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    SAR Team activated

    in General Klipsch Info

    Posted

    Hey everyone,

    While I am more of a lurker than a poster, I did want you guys to know

    I am heading down to Mississippi or Louisiana to help out in the

    aftermath of Katrina.

    I am a member of a Canine Search and Rescue team (www.atsar.org) and we

    have been asked to deploy with the Georgia Task Force. I will be

    going as a support member - radios, navigation, etc.

    If you can, please donate blood and money, both are critically needed right now.

    73's

    Paul

    OT-- Update on kicking the Beast

    in General Klipsch Info

    Posted

    Bruce,

    Thanks for the update. I hope your wife begins to feel better

    soon. I think a positive mental attitude helps a great

    deal. Keep her spirits up!

    My father, age 72, has been fighting cancer of the esophagusfor 3

    years. He had it beat for about 2.5 years, but in the past 2

    months that cancer has turned aggressive and the outlook is not

    good. He has been undergoing stronger and stronger doses of chemo

    and it is taking it's toll. At the beginning of August, I got the

    call to go home as he was not expected to last out the week. He

    pulled out of it when he heard his family was coming to see him.

    She is in my thoughts and prayers. And the offer of a place to stay is still open, I'm only about 25 miles from Emory.

    Paul

    Anyone been to Atlanta, GA?

    in General Klipsch Info

    Posted

    Nicholt,

    I live and work in Hotlanta and today was HOT about 92 with 95% humidity - what some would call "close" and I call near miserable.

    Buckhead isn't bad, just mostly clubs and resturaunts so if you want music you need to go to either Little 5 Points (L5P), Virginia-Highlands (intersection of Virginia and Highlands Aves.)or maybe midtown.

    I'll second or third Dante's down the hatch.

    If you want good pizza, I'd recommend "Mellow Mushroom" I think it is the best.

    For BBQ, head out to the burbs and go to Williamson Brothers BBQ in Marietta and you can see the "Big Chicken". If you go to L5P, you have to go to "The Vortex" for dinner.

    You might also want to check out Fernbank natural history museum and the Atlanta botanical gardens. Also, a Six Flags park, White Water park and Stone Mtn. (a county park) worth visiting.

    Feel free to pm for more info. and Welcome!

    Paul

    Why do 99.9% of women....

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted

    Great topic! And I've enjoyed the responses.

    I think I'm lucky because my girlfriend had been over to my place about 4 times before she noticed my La Scalas! She asked "What are those big black things in the corners, speakers?" 6.gif I said yes and that she had been hearing them everytime she was over. She hasn't said anything else about them.

    Paul

    What internet connection do you use?

    in General Klipsch Info

    Posted

    I use Charter cable and am very happy. I have had 2 outages - one after a storm when the cable got cut and once when they added a new subscriber to my neighborhood hub and dropped the level too low to receive - but the real problem was an RF splitter installed backwards-it was attenuating the signal too much. My problem is I don't have or want a home phone, so when it is down I can't get to klipsch.com

    FYI: looking ahead there could be a speed or a price war between the cablecos and telcos. Digital cable will win in a speed war, but hopefully the prices will fall and we will win. Also, on digital cable systems they are starting to not send unwatched channels out to a neighborhood hub and use the new bandwidth for data (internet access).

    Landmark local dining establishments

    in General Klipsch Info

    Posted

    Well, here in Atlanta there are several excellent restuaraunts and you don't have to dip into the "next-pair-o'Klipsch" savings account to dine there.

    Burger and bar food: The Vortex

    http://www.thevortexbarandgrill.com/TheVortex/index.htm

    (check out the photos of the Little 5 Points location - great people watching)

    BBQ - Williamson Brothers in Marietta - my favorite BBQ restuaraunt in GA.

    http://yp.bellsouth.com/sites/williamsonbros/page2.html

    if your hungry get the All you can eat special (not on the menu)for about $8.

    "EATS" - you have your choice Pasta (6 noodles and 6 sauces) or Jerk Chicken

    http://atlanta.citysearch.com/profile/2998967/atlanta_ga/eats.html?specialty_id=65

    This place is great and you can eat a huge meal for less than $7

    Mexican/Tex-Mex: Nuevo Laredo Cantina

    http://www.nuevolaredocantina.com/home.php

    try the chicken mole

    great thread by the way!

    Amp Questions

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted

    While searching Craiglist, I found 2 interesting posts - 1 was for a Monarch SA-30 Tube amp and the other was for 2 Luxman B-12 mono power amps 120w min. rm/s 0.006% thd with real test sheets.

    Any thoughts on price, how would they match with la scalas?

    Thanks

    Paul

    So can I run a 25' optical cable or not?

    in General Klipsch Info

    Posted

    Yes, the optical is good out to 100m or more - it depends on the strength of the LED (transmitter) and the photodiode receiver. Just be sure you don't pinch the cable, try for gentle bends for any curves - try for about 10 times the outside diameter of the cable at any curve when you install it. Also, check the package for directions - often they will have recommendations like 20 times the OD for installation and 10x OD installed. They may also have maximum tension both static and dynamic - and you can actually stretch the fiber.

    Paul

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    tips for Seattle

    in General Klipsch Info

    Posted

    Hey guys,

    I'll be in Seattle next week for training and was looking for recommendations on Resturaunts and sights to see.

    The training is in Tukwila and I am staying at the Marriot Courtyard Lake Union.

    I am planning on going to the Space Needle, the Rock museum. What else should I do?

    Thanks in advance,

    Paul

    who has or knows about c-band

    in General Klipsch Info

    Posted

    I would recommend doing a C/Ku hybrid if at all possible it will give you more options. Go to www.lyngsat.com and select you continent/area and it will show you all the satellites viewable from that area - they are color-coded as to their type. You can click on a satellite and see what services (channels) are on the satellite, which transponder, the up and down link frequency and the type of encryption the channel uses (if any). If you have a long cable run use the best cable you can find - we use Canare L7CFB (http://www.canare.com/index.cfm?objectid=95B0E09A-3048-7098-AFD41C5858826F77)for our runs from the LNB to the fiber transmitters and from the fiber receivers to the receivers and splitters. Belden 1189 is good too for shorter runs.

    If you have to bury the cable between your dish and the house, use large conduit with smooth bends to facilitate pulling in a new cable at a later date.

    Are you going to use a service provider or are you looking for free channels? Do you already have another dish (Ku)? I don't think that there are too many free HD channels.

    If you can give me more info as to what you have equipment wise and want to do, I can help you more. I work in satellite transmission and would love to help.

    Paul

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