Travis In Austin
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Don't mean to hijack, but I was curious about that flag(?) from the 99th derby was? Also great Dixie Chicks guitar!
The "flag" is actually Big Red's saddle blankent he wore for warm up rides before the Kentucky Derby. I am very proud to have it, in my opinion, there was never a horse as great as Secretariat, and it does not appear there every will be. For those who consider these nobel animials to be athletes, he has no equal.
I like the Dixie Chicks guitar as well, I get a lot of comments about it.
Travis
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Travis, that is one confounding room, K-hornwise! Isn't 20' spacing close to center-channel territory?
Beautiful equipment credenza, and I like the 2-channel/tt equipment's understated location.
No, 20' presents a wonderful center image, with great soundstage. The center image is wide, very clear, I could not even imagine butressing that with a center channel.
Regarding the crendenza, thank you for the comments. I was very pleased with the work this company did, Diamond Case, out of California.
Travis
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I'm puzzled as to why there's no door to the laundry room from the hall area (or whatever's on the other side) and why it was designed so one must go through this bedroom/den/whatever to get there. But why not have the whole shebang on the long wall?
If I do it on the long wall the only suitable listening area is going to be right up against the opposite wall, which limits max capacity to 3 or 4 at best. In addition, I don't believe it is a long enough throw to fill up of screen.
Travis
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My attempt at a diagram.
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I have placed the KSP 400 so that the front is 42" from the wall, the distance needed for a false wall.
Same thing from opposite direction, front of KSP 400 is placed 44" from wall, the bass bin would come up about 2/3's of the way up the A in "1A".
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I have placed the KSP 400 so that the front is 42" from the wall, the distance needed for a false wall.
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I'm curious to see the 20' fall and the other 14' opposite the screen wall.
Your wish is my command, another photo of 14' wall, opposite the screen wall
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A photo of the "rear wall. This shows the two channel rack, the Khorn in the right corrner is the left speaker in the 2 channel system.
The door on the left goes into a lanudry room rendering it impossible to use that corner.
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If you go with Cornwalls will it be CW 3s or 1 or 2s would do also?
Hey James,
It looks like they will be 2's, if I fell in love with them then I would look to getting 3's and moving 2's to the rear.
Another photo of the left corner (which is currently the left channel for HT and right channel for 2 channel)
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TREY: The measurements going from left to right are:
From left wall to edge of the screen is 30"
Screen is 99" wide, including border
From the right screen edge to the right entryway door is 89"
The media credenza is 77" wide
From the left wall to the edge of the credenza is 36" (A LS will thus fit in this space but would be limited on how much it could be toed in, from what little I know about Jubs, they would way too wide, 40+ inches, to fit)
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This photos shows the more of the short wall, Left HT speaker (KSP 400) in front of Khorn, this is the right speaker in my 2 channel system, I have to move the KSP 400 in and out of the way everytime I go from HT and back again.
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I have sold my Khorns to Shinerman, and am looking to replace them with cornwalls. A couple of people suggested 60th Anniv. Khorns becasue they have sealed backs and so they might work in my application. Several people have asked why I am looking to go from Khorns to CW's, and Trey asked me to send him a diagram of my room to see if there is any possibilty of being able to use 60th Khorns. Sooooooooooooooooooo, rather then try and post a diagram or describe it in words, I took so photos and measurements so Trey can see what it is I am talking about.
The room is, essentially, 20 by 14. The projection screen is on the short wall. There is an entry area into the room that is roughly 7' wide and goes in 6' before the actual 20 by 14 area starts.
This first photo shows the entry area, projection screen and the current right HT speaker.
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Hey BOB C- this cap was in the MSM cabinet hooked up to the 16 Ohm Gauss H4000 driver. Looks like 40 uf to me. Should I give it the 'sniff' test?
Michael,
Do not sniff that cap, the label say right on it that it has the E coli bacteria in it. There might have to be a nation wide recall of caps. Apparently your caps got to close to some Jack in the Box beef. You need to be careful and practice safe cap handeling techniques. Never use a knife on your caps and then use the same knife on chicken. Be sure to wash your hands after touching beef before you touch your Khorns.
Travis
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dwilawyer
Not much you can do during the auction. But attention to detail preparing your listing helps...any kind of add on's, accessories, articles, included in the photo shoot will help keep folks focused on your listing. Sending questions from another ebay ID to the ID that is making the sale is a common way of amplifing on the positive features your offer has.
3 weeks ago I had a TX-DS989 reciever listed which suddenly wnet to 1200 bucks. My goal was 850. There were 2 new ebayers trying to out bid each other. It turns out that the two IDs were owned by the same person. He had a model TX-DS919 reciever he wanted to sell. He actually wound up victim to his own sting, as the person who bidded 2000 on his model tx-ds919 reciever did not pay. So what goes around comes around.
Speaker,
I notice on a lot of auctions the seller will put they do not accept bids from people unless they have a minimum feedback of X, usually 10. I figured they must have gotten burned by a new bidder along the way, but now I see it is to prevent bidding scams like this. Ebay used to list the bidders but they no longer do that. I guess they figured out that they may have been losing sales by another seller being able to look at who bid what and then try and contact those potential buyers directly.
Isn't there an option when you do the listing that you can select that you wish to reject bidder's below a certain feedback? Or do you have to manually go in and remove them?
Travis
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Rock on Dude!!
Hey, I notice there is a total of about 14 sq. feet of empty space on your garage floor, if you can get that configured into a space 2' wide by 7' long I will have a great place to sleep for Klipschfest.
What a score!
Travis
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a. If you list an item that suddenly does real well. You can expect a season ebay seller to list the exact same item and end his auction 15 minutes before yours. Next you will see a few bids by folks with low feedback inflated past the new list cost of the item. Finally, before the end of the auction, the inflated bids are cancelled, the other seller makes out with a decent sale from the folks he steered away from your listing, and your item is still unsold. You can't check how many times the other seller has done this, since all bidders from previous transactions are generic.Speakerfritz,What can you do, if anything, to combat this situation? Which item did you sell that this happened to you on?Travis
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He is asking for a diagram from a lawyer, this is going to be interesting.
All kidding and sarcasm aside, I truly appreciate Trey taking the time to see if 60th Khorns might be a possibility for me.
Travis
I'd bet you lunch that the Jubilees would put the wood to the 60's just like it did mine.
Rhetorical question: is it better to spend "X" dollars and get fantastic sound and a beautiful speaker or is it better to spend 2/3'rds of "X" dollars and get even BETTER sound at the cost of a less asthetic speaker? (although I love the look and especially the 402).
Shall I add you to the list of invitee's to come up & give them a listen before you make any decision??? You are welcome to visit. I can even tell you where the local speedtraps/checkpoints are so you can fish around for some new clients and perhaps write the trip off as a business expense!! [
]I'd bet you lunch that the Jubilees would put the wood to the 60's just like it did mine. I take the bet, I would buy you lunch for the gracious demo regardless.
Rhetorical question: is it better to spend "X" dollars and get fantastic sound and a beautiful speaker or is it better to spend 2/3'rds of "X" dollars and get even BETTER sound at the cost of a less asthetic speaker? (although I love the look and especially the 402). You are asking the wrong question. The question should be: is it better to spend "X" dollars and get fantastic sound and a beautiful speaker or is it better to spend 2/3'rds of "X" dollars and get even BETTER sound at the cost of a less asthetic speaker and you have a Silcilian wife who sleeps with one eye open that is going to be more then a bit preturbed? The question almost answers itself.
Shall I add you to the list of invitee's to come up & give them a listen before you make any decision??? You are welcome to visit. I can even tell you where the local speedtraps/checkpoints are so you can fish around for some new clients and perhaps write the trip off as a business expense!! Shall I add you to the list of invitee's to come up & give them a listen before you make any decision??? You are welcome to visit. I can even tell you where the local speedtraps/checkpoints are so you can fish around for some new clients and perhaps write the trip off as a business expense!!
Yes, when are you thinking? Thank you very much for the invite.
Travis
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Jacksonbart - if you click on his link above, you can see the speckled floor. Especially in the pic with the pit covers.
I've seen such floors before and always assumed they were pro done. I've also seen where one applies something to the floor then sprinkles something on it to give it some sizzle so maybe that's it. Unless the epoxy paint has those bits of color/speckle in it? I'm wondering if I should have gone with an epoxy for my laundry room. I just used concrete paint this time but it's holding up well so far. So far.... I think Epoxy paint is a bit flexy and hence doesn't chip? Is that right?
Go to this link, this is by far the best stuff to you if you are going to DIY your garage floor. They have all the specks you could ever want, and it is a great epoxy system. http://www.originalcolorchips.com/ Epoxy is two part, and cures for, the advantage is it bonds to the concrete floor, it doesn't chip because it is stronger, and has a firm bond. However, the prep is critical, they used to explain it all on the site, but I have not looked in awhile. You have to to get rid of all oil, old paint, etc. Then you have to give the floor a complete acid bath, and then you have to make sure the acid is rinsed away.
But it sure looks cool,
Travis
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I am really dying to see these photos. That has got to be a sight to see.
Travis
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about 38 years ago - FWIW Internet Archive has many shows supposely (?) in the public domain
studio = American Beauty and Workingman's Dead
ALL of the GD's live music is in the public domain, after a certain point, by design. I don't mean you can legally copy a commercial disk of a live show at will, and you cannot sell their music for gain, but they had a recording pit (area roped off for "novice" recordists to set up their recording equipement to tape shows) back as far as I can remember which would have been Winterland in '74. Those tapes have been bought, sold and traded at the "Bizarrs" forever They are in the public domain because the GD waived those rights by implication. Back when Nagra and Stellovox reel to reels were the vogue of the movie/broadcast industry you never saw a bigger collection at one time then at a GD concert. They were hooked up to microphones that were on stands 15 to 20 feet in the air. I am sure Gary could tell you a whole more about it, I don't seem to remember much of it.
The Allman Brothers are one of my all time favorite bands, and I know what you mean about jamming. However, just as At Fillmore East has got to be one of the best live jam lp's ever, could you really do without the studio lp's Eat A Peach (Blue Sky), or Brothers & Sisters (Jessica).
An anomaly with GD, unlike the Allman Brothers, is that they did not have relatively good success with album sales. Their only top 10 lp, In the Dark, and only top ten single, Touch of Grey, came in 1987. The band was plagued with financial troubles, made even worse by a bad movie investment, and switched record labels in the mid 70s (twice). Not having much luck in the studio they concentrated on live work, which they developed into a multi-million industry in its own right. All through the late 70s, 80s and early 90s they were consistently in the top ten for highest grossing domestic tours. If a major draw like the Stones did not tour that year, they were frequently the top one or two grossing tours. As such, a lot of their fans, rightfully so, focus on the live work. Consequently, thier studio work tends to get overshadowed somewhat since a lot of people who are real fans got into them because of going to a show.
I think if you want to capture the essence of the GD it does have to be in their live work, however, to capture a their evolution as a band, etc., a few original studio/live albums are essential, at least to me. As has been mentioned, American Beauty is a must have, Anthem of the Sun, studio and live (with the "Space Mix"), Live Dead, and Workingman's Dead, are all ones I recommend you give a whirl, as they mark major milestones for the band.
Gary and others know vastly more then I do on the subject of GD music and I would follow their sage advice. However, dont be hesitant to give some of these other titles a try, especially if you are into vinyl.
Travis
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Gosh I want to just hang out in there. Where is the Kegarator? Industrial LaScallas?
That is truly sweet.
Travis
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I'm confused. I thought you didn't want khorns? Why did you sell the old pair again?
Khorns were on the long wall, need them on the short wall, short wall only has one corner (left), not enought room for false corner for right speaker (would nearly block entrance to room), saw discussion about 60th having sealed backs which allowed toe in or out, assumed corner may not be required, looks like my assumption is incorrect, need corner but they do not need to be "sealed" into corner, sending diagram to His Holyness for confirmation, if not enough "corner" for right, punt on Khorns, get cornwalls, if enough corner, have truck, will travel, need to rent trailer.
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William,
I hope nothing I said anywhere on here suggested that I was upset with YOU concerning your sale. As I wrote you privately, when I heard you had an offer prior to me contacting you I was happy that you had a quick sale, but bummed because the day or two that I had not really checked the forums I missed your generous offer to sell them here first. You had made a deal with that gentleman prior to me contacting you and there was no way I would expect, let alone ask, that you try and wiggle out of it. I asked you to consider me No. 2 if it did not go as planned, which you did, and you kept in touch to advise me how it was proceeding.
I was sick only because they were so close, yet so far away. I started to consider them again, but they are just too far. That seller is jinxed, he has an eternal black cloud over his head. First, he says they will not work for him. Who has a pair of speakers shipped out without knowing whether they are going to work or not? He lists them on Audiogon for what he paid plus the shipping, but was willing to take $2,400. He turned down $2,000 from me. I ask them if a claim is being made and he says yes but he does not expect much as all and it is going to be a long time. I tell him I am willing to make him whole, wait and see what he gets paid for damage, and what I am offering might even put him ahead. The next day, boom, he puts them on ebay awith a $2,000 min, what I offered, and a a 2,600 or 2,700 buy it now, and someone does the buy it now, but they have a negative 2 feedback as a fraudulent buyer. He relists them with a min. bid of $2,600 and a buy it now for the same price of 2,600. So he is not going to get any bids at all, someone is either going to buy them or not.
Are you even going to be able to present a claim if he sells them? What if he gets $2,600? I would think the shipping company, on these kinds of claims, has the option of paying you, or the buyer, the full amount of the claimed value, they cut you a check, they pick up the speakers and sell them for "salvage." They could also give you the option of keeping the "salvage" but that is where a bunch of negoiation comes in, they claim they are worth a bunch, and you claim they are nearly worthless, and you try and reach a compromise. Most also have the option of trying to have it repaired, and they would need the speakers for that as well.
It sounds like the buyer does not even care about the damage, at least if he can get $2,600. I bet he takes a different positon if he can't sell them.
You tried everything you could do to get them to someone on this forum, and for a local pickup. I am just sorry I missed the opportunity, but I am even more sorry about your aggravation in connection with the damage. I hope there is a quick and easy resolution to that.
IF ANYONE EVER NEEDS A SHIPPER FOR SPEAKERS let me know. I will get you name of a moving company that I have at the office. There are nationwide, with terminals all over the U.S., and they specialize in moving antique furniture from door to door. They are double to triple the cost of a shipper. My media crendenza cost about $700 to ship from LA to Austin, but they unloaded it, unpacked it, and carried it up to the second floor. They move items costing tens of thousands of dollars, all day, every day, all over the United States. They are approved by piano manufacturers, pool table manufacturers, etc to deliever their custom products to customer's homes. So if you are trying to get something to yourself in good shape they are the way to go, and if the buyer insists on shipment, insist on them as the only people you will use to ship and they cost __________. These people know how to move stuff that is valuable, a pair of our irreplaceable Herritage speakers would be the lowest cost items on the truck, but they all get the same care and precautions. Insurance for a mover is different then a shipping company. A mover takes full responsibility for the item, they are liable for anything that occurs to it whether it is their fault or not, until you sign for it. You don't sign for it until they unwrap it. A shipper's liability is governed by Federal Regulations under the ICC, and there liability is limited. Like I say, it will cost, but it is well worth it.
Travis
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Better shot...
Watch y'all got in there? What is that fancy stuff behind the rack and those big fancy colums on the left and right?
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WTB: Cornwall vs. 60th Anniv. Khorns Part II
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Ahhhh, yes I have, but not at this point. I plan on converting that area to a bar, but it is way down the road, so I need more a of near term fix.
Travis