JohnJ
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I was there for a decade but back in NC now, the cape was as far south as I went. South of about Vero there are houseplants beside the turnpike 20 feet high.
Got some Heresy IIs if you would like to trade to smaller?
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https://www.cambridgeaudio.com/products/hi-fi/network-players
After a lot of reading up last fall, ignorance of this site then kept me out of the tubular option. I went with Cambridge in a couple stages. The sound thoroughly impressed me as better quality than my long adulated Yamaha RX1100, and reminiscent of an astounding 40wpc Class A Nelson Pass Nakamichi that I let go.
Enjoy figuring it out!
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Nicely kept Cornwalls @cjmustang69, Those 15s look so small with the grill off. Good Luck with your move and all!
Just remember, when it's hot and you want to jump in the water... don't. It's not like up here where you just get muddy feet. You might loose a foot to a lizard down there.
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@John Albright Heck I didn't even want to go into the brand new $$ speaker. Did it `cause I didn't want to turn it back on without knowing! Save that for another rainy day, I've got tacks and cable ties.
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Oh HELL YEAH! Thanks @billybob My neighborhood knows Robin Trower! One fellow from the next st over came by and thanked me one time when he was on here.
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And I threw around Roy's name hoping to get it noticed by somebody that could effect change too!
Not that it's major, I could put an anchored cable tie in there if I was inclined to.
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@Full Range That's a neat site, not seen it before. They call shims wedges and it gets a little wordy but in laymans terms it lays it out more complete than I've bothered to look for in a while.
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It's a new-ish one that AudioTechnica put out last year. AT-LP5. It's half-assed at best, glad I did not pay the retail price for it. Tried an AT150MLX on it and that was a fail. Got another cartridge that I just have not made the time to put on it. Nothing like my Yamaha P50 ? with the s/n ratio around 70 db that I just flat wore out.
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Love the midrange on my new Forte IIIs, so many old tunes to re-discover!
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You got it, trying to throw something completely different out there that would make for a better evening. It has a character named "Social Services" she is a trip.
That's how I learned at some 8:00 places. One Day At A Time.
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@BigStewMan Saw that all of these good folks have offered varying kinds of wisdom, genuinely hoping to help. I hope today is better.
I'll offer from a different angle. Ever had a reset losing yourself inside a movie? If I didn't have the bucks for a road trip or another half at the time it was actually therapeutic.
How `bout a whimsical, off the cuff, incredible music throughout, stacked with good actors & actresses movie. I don't even think there is one cuss-word in it. "Moonrise Kingdom" is the name of it.
@T2K you're a f'n trooper, hat's off to ya. Good Luck. Your "Customer Service" flying right over his head reminded me of this flic.
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@dirtmudd I'd swear we're related but never met at those gigantic family reunions.
ROCK ON!!! Even the slow stuff works sometimes.
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9 hours ago, Full Range said:
Having a listen now as I post
Artist - Gerry Rafferty
Title - Sleepwalking
That IS a Blast from the Past!
I've long forgotten that artist, but instantly remember that saxophone on his "Baker Street" that was on the radio so much in the late 70s. Played around ACC territory here almost as much a "Freebird" and "Stairway to Heaven" did back then.
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If one of your Forte IIIs makes a noise like wire hangers bumping when you move it around, it might not be awful. Could be a design miscue I've found. Put this out in case you experience it.
Not powered on, on a anti resonance pad to level out a corner of it being up on a half inch thick wool rug. My nephew's nerf ball went behind it and I placed my hand on top and it rocked a little....I heard a rattle inside. Crap. They sound great, but could this be trouble in the future? I'd read about LaScalas with not completely hooked up wiring, loose screws behind the grill of F3's.
Called @MetropolisLakeOutfitters looking for advice and being concerned. Thanks for the time and your help Cory! If you need some new Klipsch look this guy up!
I pulled out @Chief bonehead's mumps masterpiece, it's hefty like 7 or 8 lbs! Nothing loose in there at all, I rocked the speaker a little and saw the wires from the tweeter bump the metal frame for the passive radiator making that metallic sound. There's no tension involved, no sharp edge to chafe the wire, no bow or stern in my home either. My new 027 gem in the corner of the room is safe!
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20 minutes ago, The Apex said:
These speakers are letting me stop being critical and get back to enjoying it.
Haven't had any classical on the record player yet, thinking of putting the new cartridge on first. Had a little more time with them and they do sound great as I turn it up more. If I turn down the preamp some (keep it on 25 out of 30 mostly) I get a good range of volume and sound pressure between say 8am and 10am that I can still think of something else while listening.
What I've done is turned it all backwards, the Heresy's are in the big room now, and they do the tv and radio very well in there without me having to rearrage the furniture too much. I did have to raise the speakers a little because of placing one behind the sofa. It's not great but it sure sounds better in there!
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Just now, MetropolisLakeOutfitters said:
It's edge glued 1" pine panels and 2.5" laminated poplar square posts.
That's pretty clean pine too.
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That's a substantial little shelf! Did she/you glue 2X4s together for the shelves themselves? Just like power supplies for my pc I think furniture that weighs more is just better. I like wood better than all the other materials except for the facade of a house.
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@Speed Pretty sure it is the Who that's in the Guinness Book of World Records with that. Teddy......Heck I didn't even buy a ticket, we went downtown and hung out at a park two blocks away from the opening of the horseshoe opposite the stage. Heard every bit of his antics and tortured guitar and my favorite "Great White Buffalo"!
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5 hours ago, MetropolisLakeOutfitters said:
My black fortes will likely end up as surrounds. I have jubilees up front plus I just ordered 396's. I keep looking at pro cinema surrounds but if one of these are going to be laying around anyway, I might as well use them.
D@mn Straight!
Hope you and that pretty gal from the about page at your site have a humongous house with a good foundation! You have all those great Klipsch on the same setup?
That place could be as loud as a Ted Nugent concert in 1976, there were complaints from a mile away from Memorial Stadium (open football stadium) when he played there one time around then.
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@dtel They're everything that you & @dtel's wife said they were. Love `em. Frequency response is better, open spacious sounding mids and highs kinda like what the folded woofer speakers offer. I really think these are more lifelike sounding than my old ones ever were.
I'm disappointed in the wood grain on my pair but I've gotten over it already (Although I tell them my tacos better look like the pic or I'm throwing `em back across the counter at taco *ell)!
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Gettin' acquainted with the new speakers:
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Messed with the placement. The bass is a lot better, but I started listening with more intent towards the sound not the tunes. Now both six inches from the outside wall, nine from the back at the corners there's a lot more space behind them and it's sounding even better! *7/15/17 Fine Tuning. Pushed them back to 5" and 8" respectively, the low frequencies are more focused at the opposite wall now.
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14 minutes ago, The Apex said:
I'd also describe the bass I'm hearing in my space as organic.
As in living, breathing. Yes it is that much of a difference here too.
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We've got some cherry wood smoked bacon in the fridge. Never tried it before, Sat we're having a good breakfast then BLT's later.
Vinyl - Record Spinning
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What the .....?
It cleans the lp, has a linear arm on the right, a normal arm on the back and lights up like one of those wierd clover-no stop (except when you have to) euro highway intersections around here.
It is interesting and would match one of their Dragon cassette decks.