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Sorry this thread was broken...had to do some digging to find the solution...
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There is a program we run to "index" every single post on the forum. It takes a long time (sometimes more than a day) to completely run. It generally runs on a schedule.
We were having problems with the program when we ran it after the upgrade. Once we got it to run, it indexed the forum properly but the search results it produced were correct but linked incorrectly.
We are working on correcting the issue so that the forum can be reindexed soon. However we've been busy with other projects.
Apologies for the inconvienence.
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hmm...If you need to simply reinstall the Operating System (Windows) and software on your machine without losing your data by reformatting your old hard drive.... You could buy a new hard drive, replace the old one with it (on the IDE cable). Place your old hard drive on the secondary input of the IDE cable to use as a backup drive. Install windows on the new hard drive, thus leaving your old hard drive with all your data on it as a back up drive.
You'd need to have a copy of windows to install and all the drivers for your hardware, or a third party vendor's system recovery disk (Compaqs and HP's come with these) that you can use to install the original OS and hardware drivers. Your PC case would also need a place to secure two hard drives in to it (usually they do these days).
That might kill two birds with one stone...and if you buy a big new hard drive you could easily double or triple your current disk space.
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Good afternoon everyone,
Trey asked me to help post up the 13 video clips of the movie from the 2006 Pilgrimage. These are now available in the files section, or just click the link below:
http://forums.klipsch.com/files/18/files/category1046.aspx
If you have any questions / problems downloading the files (and yes we know some of them are somewhat large...around 10-15 MB) let either me or Trey know and we will try and help.
Enjoy!
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Well, although it never usually happens, the answer was in the first place I looked [8-|].
It should be fine now.
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Sorry about this everyone. Amy's got me informed and I'm looking into it.
Apparently the forum jump drop down list up in the header has some wierd data being written to one of the list options that is stretching it out. I'm going to have to "dig in the mud" of the forum's code to find out why.
For those of you webby people, the reason it doesn't stretch the mozilla browsers has to do with how they interperet styles and enforce them upon form fields as opposed to IE
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Funny, though, when its connected, all sound from the computer goes through my sound system--
Yeah, that's one of the drawbacks. I have my comp hooked up to a reciever and a pair of RSX-5's all the time. The darn system sounds are way too loud if I have winamp playing on shuffle or something reasonably loud. I usually just disable the system sound settings in windows when I do that tho.
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Wow that's pretty amazing damage... I'd think that you'd have to really try hard to destroy a speaker like that. Looks like if it fell off the truck, they backed over it and then kicked it around for fun...lol
ABS is pretty tough to flat destroy. Try busting apart a LEGO toy brick they are made out of ABS. It takes a bit, like with a sledge on concrete.
I can't believe the people trying to sell that though...I guess some parts could be salvaged...
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You might also take a look into a USB DAC for your PC. All you'll need is the DAC and a USB cable. I'm not sure you even need a sound card for it to work, since you can output the digital signal to a USB device driver from most audio players like Winamp and iTunes.
Wavelength audio produces USB DACs, albiet very expensive ones. There are cheaper ones out there. However if this interests anyone you might read about Mr. Rankin's DACs and how to set up a computer to output to one here, http://www.wavelengthaudio.com/usbdac.html or just google the subject.
My dad and I just replaced a Wadia 861 with a Wavelength "Brick Silver" and an intel-powered Mac Book with very impressive results.
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Wow...This is probably one of the coolest things I've ever seen on a forum anywhere.
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I agree the most with what Parrot said.
The other big thing that is problematic, is how the music is recorded and where. You can go listen to a rock concert but when you buy the album...chances are the group was confined into a recording studio where everyone was mic-ed up and some guy at a mixer created the final sound of the recording. The only way to get close is to obtain a good recording of live music in a concert hall or other realistic venue or set up. To obtain a good whiff of that "breath of life" you'd need to record the musicians properly, with them set up the way they would perfom for a live concert. Some of the albums CD and Vinyl I prefer the most are either live or were recorded with a high level of care taken in making and processing the recording (like Chesky Records, Burmeister, or Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab).
I think speakers can produce a musical soundfield, and a nearly accurate one depending on the rig...but like Parrot said...not accurately reproduce exactly live conditions.
I recently posted about an Evelyn Glennie CD I have. I listened to it on my RB-81's and have heard it on 'stat speakers too. It's a very live and transparent recording. I had numerous "breath of life" moments with it when I could visualize exactly what she was doing, especially since I'd describe my RB-81's as very "accurate" and detailed "speakers" to say the least...as are my Dad's 'stats... But I've seen her live, and the recording played back, while very good, was not exactly the same as being there.
I belive that Mr. Klipsch commented on evaluating speakers in a DFH article. I belive the metaphor was comparing speakers to eachother was like measuring wood with a rubber yardstick. You have to listen to live music to determine the virtual reality factor of a speaker system.
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Yup...that she is. As I recall she performed barefoot. While she can hear most of what is being played to some extent, she also felt the music through the floor. I believe she talked about it at the concert (yes she doesn't have to sign, she speaks just fine, with a scottish accent no less, and even sings sometimes too).
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Last night I had one of those wonderful listening periods where the music and the recording really clicked...and of course with Klipsch. So I thought I'd throw this artist and the recording out to you music lovers...
The artist is Evelyn Glennie, and the album is "Her Greatest Hits"
Evelyn is a percussionist. I dabbled in concert and marching percussion my four years in high school with the Center Grove Marching Band. However during that time our percussion instructor learned that Evelyn was going to perform a Clowes Memorial Hall at Butler University here in Indianapolis. As a class we went (on one of those rare high school field trips). Her performance was amazing. Shortly thereafter I bought this album. However over the last 8 years I sort of forgot about it untill I was going through my CD's last night.
I've heard this CD before on different speaker equipment...most of it electrostatic or planar magnetic in design. Last night though I heard it on Klipsch Horns...of the Tractrix variety found on my RB-81's. Have you ever seen the forest through the trees?
It was simply beautiful.
The CD is either "drum and cymbal" or "keyboard" type tracks, a little full orchestra peices with Evelyn as the soloist sprinkled in. Having heard some of these tracks live in a concert hall, and having played many of the percussive instruments...they sounded absolutely live and present, transparent and stunning. With viceral impact that only our horns can impart. Evelyn's masterful performance is exceedingly dynamic. Her marimba solos go from barely audible pianissimo to fortissimo. Cymbals sound only as I've heard them on Klipsch. I would have swore that someone had dragged a concert grand marimba, a vibraphone, and a xylophone into my little room and started a concert. In fact I could find the instruments in the sound field and could almost see Evelyn moving from the low register to the high. I can even tell you what kind of mallets she chose and when she switched them, or that her marimba had a key-string buzz in one of the low keys (probably a Low A)!
I could have listened to that album all night, but of course I needed to come in today and write programs for the Klipsch website so...perhaps tonight
In any case this type of material on such a good recording is something I think all of you Klipsch fans would enjoy...I can only imagine what tubes and Heritage speakers would do with such ear candy...it's too bad this album can't be found on vinyl.
Obviously I'd highly recommend this album [
](Since we haven't gotten a quick profile button hack up yet...)
System: Pair RB-81's, Pair RW-8's (in stereo, crossed at 50 Hz), Aragon 18k, Aragon 4004 Mk-II, Sony DVP-NS900V, LAT IC's, Audioquest Type-4 SC's. -
My car does this too... I'm not sure about the frequencies and such...but a good way to cancel it away is to open the front and rear windows the same amount. I always drop my driver's side rear window with my front window (I suppose this only applies if you have power windows...but I'm assuming that power accessories in a new VW is pretty much a given...).
I suppose that doesn't help if you son keeps putting it down on you though
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The forums were going down because the server they are on is old and has a small C drive (8GB) and doesn't have a lot of system RAM. Because the drive on the server was being filled with backups and other files to the point where it was maxed (Webmaster found it down to just a few MB one day). The lack of memory was causing the forums to become unavailable.
Webmaster has since worked with one of the IT guys and they freed up about 2GB of space on the server so that the forums are more stable. However the long term solution is to get a new server. In the interim Webmaster has been considering moving the forums to a different server so that these problems are lessened. However, we should have a new server for the Klipsch website and forums by sometime in July which should make both faster and more reliable.
I realize that the Klipsch website and forum was down this past weekend (around saturday evening). I think that I.T. was working on something internal that impacted the servers over the weekend. I'm not sure exactly why it was down this last time.
We don't like the forums or the site being down anymore than you guys do. So, we're sorry about the recent problems, but we are working to improve everything.
Oh, just for curiosity's sake, since some of you were wondering... The forums are software that we buy, they are written (currently) in ASP.NET 1.1 (Active Server Pages .Net). Webmaster and I build the websites in ASP.NET 1.1 and 2.0. We do have an MSSQL backend, and all of our servers are on site and our internal IT department maintains them.
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That's one heck of a juggling act[
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If you're looking for an excellent copy of Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man on CD this one is excellent:
Copland: Fanfare; Symphony No.3
Conductor: Eiji Oue
Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra
Label: Reference Recordings
Amazon link:
I suppose I'd also throw out Devorak's New World Symphony and Tchaikovsky's 1812 overature. (The Telarc label (on LP and CD) has some great recordings of the 1812 overature).
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I don't have much first hand experience with Heritage speakers...however in the engineering listening rooms they have a Cayin Integrated with KT-88's (A Ti-88 I think) paired with a Cayin SACD player that they used to demo the new heritage speakers here in Indy. I was told this is what they used at this year's CES (Consumer Electronics Show) for the Heritage display. I heard LaScala-II's with this equipment upstream. They souned excellent. Probably worth a demo if you can borrow some dealer's loner unit?
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Would using some type of spikes for isolation be approprate (especially if you're setting a tube amp on a speaker)
Yes I know spikes can be destructive...but we have our turntable spiked to isolate it. You can just put coins under the spikes (or get spikes with spike pads).
I've also heard of these being recommended: http://www.soundcare.no/, they are a type of spike with pads that shouldn't be destructive. Don't know how good they are...seems like a little snake oil on that site.
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The first speakers I owned were a little tiny pair of Pinnacle bookshelf units these were paired with a simple 2ch Sony Reciever...this was my first stereo system and was a christmas present. (circa 1994)
I then bought a pair of B&W DM-302's and a couple of Target stands when I was in high school to replace the Pinnacles. (circa 1996).
I happened upon a pair of A/D/S L-710's at a local Goodwill store for very little money...the speakers are in very good (albeit second hand) condition. I have been using these regularly as their dual 6" drivers and B&W-like soft mid and high sound works well for either music or movies. (circa 2000).
Dad built a new home theatre and I inherited his pair of vintage 1972 ESS AMT-3a Heil Rock Monitors. I grew up with these speakers and always thought they were cool. However they're twin 10" drivers have been re-coned and the Heil AMT is a little screechy... They're great theatre speakers since the 10's can pump the explosions and stuff that movie soundtracks demand...but the L-710's or even the B&W's can beat them in musicality. I also at this point inherited a Phase Linear A-4000 Preamp and a Phase Linear AC-400 Power Amp (were bought with the Heils in the 70's) to replace my reciever. Also got a Boston Vr-12 Center and Boston Vr-12 Di-Pole surrond speakers. (Circa 2002)
2003 I again inhereted equipment, I got an Aragon 4004 Mk-II Power Amp and an Aragon 18k Pre-Amp.
2005 I started working for Klipsch. I am thouroughly impressed by the Klipsch sound. I don't have loads of cash so I've started simply. I bought a Synergy line B-2 Surround system. I've also gotten some Reference Series RSX-5 Bookshelf monitors and a pair of RW-8 subs.
As far as accuracy, detail, transience, and relative musicality the RSX-5 is currently my favorite speaker to set listen to.
Of course I've also looked into hearing the heratige line...we have the examples that were at CES in the Engineering listening rooms...I've probably bugged the guys downstairs too much. I did happen into a chance to hear the LaScala-II's with a Cayin tube integrated and a Cayin SACD player. They were awesome speakers, I can't wait to hear them again...plus get a chance at the K-horns, Cornwall-III and Heresy-III...all of which are down there.
Someone asked about the B&W speakers...and if they're any good. Well it depends on your taste. I think most of you accustomed to the horn sound wouldn't like them. They're very reserved, soft, midrange-oriented speakers...besides I'm sure they aren't designed for nor able to be as effecient as any Klipsch or horn loaded speaker. Compared to the accuracy, transience, and detail of the horn-loaded sound...I find them (B&W's) now lacking...at least my DM-302's. The abilites of the just the RSX-5 in the mids and highs at the price-point are astounding in my book. I've heard such sound from much, much more expensive speakers and equipment. Hearing the LaScala's, the only time I've heard that level of detail and transience is on Electrostatic speakers...but never with the dynamics or subtle clarity (as the Engineer I met pointed out Electrostats are ineffecient by design). I don't dislike my B&W's nor my Dad's Soundlab Millenium-1 'stats...but the horn sound...the Klipsch sound is extremely pleasing and I've enjoyed the speakers I've bought and heard sinch joining the company very much...and they've taken precedence over all my other speakers when I listen to music on my system.
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If you want to play around with "isolating" your speaker cable from the carpet just go to the hardware store and get a few architectural glass bricks
. After reading something about it, we had some of those lying around so me and my dad threw 'em under the cables...we're not sure if it made any difference but it kinda looks cool?...lol...then again it cost us $0.I also am not sure if the physical connector makes a difference...I use bananna's out of convienence. I'd be extremely hard pressed to say that there were bananna's on a pair of cables as compared to say...spades or bare wire on the lug. On that I'm not sure anyone has mentioned spade terminators. They are a little more convienient than bare wire (since it likes to fray and finding the little hole in the binding post behind your rack might be annoying) but can be tightened down for a secure connection. The only problem is they need to be wide enough for your binding post.
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Nordost uses the latter type on their cables...at least they did at one time. I found them to fit alot tighter into the binding post than the traditional bananna. Although I bought some generic monster bananna terminators (of the former type) recently that were super tight... Those latter type are probably tighter fitting in general...especially when they're new.
I haven't used the latter type on different cables to attest to any benefit gained by more surface area being in contact with the binding post.
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I have an audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro (internal with the front 5.25 bay controls) as I recall it only has the mini jack outputs on the back, and a mini jack digital out.
I suppose using a stereo RCA to mini jack Y-adapter in reverse (if it's not long enough then using male-to-male RCA adapters to plug a longer stereo RCA cable to it) you could probably run this output to your amp's stereo RCA inputs. Then your PC's volume controls would manage the system. However I fear something rigged like this might be a noisy connection with a lot of hum in your system. I've connected my PC to my TV doing this and there is always alot of hum in the audio.
However I've only plugged such a thing into something that had a pre-stage before it reached an amp. I'd be leery of plugging something like that directly into a good stereo amp...but that's just me
If you have a random old reciever or something you could probably rig it as a temporary pre-amp by using it's tape outputs if they are variable?
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ELP's recordings are always surprisingly dynamic to me as well (also for their age too). "Tank" and "Lucky Man" on the original Emerson, Lake & Palmer album are two great pieces. The synth feature on the end of "Lucky Man" has a few low frequency dips that can shake the house (and some extreme highs that sound extra clear and pure only on horns...or stuff that's way too expensive). The drum solo by Palmer on "Tank" will provide you with lots of dynamic transient percussive goodness too. I'm looking into hearing more of the new LaScalas down stairs, and I will definately take that one with me
"Still...you turn me on" off of Brain Salad Surgery, though is one of my favorite ELP tracks too.
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FF XII
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Heh...I've been a die-hard Final Fantasy player since the days of the NES. My favorites have always been IV and VI... So it was without hesitation that I preordered my copy of FF-XII CE many moons ago... However I haven't had the kind of time I'd like to play it yet...it's just been sitting next to my PS2 waiting... However I have some vacation time next week!
Interesting to hear about the battle system. I was a little miffed at the dropping of the time honored ATB system...but I very much liked the improved hybrid system they used for FF-X and was hoping for a version of it on XII. Sounds like it's possibly an improvement over X. That's been one of the biggest improvements over the years is the battle systems in these games. Graphics are meh...for me. With Squenix you know it's going to have eye-popping-candy by default.
How do you like the story to it so far? From the previews I've read looks kind of mixed...