Roc Rinaldi

Can you get your head out of the 70s?

don't laugh .. just seen Johnny Winter .... they wheeled him out on stage .. he still kicked A$$, tho ... [] This is sad. Was he sick at the time? Did they actually wheel him out in a wheelchair? I go to some old guys shows and it can be tough to watch. Most recently it was Bo Diddley. The last two times now he has had to sit in a chair and try and perform. He is somewhat sickly now but it is still hard to watch. I would have to say, based on the last show of his that I saw, that it is about over for Bo. He was always a mountain of a man to me so it is very hard to watch him decline. His music is strong and loud and it requires him to be strong in order for it to all look right. On the other hand, I saw Dick Dale this past Sunday and he has still got it. Hasn't begun his decline yet. Go Dick.

Mike, I guess you are already planning for your obsolescence when you reach 30. After all, once you know how to do it, what use is all of that experience and talent? ...Especially when there will be so many erudite and world weary 20 year olds to tell you that you haven't a clue. Why do I suspect that by then you will have a better understanding and appreciation of the origin of the phrase "Piss off"... Their (The Police') only problem is that they are running cold (with almost no practice!) without having played together for how many years and without playing the songs in a formula manner! Their difference is that they know the problems and will not tolerate them! You might want to check out what Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers do in their 'retirement'. Who cares about Sting... Thank goodness for handicapped access, otherwise they would have trouble getting their wheelchairs into all of the spots. At least Mozart died before he was bereft wandering the streets obsolete at 30. Not like that has been Beethoven fellow who simply got in the way for an additional 22 years... No age jokes please, please.

No age jokes please.

How did Keith get into this discussion?

Apparently he does.

I've got a three sided coin if that would help.

Easy oldb.

....and everyone else.

Not to worry. My towels are lint free. But they're not fireproof!!!!!

Why no cover on a daily basis? I hate dust accumulation on components.

I'm so glad to hear that. I am in warranty for three years so I'm probably OK. Warranty is generally against manufacturing defects. If the amp were damaged by depriving it of free air circuation, would this really qualify? Shhhhh. Be quiet.

Hi Mike, The bass got stronger when I set my sub to three feet further away. Weaker when I set it to three feet closer than it actually is. I'm using 80Hz crossover, all speakers set to small. I've also moved both subs closer to the corners to try and increase the bass sound. My corners still have a lot of boom in them and my listening seat seems to be like a small null spot.

Hahaha! Its one thing to explain humor and to ascribe cause and effect. But I must admit that works better when you have a clue as to what exactly you are referring! You don't. So if you don't get the joke, it is hard to evaluate it. An answer follows the question that is asked. A well formed and defined question leads more often to well formed and defined answer. Its one thing to not understand my humor. ...Say you don't get it. That's fine. You don't have to! But its another thing entirely to then go and to attempt to ascribe blame and conclusions based upon an even greater ignorance. You might want to do a bit of figuring out just who has done this! It would be nice if some simply failed to dig those holes to begin with. And if someone wants to create their own imagined slight, hey, have fun. But you might want to leave me, and maybe even Gandhi, out of the mix. I am sorry if you do not see the issues in the question that provided me with plenty of fodder for playful logical conundrum. And you are definitely not Gandhi either, as I made NO attempt to put anyone down, and you certainly failed in your attempt to understand my ability to construct ironical constructs with what was given. I simply made light of the logical conundrum that having too little information made it possible for me to speculate on the issue in a myriad number of ways - including many which I suspect had no bearing on your goal - but which I was left with only to my imagination to ascertain! So the humor was my own, and the rest, including your ascription of meaning, is your imagination. So, if you don't get the joke, it would probably be best if you don't try to explain it to others... We can address issues of absorption and reflection and we can address issues of small acoustical spaces.But just asking how a surface covering behaves is a bit too little and too vague to answer to a conclusive answer without either making a bunch of assumptions or having other more substantial information provided. You want the broad answer? Leather is both reflective and less reflective at different frequencies (and not really absorptive as a material thickness of , say, 1/16" except at frequencies none of us care about such as ~38.2kHz!). And the mass and composition of the entire couch becomes instrumental as well. In other words, its response varies with frequency and is non-linear. And the absorptive characteristics of he couch also depend upon many factors, ranging from mass to placement. And let's take this further, since you already fully understand my humor but not what it was predicated upon... If the couch is located in the primary listening position, as opposed to being located in a secondary location such as along a wall for additional seating in a general purpose room, then the role and effect upon the listening 'spot' can be significantly different. And since none of this was specified, we have lots of possibilities, limited only by my fertile imagination. And the possibilities are so broad as to render the question, without qualification, akin to asking what is the effect of the sun upon the weather. So, rather than attempt to address every combination and permutation and their subsequent ramifications in a relational environment, I might suggest providing us with more specific information about the room and the placement of the couch in the room relative to the sound sources as well. And then we can attempt to make a few general predictions. But put simply, if you are simply sitting on the couch, it may cause some early reflections to be directed off the surface of the couch towards you and additional diffusion of those reflective surfaces which directed (as in source) these specular reflections at this couch surface would generally be beneficial. But one could also say that if this is planned for from inception, that the early specular reflections would already be addressed. Again, the framing of the conditions impacts the response. As far as room mode absorption, some benefit may be obtained, but probably not allot if it is located in the primary listening position. More detail is available if this is close to what you were wondering. Or with more detail we can speculate on more specific effects. Much ado about nothing.

That bedroom's gonna Shake, Rattle and Roll !!!!

Mark, you've changed.

Would you like to buy my Velodyne 12" sub at a very reasonable price? Check it out: http://cgi.ebay.com/Velodyne-CT-120-Powered-Subwoofer-280-Watts_W0QQitemZ110133212509QQihZ001QQcategoryZ3275QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I am so happy for you. What's the story on your Forte IIs? No one should be selling Forte IIs. Would you like to sell them?

You should have gotten the ones made in Hope, Arkansas. They're better.

Did Alfred E. Neuman wear glasses?

Finally something we can agree on.

I think George Washington wore them too. He's gone now too isn't he?

So does Mr. Magoo.

It's supposed to be a joke, sort of. My point of it was you can pay $$$$$$$$$$$$ for Bose or pay less for Klipsch and have equal if not better sound. No one got it.

How dare you call me a geek and nerd!!!