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That sucks I put an add up on audiogon saying that I wanted a pair of la scalas or belles and within a week I had a reply. I picked them up the next weekend glad I posted the ad. I only had to drive 5 hours round trip well worth it. Good luck and I would wait for a pair of belles that makes you drool then buy them and run.

Interesting hadn't thought of insulating inside the walls. That room could use all the insulation it can get as it is the hardest room to heat or cool. The house was built in 1890 so I am not sure how it was constructed but I did mention this to my brother who is a contractor and he was sure I would have to drill lots of holes at the top of the walls and fill it in that way. If I did two walls which two should I do? Behind and infront of the Belles? I was hoping that a combo of foam and fabric on the walls could help as I have seen the fabric covered walls done before and it looked pretty cool. The addition of the foam would add some instalation complications but nothing I couldn't figure out. If I can just cut the echo in half I would be happy.

My room has a terible echo and I don't like the foam stuff you can buy. While I was at home depot and in the carpet section I noticed the mat that goes underneath was fairly thick. I had a friend with me who works in a fabric shop and she was telling me how people are using fabric on walls instead of wallpaper and she could get me a good deal. Do you think it could work to put the carpet under padding on the walls and then the fabric over that? It's just an idea but was wondering what you guys thought. this stuff looks good for absorbing sound wouldn't need underpad... http://www.distinctivefabric.com/pics.php?id=3TONEFUR1 lol maybe not

---------------- On 2/24/2005 7:39:32 PM Daddy Dee wrote: Seti, I'd suggest to check out: http://www.audiotubes.com/ Brent Jesse is a good guy and has a pretty educational tube site and a broad range of NOS and good used tubes. I've purchased some tubes from him, and I think he may even have a return policy if you don't like what you get. Anyway, if you haven't already checked him out, he's a good source. He has also corresponded with me some on e-mail to answer questions. Whatever you might get from him, you can count truth in advertising. Sometimes good deals are to be had on Ebay, but sellers don't always know what they've got enough to be helpful. ---------------- Thanks Dee I just found that site right before you posted this reply. I find his descriptions of the tubes very helpful. I'll use him to buy my 6SN7's. Also I won that auction http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5752843843 for 2 NOS NIB Sylvania GB-6SL7WGT 6SL7 5691 for $61 . This is the first time I have bought tubes so I hope the transaction goes ok. I have spent too much money on my house this month so the 6SN7's will have to wait two weeks These sound good for my next order 6SN7WGT brownbase JAN Sylvania Military grade, black triangular plates MATCHED PAIR New Old Stock Original Box and whitebox. Scarce tubes, hard to keep in stock. These are the famous military JAN tubes, as sweet as the VT-231 types, but with brown bases. Nicely matched pairs! $99.00 per pair

---------------- On 2/24/2005 1:15:55 PM mdeneen wrote: " thanks for the rant.." ========= I really wasn't ranting, just trying to add my POV on tubes! mdeneen ---------------- Didn't mean rant in a negative at all, sorry. rant = extravagant speech or writing. I love the point of view keep em coming....

Ok I don't want to pay too much for tubes and I have been outbid so far $51 for two. What is a reasonable price for these? For sale a matched pair of pristine NOS Sylvania GB-6SL7WGT in original boxes. The GOLD BRAND (GB) was Sylvania's top of the line tube made with quality. It has a halo getter, black tri-angle plates, brown bases, with a mid 1960s datecode. A duo-triode tube with two sections to test. The tubes are tested with a Hickok 6000 for gas, shorts, and transconductance gm they read 2050/2000gm and 2000/2000gm with the average new 6SL7 reading 1600 gm. I fully guarantee my tubes. Shipping in the USA is 5.00 4 hours to go at this time

Wow mdeneen thanks for the rant very informative. I am pretty much a newbie compared to you guys and I try to scrape this forum for every bit of useful info I can find. : )

---------------- On 2/23/2005 11:17:53 PM popbumper wrote: Seti: I asked my admin what happened, and whether he had logs, as I was concerned and needed to inform Klipsch. Here is what I got back from him - keep in mind I am VERY "uninformed" about network language... HE SAID: Sorry, that was before the ISA server upgrade I did on Friday, those logs were deleted when the upgrade happened. Just trying to recall from memory it happened at night around 4-5am, either Monday or Tuesday of last week. I think it involved an all-port scan and a known port scan. It came from the forums.klipsch.com IP address (207.67.68.51), I went ahead and blocked all three that resolve to that (.50,.51,.52). Currently on the firewall I have 10 blocks coming from .51 and 140 coming from .50. None from .52 SOOO....what do I do? Does that sound legit or is it doublespeak? Do I need to ask Klipsch? Do I need Klipsch to assure him everything is OK? I REALLY want to "get back on"..... Chris ---------------- Well without the logs so goes the proof and it is his network and he can do with it what he wants. I would try to find a good free proxy server and see if that works. I haven't used one in ages but it could work for you. Getting a network admin to unblock something is unlikedly especially if he is paranoid. I may have done the same thing in his place IF the traffic actually happened like he said but can't do much without proof.. ah well sorry..

---------------- On 2/24/2005 8:00:41 AM bsafirebird1969 wrote: little rock ?? ever hear of Terra Renewal Services ??? ...i am desigining some heating equipment for them ... wondered where they might be.... i gotta travel there from new york .. ---------------- I think they are in Dardanelle, AR maybe an hour drive from Little Rock. The area is very pretty but not alot of enterrainment. Hmm is that a dry county? Can't remember still don't believe there is such a thing.

---------------- On 2/23/2005 4:41:27 PM CaptnBob wrote: ---------------- On 2/23/2005 9:46:26 AM seti wrote: I have been looking for a pair of heresey's in Arkansas for under $350 for a friend for about two months and it is harder than I thought to find. He doesn't care as much about cosmetics as he does sound. Still looking..... ---------------- What part of Arkansas? ---------------- Downtown Little Rock

---------------- On 2/23/2005 3:51:48 PM KathyMason wrote: How long do tubes last? How often do you have to replace them? Just curious since I know nothing about them. ---------------- All of my tubes were used so I do not know if it passed on to the other side prematurly. I have read most 300B tubes take around 500 hours to break in and can last upto 10,000 hours. I am not positive but I think different tubes have different lifespans.

He could also be looking at system logs from the klipsch forum and doesn't understand what he is seeing so instand of investigating he is blocking.

That sounds fishey to me a hack attempt from the klipsch site. Has klipsch sysadmins admitted to this? Does your sysadmin like you? Does he have logs to backup his claims? Perhaps he is just blocking high traffic non work related sites as I have seen sysadmins do this before. Can you use a proxy server to get around this?

---------------- On 2/22/2005 10:09:18 PM mark1101 wrote: Andy, It sounds like you guys had a great time and enjoyed the Peach/VRD/Khorn combo among others and the company. We need some gatherings in the south for the same fun. ---------------- I'm thinkng about doing that some saturday or sunday in the next two months gril out and listen to tunes. I have some friends locally that meet at my house to listen to different equipment on my system. Last time we had an EAD transport/dac and an vintage b&o tape deck. I don't have khorns but I do have some Belles. I will post here when we pick a day and anyone from this forum will be welcome. I live in downtown Little Rock and have no neighbors : )

---------------- On 2/23/2005 10:20:05 AM dodger wrote: If most of the high prices were pre-Jamo purchase, I think that's great. If post purchase, I find that a sad point as to what people think of the Future of the Company. I do wish that some of those sales resulted in new from the factory Heritage purchases. ---------------- How much marketing does Klipsch do for the Heritage series? I have seen an advertisement for the klipsch book but not for the Heritage line. I have had a few parties at my house wich usually includes local musicians and some people from a local record label and it is amazing how many people have never heard heritage klipsch. The fun part is when they sit down to listen to something they have produced and they say they have never heard their product sound so good. I know of a couple people that want to purchase heritage klipsch in the future simply because they had a chance to listen to a heritage system. I love my Belles and I will never part with them. Thanks PWK!

---------------- On 2/23/2005 9:42:48 AM fini wrote: It would be useful to have a searchable database of past eBay auctions that goes back more than the past few months. I wonder if anyone has collected this data? ---------------- Yeah! You can do a search for completed listings just check the search options on the left hand side. Check it and do your search not sure how far back it goes but can be helpful..

I have been looking for a pair of heresey's in Arkansas for under $350 for a friend for about two months and it is harder than I thought to find. He doesn't care as much about cosmetics as he does sound. Still looking.....

CBGB Last Hurrah? By Wes Phillips February 21, 2005 CBGB, the legendary Bowery club frequently cited as the birthplace of America's punk movement, is the latest in a growing list of urban nightclubs getting priced out of the neighborhoods they helped create. According to a February 11 article in The Village Voice, CBGB's lease will end in August, and its landlord wants to see the club's monthly rent increase from $20,000 to $40,000. That's not unreasonable in a neighborhood where new retail space rents for $55/square foot, but CBGB owner Hilly Krystal points out that the monthly nut, not to mention his $80,000 yearly liability insurance, would make it virtually impossible for the club to turn a profit. "I'd have to charge a lot more for drinksfor admissionand I just don't know if it would be worth it to people." In the early 1970s, when CBGB had a monthly rent of $600, Krystal decided the venue needed a change in musical direction from the folk-inflected music th at gave it its name. (It stands for country, bluegrass, bluesactually, the club's complete name was CBGB/OMFUG, with the other letters standing for "other music for uplifting gormandizers.") The club soon became the scenemaker for the nascent punk/art rock movement as acts like Television, the Ramones, Talking Heads, Blondie, and Patti Smith made it their first step on the escalator to fame and fortune. When The Bottom Line was shuttered by New York University for non-payment of rent, it became a cause celébre with write-in campaigns, calls for benefit concerts, and expressions of outrage from the rock community. This is a very different situation, however. CBGB has remained a going concern. Yes, it's a seedy dive, but it has a great PAI recently had a New York drummer/audiophile tell me that one of the biggest thrills in his life was the first time he heard his band's sound at a CBGB soundcheck. Bands are still proud to list a gig at CBGB on their CVs. (I have to admit that the last time I went to a show at CBGBearlier this month, actuallyI suspected the venue made more money from its gift shop than the gate, which was, as always, heavily padded with NY critics.) CBGB's closing is not an isolated case, either. Other New York clubs that have recently closed, or are about to close, due to rent increases include Fez (in the basement of Time Café) and Luna Lounge. Tonic, another downtown mainstay, is also feeling the pinch. Its rent has doubled since it opened in 1998 and insurance has more than tripled since the 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Of course, New York has seen this cycle beforeprobably many times since the Dutch originally settled in to stay. Fez's Ellen Cavolina Porter reminded The Village Voice that the folk scene that established Greenwich Village as a destination for late '50s hipsters suffered the same fate. "MacDougal Streetused to have a club every 30 yards. All the reasons that people used to have to want to live in the Village don't really exist here any more." This, of course, is the real tragedy. Music has always sprung up from its community, and when communities no longer have spaces where it can flourish, it withers. That makes us all the poorer for it. ________________________________ By Hunter S. Thompson The death of professional hockey in AMERICA is a nasty omen for people with heavy investments in NHL teams. But to me, it meant little or nothing -- and that's why I called Bill Murray with an idea that would change both our lives forever. It was 3:30 on a dark Tuesday morning when I heard the phone ring on his personal line in New Jersey. "Good thinking," I said to myself as I fired up a thin Cohiba. "He's bound to be wide awake and crackling at this time of day, or at least I can leave a very excited message." My eerie hunch was right. The crazy bugger picked up on the fourth ring, and I felt my heart racing. "Hot damn!" I thought. "This is how empires are built." Late? I know not late. Genius round the world stands hand in hand, and one shock of recognition runs the whole circle round. Herman Melville said that in the winter of 1914, and Murray is keenly aware of it. Only a madman would call a legend of Bill Murray's stature at 3:33 a.m. for no good reason at all. It would be a career-ending move, and also profoundly rude. But my reason was better than good ... * * * * * BILL: "Hello?" HST: "Hi, Bill, it's Hunter." BILL: "Hi, Hunter." HST: "Are you ready for a powerful idea? I want to ask you about golf in Japan. I understand they're building vertical driving ranges on top of each other." BILL (sounding strangely alert): "Yes, they have them outdoors, under roofs ..." HST: "I've seen pictures. I thought they looked like bowling alleys stacked on top of each other." BILL: (Laughs.) HST: "I'm working on a profoundly goofy story here. It's wonderful. I've invented a new sport. It's called Shotgun Golf. We will rule the world with this thing." BILL: "Mmhmm." HST: "I've called you for some consulting advice on how to launch it. We've actually already launched it. Last spring, the Sheriff and I played a game outside in the yard here. He had my Ping Beryllium 9-iron, and I had his shotgun, and about 100 yards away, we had a linoleum green and a flag set up. He was pitching toward the green. And I was standing about 10 feet away from him, with the alley-sweeper. And my objective was to blow his ball off course, like a clay pigeon." BILL: (Laughs.) HST: "It didn't work at first. The birdshot I was using was too small. But double-aught buck finally worked for sure. And it was fun." BILL: (Chuckles.) HST: "OK, I didn't want to wake you up, but I knew you'd want to be in on the ground floor of this thing." BILL: (Silence.) HST: "Do you want to discuss this tomorrow?" BILL: "Sure." HST: "Excellent." BILL: "I think I might have a queer dream about it now, but ..." (Laughs.) HST: "This sport has a HUGE future. Golf in America will soon come to this." BILL: "It will bring a whole new meaning to the words 'Driving Range'." HST: "Especially when you stack them on top of each other. I've seen it in Japan." BILL: "They definitely have multi-level driving ranges. Yes." HST: (Laughs.) "How does that work? Do they have extremely high ceilings?" BILL: "No. The roof above your tee only projects out about 10 feet, and they have another range right above you. It's like they took the façade off a building. People would be hanging out of their offices." By Hunter S. Thompson HST: "I see. It's like one of those original Hyatt Regency Hotels. Like an atrium. In the middle of the building you could jump straight down into the lobby?" BILL: "Exactly like that!" HST: "It's like people driving balls from one balcony to the next." BILL: (Laughs.) "Yes, they could." HST: "I could be on the eighth floor and you on the sixth? Or on the fifteenth. And we'd be driving across a lake." BILL: "They have flags out every 150 yards, every 200 yards, every 250 yards. It's just whether you are hitting it at ground level, or from five stories up." HST: "I want to find out more about this. This definitely has a future to it." BILL: "They have one here in the city -- down at Chelsea Pier." HST: "You must have played a lot of golf in Japan." BILL: "Not much; I just had one really great day of golf. I worked most of the time. But I did play one beautiful golf course. They have seasonal greens, two different types of grass. It's really beautiful." HST: "Well, I'm writing a column for ESPN.com and I want to know if you like my new golf idea. A two-man team." BILL: "Well, with all safety in mind, yes. Two-man team? Yeah! That sounds great. I think it would create a whole new look. It would create a whole new clothing line." HST: "Absolutely. You'll need a whole new wardrobe for this game." BILL: "Shooting glasses and everything." HST: "We'll obviously have to make a movie. This will mushroom or mutate -- either way -- into a real craze. And given the mood of this country, being that a lot of people in the mood to play golf are also in the mood to shoot something, I think it would take off like a gigantic fad." BILL: "I think the two-man team idea would be wonderful competition and is something the Ryder Cup would pick up on." HST: "I was talking with the Sheriff about it earlier. But in one-man competition, I'd have to compete against you, say, in both of the arts -- the shooting AND the golfing. But if you do the Ryder Cup, you'd have to have the clothing line first. I'm going to write about this for ESPN tonight. I'm naming you and the Sheriff as the founding consultants." BILL: "Sounds good." HST: "OK, I'll call you tomorrow. And by the way, I'll see if I can twist some arms and get you an Oscar. But I want a Nobel Prize in return." BILL: "Well, we can work together on this. This is definitely a team challenge." (Laughing.) HST: "OK. We'll talk tomorrow." BILL: "Good night." So there it is. Shotgun Golf will soon take America by storm. I see it as the first truly violent leisure sport. Millions will crave it. * * * * * Shotgun Golf was invented in the ominous summer of 2004 AD, right here at the Owl Farm in Woody Creek, Colo. The first game was played between me and Sheriff Bob Braudis, on the ancient Bomb & Shooting Range of the Woody Creek Rod & Gun Club. It was witnessed by many members and other invited guests, and filmed for historical purposes by Dr. Thompson on Super-Beta videotape. The game consists of one golfer, one shooter and a field judge. The purpose of the game is to shoot your opponent's high-flying golf ball out of the air with a finely-tuned 12-gauge shotgun, thus preventing him (your opponent) from lofting a 9-iron approach shot onto a distant "green" and making a "hole in one." Points are scored by blasting your opponent's shiny new Titleist out of the air and causing his shot to fail miserably. That earns you two points. By Hunter S. Thompson But if you miss and your enemy holes out, he (or she) wins two points when his ball hits and stays on the green. And after that, you trade places and equipment, and move on to round 2. My patent is pending, and the train is leaving the station, and Murray is a Founding Consultant, along with the Sheriff, and Keith Richards, etc., etc. Invest now or forever hold your peace. * * * * * As for Bill's triumphant finish at Pebble Beach, I am almost insanely proud of him. He is an elegant athlete in the finest Murray tradition. Bill is a dangerous brute with the fastest reflexes in Hollywood, but he is suave, and that is why I trust him even more than I trust all his brothers. Yes, I say Hallelujah, praise Jesus. Where is Brian? I will need him for this golf project, if only to offset Bill's *****iness. We will march on a road of bones. OK. Back to business. It was Bill Murray who taught me how to mortify your opponents in any sporting contest, honest or otherwise. He taught me my humiliating PGA fadeaway shot, which has earned me a lot of money ... after that, I taught him how to swim, and then I introduced him to the shooting arts, and now he wins everything he touches. Welcome to the future of America. Welcome to Shotgun Golf. So long and Mahalo. Hunter. Dr. Hunter S. Thompson was born and raised in Louisville, Ky. His books include "Hell's Angels," "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," "Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72," "The Great Shark Hunt," "The Curse of Lono," "Generation of Swine," "Songs of the Doomed," "Screwjack," "Better Than Sex," "The Proud Highway," "The Rum Diary," and "Fear and Loathing in America." His latest book, "Kingdom of Fear," has just been released. A regular contributor to various national and international publications, Thompson now lives in a fortified compound near Aspen, Colo. His column, "Hey, Rube," appears regularly on Page 2.

audiogon has a speaker cable section I bought some used tmc cables for a song. Check it out http://buy0.audiogon.com/cgia/fsb.pl?cabl&1&ctg&st1

Wow they look incredible great work~~~! Looks like they would have a higher WAF factor...

---------------- On 2/21/2005 4:20:38 PM Chris Robinson wrote: I love the Sylvania chrome tops with yellow labels. Really seems to bring out the magic. Sadly, they're hard to find these days. When a guy in OH was selling them a few years back (from old organs), he hand-picked a batch for me and tested them. I think I paid $5 a piece for them. ---------------- Dang $5 a pop not bad. Makes me want to take an axe to my parents organ : ) not sure they would understand.... Cal PM'd ya

---------------- On 2/21/2005 3:52:22 PM Daddy Dee wrote: Seti, I've tried out several 6SN7's on the Wrights and found that the Sylvania chrome domes were the best. Don't have a clue (technically) as to why this is true, but it seems that 6SN7's are synergistic little rascals and some varieties will shine in one amp, but not another. In a conversation I had with Geo Wright about upgrading tubes, he meantioned the Sylvania 6SN7's and RCA 2A3's. In all the tube rolling I've done, I haven't found anything to improve upon that combination. in the WPA 3.5's, the stock Sovtek 2A3's deliver most of what the RCA's do and sound very good and are bang for the buck winners there. ---------------- Excellent I'll try sylvania 6SN7 and 6SL7 chrome domes. I just placed a bid on some 6SL7's. For sale a matched pair of pristine NOS Sylvania GB-6SL7WGT in original boxes. The GOLD BRAND (GB) was Sylvania's top of the line tube made with quality. It has a halo getter, black tri-angle plates, brown bases, with a mid 1960s datecode. A duo-triode tube with two sections to test. The tubes are tested with a Hickok 6000 for gas, shorts, and transconductance gm they read 2050/2000gm and 2000/2000gm with the average new 6SL7 reading 1600 gm. I fully guarantee my tubes. Now to find some 6SN7's they seem to be more expensive but I'll see what I can find. Thanks

One of my RCA smoked glass 6SL7's went out this weekend. I was worried it was the amp but I switched the tubes around and sure enough one went to the land of dead tubes. Should I order another pair of the RCA smoked glass 6SL7's or is there something else I should try as well? Since I am ordering new 6SL7's I may as well order new 6SN7's : ) What are the faves of the forum memebers you guys haven't steered me wrong yet? I was considering another set of sylvanias but may try RCA's as well. Any suggestions appreciated! RIP HUNTER S THOMPSON "This hear is BAT country!"

---------------- On 2/18/2005 7:23:18 PM mike stehr wrote: "I noticed something I hadn't heard before yesterday. When I turned everything on I heard a tink tink tink tink tink tink tink sound coming from the speakers. I have monoblocks with 300B 5U4G 6SL7 and a preamp with 6SN7 6EM7 6X5 tubes but how do I figure out which is making the sound or is this normal?" You just noticed that? That is more than likely the tubes clangin' and bangin' as they contract and cool off.... My TJ 300B's do it as well, I have 6BQ5's that do it. You should be able to hear some tink, tink as they come to temp from turn-on. It's normal. I least I hope it is, or we are both in trouble. Oops, I got it backwards....either way they'll tink, tink coming up or down. ---------------- Well I noticed about a week ago. That is good news was a little worried as my about 6 months ago my 6SN7's started glowing a weird blueish purple so I was afraid they were going out. One is more purple than the other I think I am going to find some more 6SN7's there are always tons of them on audiogon. The problem is what to buy must go through the list of recomendations from people rca sylvania eh long list lol....

I noticed something I hadn't heard before yesterday. When I turned everything on I heard a tink tink tink tink tink tink tink sound coming from the speakers. I have monoblocks with 300B 5U4G 6SL7 and a preamp with 6SN7 6EM7 6X5 tubes but how do I figure out which is making the sound or is this normal?