ChuckAb3

Dean's got it right. There's a difference between "inspiration" and ripping off another guy's work. Speaking of Chuck Berry, he eventually got the credit for the Beach Boys' Surfin' USA since it so closely tracked on of his compositions. (Can't recall which one).

Of all the good things Mark lists here, the one which naturally grabbed my attention was the Belgian waffle maker. Why? 'Cause I'm still on a weight loss deal and can't have Belgian Waffles!! Damn. Oh well, mornin' from sunny Colorado.

Good find at a good price. They don't come up very often in the Denver area and when they do, the condition is not always the greatest. Welcome to the forums.

Vintage Peyton. What a performance.

Morinin' all. This semi-retired old f*** has to get some work done today after the coffee pot is drained. Would rather be outdoors since the great weather continues. Cheers.

Good afternoon folks!! I finally got tired of seeing the ghoulish outline of a guy whenever I posted something, so I found a picture of my favorite musical instrument (the one I own and play most every day) and put it up. Of course, it's a Hammond B3. Hope you all are enjoying a great Sunday. We have resort weather here in the Denver area and will take it as long as we can get it. Cheers. Chuck.

Super job, Michael. While I really like our system, there's nothing like a dedicated theater room with all the bells and whistles.

....when your house not only has perfect corners but those corners are loaded with new Klipschorns!! Thanks, Marty. Hope you are doing well. Chuck

Happy Birthday and thanks for all you contribute to the Forum!!

Nice buy!! I hope to get a chance to hear a pair of Salks. Beautiful finish on them.

Cosmetic gun shot would, huh?!? Reminds me of the old westerns where the hero takes one in the arm or leg and tells his sidekick, "Don't worry, pawdner, just a flesh wound!" Still, for 8 hundred bucks ......

I don't have any background at all with Avalons or TRL amps. I would, however, love to hear the speakers and amps of my choice in that room. I'd bet that more thought and $ per square foot went into its design than goes into most symphony halls. Impressive from that perspective.

I'm a lifelong Cardinals fan, but the Giants deserved to win the NLCS. Congrats guys.

Some of the best looking K-horns I've seen. Changes my thinking about black. My kingdom for some corners!! Those will sell.

That could be a heckuva deal for someone, assuming decent condition.

Those are beauties. The finish on the speakers is nicer than the finish on the hardwood floors. Agree with Schu on price.

You got it right. It is so basic that government should act to protect the general welfare of its citizens. Instead we get arrogance, denial of responsibility, dishonesty and twisted ideology, all to the detriment of the citizenry.

I think your plan will work out. I use KLF-10's in an all-KLF HT system. Those are full sized floorstanders like yours. At some point, you may want to use sonically matched rears (in the same series as your front speakers). Until then, just enjoy your system. From everything I've read, you have some awesome main speakers for HT and some very good rears. Welcome from Colorado.

I used 12 gauge, no-name oxygen free copper for my longer runs (similar in length to yours) from Monoprice and some fancier stuff (but still relatively cheap) for shorter runs and interconnects. All in all, it has worked quite well. Good luck with your project.

Arcam seems to have its proponents, but hardly anyone in my area carries it. Hard to get a hands-on audition. I have seen various comments on Audiogon over the years. You may find the information you're looking for in the Audiogon forums. Good luck.

CBS' Sunday Morning show did a spot on Glen within the past year. They interviewed him and one of his daughters. Worth taking a look if you can find it. At various times, he was an 'A' list session musician, a Beach Boy, the star of his own TV show (often playing with John Hartford), late night TV guest with Carson and others, etc., etc. At all times, one hell of a guitar picker. And, yeah, his personal life did tend to be a mess at times but that applies to a lot of folks.

Thanks for letting us know your decision.

Welcome, Vince. you've gotten lots of good advice from some pretty knowledgeable folks. My take is go big. You won't regret it.

Gotta get in a plug for our Broncos and Peyton Manning. Nice win over the Jets, although not as impressive as the score might indicate. And ... just 2 more TD passes until Peyton breaks Favre's record. THAT is impressive! Cheers.

Consequences? Like what would you want? The stock market is a place where people place bets. A lot of people are looking for abnormally high returns. When they see assets going up 30% per year, they are all gung-ho. It has nothing to do with the value of the asset. It's nothing more than just plain, old exuberance. Eventually, in all cases, we have to learn that exuberance really has no inherent value. Then, follows the bust. This is not crime. This is people gambling. There is so much emphasis on who hid what, what was not disclosed, phony mortgage applications, phony appraisals, etc., but you know what? Not a single investor would have listened, read or investigated if all the information was put in front of them. Chris (tigerwood) will probably disagree with much of what I have said, but this much is true: The whole stock market fraud (blue sky) law for compensating defrauded investors is a fiction. Here's how it works: Investor's stock plummets. He's unhappy. Lawyers go look at SEC filings. They find bad stuff, or they find bad stuff that was not disclosed. They sue. The fiction comes in because the investor never looked at any SEC stuff to begin with, but it is in the SEC stuff where we look for fraud. What people do is toss their money into the market on the hope of big returns. They are buying things they know absolutely nothing about. When you have that sort of behavior, you will undoubtedly come out with a lot of disappointed people. That's why there are no "consequences" which will ever change this sort of thing. The best thing they could do would be to require actual reliance by the investor who claims stock fraud. Why? Because the investor almost never actually relies on anything and is basically just "placing it on red." So, whether or not anyone lied, he should be allowed to go down in flames without any recovery if he loses his bet. But this will never happen because Wall St. would implode if it worked that way. Word would get out how bad an investment gambling on stocks really is. As long as we have this nonsensical fiction in play, it remains propped up nicely in a way that has at least enough predictability to get you from one cycle to the next and make it all have the appearance of a legitimate economic cycle. I think you got it pretty right. I've studiously worked at keeping my retirement funds out of the market and it has been the best decision for me. And ...I worked for a Fortune 5 company most of my career. A pretty honest one, too. I've seen too many of my former colleagues with a gambling 'spirit' lose 30 or 40% or more of their retirement in the market while trying to hit a home run. Individual investors have no business in the market, at least to the extent of risking money they can't afford to lose.