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I you're into Live Music, try www.archive.org. It's a site that has thousands of live shows available for download for bands that have given permission to make audience and soundboard recordings available. /Ken

Frank Zappa - Civilization Phase III Frank's last work before he died. A project long in the making, referred top as his master work. Mostly Frank playing synclavier, it's described as an "opera" about a group of people who live inside a piano. No singing, just some dialog between pieces. Great stuff, fantastic quality sound. Highly recommended. /Ken

I guess I need to post my recommendation here: The Radiators - Earth Vs. The Radiators: The First 25 ( DVD) This is a great DVD filled with more than 2 hours of live footage from the 25th anniversary concerts at Tipitina's, New Orleans, featuring The Radiators, in January 2004. This DVD is highly recommended since it features the band in their natural element, which is playing music LIVE (similar to say, the way Grateful Dead live concert experience differed from their studio efforts). Category: Music & Concert Sub Genre: Rock And Roll, Blues, Music (General), Blues Music, Music. Some call this music Fishhead Music, which describes the funky, swampy, rock'n'roll style that makes this band special. Their proposensity to improvise and sheer talent make this one of the hottest touring bands in the country, and a must see live. Very nice sound Dolby surround sound and amazingly crisp video! Guests include Gregg Allman, Mark Mullins, Karl Denson, and George Porter. Duration: 148 mins To order, go to http://www.rads25.com/ For more information on the Radiators, check out http://www.theradiators.org. I'd recommend this even if I didn't have a chance to win a T shirt /Ken

Cool. I saw the Rads at Tipitina's at their 25th anniversary shows in January 2003. What a great club not the mention an incredible city! /Ken

The Radiators - Earth Vs. The Radiators: The First 25 ( DVD) This is a great DVD filled with more than 2 hours of live footage from the 25th anniversary concerts at Tipitina's, New Orleans, featuring The Radiators, in January 2004. This DVD is highly recommended since it features the band in their natural element, which is playing music LIVE (similar to say, the way Grateful Dead live concert experience differed from their studio efforts). Category: Music & Concert Sub Genre: Rock And Roll, Blues, Music (General), Blues Music, Music. Some call this music Fishhead Music, which describes the funky, swampy, rock'n'roll style that makes this band special. Their proposensity to improvise and sheer talent make this one of the hottest touring bands in the country, and a must see live. Very nice sound Dolby surround sound and amazingly crisp video! Guests include Gregg Allman, Mark Mullins, Karl Denson, and George Porter. Duration: 148 mins To order, go to http://www.rads25.com/ For more information on the Radiators, check out http://www.theradiators.org. I'd recommend this even if I didn't have a chance to win a T shirt /Ken

I'll second the Sony recommendation. They made good reliable CD players for the car. You get what you pay for though. If the ES models are still available, they are good quality Sony's and can be had for around $300. If you didn't mind the factory unit, you should be able to pick up a replacement from a junk yard for cheap money too... /Ken

I use all Klipsch speakers in my car stereo setup. 4 ProMedia 4.1 satellites & a KSW-10" subwoofer speaker in a custom box powered by 2 car amps (Kicker and Precision Power, 1 for the sats @ 40W RMS, 1 for the sub @ 200W RMS). Head unit is an iRiver CD/MP3 player. I also put a headphone amp btw the head unit and the amps to compensate for low output from the cd player. In my opinion, the system sounds great! The ProMedia satellites are rated @ 4 Ohms, which is perfect for car audio. One of the Klipsch writeups on the guy who put a 4.1 in his SUV said a friend just removed the speaker plate from the sats and mounted them in the doors and stuff. I tried the original setup of a complete 4.1 ProMedia powered by a 1000 Watt inverter, but the sub/amp died after a couple of months (presumably due to depending on the on/off nature of the inverter when I engaged the ignition, and not using the on/off switch on the control pod...). So I replaced the 4.1 sub/amp with real car amps and a better sub. Glad I did. The front speakers are mounted w/ velcro on the dash of my truck. Rears are mounted above the rear window. That said, I think Klipsch would have a great market with car speakers... /Ken

The KSW-10 sub was the closest approximate match I could find too, though mine says "K-1070-A" vs "K-1070-K" that's on the specs page. I currently have this speaker in a sealed enclosure for my vehicle, and it sounds very good. But I've been wondering what performance would be like with a different enclosure. Sealed is supposed to be "tighter", but Klipsch made the KSW-10 with a passive radiator (gotta plug my favorite band - The Radiators with that statement), so adding a passive radiator would seem like it's probably the best thing to try next. /Ken

I acquired a 10" Klipsch woofer and I'm wondering what speaker model it came from. On the speaker is the following: KSW-10K-1070-A-121042 I'm wondering what type of enclosure would be suitable: sealed, ported, or if it needs a passive radiator. Anyone know what this speaker came out of what type of enclosure is recommended ? Thanks! /Ken

OK, I understand the difference now. Makes sense! I suppose the question becomes, why isn't sensitivity listed for something like the RSW-10 ? I assume it must be because it doesn't matter much since it's an amplified sub, vs an externally powered sub speaker. Thx KEn

What is the difference between Sensitivity and Max Acoustic Output ratings ? Seems like older models use the Sensitivity rating in speaker specs, but newer use Max Acoustic Output ratings which makes it hard to compare. For example, how would I compare 2 woofers with the following ratings ? MAX ACOUSTIC OUTPUT: 109dB @ 30Hz 1/8 space, 1 meter vs SENSITIVITY: 95dB @ 1watt/1meter Thanks, Ken

The 4.1 sub in the truck did not perform well at all. Performance may have been affected because of the modified sine wave power supplied by the inverter to the sub/amp, because the 4.1 system sounds great in my garage - which is why I thought of putting the 4.1 in the truck in the first place. On the Klipsch home page, the marketing writeup of a guy who installed a 4.1 in his suv said he had to add another sub, which sort of backs up my claim of not enough bass w/ just a 4.1. I don't have the room for another sub however, so I'm using what's considered a quality amp and sub. The amp is rated at THD: 02% and S/N Ratio: >110dB. I think a primary reason for needing more power is to overcome the sound-proofing that was put into the vehicle. Ford went to great lengths to make that interior quiet (and as sound absorbing). The satellites always sounded sweet, both w/ the original amp and my old Hafler. imho. /Ken

More bass, yes. The 4.1 sub just didn't cut it in the truck. I also think the satellite speakers sound much better w/ the car amp.

Update: - I removed the 4.1 amp/sub from my truck. Simply not enough power esp for the sub in the truck environment - kept the satellites - installed my trusty old 4x20W RMS Hafler car stereo amp (Hafler was a division of Rockford Fosgate) to drive the satellites with - installed 10" Precision Power sub with a 200W RMS PP car amp The system sounds amazing now. /Ken

I followed you up to: You have only yourself to blame. For a dead, 6 month old product? Okeedokee...