Islander

None of that digital junk for me! Where's my chainsaw? I'll set the Heresy II into the wall!

Technology marches on and speed advances with it. Those early tracks weren't built with 300mph+ cars in mind, since it was probably unimaginable back then. Drag racing is not the only sport where the vehicles have become too fast for some of the older tracks. The motorcycle Grand Prix circuit used to include the Isle of Man TT, a 37.73-mile road course through several small towns "between the houses", over a mountain and past many stone walls. Top riders got killed at the event every year, until the major teams refused to compete there anymore. Although it was the most prestigious event on the calendar, the FIM, the GP sanctioning body, stripped it of its World Championship status shortly after the 1976 event and moved the British Grand Prix to Silverstone for 1977. Accidents and injuries are part of motor racing, but needless deaths add nothing to any sport. Kenny Roberts, the American 3-time MotoGP World Champion, said back in the early '80s that he didn't want to be the first roadracer to go 200mph, a speed the bikes of his time were close to attaining. Presently, the bikes hit over 210mph at several tracks, but track design, along with racing suit and helmet design, has advanced a great deal in the last twenty-five years, so the racing appears to be safer now and just as entertaining.

There are many great countries. America is one, but not the only one. Greatest country? Hard to say if there can be such a thing, with so many different ways to measure the factors that may add up to "greatness".

All its fuel, plus its engine. Those Top Fuel engines have a service life of less than a minute. Does anyone know the total cost of a single run for a Top Fuel car?

Last week, a member of Zimbabwe's opposition MDC party was released from jail after paying bail of 3 billion Zimbabwe dollars, or about $100US. Inflation seems to be a serious issue there. It may be even worse this week: Tuesday, July 8, 2008 100 US Dollar = 1635600000000 Zimbabwe Dollar 100 Zimbabwe Dollar (ZWD) = 0.00000001 US Dollar (USD) Median price = 16050000000 / 16356000000 (bid/ask) Minimum price = 16050000000 / 16356000000 Maximum price = 16050000000 / 16356000000 FXConverter - Currency Converter for 164 Currencies164 Currency Converter © 1997-2008 by OANDA.com.

While the gear ratio of the rear end is a factor, the body shape and size has much more influence on your vehicle's fuel consumption at highway speeds. The pickup likely has more frontal area and definitely has a higher drag coefficient than a relatively streamlined sedan like a Crown Vic or a Caprice. It takes a lot more power to push the pickup through the air and the faster you go, the more obvious it becomes. In low-speed (city) use, the low gear ratio might actually improve the gas mileage, since less throttle is needed to accelerate the truck from a stop. Horses for courses...

It's alcohol (methanol) that burns clear, causing some odd scenes in the pits at Indycar races where people are jumping around to get away from invisible flames. F1 cars use premium pump gasoline, similar to regular gas. More info on that here: http://www.f1technical.net/articles/19 The Indy cars ran methanol for many years, but switched to ethanol (E100) in 2006. Methanol and ethanol are two of the thirteen varieties of alcohol. According to Indypacecars.com: "One of the pace cars is a customized Corvette Z06 E85 concept that runs on E85 ethanol fuel, a domestically produced alternative fuel similar to the E100 fuel that powers all of the racecars in the IndyCar Series." http://www.indypacecars.com/2008.htm

Islander, I know you like to make fun of the reference series as much as possible, but do you realize that the rf-83 are just as big as the heresy. The depth is as wide as the heresy and the width is as deep as the heresy, if not bigger. Where did that come from? I've got nothing against any Klipsch speakers, nor their owners. The RF-83s are 9.25" wide, according to Klipsch's website, and it seemed to me that a glass top could easily slide off the top of one and cause an injury. It's a simple safety concern, with no disrespect stated or implied. The Reference line are fine speakers, by all accounts. BTW, the Heresies are 13.25" deep and 15.5" wide, so your size comparison is not valid.

I agree. Those two types of speakers are so dissimilar, both in sound quality and in amplifier requirements, that it would be unlikely that you'll get any kind of good sound. Just go with the Cornwalls and re-locate the 901s to another room. No need to replace the woofers with anything inferior, either. The square magnets may be proper original equipment. If they sound fine, you're all set.

With those narrow speakers the original poster has, the glass tops would likely slide off and flatten someone's toes.

That long-haired, pale-skinned, Jesus? He looks like a 16th-century Italian because that's when and where the painting was made. The real Jesus was a first-century Jew, with short hair, and looked like most of his countrymen, since the Pharisees needed Judas to pick him out from the crowd. Here's a best estimate of how He actually looked: http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/research/1282186.html

Check out the movie Deck Chair Danny. He floats to a different part of Australia and starts a new life as a new person. It was pretty good.

It may be impossible to guarantee a zero possibility of problems or even catastrophe, but the researchers at CERN don't strike me as careless or suicidal types. This project could bring out some really interesting new knowledge and I'm curious to hear about it. At least the objection is sort of realistic, unlike the objections that surfaced during the MoHole project, when some were concerned that drilling into the Earth's crust could release demons from Hell. It was a sea-bottom project, but I suppose the folks fearing the demons assumed they could easily swim up through the 11,700 feet of water to harass us. The Russians drilled an extremely deep hole into the crust, the Kola Superdeep Borehole, completed in 1989, 12,262 metres deep (40,230 ft or 7.62 miles), that later inspired the "Well to Hell" hoax. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well_to_Hell_hoax

If the Klipschorn is too big, you could look at La Scalas or La Scala IIs. Three of those across the front would give excellent sound. LS IIs are available new and there are lots of used original La Scalas on the market, since they last pretty well forever. My 1974s still sound great.

Those are called stud extractors or E-Z-Outs.

Messerschmitt made lots of tandem-seating cars like that in the 1950s and early 1960s. They make that VW look big. See: http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GFRD_enCA205CA205&q=Messerschmitt+car+pictures&um=1&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&resnum=1&ct=title And: http://www.webshots.com/search?query=messerschmitt+car And: http://www.flickr.com/photos/42057291@N00/2580690623/

The receivers you mentioned have 5, 6, or 7 channels, but will happily drive just two or three speakers and will be ready to drive surround speakers whenever you have the need or the budget for them. As for trying to buy the system on a tight budget, it might be more economical to try to get the items that will please you for some time to come, even if you have to put in some cash. If you get a setup that will disappoint you after a few months, so you'll want to trade up, it won't be the bargain it appears to be right now.

It's usually recommended that surround speakers be placed "around" six feet above the floor, so seven feet should be fine. You might want to move the left rear speaker to a spot that's a similar distance from the listening position as the right rear speaker is, meaning nearer to the left side wall. A symmetrical speaker layout usually gives the best surround effect.

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Wouldn't the outer seats be for the "overflow" or late-arriving guests? Every seat can't be ideally located, but if most of them are, good enough. Why leave out several seats just because they're a bit farther from the center?

Most new-style floor-standing speakers are tall and narrow, so tipping over is a valid concern. If you have the room, a pair of La Scalas might be ideal, since they're two feet wide and two feet deep and very resistant to tipping over, as well as sounding excellent. Among the young party-hearty crowd, one of the selling points of the La Scalas is that drunken college girls can dance on them without danger (without danger to the speakers, at least). La Scalas also have no vulnerable exposed speaker cones and kids can't climb inside the cabinets. Finally, they're called Heritage speakers for a reason. They may satisfy you for a lifetime and your kids will grow up around them, enjoying great sound for all the years they spend under your roof.

People aren't mind readers and you can't assume they'll treat your gear the way you would. However, no-one should get offended if you just say, "Don't do that." or "Don't put anything on there, please." If your guests are smart enough to hang out with you, they should only need to be told once.

Rimsky-Korsetzoff? A joke from my parents' time.

ElectroMagnetic Interference, produced by electrical devices or wires that are nearby.

Apparently one guy on that forum depends on what he actually hears, because "Of course I am not testfetischist". Sometimes there are too many testfetishists around...