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How about some Tom Lehrer! Poisoning Pigeons in the Park Opening Remarks (not part of lyrics): I'd like to take you now on wings of song as it were, and try and help you forget, perhaps, for a while, your drab wretched lives. Here is a song all about springtime in general, and in particular about one of the many delightful pastimes that the becoming of spring affords us all. Lyrics: Spring is here, a-suh-puh-ring is here. Life is skittles and life is beer. I think the loveliest time of the year is the spring. I do, don't you? 'Course you do. But there's one thing that makes spring complete for me, And makes every Sunday a treat for me. All the world seems in tune On a spring afternoon, When we're poisoning pigeons in the park. Every Sunday you'll see My sweetheart and me, As we poison the pigeons in the park. When they see us coming, the birdies all try an' hide, But they still go for peanuts when coated with cyanide. The sun's shining bright, Everything seems all right, When we're poisoning pigeons in the park. We've gained notoriety, And caused much anxiety In the Audubon Society With our games. They call it impiety And lack of propriety, And quite a variety Of unpleasant names. But it's not against any religion To want to dispose of a pigeon. So if Sunday you're free, Why don't you come with me, And we'll poison the pigeons in the park. And maybe we'll do In a squirrel or two, While we're poisoning pigeons in the park. We'll murder them all amid laughter and merriment, Except for the few we take home to experiment. My pulse will be quickenin' With each drop of strych'nine We feed to a pigeon. (It just takes a smidgin!) To poison a pigeon in the park.

Ebay auction that just ended for a genuine Klipsch coffee mug. Holy @#%$, Batman! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1395664210&rd=1

What's even more fun is dialing in the VTA on a Rega RB-900. I can remove/replace the arm darn near in the dark, kinda like field-stripping a Colt 1911 45. It makes VTA adjustment on my Linn Ittok LVII seem easy by comparison, but taking the time to adjust VTA correctly does pay off!

The left one is for the Dish Network and the right one picks up Direct TV.

Ah.....I'd like to have an argument, please. Certainly, Sir. Have you been here before? No, I haven't. This is my first time. I see. Well, do you want to have just one argument, or were you thinking of taking a course? Well, what is the cost? Well, it's one pound for a five-minute argument but only eight pounds for a course of ten. Well, I think it would be best if I perhaps started off with just the one and then see how it goes. Fine. Well, I'll see who's free at the moment. Mr. DeBakey is free but he's a little bit conciliatory. Ah yes, try Mr. Barnard, Room 12. Thank you.

This thread is starting to look like a typical homeowner's association, which isn't good by any means. Sharing knowledge is what makes a successful forum and the Klipsch forum is one of the best out there due to the varied levels and types of expertise of its members. There are some really good people here and if they're a little opinionated - so what. There are already too many people in this country working the PC angle and Randy' inference that AA's rules apply here is wrong. Klipsch makes the rules here and so far everyone seems to be staying within them, I'm sure that if the line is crossed a moderator will step in. What I don't want to see is this spiral downhill to the point that Klipsch DOES have to intervene. Here's my impressions: Mobile is very knowledgeable and also very opinionated, but at least he takes the time to post and to help people out. At least his posts aren't boring. I lurk more than I post (which is no excuse) and wish I had more time available for posting, but I don't. If you ask for help in a public forum don't be thin-skinned about it, you may not like the answer but at least it gives one a different perspective. Just remember how much the help cost you - try calling Microsoft or the like for info without your credit card number handy. Al K is extremely generous with his time and expertise, and the last time I checked there were no pop-ups on this site promoting ALK crossovers. Anyone who takes the time to design a network and give people a choice whether to buy one or build one from his FREE schematic is OK in my book. Like ALL audio components, what sounds better is subjective based on the listener and the listening environment. Again, if Klipsch feels it's financial toes are being stepped on I'm sure they will contact Al to let him know. Randy is no dummy and I've enjoyed his posts but I think he's off the mark on this one. If this forum works by policing itself it is far better off than having to have heavy-handed moderators enforce Draconian rules along the lines of a public school zero-tolerance mindset. For example, when the forum software was switched and the idiotic naughty-word censoring software kicked in. Do we really want big brother dissecting every post? There's others on this forum (too many to name) besides the aforementioned people that are a great source of knowledge to me and have influenced some of my buying decisions. If there's a few flames here and there oh well, it keeps the forum from reading like a technical journal. I would not have even considered making a move into tube components if it were not for the valued uncensored opinions of those on this board. Please keep this board free of any rules that would make people hesitant to post here! Now it's time to jump off the soap box before they make a rule about posts that induce unconsciousness. AD

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ttK, I've got a VPI 16.5 and am impressed with it. The construction quality is first class, the mechanism is very solid, the vacuum is quite strong (but somewhat loud) and spare parts are readily available. It's very easy to use but you have to do the scrubbing part yourself, VPI's top model is fully automatic but will set you back over $900.00. I can do my own scrubbing to keep $450.00 in my pocket! I hunt down LP's at yard sales and flea markets so cleaning is a must prior to playing them but there are some real gems still out there just waiting for a bath. I got my 16.5 from Audio Advisor when they had a sale going and a free shipping deal, saved me enough money to buy plenty of inner and outer sleeves for new acquisitions. I couldn't tell you anything about the other brands but if you get a VPI you'll probably like it.

That scene really bites! ""last house on left" was great. remember this scene?: ahhhhhhhh, ooooooouch!!! "

The bass bin design looks like a nice setup but I am wondering what it would do to the TV itself. If it will go down to 30 Hz I'm guessing that it would severely vibrate the chassis of the TV, possibly causing long-term problems with PCB's and causing any cold solder joints to head for the cliffs like lemmings. Kind of like strapping a TV on a Harley-Davidson Sportster: at some point the fasteners are going to fall out! If you build this you may want to re-engineer in some vibration control.

I've got a couple of units laying around here that use that type of amplification. Both are early 80's vintage Yamaha pieces: a R-1000 receiver and a B-6 amplifier (pyramid shaped). These amps both use a high-speed comparator circuit to monitor the audio signal and switch to high power output when musical transients call for it. The comparator circuit switches to high power just slightly before transient needs it and leaves the power up for about a half a second afterwards so that the sound is seamless. The upside is great dynamic headroom (3 Db) so that the amp won't clip unless really pushed hard and the physical size of the amp is small. The downside is the amp doesn't like low impedance loads and will get hot if listened to at loud levels for a long period of time. Overall they are nice sounding units when matched with appropriate speakers. The amp design is similar to the Carver magnetic field amplifiers of that time period.

For all the cat-lovers out there (I have 4 of 'em) here's something to serve your dog-loving acquaintances. They're especially good for Halloween parties! CAT POOP COOKIES! (Author Unknown) Here, by popular request (believe it or not) is the recipe for the infamous disgusting cookies that look like cats poops (rolled in grape-nuts, which makes lovely fake kitty litter.) There are two flavors-chocolate (dark brown) and gingerbread (light brown). The author seldom measured carefully, so the amounts may need adjustment, especially on flavoring. The cookies are dense and not very sweet, this is necesssary so that they will keep their shape during baking. If you use white flour or sugar, they may be tastier but they won't look like poopies. Chocolate ingredients: 1/2 cup honey 2/3 cup (1 and 1/3 stick) butter, margarine, or lard 1 egg 1 tsp vanilla or peppermint extract 2 cups whole wheat flour 1/3 cup cocoa powder grape-nuts cereal Gingerbread ingredients: 1/4 cup honey 1/4 cup molasses 2/3 cup(1 and 1/3 stick) butter or margarine, or lard 1 egg 2 and 1/3 cups whole wheat flour spices-ginger, cinnamon, cloves to taste (maybe 1/2 tsp each) grape-nuts cereal Mix-ins: Coconut = tapeworms Chocolate chips = poop chunks! Butterscotch chips = diarrhea! Peanut butter chips = diarrhea! Cooked spagetti or ramen noodles = roundworms Corn = self explanatory! Peanuts = chunks M&Ms = decoration? To Make: Microwave the honey till it bubbles (about 1 minute). Add the butter, (I've been told using lard makes for a more realistic texture and softer cookie) and the molasses, if any. Add the egg, mix well, then mix in all the other stuff. Add mix-ins of your choice to some or all of the batter. Chill 1 hour in the freezer or several hours in the fridge. Roll dough logs of random length and the diameter of cat poops. Roll logs in grape-nuts and bake at 350 degrees till done (about 20 minutes, but this varies so watch them.) Serve in a disposable cat litter box on a bed of grapenuts, with a cat litter scoop. I hear you get lovely effects by decorating the box and scoop with melted chocolate or pudding. Brown sugar might work as a substitute for the new clumping litters... Mixing brown sugar with the grapenuts "sweetens up the cookie a bit while still looking truly hideous."

This new board is going to take some getting used to, but the one thing that HAS to go is the insane censoring of words. I've seen the K L of K l i p s c h bleeped, the A S S of b a s s bleeped, etc., etc. The politically correct garbage is bad enough in newspapers, magazines, and TV but it definitely doesn't belong in this forum. What's next, you can't say tweeter because it rhymes with eat her? Censorship is something that should be applied very lightly if at all, no one wants to read profanity or maniacal ravings but software that bleeps letters because the word could be dirty in Esperanto is laughable. Come on Klipsch, show some trust in your forum members - we are all good people here. I would like to read the posts with needing a secret decoder ring. I promise not to type E s s o.

Is the Giga-Tube anything like a giggle stick?

I would recommend the "Ultimate Experience" CD. It has a good, varied collection of JH songs with recordings of high quality. It shows a decent range of work that should get you interested in more Hendrix stuff. Make sure you have an amp that goes to eleven for proper listening.

Here's a couple of suggestions: Skip the CC's, BB's, and stereo shops - go to a pro-audio store, like a Mars Music or any other store that sells musician-grade components. Most of their stands are designed for heavier speakers and will go to high heights. Pricing is usually the same or less than home theater grade stuff and is usually better built. I bought one to hold a Klipsch Academy (33 lbs) behind and at above TV height (setting it directly on the TV turned the screen green from magnetic interference). The stand was $49.95 and rated for 100 lbs. Go to your local plant shop and check out plant stands. I bought a pair of wrought-iron stands that were the perfect height and built heavy enough to hold Cornwalls. Set me back $30.00 for the pair!

Another suggestion in the jazz category is Patricia Barber. She has a very interesting voice and a tremendously talented band. Check out "Modern Cool" and "Cafe Blue". The recording quality on both of these CD's are first rate.

It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office. - H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956) Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard. - H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956) Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are right. - H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956) Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects. - Lester B. Pearson Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first. - Ronald Reagan (1911 - )

Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish. - Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in their readiness to doubt. - H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956) In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards. - Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person. - Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is alive? - Irv Kupcinet

How do you keep horn-o-philes in suspense? ..........

Can't we just all get along?

George the T-shirt model lives in a gated community. I think the 100% cotton Klipsch shirt would go nicely under his prison uniform. That is where they got the guy from, right? Wonder what he's in for? I was looking for the tear-drop tattoo but they must have air-brushed it out.

leok, Try this link, maybe it will jog your memory and you can find what you're looking for. http://pages.prodigy.net/nappee/mancini.htm Or this one, maybe someone there knows something. http://www.manciniinstitute.org/home.cfm

quote: Originally posted by deang: Audioholic -- I have no idea how The Stooges apply to anything in this thread. Am I dense? Are you infering this constitutes the makeup of individuals here who have an interest in maintaining the godly heritage of our country? Nice. f> s> deang: Looking at the picture directly above the one I posted it should be rather obvious. JW's use of the Bishops/Hitler picture to illustrate the need for separation of church and state struck me as ridiculous and taken out of context. I figured that my image just balanced it out a little due to the similarity of the poses, but it does require observing both images and a sense of humor. During WWII the Stooges bashed Hitler in many of their shorts, this still picture is of them done up in Nazi-like costumes and making a mockery of the Heil Hitler salute, essentially it was their way of publicly denouncing Hitler and Nazism. Try reading my earlier posts in this thread before you pass a completely inaccurate judgement on my intentions - your accusation is totally off base. But no hard feelings, my sense of humor can be a bit obtuse at times! (I'm into fini's territory now ) ---------------- The people who want to completely remove all references of religion from our government remind me too much of the "beer leads to heroin" mindset. Just because there's a mention of God in the Pledge and on our coins they seem to think that it will lead to a G-Man knocking on your front door, issuing you a Bible, and handing you instructions on how to follow the official State religion. What a crock! The last time I checked, this was the only country that allows the open practice of almost any religion imaginable AND allows it to be done tax-free. You want to worship Kermit the Frog? That's OK. Come from a long line of Druids? That's OK, too. Sacrifice chickens? Go for it. Just remember how this country was founded and that the core religious beliefs that helped shape the government have done far more good than harm. It was because of the founder's true belief in God that this country was set up to be tolerant of all people and all religions. If one is offended by something as innocuous as "In God We Trust" on our coins and bills just barter for your needs and you won't have to look at it (just remember to report your bartering proceeds to the IRS). Might I suggest a review of ancient Roman history to give an idea of what happens when the inmates try to run the asylum?

Here is a picture that I like much better: