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  1. I do not know how are thing in the US, but in most European countries lows are getting more strict about these every day. It is up to authorities how they want to enforce them. Anyway, what I wrote about was extrem example of electrical scooter. Guy who bought it knew what he was asking for, a fast 2 wheeler that can drive him through the crowded city streets. And he has the ability to control the power. The electrical motor imported from Japan has the ability to lounch the scooter from 0 - 60 in a matter of few seconds. The person driving it (and paying for it as much as a second-hand car) has the ability to safely dwell around the city.
  2. My first neighbour produced a couple of electrical scooters and e-bicycles. Custom made work with high quality components and very expensive. But it was more like motorcycle than a bike. Very fast and quiet devices. Definitely not for everyone and requiering some learning curve if one plans to stay alive. Experience in riding motorcycles is very helpful. These things pull fast and brake fast with disc brakes. Very fun when I tried one.
  3. Useful devices if travelling through the city on shorter distances. As everything else, it depends who uses them. They are quiet, so attention should be paid to pedestrians. Also depending on the traffic in the city, the drivers should be aware of vehicles around them.
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    Horology...

    Vostok was a Russian company 😀. I am not familiar with crafstmanship of this particular model. However, I am familiar with quality of former USSR products. In general, everything that was not military grade quality , was of very poor quality. If mechanical, this was calling for a constant checks by dedicated mechanics. I would not be surprised this Vostok is of same kind.
  5. So, is the design of SMWMs finally done? Are the overall dimensions 60 by 60 inches as indicated in drawings from page 13? If so, I believe will be able to squiz them in my living room. It would be tough but probably feasible. My spouse is pretty flexible regarding my audio escapades, but in this case and given the dimensions of bass bins, I believe some extra effort from my side would have to be done if these will end up our house.
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    Never Forget

    As a guy who live across the ocean, I still do not comprehend what exactly happened there. Of course, there are many scenarios around, but does anybody have a clue what actually occurred there? But then again, I may be too optimistic to expect the answer on that one. Btw, I am way ignorant of actual political situation in the USA to even discuss that, so no way I am inclining to go that way.
  7. The moronic thing just died on me, out of nowhere. Battery 70% full. I was reading some pdf. I was also 160 miles away from home, so I had to call back home to my folks who were finding pin to activate the smart thing. Now I was finally smart enough to kill all the activating codes so the next time I have no such problems.
  8. I am probably the last one to step in here, but my comment would be that 80 dB is not exactly low level in my terms, which would be lower than that.
  9. How many of you are irritated by using smartphones, tablets etc.? I am aware that other issues come into play than just the hardware, but using my android smartphone drives me nuts. Constant delaying, pop&ups from other wendors, ads etc ... I just can not bear with it, while I only want to come to some information or such. It is too much for me and I usually end up just closing the device. It has not been so difficult before. Devices have been designed to do with purpose. For example, when I take my Nikon F2 in my hands, everything becomes second nature. Every dial has its purpose and does nothing else. No such luck with new technologies...this makes me turn into old days ...
  10. I have found that plugging the rear ports of my smallish RF floorstanders changed the acoustic characteristic too much in mid-bass and bass areas of the speakers. So in my also small room this in no way to go for a better sound.
  11. How big or small your room is? Maybe the bookshelves is all you will need. Floorstanders in a small room could have problems.
  12. Nice to have a person who was there Thebes. Although you already mentioned some of it above, what would you say are the main misconceptions about Woodstock now? 😎
  13. Try Amptastic mini1. Maybe not the cheapest but certainly has its pluses. It goes with trial period too.
  14. I was also loorking at Marantz 6006. Sony stated above is much cheaper, but of course it is stock. And there are newer models now if going to buy new. So..., would Sony 170 model be a wise decision against Marantz 6006?
  15. Seems like a nice setup to spend a few hours with 😂. Good luck this time.
  16. Thanks for the answers. I knew that xilica is a professional tool but do not know how to interpret all the data avaliable for the crossover. Therefore, I was not aware of possible limitations especially regarding its in house usage.
  17. Thanks for the answer. Since I already have Infinities QBs, which are of the same vintage as Quantums just cheaper build, I was curious if the house sound is kept the same 😊. I run mine with the 100 watt tube amplifier. Plenty of power for them. Opened up my pair, braced them, sealed all the cabinet joints from inside and recaped them. They also did not have any bracing inside the cabinets. Sound good though. Nice room you have. I bet it would be nice space to spend time in when finished.
  18. Thanks a lot. Yes I was referring to the skyline type. You are right about the difficulties about building these to cover larger areas. Taming the low freques with skyline type should not be such a problem, but then the depth of the particles should be rather large, making the whole thing pretty heavy hanging on the wall. That is why I am following your build closely.
  19. Could you maybe elaborate on difference between the so cold BBC diffuser and the one that you have built? I have been thinking of fabricating the BBC kind to my requirements, but your diffuser nay be easier to build.
  20. How far back on super MWMs can the K402s be positioned in active setup to compensate for delays using Xilica or DBX active crossovers?
  21. How are Quantums compared to Klipsch, soundwise?
  22. Looks good. Is there any loss in sound quality when MWMs are positioned verticaly?
  23. Do you have any idea why resistors went off?
  24. The point of hearing difference in less efficient speakers seems true to me. Most of these talks comes to me from poeple with very inefficient small monitors.
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