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IMO best matchup for the 3.5's is a 2v center and 1.5's in the rear with the sub of your choice if for HT, skip the sub for music. Owned the 3.5's for about 10 years now and still love them in my second system.

The Who. Loved, what was it, Pshychotic Reaction, but then I got to the point where I wanted to hunt them down and whale on them with a very big stick.

Serious looking gear, I'm jealous (for the 13th or 14th billionth time since joining the forum). Really glad to hear you doing well and ready to rock the holidays with some new toys. Be well, Marty aka thebes

The fella who sang the Earl Scruggs lyrics to the Beverly Hillbillies died yesterday. Thoguht it would be fun to give him a little tribute. Add a line or two and pass it along: Come 'n listen to my story 'bout a man named Jed Poor Mountaineer barely kept his family fed

Good thoughts Dodger you re to be commended. The LA Dodgers-yeech don'tchas mean da Bums-de shoulda never left Brooklyn!

Why Craig I do believe you've been playing with too many lives wires lately and it's fried your brain. You were the subject of my very first Klipsch Noir opus: Klipsch Noir-The Case of the Singing Amp. Here's what I had to say: "Craig Ostby was his name, a big gregarious man with wild eyes and beard. Id also run across his type before. A mad genius whose touch could transform tired old gear into sleek rhapsodies of nirvana. All you had to see was the way those hands picked up a tube to know that this is the type of guy who clientele found him, not the other way around." Crusty-ain't a good dive fun (if you learn to sit with your back to the the wall" Sledom drop into them anymore, but just the memory invokes the smell of stale beeer and butts. Glad everybody's enjoying this one it ws fun to write.

Rick Springfield-need I say more?

Aww, pshaw folks, it's just a little scribbling to amuse the folks and hopefully inform them about a worthwhile sonic improvement. Thanks Jay, that was really funny!

I hope you get them I have a pair an absolutely love them.. Very dynamic, great soundstage for their size and very clean although a smidge harsh on the uppers. Bought mine new in '96 for about $800 and have loved every minute of them. Reasonable size too, so they won't overpower a smaller room prescense wise.

I was tossing down boilermakers and working my way through a pack of unfiltered Luckies in Finis Bar when she sat down on the stool next to me. Finis was a walk down dive off an alley that specialized in cheap rye, losers and 25 cent condoms in the bathroom machines. It was named after the owner, a sour personage who bought the place a few years ago with money scrapped up from a work comp settlement after he blew out his hernia working construction. Hoary one-liners and indifferent service were his stock in trade. It was mid-afternoon and Id already been in there for a couple of hours chasing loneliness and depression with beer and butts. The ashtray was overflowing, and the bar counter hadnt been wiped down in days, yet Fini always was there when the glass ran dry. By the way Im Thebes and Im a Hi-Fi Detective. I work the byways and alleyways of the seedy underworld of audio. I track down stolen gear; recover funds mistakenly blown on cheap tweaks and find the missing elements the stereo nuts need to feed their passion. Its a tough racket, but suits me and keeps me comfortably at the edge of poverty. I ply my trade in a misnamed urban blight called Hope. Lately though it hadnt been going so well. The cases were few and far between, my heart had been broken by a steel-eyed beauty with a thing for amplifiers, and my own stereo system was missing something. Id tried cheering myself up by taking a roll of nickels to the jaw of a deadbeat client, but it hadnt worked so here I was at Finis-staring at water rings and feeling sorry for myself. At first I ignored that magical musk of woman and fine perfume, the last thing I needed right now was another broad in my life. She asked me for a light though, and reluctantly I turned toward her and found myself staring into the cool blue orbs of a Nordic beauty. Id seen her before she was known as the Ultimate BarFly. Platinum blonde, with long eyelashes, high cheeks, full red lips offset by an intriguing mole above and to the side of her lips. She had long violinists fingers and encapsulated in a red cocktail dress was a body build by Fisher. From the nape of her neck to her stiletto heels she was mans ultimate fantasy and worse nightmare. She was lover, devious, intriguing, haunting, exasperating, imperious, gentle, warm, primal and caring. She could drink with the boys, tell bad jokes and drive you crazy with the flick of an eyelash or toss of a chin. She new everything there was to know about men and for some reason still liked them. She was a cat and I was her latest mouse. Our conversation was brief: Thanks for the light, honey Leave me alone Youve got a problem So, who doesnt Its not the girl Who says it was a girl. I said its not the girl; its your gear, your speakers specifically. Wadda ya mean Your running Klipsch with factory crossovers, change them out Whatever youre selling-Im not buying You need DeanG to rebuild them for you DeanGs a myth, a legend, he doesnt exist Heres his address and heres my phone number She moved down to the end of the bar and left me holding a soggy napkin. Stumbled home that night awash in booze and self-pity. I awoke, chased the hangover with a couple of aspirin, stripped out the crossovers and headed over to the address. It was a small storefront in an old part of town, a business section home to drycleaners, nail parlors and auto repair shops. There was no sign, so I just walked in, and there he stood. A runt of a man with flyaway hair wearing coveralls covered with solder burn marks. He was like a ferret on acid, with more twitches and tics then an insane asylum inmate. His eyes were crazed and his teeth were rotten but sitting on the shelf behind him were volumes of esoteric electronic manuals. He looked at me said: She sent you didnt she Who The Ultimate BarFly Who Dont play cute you would have never found me Ok, yeah it was her You a sorry looking piece of.you need more depth and soundstage in your life, better, mid and smoother highs Yeah I also need 200 bucks for the rent but do you think Im going to get it anytime soon Shaddup and let me work It didnt take that long, he muttered and fumed and before you knew it he was handing over a pair of crossovers that looked like props from a sci-fi movie. He just smirked when he saw the look on face. As I turned to leave he said only one thing: She left you her phone number, give her a call, a guy could do worse, oh hell weve all done worse. So, Im Thebes the HiFi Detective and I work the dark corners of a town called Hope. Let me tell you about the Terrible Turntable client, but first, you know, I think Ill make a call. Editorial Note: Except for here on the Board Ive never met fini or DeanG so as far as I know descriptions of them bear no actual resemblance to them in actually and am only used as descriptive devices to move the story along. Now to the particulars: These crossovers were for Klipsch KG 5.2s. The craftsmanship is first class and so are the components Dean uses. The hearing differences are more then subtle. The soundstage is a bit wider and deeper but the highs are much more relaxed, the mids are warmer. The boominess is gone from the bottom end, despite the fact that these speakers are closer to the wall than they should be and carry a big honking passive driver in a sealed cabinet. For my tube 2 Channel setup Im guessing at a 10 to percent improvement. The difference is even more noticeable since I also use these speakers in a five channel HT setup using a SS Denon mid-fi receiver. They really do a great job of taking away graininess and make the DVDs sound much more like being in a movie theater. Now I worked my way up from barely mid-fi to solid mid-fi level and at that level, the only one I can judge by, on a cost versus performance basis its a no brainer. More info on these particular crossover are available in the Twins Pics thread and Thereugobuddys thread about crossovers both in 2 Channel.

Had a all blues christmas cd that had various singers on it and was wonderful, but can't find it and so I can't give you the name. Just picked up Handel's Messiah and I will probably play that a couple of time during the holidays.

My first dealer pair was in 1997 and yeah they bargained. Hard to tell what percentage they wolud give today would be though, since I haven't pruchased any of late. I would imagine heritage would be a hard bargai, but numerous people have posted here saying that they will deal on the reference line rather then lose business to Best Buy on the Synergy line. Hey Stratacuse-go Orange. I'm orginally from their and will be home for the holidays.

Well if there is room for fini in here (busted a gut over that one fini) then I will dip a very small toe in the waters of classical (actualy I'm just here for the free t-shirt). As anyone can easily figure out I'm not very knowledgable but from my own listening I do find myslef drawn to the Cello. In speaker terms it's sort of like it's the woofer with the violin being the tweeter (I think that's what they call those things screwed into the speaker anyway). In other words it brings depth, or gravitas to certain aspects of the music, and is used to compliment the violins etc. or to counterpose (sp) them. When used on a fast passage it can lend air and vibrancy to a piece, and it's ability to induce sadness, pathos and longing makes it a versatile and greatly satsifaying compliment to most any works in which it is employed to it's full advantage. In other words it's mostly a workhorse of the orchestra but can run like a thoroughbread if given the chance. Now I'm getting out of here before my homies elsewhere in the forum realize that I listen to music with more than two chords in it.

Got a little Steely Dan playing now seems to be easing the tired bones. Nice thoughts and well stated, thereyugobuddy. The blues will always set you free. And who let that young pup Nick inon this old man's thread? Damn frisky little fellers, why I got corns older than that man, why...

Cheez Chuck I thought I had it bad! Looking for tunes-the body will repair itself, but the musical soul always needs feeding. Think about it for a second, when your beat up there is almost always something special you throw on the changer.

Washington, DC suburbs-Virginia-painting contractor-reverse Peter Principal-started my working career as a congressional aide and gradually worked my way down to paint brush drone. PS Dean, I don't know what they've been putting in your oatmeal lately but you are turning into one funny dude.

You may actually be able to go cheaper. Do a search for Philips, I think its the 963 multi-player (dvd player with SACD and DVD-A) that many of our forum folks have found to be amazing both musicaly and budget-wise.

You've all been been there, TGIF instead it's thank god this week is over. I do physical labor for a living and sometimes it just catches up to you. Tonight my back is sore and my calves are screeming. You don't have to use your body to earn your living to experience this feeling, it's just phew my energy is down and I need some surcese. Got a glass in my hand and Crosby, Stills Nash and Young's "4 Way Street" on the TT but it's going to end soon. The Twins are out clubbing (I'm starting to get suspicous) and I need my forum buds to refill the glass, recharge the battery, see me to sleepy time, you get my drift. So what helps you out when life's been beating on you with a wooden mallet?

Here's one from my college smack in the middle of the "Snow Belt" (eastern shore of Lake Ontario). All time record-111 inches in 3 days in 1966. This one was taken on November 9 their first day of snow. Hope it cheers you up.

Here's a really cool program for screensavers: www.webshots.com Install the program and download up to five images at a time for free. They will try to keep selling a subscription but ignore it. More winter photos then you can shake a stick at, plus hundreds of thousands of other photos. Using the program I set my screen to change once a day-they also have a nifty small calander included for you main screen that can come in handy.

Super score Lynn! I myslef ahve recently mvoed into vinyl primarily as a way to build up a collection cheap through estate, charity sales etc. I'm doing ok so far. Nick, I think you'll find what I'm finding is that some of these lps are truly, truly wonderful, many are simply are great and many quite frankly suck. I've got a Rega Planer 3 with an RB300 tonearm coming so we can swap experiences. Also I have a Radio lp that simply says Radio. Basically it's soul/funky. Is this their first release?

The reaction so far is kinda close to what I might have expected. Actually I'm suprised I wasn't laughed out of the forum with what is on the face an outlandish assertion. I was reluctant to post this one becauuse it seemed to me more of a "late night in the dorm room when you were in college and thinking big thoughts about nothing etc." type of question then a real subject. The more I thought about it though... I think Doger's take on the how the muscians get their feedback on what they are doing is very informative, as well as Oldtimer's observation about the fact that most musicians probably hear more music then even we stereo nuts do, almost all of it live. Arto's comments are in a class by themselves-thoughtful and very informative. Obviousoly without musicians we would would have alot of expensive gear with nowhere to go. It just strikes me, though, that we probably perceive the music different then they do and they may not be the ultimate source of guidance in pursuit of audiosa nirvana.

One of the funnier lp coves of the heydey of album aart was Cheech and Chong's Bambu, looked just like a pack of rolling papers complete with a monster rolling paper in the inside leaf of the cover.I f you can find one of these with the paper still intact it might be worth a few bucks. Great thread Joe!

Sounds laughable on the surface but think about it for a minute. We all look to musicans as a sort of arbiter on what sounds good or not, but how would they know? Musicians are always behind, repeat, behind, their instruments, not in front of them. What they hear is different from what we hear. The guitar player is getting his sounds from down around his belly and through his fingers. A classical violinist is hearing his music through the filter of the other violinests in his section and is not hearing the orchestra as a whole. Rock musicians place the speakers in front of them, otherwise they'd go deaf in short order. A vocalist's sound is being made in his/hers throat, brain, lips but not solely his /hers ears. So I guess that leaves us, the listener, or perhaps the sound engineers as the true arbriter of what does, and doesn't sound good.

Joe Shmoe has a great thread going on down in Entertainment/DVD/Music. The topic is: "What is your Favorite Album Art". Plenty of pics too!