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I'm currently incarcerated at the Betty Ford clinic and the pickings here are VERY slim. You'd think with what this place costs that there would be more amenities, and a better selection of meds and cleaning products. So far all I've managed to obtain are two pints of rubbing alcohol, a large bottle of Lavoris mouthwash, some cough syrup, and half a tube of model airplane glue. It's gonna be one hell of a hangover. BUT, they let me bring my Fortes and my Muddy Waters and Jimi Hendrix collections! "...I'm drinkin' T&T, I'm smokin' dynomite..."

Is the process essentially the same for converting LPs? While I do not yet have a PC soundcard, I do have 300 or so albums which I'd love to convert for use in the car and on the iPod etc.

Malodorous residue of Male Bovine Digestive Assymilation? A sphinter trout? A road apple? LeTurd? (just checking the automatic foul language eliminator function of the forum)

This forum is my narcotic escape. I can only dream about what those mothers must sound like. I sit here amazed at the sounds my low budget, marginal quality SS stuff makes through my CF-3's and lamenting what I've missed prior to their purchase. In the meantime I scour CL and ebay plotting my next acquisition and trying to figure out how to come up with the ching. Keep the crack flowing!

I'm the one who's shallow. At least that's what my lady friend opines! I like em lean and shapely, what can I say? As for the Pioneer 9100, it's now perfect and like new. One can of cleaner followed by a half a can of cleaner / lube and one hour of carpal tunnel inducing wrist movements had the desired effect.

Many thanks for all the info gents. As luck would have it, I was at my brothers last night listening to his new (to him) $500 Chorus II's. I had previously mentioned to him the I was looking for a new unit. He got a big smile and told me to go look in his shop. His old Pioneer SA9100 was just sitting there. He thought that he had tossed it years ago, but found it this week when remodeling his basement for his new speakers. It's now sitting at my house! Several of the pots and switches are scratchy, but both channels work and the volume is even and the sound is clean once set to a level. We removed the (mint) wood case and it's spotless inside. There's a metal cover over the switches which we did not remove. Tomorrow I'm going to pull that off and try using some aerosol electronics cleaner on them. If the results are poor, I'll take it to a specialist to have it professionally cleaned and restored. I've had excellent luck using this spray on an old Sansui that my father owned, and I am keeping my fingers crossed. In the meantime I read several reviews of old Marantz units. What the heck, I may buy one of them as well. You never know when you might need a spare!

Allow me to expose my ignorance of all things tubular. After I bought my Klipsch a guy suggested that I look at Fisher 500C receivers. Outside of my TV, I havn't owned anyting with a tube in it in 30 years and know little about them. I do know that they: A) are $upposed to offer improved $ound qualitie$ when right, hum when / if not, C) co$t a fortune for a nice $tuff D) need maintenan$e to bring them up to $peed (and not torch the domo), When I see fotos' of some of the stuff you guys run, I am dumbfounded. I have been watching Fishers on ebay and they tend to sell in the $300-350 range. They run the gamut from beat, busted and filthy to nearly perfect and pristine. Is this a reasonable starter unit? The older Scott units seem to fetch a mess of bids as well and are in the same price range. To further blaspheme this site, most of my music is digital....I have a ton of stuff on an external drive. I have approx 200 clean LPs from my youth and a Denon TT. My pockets are very, very shallow (just like me and my taste in women). I'd like a reasonably powerful unit which would allow me to run both of my speaks in the A+B mode and shake the house. I seldom listen to FM, so just an amp would suffice. I typically use streaming FM stations and Pandora due to reception issues and humans interrupting the music. I hate my SONY HT unit and just want a nice vintage amp/receiver. The SS Marantz stuff sells pretty cheap as well. Should I go that route instead? All opinions welcome and my apologies for dumbing down the site with my ignernce.

I've been buying used CDs on Amazon lately and having great luck......IOW, cheap and in excellent condition. Say goodbye to iTunes! Two Sinatra with Count Basie CDs, very clean and crisp recordings from later in his life. "It must be swing" and I can't recall the other. Both great. Scott Hamilton - "Nocturnes and Serenades" Jazz Sax. Slow, very fuzzy and excellent. Donald Fagen - Kamakaraid (?) not sure of the spelling. It's in the mail. I love Steely Dan so it can't be a dud. Doc Severinson and the Tonight Show Orchestra. Great version of April in Paris. Ibrrahim Ferrer - Beunos Hermanos I have found that with iTunes I cannot dupe a CD and play it in my car....so F that. I will strive to buy the actual disc from here on out.

Not too sure, but the grain looks much too tight for oak. Teak, Balsa, Cherry, Ash, Bubinga, Purpleheart, Ebonics, Bubonics, Gin&Tonics, whatever.....they look terriff and brandest new. I thought they were teak but I'm not an expert on wood identification.

I've seen some really great deals when the seller has no idea (or a very poor one) of what they hold. I've also seen guys who think the gear they paid a grand for 10 years ago is still worth $900 today. I travel quite a bit and have significant down time (hotels etc) on my rear. This laptop has made much of that time productive and enjoyable. I routinely scan C-List within 200 miles of my home and have seen some great deals on Klipsch particularly the larger models. With so much trash available in the stores theses days, and the small size of many of the new HT setups, it's only going to get better for those of us seeking used Klipsch products. When I find my Chorus's (etc) I'll sell the CFs. Until then, I'm still looking for some decent 2CH and tube gear! The stuff on ebay tends to go for top dollar. I'm too cheap, too poorly compensated at work, and glean too much enjoyment from scoring great local deals. Good luck to all of you as well.

In the last 6 months: Me- CF-3's. Mint in/out. Cherry. 4 miles away and he followed me home to help unload the beasts. $240 The "house shakers". Forte's. Cosmetically Mint as in brand new from the factory. Teak. They needed new tweets ($63 delivered) and were only 8 miles away. Original mint boxes and one extra grill. Simply sublime sound for $395. It's hard to believe how much that midrange adds...and hard to believe how good the CFs sound without one. I love them both. Tangent 3's. Excellent Condition. Black. $80. I bought them for my dad for xmas. 12 miles away. Even the red-headed, hair-lipped bastard stepchildren of Klipsch sound better than what he had. My brother- Chorus II's. VG-Excellent. Black. PLUS one Academy Center (VG), a pair of KG 2.5s AND a recent Sony HT receiver. All for $500!! KG4's. Excellent. Oak. $100 Schweeeeeet! Still searching but now looking for an amp. Thanks to all here who offered advice and knowledge.

I was a just a young buck. Stupid, strong and full of piss and vinegar. She was a cheerleader. Her caboose was shaped like a pair of ripe coconuts and just as hard. She taunted me with her ample bounty and mouthed that I was "young, dumb and full of come". I wasn't quite sure what she meant but I yearned desperately to find out. She was my about age, but wise beyond her years and tight little figure. She was as wild and reckless as a cheap tart on a coked up Vegas weekend, and just as indiscriminate. Her lips were full and wet, while her mouth coarse and direct. We were drinking some, groping some, and laughing a lot. We were all alone at my brothers place listening to Barry White. He had a set of LaScalas which he had mounted on casters being pushed by an old Phase Linear. They were loud and throbbing. I saw them and thought of mounting her...... OOOPS..... Ahhhh the SPEAKERS!! So sorry. Well.......ahem.....ah......lets see.... I think I was 15. A pair of Hereseys in an audio shop while I was looking for a "cassette deck" (google - "Smithsonian...vintage electronics....tape deck") They were the first really nice speakers I had ever heard. All I knew was Advent and JBL etc. They were $630 for the pair which just seemd out of reach at the time since I was making $1.75/hour washing dishes. I ended up with a pair of used Bozaks for 100 bucks. Had I known then that they'd still sound great 30 years later I might have worked overtime. She left me for the quarterback. My starter wife ended up with the Bozaks. Finally got a pair of CF-3's and some Forte's this past last year, Three if you count the computer speaks. Four if you count the pair I got my dad for Christmas. My brother got a MINT pair of KG4s for 100 bucks, and a pair of RB35s. He's going to pick up a pair of Chorus II's this weekend. Twas a very good year! She now weighs 218 and drives a rusted out '94 Dodge Caravan. She's on welfare, is covered with tats and lives in a trailer down by the river. She's been on Springer three times, once for each kid. As far as the bozaks.....I dunno.

<< "groody (is that a word?)" >> I am not sure of the of the word 'groody'. Perhaps others can opine and shed some illumination on this. If you were using the word 'grody', then the answer is yes, but your spellage is incorrect. Used in surfer and popular nomenclature: 1. grody 399 up, 47 down Nasty, dirty, disgusting, foul, revolting, yucky. Are you sure you want to eat that Chinese food? It looks all grody. by MoonKnight Nov 22, 2002 share this add comment 2. grody 364 up, 108 down noun: disgusting, dirty or just plain unappealing. inflected: grodier, grodiest it seams this may be an Americanized pronounciation of the british "grotty", which means "of poor quality". "sit in the back seat, i spilled honey on the front seat and it's all grody." "those are the grodiest rest rooms in the state" Not to be confused with "gnarly". If your liners are gnarly, then you'll probably want to keep them. Gnarly liners are considered fashizzle.

Interesting thread. I am also in the market for an old 2 channel gem. Marantz units are well represented on ebay, but it's hard for me to know what's a deal and what not. I let an old Sansui 9090DB go for a song, not realizing what I had when the snaps, crackles and pops got to be too much. It needed significant repair, but from what I now know it was a worthwhile candidate for a refurb. I currently run my CF3s on a recent 120W Sony 5.1. I pretty much hate it, but it was very cheap when I needed something. My Fortes are wired to an old Pioneer receiver in another part of the domo. It's pretty basic, and I know that I am sacrificing the quality of the speakers by using it. Last week, a gorgeous Phase Linear Amp/Preamp combo went for 400 bucks. I know little of them, except for the fact that when I was a kid, most of the Hi-Fi shops were using either one of these, or a Big Mac to run the demo speakers. I'm not necessarily looking for Marantz, but I'd certainly consider one if the right one came along. I have contemplated holding out for a tube unit, but I'm not sure I have the funds to do it properly. All I know is that I really dispise most of the crap that comes with using a new, HT style receiver. A friend suggested that I look for a Fisher 500C.....most of these go for around 350-425 on ebay, but how much $$$ does it then take to bring it up to speed? So for now, I am on the fence and trying to learn as much as I can from the gear-heads here. Thanks for the tutorials!

I appreciate the info. Some of what I had read on the webs led leads me to believe that it is perhaps MORE than it is, hence my interest in what audio geeks have to say about it. It's beginning to sound as though the only real benefit I will gain with it is easy of manipulation of iTunes and the wireless aspect. Not too sure that I need to toss out a tenth of a box of ziti for that at this time. Perhaps....I'll keep digging.

And what's this "passive radiator" crap? They CHARGE you for a speaker and then they don't even wire it in??? They must think we're born yesterday. AS IF my neighbor wants to hear MY speakers! One other thing.....when I hear "grill" I think of two things.....chrome just like on the front of my car, and steaks out on the old Weber. Both of them are metal. The "grills" on my speaks are cheesy, flimsy, sheer CLOTH! I want CHROME grills!

mdeneen, Thanks, that's pretty much exactly what I'm looking for. And in fact is much the way I use my laptop/ITunes now. However, I am concerned about the cable connection since it is exactly what I use now, albeit in a non wireless manner. I have been told that there is a significant signal loss in that small (1/16") connector pin and that there's a better way...namely a USB-to-RCA connector type which would provide a much better signal. Is there somehting that the AE can do (besides it being wireless) that makes it sound better than just running my laptop directly to my receiver (using the laptops tiny earbud jack)?? I tried this same cable on my iPod (to receiver) and the signal stinks. Clearly the iPod is a lousy source, but is it lousy signal a function of the iPod or the puny connector...or both? I really like the idea of it being wireless and using a remote location. My stereo gear is crammed into the corner and it's not the most accessible location. As a side note, this morning (Mozarts Birthday) my local station was playing some really great music. I grew tired of the crap which was coming out of my receiver in additon to the music (lousy signal and noise) so I tried to stream it using the cable. It took me about 20 minutes to adjust the EQ function of my laptop to get the signal to sound similar (as good) as that from the receiver. Does the AE "color" the sound or is this strictly a function of my computer?? Or better yet, does it strip the signal down to it's cleanest form? In the meantime, I'll try playing a CD on the CD player and simulcast the same CD on ITunes and try to mirror the image using the laptops EQ. 95% of what I own has been transferred to iTunes. One of these days I'll get around to the vinyl.

I'm looking at this little gizmo to bridge my PC library to my stereo. http://www.apple.com/airportexpress/ I currently use just a cheap RCA to headphone plug and there's a significant loss in signal quality. Supposedly this little mother is an easy, cheap way to get the job done and it does so without significant signal degradation. If it's possible to utilize my iTunes library (20Gig) over the homedrome system than I'd love to give it a try. I am probably the laziest guy on this forum and my cerebral processor is extremely limited in both capacity and function. Before I go that route, I'd thought that I'd solicit advice from the gearheads here who have more money tied up in their system than my entire net worth. Is it truly plug and play or is there additional stuff required to make this work?? Thanks in advance for your patience and tutelage.

I got a rock.

TWO dead tweeters.....TWO! On top of that, the maufacturer wanted the outrageous sum of SIXTY dollars for a replacement pair!! Just to taunt me they sent them directly to my home with no tax and no shipping AS IF they were doing me a favor! These speaks cost over a grand! (Well, 20 years ago someone paid that kind of ching.....they cost less than 400 this week!!! (SCHWEET!!!!) If they truly stood behind their product they would have sent Elle McPherson over wearing nothing but a smile and a tool belt to repair the port unit and Ann Margaret (at age 28 and wearing velcro lace and a come hither smile) to fix the starboard! Plus, they should send a significant supply of "I'm sorry for the heinous volume" cards so I can put them on my neighbors door knobs to appease them for the cracks I've put in their drywall. Over the years I've had some pretty neat toys....but these damn speakers are a blast! To think I've wasted the last 30 years listening to Bozak, Advent, Bose, and Polks......sad. I like them so much, I bought two pair in 6 months.

I have the same speaks. I picked mine up about 3 months ago or so. I am currently running them with a 110 watt SS Sony. It's a temp set up as I am in the same boat....namely looking for a decent 2 CH amp/receiver. They thunder now, I can't imagine them needing the power they've got. Can't answer your question, but if you don't mind I'll piggy back this post and troll for info. Nice speakers eh??

Did you call Klipsch?? The only reason I say this is that I just bought a pair of Fortes with blown tweeters. They are in stock at K and cheap. Perhaps you will have the same luck as I????

My father played the viola in the National Symphony in DC for 40 years. His day began with classical music and I used to lie in bed listening to Bach, Beethoven and Brahms. I have since adopted his morning habit. I have speakers all over the house and the first thing I want to hear in the morning is classical. I used to live with a gal and the first thing she turned on was the Regis and kathy Lee........it drove me absolutley batshit! As the day progresses I am all over the map musically. About the only thing I don't listen to is Mainline (CMT type) contry and ©rap. Lots of blues, jazz and when I want to annoy the neighbors plain old fashioned R&R. I'll get on a kick for a few days and then move on to something else. I get bored listening to the same thing and love to stumble across stuff I've never heard of before. The great thing about new speakers is hearing new sounds in old tunes. I love my Klipsch!

CHAPTER TWO--------- "The Delimna" (De-LIMM-nuh) Much to my chagrin, dismay, displume, mortification, horror, and angst, both tweeters inop, dead, bereft of life, no more, shagged out, pushing up dasies, and have gone to meet their maker. I was reluctant to kick tires and get all medieval with them when I was at the old guys crib. As the dog whisperer says, I was passive submissive and living in the moment. Additionally he seemed a bit on edge about me yanking and banking with his babies, even though he had the gall to unload them on Craigslist and cast them into the wretched and ordinary abyss of John Q. At any rate, new tweeters are $30.50/each from Klipsch. Free shipping, no tax, direct screw in replacement no soldering etc required. Even a dweeb like me can do it once I get the screwdriver part figured out. Both ship today. Oh well, two perfect Fortes with new tweeters, boxes, & a spare grill for $456. I'm still happy. Not giddy, bouyant, ebullient, euphoric, effervescent or fiendish, but I am happy. This partially explains the big diff when I had them side by side with my boomers. Not the sharpest tool on the forum, but a tool nontheless. OM

I'm tearing the place apart in an attempt to find them a happy spot. For the time being I have them in my bedroom approx 10 feet apart and within about 6 inches of the corners. They sound (as you might expect) fantastic. If I can figure out how, I'll post a few pics just to show their condition....or one could just look at the ones on the website as they look the same. (Oh gawd...now I'm gloating!) Schweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!