's a beauty. There is this lovely fungus in the soil indigenous to the Ohio and Mississippi Valley areas. The fungus comes from bird and bat droppings that are mixed in the soil. I used to do quite a bit of caving and on one of my trips down, managed to inhale the fungus into my lungs. Symptoms of exposure are similiar to a killer flu. After a week you feel better and life goes on. Most people get exposed and don't even know it - they think like I did - must be the flu.

    One of the residual effects of exposure is that the fungus leaves very small (microscopic) lesions on most of the major organs. Especially the lungs and eyes - specifically the retina. Now, one of the things the human body does naturally as it ages is produce new networks of blood vessels. They are referred to as 'neovascular membranes'. These new vessels however, are not as stable as the originals.

    Occasionally, one of these 'new' networks will find it's way underneath a Histoplasmosis legion - and when it does it ruptures. When this happens in the lungs or elsewhere it is usually no big deal because they are so small. As a matter of fact, Bob Dylan was hospitalized about a decade ago where one ruptured in his lung and caused some problems.

    If this happens in the eye though - it's bad. This is how I found out I had been exposed - I experienced a sub-retinal hemorrhage in my left eye. They first tried to stop the bleeding with laser (twice) and then I finally went under the knife in an attempt to have the actual membrane removed. I eventually lost central vision in my left eye. I have a 20% chance of losing vision in my right eye.

    The diagnosis was nerve wracking enough, then I had the pleasure of experiencing everything from having steroids injected into my eye - to the surgery itself where I got to experience having the fluid drained out of my eye and then filled back up with gas (like a balloon) so it would keep shape until the bodies natural mechanisms filled it back up with fluid.

    At any rate - this whole thing lasted about a year and left me pretty much a wreck.

    Then I found out my oldest daughter was skipping school and smoking dope & crack. I had four kids on honor roll and then this 5th one who acted like she had a chromosome missing.

    At some point my brain told me to 'go to hell' and they diagnosed me with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD. Lots of tachacardia and night sweats. Oh the joy!

    Later it became full blown GAD - or Generalized Anxiety Disorder.

    These are all cute names for a basic condition where the neurotransmitters in the brain go completely ga-ga.

    I had to choose between Jesus and a gun.

    I chose Jesus Smile.gif

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    deanG

    New forums?

    in General Klipsch Info

    Posted

    I say we leave everything the way it is.

    Newbies will stumble into the 2 channel area and learn all about tube gear and big ugly Heritage stuff. If they are lucky - they will see my occasional plug for RB5's and RF7'scwm35.gif

    If we create a 'tubes' area - it'll just be you smart old guys sharing all the good stuffSmile.gif

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    deanG

    This message has been edited by deang on 02-16-2002 at 11:34 PM

    sound found home bound (MAC CHEAP!!)

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted

    I don't get it...you put up with mediocrity for 10 years until you didn't have to really invest anything to get slightly better than mediocrity.

    And this is a good thing?

    I value good sound too much to put myself through that kind of agony.

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    deanG

    This message has been edited by deang on 02-16-2002 at 06:28 PM

    Wisdom from: =+=Mobile Homeless=+=

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted

    Poor Mobile - he has answered these same questions about a dozen times over the last month.

    If you read most of the 2 channel threads posted here over the last month you will find the answers to most of your questions. Even very recent threads contain a wealth of information.

    Speaking of information - we could use more from you. You say what you are willing to spend on a preamp but nothing about what is budgeted for an amp or CD player.

    What are your musical tastes? How loud do you like to listen to your music? Do you do any Home Theatre (DVD's)? In other words - what are you trying to achieve with this system?

    In short - tubes just plain sound better. They provide more air around the instruments, more distance between the instruments, provide an addictive sounding midrange, and a 3 dimensional soundfield. Most tube gear these days is very reliable and really not finicky at all. New tubes are fairly inexpensive and very accessible. When I bought my first tube amp 3 years ago I only knew how to turn one on.

    There are different types of tube amps. For example: There is SET or Single Ended Triode - which usually come in around 4 watts per channel. There are push-pull Triodes, and these come in around 15-25 watts per channel. There are also ultra-linear designs which usually run between 40-70 watts per channel. From what I've gathered, the lower the power - the 'tubier' the sound. That is an oversimplification I'm sure but probably has some truth to it.

    Then there are the different sonic characteristics of the various tubes types (and various differences in sonics between manufacturers of the same tube type!) Your best bet is simply to 'lurk' here reading threads and surfing the web a little.

    At any rate - I'm anything but an expert and I really just wanted to save Mobile some keystrokes - poor devil.

    read this first -

    http://www.audioasylum.com/audio/scripts/d.pl?audio/faq/tubeprimer.html

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    deanG

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