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http://www.machinadynamica.com/machina41.htm From an auction currently running on Audiogon... "The sound with the Clever Little Clock in the room contains more information, has greater bandwidth, and exhibits an enormous and coherent soundstage. Additional Clever Little Clocks in the room further improve the sound." Hmmm... What do you call a further improvement to "enormous"?

"I think you're biased just because Canada has had only a handful of pop stars in its history ..." Canada is just crawling with musical talent. Here's a good example... Bob & Doug McKenzie with Geddy Lee!

"Happy birthday, Neil Young (1945-). Born in Winnipeg, Canada, he started playing music at 13 with a ukulele his parents gave him for Christmas. He switched to guitar and cut his first record at age 21." Sure am glad Neil decided to switch instruments!

http://www.totallyabsurd.com/ Some of these are pretty entertaining...

Life was simpler when they just called 'em a Datsun!

I like a woman that can fly, golf, and do yard work!

Gilbert, Man, I really know what you're feeling right now! After UPS knocked the bottoms out of my Decorator Cornwalls, I was fit to be tied. I have a slightly compressed corner too, but thankfully it's a back corner. After damaging 2 of my amps by dropping them, I would not hold my breath when it comes to getting a claim out of FedEx. Taking them to court appears to be the only viable solution. I think they're blowing smoke up your a$$ regarding how they inspect packages for damage. Their standard procedure is to take the package back to the FedEx hub, and have the manager look at it. I found this out, as there was no way I was gonna trust those apes not to do further damage to one of my amps. I borrowed a friend's SUV, and personally hauled a 100+ pound amp back to the FedEx facility in a rain storm for the damage inspection. From the sound of things, your cabinets may be too far gone - unless you want to bondo them, and paint them black. If you do manage to get blood from a turnip (FedEx pays your claim) there may be another solution. The forum member Popbumper might be willing to CNC cut you a new set of cabinets, and ship them flat (unassembled). Assuming that you're allowed to keep the damaged speakers, you could have them glued up locally and reuse the innards. That would probably result in the nicest set of Decorators in existence. Good luck! - Jeff

This came from "annwilliams055@hotmail.com" (if anyone wants to have some fun): From:Ms.Ann Williams 575 Finchley Road London Nw3 7BJ,U.K. United Kingdom. PROPOSITION: My name is Ann Williamsr.I am a friend and a personal councellor to a former credit manager and then the account officer of a foreigner named Gerard St.Germain who died in an air crash along with his wife on the 31st October 2001 in an Egyptian airline 990,with other passengers on board.You can confirm this from the website below. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm My friend resigned from the bank months ago because of internal family problems,but before his resignaton he was managing the deposit account of the late Gerard St Germain were he had access to some vital information as to how the funds will be paid to the next of kin.Since his death, none of his next-of-kin is alive to make claims for this money as his heir,because they all died in the same accident, him and the wife,Yvette St.Germain (May their soul rest in peace).The bank cannot release the funds from his account unless someone applies for the claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in their banking guidelines. Upon this discovery, my friend asked me to look for a reliable person to stand as the next of kin because he can not handle this directly since he has worked in the bank, I now seek your permission to have you stand as a next of kin to the deceased,as all documentations will be carefully worked out by me and my friend for the funds valued (US$15,000,000.00)to be released in your favour as the beneficiary's next of kin. After four years the bank is permitted by law of UK to send the money to the treasury as unclaimed bills and the money shared amongst the directors of the bank. It is on this basis,that my friend asked me to seek for whom shall be used as the next of kin/beneficiary to this funds rather than allow the bank directors to share this money amongst themselves at the end of the year. Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance to this noble offer by furnishing me with the following information if you are interested. 1.Beneficiary name and address in order for me to to get a probate for the transfer of the funds in your name. 2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers.For our personal contact and mutual discussion. Upon your acceptance, I shall give you my direct telephone number so that we can discuss freely.We shall be compensating you with four million dollars(US$4Million Dollars) on final conclusion of this project for your assistance,US$1Million Dollars shall be for any unforssen expenses,while the remaining US$10 Million will be shared between me and my friend. If this proposal is acceptable by you, please endeavor to contact me immediately,if not please disregard this email. Regards, Ms.Ann Williams

Michael, Thanks... I'll give you the first shot if ever I decide to sell them. BTW, I should have listened to your advice. I had to try the grilles, but liked them better without. Picking those little Velcro dots back off was a real pain! - Jeff

'77 Cornwall CDBR. These had a pretty rough life. They've survived being exported to Germany, a dark stain job, and rough handling by UPS. Almost painted them black, but they cleaned up pretty well. Don't give up on your ugly Cornwalls!

That guy's got fingers like E.T. Should have been a guitarist - could probably hit the top 6 frets without ever moving his hand!

Looks like Dr. Who beat me to that one. As strange as it sounds, it actually works.

Run over to Wal-Mart and pick up a can of tennis balls. Take a good serrated kitchen knife, and cut two of the balls in half. The four pieces can be used as kind of a "poor man's Vibrapod" to see if additional isolation between the shelf and the CD player will cure your problem.

Looks like his "starter system" was significantly better than the one he has now: http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:FeXIEqERQvYJ:forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl%3Fvopin%261123061776%26read%263%26zzlCrazytubepower%26%26+crazytubepower&hl=en&client=firefox-a

"Okay, I am not sure where you are getting your studies but....You do not know me, so do not make assumptions about my maturity level." http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=1189465&forum_id=108 Be sure to post some pics of your new Corvette. Hey, are you even old enough to drive?

"Providing the accuracy, detail and output you'd expect from Klipsch, the all-in-one iGroovehttp://www.klipsch.com/product/product.aspx?cid=961'> digital music system delivers audiophile-quality performance everywhere you need it." Audiophile-quality? When it comes to specs, the $99.99 ProMedia Ultra 2.0 would appear to be capable of kicking the $279.99 iGroove's butt. Apple iPod Universal Dock ... $39.00 Apple iPod Remote ................ $29.00 ProMedia Ultra 2.0 ................. $99.99 I'd rather save 110 bucks, and have better sound.

Looks like a job for Miss Cleo!

MDF-eating termites?

Weller EC1002

But craig isn't a capitalist, he disowned me because I purchased a product made in china, not only is that racist but is totaly not capitalistic!!! CTP, You really need to nix the "racist" crap. There are valid reasons to avoid some of the Chinese gear: 1) Workmanship 2) Parts quality 3) Availability of replacement parts But since that's all been explained before, it would appear that you find some kind of twisted pleasure in throwing the "race card" down at Craig (or maybe you're being home schooled by an ACLU lawyer). If you were told "Don't buy product X because it was not built by white people." that would be racist.

Like tubes? Like Heritage Klipsch? I would not be so fast to condem those that offer their products and services here. I've said it before... this is a dying industry. If these guys can make any contribution that helps preserve the gear we love, I sure don't mind. Don't believe me? Take a look at the Klipsch homepage. What's making news? Heritage products? I don't think so. Seems like Joe Consumer cares a lot more about the latest stylin' HT system, iPod accessory (the "J-Cup adaptor" must appeal to Dolly Parton fans), or Hollywood bi-sexual's "gift bag". All that's missing is a headline like "Space Aliens Confuse ProMedia System For Mother Ship". In 20 years most of that stuff will be clogging up some landfill, while the products these guys make are still going strong. If by some reason Joe Consumer stumbles across one of these threads, he might just become curious about what a tube amp or crossover is. Heck, he might even be surprised to learn that people still use speakers that are older than he is - and that Klipsch still makes them (but he'll have to hunt down the Heritage sub-menu). So before you pee in someone's elses Wheaties, remember that the toes you step on... in the long run, may be your own.

My daughter's biology professor told her class that half of the weight of a 5 year old feather pillow is dust mite faeces.

After doing these sockets on my DRD's (that's 22 AWG silver - smaller than it looks), I decided to spring for one of those ring lights with the magnifying glass in the middle. Man, what I'd give for the eyeballs of a 20-year-old!

Just tried this with a multimeter, and an old Scott tuner. I set the meter on the ohms scale, pinched one lead between my fingers, and touched the other to the chassis. Had 16-18 M ohms with the plug in one way, and nothing at all with the plug reversed.