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Thanks, I didn't know that. Are you allowed to have pictures of the Messiah up though that's okay? Just teasing ya. I know there is only so much the guy can do when he's got so many lobbyists in his administration and Nancy Pelosi actually running things.

GREAT looking room, Ohighwayman!

Balmer, Any speaker will be in your face if you sit too close to it and your chair is up too high or you're standing. [] [] Tube equipment should not bemisused as some kind of equalizer. Horn speakers are not for everyone. I've found you either love em or hate em.

That's not my experience at all whatsoever. I guess it depends exactly what you are comparing though I'll grant you that. As a blanket statement it's nonsense to claim that modern junk is better than the classics of hi-fi.

You never know with the Oconomy the way it is . . .

I don't know why some of you all are laughing. I've been in other threads where people are swearing up and down about equally ridiculous items.

Hi Giovanni, Good to see you post here. I've found that one should never judge a speaker good or bad except with one's own ears. I have not heard this theater speaker as of yet because no one will tell me the name of a theater that has one. There are several people who have a pair of them in their homes though. I know I wouldn't spend many thousands of dollars on something without first hearing it but maybe I'm just more skeptical than most people. I've seen a lot in my time. Audiogon is full of audiophiles who bought the hype of a stereo component and were disappointed and put it right up for sale again. The careful shopper avoids a lot of heartache by auditioning before buying. Regards.

I've noticed in the past that the guys who make the most fuss about homosexuals are either gay themselves or concerned that they might be.

All the Crown amps I've heard sound like crrrrraaaap. My first experience with La Scala speakers was with a Crown amp. I had figured at the time that the La Scala speakers were just bad speakers. It seems to be the case, though, that many Klipschheads have damaged hearing and can't tell good sound from bad sound, so . . .

Sweet story, Mr. Crossman.

It's a 45 rpm record.

That issue was written by some hack creating an alternate history. It's worthless.

Back in my day when young ladies were a good deal more shy, music was used when making-out to enhance the mood for love. Some do's and don't do's from back then: DO: Play music that she wants to hear, whether you like it or not. Think folk Joni Mitchell. DO: Play music with "important" lyrics and pretend that you understand her interpretation of them. DO: Play records on a turntable with an auto return function. You don't want to be interrupted in the middle of something to lift a tonearm. DON'T: Play so loud that you can't hear her talk about herself. DON'T: Criticize the way she gets her fingerprints on the record's grooves and scratches them a little when setting the needle down. She'll peg you as anal and a control freak loser. DON'T: Obsess on your stereo equipment. Brag up your gear to your buddies. All your girl cares about is whether your hi-fi works or not, and then she wants to forget about it.

You may have felt like you shouldn't comment on something unless you could offer expert advice. But just dive right in! No one else feels constrained. There's folks with TENS OF THOUSANDS of posts.

I had it at about half volume once and an hour later, had some dudes from Oak Ridge National Labs, dressed in black breaking into my door... they were saying something about protecting national security and siesmic waves.... Once people have had their hearing damaged, their ears are not going to get better. It would be as silly to trust someone's audio judgment who had damaged ears as it would be to trust a blind man's opinion of a painting.

When I have the time I am going to incorporate the new suggestions into a list.

Sounds like you are a vintage K-hornist. []

Strange but true . . . Chet was a better singer than a trumpet player. Technically nothing special but, at his best, the emotional content was out of this world.

I have not tried that.

Obviously. Makes me wonder why . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

This is the bizarrest listening experience I've ever heard of. How do you protect your outside microphones? How do you run the cables into your house?

While I am hesitant to question someone who listens to such outstanding music as Harry Potter, I must say that unreleased versions are usually unreleased for a reason: They are second or third-rate crap that the artist and producer originally rejected. Then years later a label decides to cash in and puts out sub-standard work for completists.

No, sir, they surely do not.

If you don't like recordings from the last 5 years but earlier ones are fine, then it's obvious that it has nothing to do with your system. It's the way modern recordings are mastered. The funny thing is, DVDs are also mastered poorly, but you just don't notice it because you are caught up with the visual stimuli.

Would someone post the addresses of some theaters that have Jubilee speakers?