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Colin

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  1. and it all started here, with Klipsch...
  2. http://www.nfl.com/qs/peytonspace/index.jsp?campaign=Facebook_peyton Even without Coach John Fox recovering from heart surgery, Peyton Manning continued his dominance in Week 10 throwing four touchdown passes, including three to Demaryius Thomas. The Broncos came out of their bye hot and beat the San Diego Chargers 28-20 to go 8-1.
  3. I am more of a sports movie fan than a football fan. But I do like to see Peyton Manning, possibly the world’s greatest living quarterback, up near the top of the rankings. Can his Broncos go all the way? Can he return to the SuperBowl again?
  4. The surprising Chiefs, thanks to their sparkling 7-0 record and the Broncos' loss at Indianapolis, reign supreme heading into Week 8. (Who saw that coming?) http://espn.go.com/nfl/powerrankings
  5. Dangerous Dogma & Silly Superstitions of Religious BeliefsThe Silly and Often Dangerous Dogma of Traditional Religions and their Superstitious Beliefs
  6. what no BS forum? What is audio without drinking and discussing? you might like my https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dangerous-Dogma-Silly-Superstitions-of-Religious-Beliefs/101107586602278 Read the Notes: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dangerous-Dogma-Silly-Superstitions-of-Religious-Beliefs/101107586602278?id=101107586602278&sk=notes
  7. Fifth Estate In the Wikileaks movie, Assange felt he had to go to Europe to get the freedom he wanted. Many of the bit-torrent download sites are located there. In fact, in the movie Assange wears a Pirate Bay t-shirt of the open-source group that lead to web site of the same name. I doubt that our media is brave enough to publish Private Manning and Edward Snowden’s revelations. That Europe was going to do it anyway probably forced their hand. Today Daniel Ellsberg, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein would be too hampered, edited and afraid to reveal all that they did before. The movie itself is weak. The biggest release of government data in history and numerous government crimes it exposes could be exciting stuff. Except that Assange stays ahead of them and wisely releases everything, unedited, so that nothing can happen to him. There is very little action to move things along. This is NOT Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford in “All the King’s Men” either. It isn’t a personal battle with a powerful and unscrupulous president. Maybe the Private Manning or Edward Snowden movies (hope they are coming) will better. Hard to make typing on a laptop and talking on a phone, the work of journalists, exciting even when telling on the largest, most powerful empire in history. The movie does feel like a smear job - he wasn't fair to people who wanted to hold back the information.
  8. I have seen Superman, Ironman 3 and the White House action movies this year. So far the most exciting one has been the non-stop action of Gravity. This is sure to rank as one of the best science fiction movies ever. Like Apollo 13, certainly one of the best space movies. This director is on a roll. Children of God was a great movie. NOT sure the 3D was worth it though. It is certainly no lush Hugo 3D but Gravity was one of those movies, like Hugo, that displays the amazing emotional impact that modern movies can have. Movies like this one make me love the movies. Highly recommend on really big screens. Rated PG-13 for intense perilous sequences.
  9. Tom Hanks will certainly be nominated, again, for this one. Might even win it. Have to see what the competion looks like. Won’t be DiCaprio in “The Great Gatsby.” Although NOT about sailing or boating, all the drama in Captain Philips happens on a huge cargo container ship and crowded orange lifeboat. Like Gravity, this is a theater movie worthy of the ticket price. NOT because like Gravity the ocean stage is as huge as space, but because the pace, drama, tensions, plot, counter-moves of a modern-day sea-battle between a huge unarmed freighter and a small, fast skiff with assault rifles provides an apt allegory for taut relations between the first world Haves and the third world Have-nots. For Somalian pirates, it is a matter of enormous riches and desperation. For the crew of the lumbering container ship, it was just a coffee break and fire drill… http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1535109/
  10. do you Corns have two sets of speaker cable binding posts on the rear of the cabinet? Do they have a jumper plate in between them? Do you have a tube or solid-state amp with a volume control so you can match the output? Do you have frequency response tracks and a SPL meter?
  11. easiest way is with a powered sub-woofer! The Corns don't go down too deeply that a big, high output subs can't help out the bottom end...
  12. i make it a habit to anser unanswered questions, where can I see those?
  13. I like to see most popular threads and also my threads...
  14. NFL POWER RANKINGS: Where Every Team Stands Going Into Week 5 Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/nfl-power-rankings-week-five-2013-10?op=1#ixzz2gaHffaqr
  15. Dolphins and Peyton Manning with Broncos are unbeaten after three games! https://www.google.com/search?q=nfl+standings&rlz=1C1TSND_enUS484US484&oq=nfl+standings&aqs=chrome..69i57j5j0l2.4771j0&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
  16. yes, it finally happened again! The Dolphins have a perfect season again. (so far) (game one) any predictions? What does Peter King say?
  17. cheap chip amps are an audio[hile bargin, just not the ultimate sound: http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/equipment/0707/trends_audio_ta101.htm
  18. Colin

    Best 3D Movie

    In yet another attack on the White House - third one this year, with a heavy dose of anti-Muslim terrorist sentiment the action packed Ironman 3 is as much about Tony Starks anxieties as it is about his wonderful technologies. One of the best movies I have seen so far this year, action-packed Three is clearly designed for the big screen. The thirty some audience seemed excited by the cheap lines, but I dont remember one. Much is assumed in the way of technology and plot (the bad guy as usual has enormous unexplained resources). Robert Downey Jr. is charming as heck. Ben Kingsley is always good. Price for 3D is a steep surcharge, yet movie does NOT pander to the 3D special effects. NOT as gripping as Two, more character development, but it keeps moving throughout. If you like this kind of big action screen thrill ride, Three is worth the theater price of admission. I know a few home theaters in my local Audiophile Meetup that could do justice tjo this performance with their huge screens and multiple sub-woofers. Save your thousands. Spend the sawbucks. See in the movie theater, 3D or NOT.
  19. Colin

    Dynaco ST-35 Sold

    shared on my Audio Tube Amp page - 700 to 4K hits per week
  20. Writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely have shown a knack for hardboiled black comedy before, notably in "You Kill Me," and it's easy to imagine that the Coen brothers could have fashioned something sharp and funny out of this dismal true story. But even if he's obviously imitating "Burn After Reading" (the Coens' worst film) and "Fargo" (possibly their best), putting a satire in Bay's hands is rather like presenting the keys of a stolen Lamborghini to a drunken teenager. It's a fast ride, but it doesn't take you where you want to go. This is a movie about stupidity and cruelty in which stupidity and cruelty permeate almost every scene. Bay doesn't hold anything back -- everything is over-pitched and underlined in hot neon. If he's braked his trademark action cutting, it's only to go overboard on slow-motion so as not to miss a single drop of blood or perspiration. http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/26/showbiz/movies/pain-gain-review-charity/index.html
  21. Colin

    Best 3D Movie

    https://www.facebook.com/notes/the-tweaking-audiophile/scorseses-homage-to-cinema-hugo-3d/275836875798885
  22. Skyfall skillfully reprises the old with the new; introduces the new while discarding the old. In fact, refreshing, re-energizing and replacing is the sub-plot and theme of this fast-packed action thriller. The 50-year-old, billion-dollar Bond franchise is alive and well with its latest re-incarnation. Craig is tough guy, Judi Dench is amazing as always and equally good Ralph Fiennes signs on (no doubt for a real part in some future episode). On a scale of $1 (wait for Redbox rental) to $10 (see it now in multichannel theater with big screen), the latest Bond incarnation is certainly a $10. There is so much scenery, action, with some interesting dialogue, but a weak super-criminal plot, that I would even give it a $15; I wouldnt mind seeing it all over again. NOT so Taken 2. Liam Neeson is a big guy and a boxer. But that doesnt come across in this latest installment of the man rescues women action series. In comparison to Skyfall, the Istanbul scenery and villains are dirty, grimy and dull, the dialogue tepid (There isnt one memorable line) and the plot predictable. Did I like it? Yes. Did they leave the door open for a sequel? Yes. Will I watch it? Yes again. It isnt XXX, but it is enjoyable. Better than a one buck rating; possibly half-way to a full $10 movie pass. I rate it $6 ½, for hero action in a foreighn setting. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000553/ If you lived through the incredible airplane crash scenes in Ethan Hawkes Alive, Spielbergs Jurassic Park 3, and the riveting fictionalized documentary, Untied 93, you must watch Flight, in the big screen theater. First, it isnt the crash scene that makes this movie, it is the riveting tale of personal destruction that occurs alongside the government investigation into the crash scene that creates the tension through-out this movie. Denzel Washington may rank as one of Hollywoods most over-paid actors (Forbes), but this one should his earnings/fee ration back into double digits. This movie has accurate, personal drama, financial intrigue, character insight and courtesy a crashing and burning passenger airliner - big screen action. Think Oscar nomination. See it again? NOT necessarrily. But I give it $10 see it in the theater this while it is there.
  23. The Grado cans and their cartridges have a phenomenal reputation. Of course, it depends on budget and needs, likes and dislikes. I reviewed a few earbuds, headphones and amplifiers for EnjoyTheMusic.com. I loved the accuracy of the Sennheiser cans, but like many radiator cone loudspeakers, they require a quantity of power to drive. This is the popular cones and sand, type of loudspeakers and amplifier that so dominates our hobby. I loved the comfort and dynamics of the ATH wings, especially with tubes. NOT accurate, but musical. This is the horns and tubes combination that I like so much: http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/equipment/0309/asl_hb1.htm The HB1 costs only $300; half the price of the HeadRoom Micro combo, a quarter of the Dac1USB's cost. Compared to the price of my headphones, the price of the HB1 is quite reasonable. Despite the HB1's weaknesses in the Sub-bass and High-frequencies categories, its price and silver medal qualities in Tonality, Mid-range and Enjoyment push it over the edge in the Value for the Money category. http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/equipment/0309/benchmark_dac1_usb.htm The DAC1 USB cost is not too far out of line for a superb quality audio system. If you want the sleek Vette, with 500 solid-state horses crammed under a silver hood at your desk, this is the ultimate DAC/headphone amplifier. http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/equipment/0209/headroom_micro_amp_dac.htm The HeadRoom combo meanwhile, provides most of the DAC1USB's Über pie, but for a lot less dough. They provide 75 to 90 percent of the sound quality at a good, solid price. The treble sparkles, horns blat and blare. The amplifier allows two inputs and three gain settings. It is small, attractive and competently designed, with great sound. Think 300-hp Mustang versus seven liter Vette, at twice the price. http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/equipment/0210/klipsch_image_s2.htm My first choice for headphone listening? Well, it would have to be the Oppo player of course. And while the ASL HB-1 has the enticing tube mid-range, in my Micro DAC review, I said it was at the "soft point in the pricing curve; the spot where highest sonic qualities meet lowest price," so I would have to give the nod to the Oppo and Micro DAC combo, regardless of which cans or buds they are driving. Although the Micro DAC has the hard edge of solidstate, they also have the oomph to fill even tiny buds with bass and dynamics. http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/equipment/1109/sennheiser_hd650.htm The 650s are exceptionally capable performers, with few significant sonic weaknesses. In the categories of mid-bass, mid-range and high-frequencies, the 650s are above average. In my own personal category, Enjoyment, they also score four Blue Notes. If the 650s werent four times the price of my goofy looking ATH-A700 wings and more comfortable for extended wear, I would award them more Blue Notes in the Value For The Money category. http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/equipment/0708/audio_technia_ath_a700.htm Big cans and hoops that make you look like Gazoo may not be even a tweaking audiophile's choice of headwear, but as their Web site says, the ATH-A700 do provide very high efficiency dynamics with "full, rich balanced bass for "long hours of remarkably comfortable listening. Their sophisticated design, sound and price are solid as a cathedral. The ATH-A700s are an excellent value for sound and quality. For tweaking audiophiles looking for over-the-ear, closed-back headphones, this is a winning model at a great price point. Audio-Technica calls the headphones ART monitors. Believe me; with the craft of these cans, you do enjoy the music.
  24. the speaker is the MOst important part of the audio chain. Khorns sound good with a boom box. Sanders Electrostatics has a very good white paper on the need for solid-state watts. But big ole horns require extremely low distortion, NOT watts, to sound great and loud. This low distortion capability is readily available: So, look for heavy, vintage solid-state receivers, like Harmon Kardon twin transformer models 430-930, which go for as little as $5, but usally sell for $50 to $150 Check out chip amplifiers, like Sonic Impact and Trend Audio, which were about $100 Seriously consider low-cost, refurbished vintage integrated tube amplifiers from fellow forum poster Craig, at NOSvalves.com. Refurbishing one will take time, yet it will cost less about a grand. The result however, will be as almost as good as most mega-buck integrated amplifiers, solid-state or tube. I know from experience that Cayin, Antique Sound Labs, Bottlehead and now Carys new Audio Electronics tube amplifiers are quite good Jonathon Valin in The Absolute Sound (September 09) gave a rave review to the $800 Odyssey Khartago Power Amplifier comparing it very favorably to much more expensive amplifiers. I just heard and loved an Outlaw receiver on big ole horns
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