YK Thom

Going to pick up a can of compressed air for dust removal this afternoon as well. She can't get to the receiver but general dust and hair floating around may be an issue. I think perhaps she may have jostled the wires in the back. With three channels and the sub going all is fine...at the moment.

It is too smoky today to do much outside so I'm going to pull the cabinet out from the wall and check all the connections this afternoon.

Good morning, last evening we noticed a faint high pitched ring/whine sound in our condo. Initially thought it might be from upstairs but discovered it was coming from our speakers. I use what is now an older Marantz SR5008. It was most noticeable coming out of my Klipsch rears which I disconnected but inspection found it coming from my Ohm fronts as well. I turned off and unplugged everything in case it was electrical. That seemed to do the trick...until I rehooked the rears and then it returned. I disconnected the rear speakers again and left the entire system unplugged overnight. For now any way it seems to be gone. Does this sound like a wiring problem/electrical ( I have a cat that sometimes sneaks behind the equipment), or perhaps is the AVR preparing to depart this mortal coil? Any thoughts or similar experiences would be appreciated.

An iconic and unique voice.

CDs are my preferred source for listening and have been since the 80s, followed by some streaming. I have Amazon Prime as well as Radio Tunes.

They don't seem very practical for a normal sized room. It wasn't their intended purpose.

As I understand it he lives in an apartment in Greenwich Village, not a space ideal for large speakers. Many now live in condos, and are reaping the rewards of what I consider the new golden age of stand mount/bookshelf speakers.

Forte are the answer for that space. Cornwalls are too large.

What the world needs is a dedicated three channel stereo amp for TV watching. An oxymoron to be sure but you know what I mean.

You can pick it up at the beer store here as well as some stand alone shops. A few of the growing companies have tanked - not as much market as people first thought.

Probably worth having cut. If you don't use it right away you still have it on hand down the road. From what I've read it doesn't make the best firewood. Lumber is expensive and doesn't grow on trees anymore. Pun intentional.

I thought it was one of the maples at first glace as well. I did pull up Tulip tree and this does look to be one. With some drying you should be able to pull some nice lumber out it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liriodendron_tulipifera https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulipwood Strong and light weight, it is supposed to be good for furniture, planking and flooring.

I used to play 40 years ago, was never particularly good but enjoyed it. Life marriage and everything else pushed playing right off the table. A friend of mine here in Yellowknife is moving down to the south Monday on a one year secondment (he's a fed). He is leaving a couple of his guitars with me for both storage and to practice on. If I'm able to pick it back up and enjoy it, I have my eye on a G&L ASAT. He will be dropping them, and a small modelling amp off later today.

Wow

Very sad news.

Sounds good to me as well. It might be generational, a lot of the young are used to hearing unrealistic hyper bass. Fine if you like it I suppose, but not my cup of tea. I occasionally switch the crossover for my sub to 40 (when I don't just put things on Large for music). The sub rarely makes a sound. With most music there is very little if anything below 40-50.

It must be a form of entertainment. I don't have enough free time to join a specific forum with the purpose of denigrating its products.

That Peachtree looks pretty sweet.

That was a very positive review.

The new Cornwalls are pretty spectacular.

Good topic, I live in a place where it is winter more than it isn't. Our annual Snowking festival started last week. It is always a hoot. The snow carving is underway and there are bands playing inside the ice castle. We will be heading down to Old Town to spend time this weekend. https://snowking.ca/

Thanks for posting this, an amazing review and the magazine as whole is a great time capsule. The 80s really don't seem that long ago to me but I guess that says more about my age. Within the review itself something in particular caught my eye: The Forte's bass response was not as surprising-it is hard to imagine a Klipsch speaker being bass shy! Nonetheless,the bass seemed to reach downward beyond what we have usually experienced with other speakers. I have been of the opinion for many years that we live in an age of unrealistic bass and bass expectations. Our speakers seemed fine back in the day as did our generally lower powered amps/receivers. I attribute this to both certain forms of studio engineered popular music ( hip hop and such),as well as the influence of home theatre which mainstreamed sub woofers. Something I never saw in the 70s or 80s.

Being one few members of the tribe here I figured I'd go with a theme. Hopefully not too ribald. Mrs. Murphy and Mrs. Cohen had been longtime close friends. But, being old-fashioned, each went to a retirement home of her own respective religion. It was not long before Mrs. Murphy felt lonesome for Mrs. Cohen, so one day she asked to be driven to the Jewish Home to visit her old friend. When she arrived she was greeted with open arms, hugs, and kisses. Mrs. Murphy said, "Don't be holdin' back, Mrs. Cohen, how do you like it here?" Mrs. Cohen went on and on about the wonderful food, the facility and the caretakers. Then, with a twinkle in her eye, she said, "But the best thing is that I now have a boyfriend." Mrs. Murphy said, "Now isn't that wonderful! Tell me all about it." Mrs. Cohen said, "After lunch, we go up to my room and sit on the edge of the bed. I let him touch me on the top, and then on the bottom, and then we sing Jewish songs." Mrs. Murphy said, "For sure it's a blessing. I'm so glad for you, Mrs. Cohen." Mrs. Cohen said, "And how is it with you, Mrs. Murphy?" Mrs. Murphy said it was also wonderful at her new facility, and that she also had a boyfriend. Mrs. Cohen said, "Good for you! So what do you do?" Mrs. Murphy said, "We also go up to my room after lunch and sit on the edge of the bed. I let him touch me on top, and then I let him touch me down below." Mrs. Cohen said, "Yes? And then...?" Mrs. Murphy said, "Well, since we don't know any Jewish songs, we f**k."

Some of these are great, I need to spend more time keeping an eye on this perpetual thread.

Nice!