Max2
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You dont need Fox and you dont need CNN to see when the Alien scare hits or to find out where the divided country is headed. Just go to wikiarms and watch the bulk price of 5.56 shells, they call it as good as Vegas there. I quit watching the news and my mood is so much better, Ive lost faith in the whole hill shebang. I have no control over much other than what is in my Gun safe and the Flat head cats and Crappie in my deep freeze. Cant live on peppers and Veggies alone.
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1 minute ago, rockhound said:
but if we are what a responsibility that is.
Amen. And what a mess we have produced in so many ways. The dark side is indeed DARK.
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Why would they need to contact us? If we're not ready, what do we have they need from us? Why bother, we all may be gone in the next 150 years from over population, the Bee's die, we're doomed in 4 year per Einstein. Goodness, beings this advanced could move us, take from us and mold us like clay. This mess falls under the War of the Worlds and incorporating viruses, bacteria and what not to keep alien predators from dropping by here, catching something and dying. Although, I find it very intriguing as well. Maybe they're behind the chaos, the daily anguish, Cancer and everything else that plagues us so they can have another blue planet.
I do however think it might be a shortcoming to think there is no way the Great Almighty didn't create other entities in other parts of the universe. We're just a grain of sand in this Ocean of the Universe.
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Turn the sub on. Unplug the RCAs from the AVR while they're still plugged into the sub. turn sub up halfway. Tap the ends of the RCA end with your thumbs. No sound, its likely dead unless it has a fuse. You can also plug anything with RCA's outs into the sub to check it, just turn the sub down to start with.
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Thats going to sound great. Keep the tone flat and open up the taps.
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18 minutes ago, ssh said:
I love to cook. I'm not a great cook, but a prized tool of mine is the Viking range. It pairs well with the Khorns.
SSH
Im seeing lots of industrial ranges around here coming up for sale from closed restaurants. I want a Wolf or Viking range setup with the large griddle, heat lamps and over head vent, but the money is another story.
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A 20db room is pretty freaky I bet. Would love to hear your setup. Im in a second story room in my home and have mine down in the lower 30 db range with around 150sq foot of panels on the walls. Nothing like a well treated room to hear every bit of the content.
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Make sure nothing has dropped through the rear mesh cage. All it would take is something small and then you would have possible magnetic field going on
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3 hours ago, DTO said:
They definitely look like oak but even with the sequential serial numbers the veneer patterns do not match each other.
There is no matching going on with the painted speakers that Im aware of. I have a set of seq. numbered K-horns in Oak and they're close, but not "book page" matched. However, I have seen worse "matching pairs" out there. Those KLF's have the old Red Devil industrial black satin enamel on them. I would be wary of trying to get the black completely off as the veneer is not that thick and that grain runs deep. Best swap with someone if the color is a deal killer for you. You dont find a set of KLF 30's out there in great condition often, someone will have to have them.
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I have a pair of factory black 30's and the grain pattern which is pretty deep does look a lot like Oak.
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49 minutes ago, Subtle Sam said:
This is the dilemma I am facing. It's even worse in Canada because shipping, duties and taxes totals around $40 USD per driver. So each driver would cost me $80-$100 USD all in.
As for the Heresy comparison, here is an all-Canadian analysis if you are interested: H1's go for around $600 USD here and maybe $750 for the H2's. After shipping (I live on an island) I'm looking at a total price of $700 - $850 USD for a pair of Heresy's.
When you say bullet proof, are the Heresy's known to be better built or ...?
Parts are easy to come by for the old Heresy and they are tough as nails. You might find one with a toasted tweeter, but for the most part they can take a lot of abuse. Tweeters, mids and 12's can all be had easily and theyre all shared for the most part of the entire Heritage line. The KG 4 is an odd ball in comparison, kind of meshed in with the old Tangent line and they're all vanishing further into the sunset year after year. I would suggest looking into the old Heritage line for your next move.
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I have owned a set since the 90's and I listen to these more in my shop that I do with with house system.
A few observations from my non engineering background is that these cones on the K8 are very, very light and flexible. With both drivers hitting hard with the power turned up, they were having to work overtime with that fairly stiff and heavy coned 12" passive on the back of the cab. With such hard relief due to the passive it was easy to over extend these drivers and damage the coils. Another note is that some KG4's came out as 4 ohm speakers, which I have, yet I have seen terminal caps with KG4 printed on them that show 8 ohms. The plot thickens possibly. I have seen these on Craigs list and Ebay for $150 a pair, which makes it difficult to be cost effective in replacing a driver or two or even matching all 4 up when you can get a bullet proof set of old Heresy's for a little more money. These little speakers are truly hidden gems with the money factor as long as you dont score a clicky driver with a burnt or broken voice coil which will sound great at low volume, but open it up and the coil will lose contact at a certain level of driver excursion. But boy do these little two ways sound great and with a small package that with drop down in the upper 30 cycle region, its a well rounded speaker. Not a huge amount of efficiency at 92db I think, but the 4 ohm versions would make up a bit of that throwing the powersource in a lower impedance offering more juice, but clipping would come much sooner. This may be the culprit of so many drivers getting damaged from AVR's and other sub par power sources getting stepped in a 4ohm load and the power of said source just cant do it and cooks the driver from a high THD dose of power.
You can do better, but for the money, I would give these a hard look.
https://www.parts-express.com/dayton-audio-da215-8-8-aluminum-cone-woofer--295-332
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I dug this out in case you have to find a full replacement. Info from some of the old timers here.
The old K8K specs below
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No KG-4 schematric here, but alot of some others.
I thought I had it, but evidently I don't. But I do have T-S specs for the K-8-K woofer used in the KG 4:
Nomz= 4.00 Ohms Qms= 5.900 Fs= 27.99 Hz Cms= 1268.0000uM/N Revc= 7.00 Ohms Qes= 0.405 Fi=27.01 Hz Mms= 25.5000Grams Levc= 1.00mH Qts= 0.379 BL=8.80 TM Pmx= 100.0000Watts Splo= 88.62 db no= 0.40 % Sb= 0.0220sqM = 34.1000sqIn SPLi= 88.00db ni= 0.74 % Vas= 0.0870cuM =3.0724cuFT SPLi=88.58db @ Vg= 2.00V Xmax= 4.0000mm....= 0.1575 In
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The KG4 was notorious for a voice coil issue with those old white drivers. So much, that Klipsch offered replacements for them way back when. I have two replacements, one in each of my old KG 4's.
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4 hours ago, dtel said:
Just staying busy, remodeling a few rooms and about to get started on my workshop. Had some termite damage which started all of this, fixed that problem and decided to remodel 2 bedrooms and a bathroom. So far we did one bedroom and the bathroom, the other spare bedroom can wait, I want to do the workshop during the winter, much easier than summer.
I still remember the pictures of where you stayed on that island and a link of that webcam on the other island, had to stop checking in it gets depressing, beautiful place.
How s little Max, I would guess getting bigger.
That sounds awesome. There is nothing like a good project to keep your mind moving. It seems I have been bouncing from this to that since the freakout in March.
We would love to go back down in the St. John, Virgin Gorda or the Tortola area and talk about it all the time, but have been settling with Florida trips with the that past Hurricane that smashed the islands. The logistic issues with getting others to go and group together and pitch in on a house for a week is difficult and now the Virus, well it just puts things on perma hold.. Little Max isn't so little any more and is a constant reminder that I have to keep moving, breathing and keeping the joints oiled for quite a few years to come 😀 I will have to come up with a good picture of him to post. Thanks for asking about him
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1 hour ago, dtel said:
Well they delivered over 5100 pounds of metal yesterday, a workshop in parts anyway, well once it put together anyway. Will be out of town until Sunday so no working on a concrete form for the slab until next week. First will be a trip to the permit office to make it legal, have all the paperwork for that ready.
Can't wait, it will be like when I was a kid and I had an erector set, except for it being heavier and I am now old. I need the exercise anyway.
New workshop, new Cabana.... I missed out on the news, whats going on down there ? 👍
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May have tweaked the base. Download that alignment app. It uses your phone for all the readings.
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Thats an awesome setup. I know your Dad is happy right now seeing you enjoy the same fruits that he did. Hang on to those items as they will just mean more to you as each year passes.
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10 hours ago, BigStewMan said:
that opening chord progression for the song Band on the Run is one of my favorites.
Roger Waters In the Flesh was good.
@Max2 when you listened to A Night at the Opera, how did the song Good Company sound to you? Very interesting trivia about that song, Brian May said that his guitar parts were recorded one note at a time. He wanted the dixieland jazz sound and wanted his guitar to sound like a dixieland jazz band. So, towards the end, that's a guitar not a trombone. That LP was engineered by Roy Thomas Baker who did a fantastic job. You may (or may not) find this interesting about the track Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon.
Honestly, I haven't given it that much in depth attention. The whole disk sounds great, but Im always wowed by the dynamics of the old songs I listened to as a kid and that the multi channel formats can really play into, given the engineer takes it that direction. Likely, one Queen track I always have to get through, not on this album, but THE GAME in 5.1 is "Dont try Suicide." Its really clean and has that dynamic swing level to it. Of course, "Dragon Attack" is just brutally good with surprises in the drum section, DTS and straight PCM are both great
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51 minutes ago, dtel said:
You, I looked, were 5 months apart March and Aug 03.
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17 years and only opened my mouth 2400 ish times. You guys are lucky, my wife, not so much.
Oh, I just noticed that I still wouldn't be eligible for the old secret handshake thread!
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11 minutes ago, CECAA850 said:
Besides the fact that Chuck is "special" he's been on the forum 15 years today. Bless his heart.
Thats a good run. Who here is sporting more rust than that?
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46 minutes ago, The Dude said:Here is a great opportunity for someone, just purchase this amp and have it shipped to me and I will ship out the MC2505 (Seems like a fair trade due to the display lights not working).
Those multi-channel Autoformerless amps Mac built years back are extremely clean on the numbers. They can be a little bright and thin at the end of the watt run, but they're so good with their clarity and dead silent noise floor. They're the step children of the McIntosh line, overlooked and can be had on the cheap. The 7205 has held its value a little better with the blue meters, but the 7106 and 7108 are dirt cheap, bridgeable and are perfect for an active setup.
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I remember when texting someone was an insult....
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According to Google, in 2017 the Movie Theater numbers were equal to 1992. Fast forward to where we are today, the streaming services have been on track to wipe them out, its just that the virus is going to make it happen quicker. I dont care about going to a theater, quite frankly, I think the majority of films these days suck. Convenience, affordability and the safety of your home and workspace is ruling all aspects of life for most people IMO.
Ha....Just for fun....Aliens exist
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Can I have one of those? I promise I wont give her my password here.