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The longer these sit in my house, the smaller they seem to me. [*-)]Michael, the throats are cast aluminum and not iron. Still pretty heavy, though. Did you say yours were the 60 x 40 horns? JBL considers those a medium throw horn. Bruce

HBR stands for Heresy Birch Raw, meaning they came with no finish on them. Any finish was applied by the end user. Yes, you can strip/sand and restain to your liking. Be aware, birch doesn't always take a stain very evenly. Also, the outer layer of the birch isn't very thick, so you need to be careful when sanding. Bruce

Phillip - How big a room are you talking about? My living room is about 13 x 20 or so. I only sit about 10 feet back from my LaScalas, and my 2A3s do a great job, and the music just draws me in. If you weren't at the opposite end of the state, I would invite you over for a listen (you are still invited, but it's a long way) Bruce

I worked with a guy once who had a nice pair of Speaklab SKs. He had them about three feet from the corners, and they sounded great. They were at the correct angle, just pulled out.

Those RT200i cabinets are: 45.5 inches tall 9.5 wide 16.75 deep If you need wife approval, Corwalls probably won't make the cut. Some of the RF line would work. Chorus and Forte would be next, being a little wider. You will certainly get more sparkle from the Klipsch models. Bruce

Our school library decided to toss almost all of their LPs. I've picked up a few. The covers on most of them are BEAT, but the condition of the vinyl is very good. Julian Bream in Concert / RCA Victor RED SEAL (actually got two of these) Jean-Pierre Rampal and Lily Laskine / Odyssey Norman Blake & The RIsing Fawn String Ensemble / Rounder (Norman and his wife live less than an hour from me and are really laid back. THis one is almost mint, including the jacket) The Copenhagen String Quartet - Sibelius String Quartet in D minor and Berwald String Quartet No. 2 / Turnabout VOX Widor: Symphony No. 5 in F minor and Symphony no. 9 in C minor, Marcel Dupre / Westminster HiFi Music for Organ and Brass, E Power Biggs and the Boston Brass Ensemble / Columbia Glen Miller - The Nearness of You / RCA Collectors Issue Virgil Fox plays the Philharmonic Hall organ at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts/ Command Classics (original recorded on 35mm mag film) Fats Domino - Fats on Fire / ABC-Paramount I got a few more - Charles Ives (a 12 inch and a 7 inch lp), Villa-Lobos, Emerson Lake & Palmer, haven't dug through the rest yet. One of the guys in my office, whose wife graduated from the school and whose father taught music there, took home about 28 boxes. Bruce

My youngest son, plays trumpet, and just got his Bachelor of Music degree. Loves big symphony music, and was principle trumpet for the Valpo U. Orchestra. He knows dynamics and volume, so I always enjoy it when he is home and says that listening to my system is like having an orchestra in the living room. Again, his ears, my ears, my room. YMMV, yadayada My only complaint about orchestral recordings is this: For all those who want to listen to the recording the same as the perfomance, I wish they would say what db level you should be expecting, and approx. what row you should think you are in. If the recording is meant to sound like you are in the front row, you will have the gain set a LOT different than the 25th. And playing it back differently will make a huge difference in your perception of the music.

For me, when it hits 100db, it's too loud. Not because of distortion, but I just don't like it LOUD much anymore. I have a 75 wpc SS amp I can use, very clean and quiet, but I don't find I need it for most of what I like and listen to. I should point out that my crossovers, as Erik mentioned, are low order, but also a constant impedance, to present a more even load to my Moondogs. Bruce

My living room is slightl smaller than yours. I use a JM Merlin, feeding the Moondogs. The speakers are some LaScalas. I find, for my room, I have plenty of bass and plenty of volume. At around 80-85db, the music carries me away to another place. I am more than happy with orchestral/symphonic music, jazz and a lot of rock and roll. I have found the greater detail means I don't have to turn it up to hear what's there. Bruce

You could also screw them onto a board and use a bandsaw.. Just like having them mounted on a baffle.

I switched to AT&T a couple of years ago, so I could easily use my phone overseas. Actually bought an unlocked quad band GSM phone (Sony Ericsson w810i). Before I left the States, I had gotten a SIM card for the Philippines. I swapped it for mine right after boarding (wondered if the flight crew would freak out over that). When I got off the plane and powered on my phone, I had a local number which I had already sent to my gf. I did the same thing when we met up in Ireland last August. Been using the same Sony Ericsson for the past 2 1/2 years and it has always worked well. Original battery. I really like the SE menuing system. It just seems to make more sense to me. Just got my youngest a Samsung Impression. Touch screen plus a qwerty keyboard. Not quite a smart phone, no wifi, but he likes it a lot. We'll see how it holds up.

You miss yours? Did this happen when you vistited jc?

Of course not! [:$] The bandksound pages are still up, and I had the shortcut. I knew better. I am removing the old link...

[Y] [Y] [Y] [Y] I'm really glad it was someting that simple. Is the quality turning out like you had hoped? Bruce

For a price of just over $3100, I would hope it sounds GREAT! Beautiful... and I like the bronze throat adapter. Bruce

The tweeter diaphragms are inexpensive, either from Bob Crites or from Klipsch. Bob's pages aren't displaying correctly or I would tell you how cheap. [:^)] Bruce

That's about what I had figured out, too. Thanks Mike - and thank yoru wife, as well. dtel- sounds good to me

I must be running a fever. Now they are starting to look like smaller speakers. Very nice!

Mike, Here's the address in English: <gf name> Jiangxi Modern Polytech College 338th Ziyang Road Nanchang, Jiangxi 330012 and the text from the college's website: ??:????????????????338? ??:330012 I used the SimHei font. Translated on Google it comes out: Address: Jiangxi Province, Nanchang University Park Chang Ziyang Road 338 Zip: 330012 Seems a little quirky to me. Bruce

That's really funny. I use the Google Language Tools all the time, but wasn't thinking they even had Chinese listed. It worked exactly as I thought, which may be a great help. Normally, when sending a letter to my gf in Nanchang, I just put her address in English, and it takes forever to get there. Since she lives at the school where she teaches, I thought I might also stick a line on the bottom of the envelope with the school address, and see if it will speed up the delivery. Bruce

Michael, Is that a JBL horn in your avatar? A 2365? Bruce

I need to verify an English address with the same in Chinese (simplified). I can post a pic of the address in Chinese, and the English text. TIA, Bruce

She looks a little sheepish... [*-)]

You have to have all the lights out in the store, so the only light is from the open doorway. They will head out. We had renovation work going on in our school library, and a couple of birds got in. After folks chasing them around for a half hour, we did the above, and they were out in a couple of minutes. Bruce

You could use a small piece of fabric, too.Probably pleat it the same as the rest of the surround. If you can get the Weldbond in the tropics (you didn't say where in the tropics...). It works great. http://www.shopnontoxic.com/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryID=1 Thin it a little with water. It stays flexible once it dries. Thanks to djk for pointing out this product to me.