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Napoleon Dynamite soundboards for those so inclined. BB

I don't know how wrong you are, but the first subs Dr. Hsu designed, for instance, were made to mate with his Quads. This has been his reference ever since. If you could stretch your budget a little, I think the Sunfire Junior would be a great sub for your situation. Small, powerful, well controlled. BB

---------------- On 2/6/2004 2:09:34 PM yromj wrote: We got into a discussion about this amp on another forum. Has anybody done the math on the 8000W? At 120V it would take 67A in a circuit w/o inductance. At 230W it would take 34A. I don't think it's intended for home use. John ---------------- A quote from the specification chart minn_male42 linked to: Power Cord Connector: Standard 20 amp IEC inlet. Looks like standard 120V. FWIW BB

---------------- On 2/6/2004 12:29:48 AM TheEAR wrote: Dude look at the specs it looks like a monster at 8Ohms and it is,but it drops its output into a 4 Ohms load! No not for me,I only buy amps that can double their outputs when loads get tougher and are cut in half. take a Krell FPB600 its "only" 600W RMS into 8 Ohms,after 1200W into 4 Ohms and 2400W into a 2 Ohms load.Per channel may I add Who needs a giant whimp who starts losing steam at 4 Ohms If you really want the ultimate subwoofer amp the Krell MRA has no real challenger,it doubles its output until it reaches a arc welder like 0.5 Ohm and it can deliver 16000W RMS.Try this with your Crown,it will roast like a BBQ rib. ---------------- Yawn. TheEAR is making us sleepy... Sleep little baby don't say a word TheEAR's gonna bore you with some specs he heard And if those specs don't somnambulate TheEAR will continue until the sun does break Through your windows when you will groan, "Sometimes, TheEAR, it's better to leave things alone." BB

Tributaries is a good line. They pretty much carry it all and from every price point. BB

The Oskar reached a max length of 'only' ~508 ft. in its second iteration, the Oskar II, though its beam is 60 feet while it displaces some 24,000 tons. Of the umpteen Oskars built, only 9 remain in service. Of course, its payload dwarfs to insignificance compared to that of the Typhoon and Trident. The Typhoon is truely a beast. 575 feet in length, 77 ft. beam, 37 ft. draught, 48,000 tons submerged displacement! And yet its payload yield is less than the Trident due to limitations of missile design and warhead size. Guidance systems are not up to the performance of those of the US. Six were built (a few say 7- mystery abounds!), only 2 are left in service. Of the eighteen Ohio class subs, i.e., Tridents, built, all eighteen (4 are being converted to conventional weapons) are out there. Somewhere... BB

Exile on Main Street BB

Well, I've only got one sub but it will smoke any 1000 of DerEAR's! And I'm gonna do some braggin'... Here are the specs: Displacement 18,700 tons submerged Length 560 feet overall Beam 42 feet Draft 36 feet Propulsion Steam Turbines, Propeller Shaft Reactor Pressurized Water Speed 25+ Knots Submerged Manning 16 Officer/156 Enlisted on Alternating Crews Strategic Weapons 24 C4 SLBM's (726-733), 24 D5 SLBM's (734-743) Defensive Weapons 4 21 inch tubes for MK48 Torpedoes Talk about your seismic bass! BB

---------------- On 1/21/2004 11:48:56 PM William F. Gil McDermott wrote: The telescope store showed me some $1000 binoculars. Wow. It is not so much magnification as it is contrast and clarity. Gil ---------------- That's what it's all about; high contrast, color purity and resolution. When you are looking through a pair of binocs and they feel like an extension of your eye and not some clunky device, you know you've got a good pair. BB

My apologies in advance for this. I'm >way< too far along in age for such nonsensical immaturity. With that said, here's goes nothing (literally)... Let me tell you a story 'bout a man named Bose Wouldn't know good sound if it bit him on the nose Then one day he had a slick idea, "Lotsa tiny speakers and I'll say they sound real clear" Marketing, that is Slick ads Glossy print Well the first thing you know Amar's a millionaire Lotsa untrained ears said, "Golly, what a pair!" Now them 901s and Acoustimess are sellin' really good To misled folk with ears made of wood Forgive me. BB

My grandfather was an avid birder and got me started at any early age. When he died, he left me his optics. I'd smash them all, though, to have just one more outing with him. What I've purchased over the years: 9.5x44 ED Celestron 10x40 Zeiss, replaced with Nikon Superior E 10X42 8x32 Leica Nikon Venturer LX 8x32 Pentax 10x25 UCF Pentax 80mm ED My grandfather left me his Questar Birder, a pair of Bausch & Lomb Elite 8x42, and an ancient pair of 10x50 Steiners that he used for years. The Nikons have no match optically. The Superior E is outstanding, but being a porro prism glass, is not water/weather proof. The Venturer series is, as they are roof prisms, and the 8x32 is the best birding glass out there, bar none. Zeiss and Leica, though excellent and world class, have fallen behind as the undisputed, preeminent birding glasses. Of course, I am splitting hairs here, but when you get to a certain level and the absolute best is desired, Nikon is tops for the time being. No, Japanese optics are not as sexy as European glass, just better at this level. A lot also depends on other factors; whether you wear glasses, what your interpupilary distance is, how steady your hand is, what fits in your hand, etc. But for sheer optical performance, and now with the robust build found in the Venturer series, Nikon is it. Oh, and I do have a Sony digicam, F707, with a Zeiss lens. Don't laugh too hard, though, as it is recognized as one of, if not the, sharpest lenses on a 'prosumer' digital camera. BB

Hello Good People of the Klipsch Forums- I'm new to surround sound but not home audio. I'm so new to surround, that my first system is being built around my PC; just installed a new sound card and serioulsy thinking about the 5.1 Ultras or GigaWorks. Having fun reading all the stuff here... Anyway, I'm also quite interested in getting a decent, if not good, HT going. I have several pairs of speakers with 2 pair specifically in mind to incorporate into said HT. The speakers I own are one pair each of Totem Model 1 Sigs and Mani-2s, ESL 63s and 3.6/Rs (guess I'm a small box, big panel kind of guy). The panels are in storage (bummer!) waiting on a dedicated '2 channel' room, ~225 sq. ft. My thinking goes like this: Mani-2s as fronts, Models 1s as rears and your recs for a center channel and sub (single 3.6/R hung from the ceiling, lenthwise, as a center channel?! j/k). I've got access to a mint SR-19 for a great price as the control/power center for the system. Room is odd shaped as my house is a geodesic dome and quite open, on slab, constructed with level 5 hurricanes in mind. Stout would be an understatement. So, what say you good folks? Thanks- BB P.S. Any recs for sub to match the panels would not hurt my feelings in the least, as well. P.P.S. My hat's off to Klipsch for such an open ended forum, allowing free and unadulterated talk of the competition, good >and< bad mouthing of their venerable name/product, etc. Salute!