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You guys have me on my second pot of coffee. Killing me. Thanks.
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2 minutes ago, WillyBob said:
Vasubandu,
My BIL introduced me to it. He was from Alabama
don't know about chicory, except folks use it to flavor coffee, and it isn't my favorite.
Mexican coffee can be roasted in a sugar glaze that caramelizes. That makes some intimidating looking coffee. Lots of sugar and lots of ways to make it. The grind is baasically a fine powder. Sort of like Turkish coffee, but don't say that to a Greek.
Greek coffee is fun too and probably stronger that what people talk about.
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2 minutes ago, CECAA850 said:
Out of a cup???? I don't understand the question.
Americans tend to sip an espresso like it is dainty or something. In the bars and coffee places I frequented in Italy, the majority of men drank espresso by tilting their heads back and tossing it in their mouth. One espresso, one swallow. It is actually an interesting flavor experience.
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3 hours ago, WillyBob said:
Musta been weak. Mine woulda left a hole in the metal. HaHaha
Chicory is an acquired taste. I bet dtel would like RedSea from our roaster. It's a premium. Special ... dried with the cherry on the bean. Reminded me of chickory
@WillyBob What is the deal with Chicory anyway? My mom is from the South, but she got better. We went to see her family, and I thought it was coffee. It is an acquired taste the same way that an STD is. I am just joking, but god it was awful. My wife's family is from Charleston, South Carolina (she got better too) and her dad just loved boiled peanuts. I tasted the corner of one and was sick for days. He kept say just eat one a say for a week and you will love them. At least they have barbecue to die for.
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If you guys ever want a great alternative, there is a coffee farm on the big island in Hawaii called Greenwell's. Great coffee, but they were discovered and the price went nuts. But still OK for special occasion. Their Full City Roast is now $37 a pound and it used to be $22. Not sure where else to look, but real 100% Kona coffee is special. The other notable one is Jamaican Blue Mountain, whihc can be had for around $30 a bag. Very distinct flavor. Of course Amazon will deliver a pound to you in 2 days for $26. No, really, it s Blue Mountain Jamaican coffee, really.
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3 hours ago, jimjimbo said:
Well, first of all, never, ever buy ground coffee, especially if it's at the grocery store. Take a look at the "roasted on" date, or the "good until" date. That will give you a clue. If you have it ground at a coffee shop, that is marginally better, but it will degrade rapidly while it sits on your counter.
Buy a burr grinder (it doesn't have to be expensive), and buy whole bean coffee. Grind your own at home just before you make a batch. Use filtered water.
I use the Chemex pour over method, or when I want a serious caffeine kick, French press. After many years of coffee experimentation, I've settled on these two as the best....for me.
My brew of choice is a dark espresso roast, or a varietal called Monsooned Malabar. Both from a local roaster, because I like to shop locally.
Really don't mean to sound condescending, (I really don't), but if you think Starbucks is great stuff....you don't know what you're missing .....
I developed my appreciate for coffee in France and Italy. There are certainly some things we do wrong, and you are dead right about not buying ground coffee. King of like buying used shoes. And no one could use one of those spinning toys they call coffee bean grinders.
Not familiar with Chemex, sounds like something out of DuPont. But I agree with the French Press. I think that some drip coffee makers are up there these days if you get the right one, but for cryin out loud you don't set it up the night before and leave it sitting out.
If you need filtered water, you are living in in the wrong part of the country. If your water is not good enough to make coffee what are you doing drinking it? Seattle water is so good, I would never filter it.
Your choice of roast is interesting. For me, dark espresso roast changes the coffee too much. It also burns off the caffeine. Even the French roast goes too far. I like a nice Italian roast.
Here's a question for you, How do you drink an espresso?
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The owner and I have quite the email exchange going. I told him I need to sell a few speakers first, and he said fine. He laughed his *** off about South Dakota and sait it was my fault for not getting in the car and getting them.
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I am enjoying my fourth cup of Starbucks coffee. People malign it, but they just don't know how to make coffee. Best damn cup of coffee in America.
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Did not notice this before. What an extraordinary layout. The only thing missing is a 32 inch subwoofer.
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8 hours ago, wvu80 said:
I've been following your thread on avsforum.com DIY Speakers and Subs.
http://www.avsforum.com/forum/155-diy-speakers-subs/2957818-32-inch-subwoofer-driver-dilemma.html
You have over 100 comments and 3,000 views. It's by far the hottest topic posted in the last month, probably in 2018. There are a lot of guys over there commenting and making suggestions. You have gotten some of the top DIY sub guys interested in your project.
Building a sub with a 32" driver is instantly over my head, making me one of the viewers, not one of the commenters. I will be following to see how things progress.
I have the same sense that a lot of smart people had comments, which is what made me pull the trigger. One thing that has become clear is that I do not need a 32 inch subwoofer, but I still want to see what happens. When I a done, I will probably list one here and one on AVS just for kicks.
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56 minutes ago, avguytx said:
WTD? WTH does that stand for?
Lol
I have no. Idea. Never heard of WTD in my life. Must be something brand new.
https://community.klipsch.com/index.php?/topic/167363-wtd-active-xo/&tab=comments#comment-2084037
http://www.avsforum.com/forum/37-video-processors/677971-wtd-csr-software-focus-cs1.html#post7671678
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On 2/17/2018 at 6:21 PM, wvu80 said:
So I took the plunge and ordered my pair of 32 inch drivers. Stupid is as stupid does. 6-8 weeks.
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21 minutes ago, avguytx said:
Yeah, the 2mb limit is pretty small. Too bad Photobucket turned into a turd company. I always have to resize the crud out of pictures before I post on here. On Audiokarma, it kind of does it for you. But I understand their point of taking up drive space and Klipsch is kind enough to let us have this site. They should let us all ante up some money to buy them some drive space for storage.
It really is given the divergent topics. Frustrating that they cannot seem to upgrade the site. Plenty of hosts would take it with no limits, but this is a courtesy not a business priority. I was frustrated but we can work around it.
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4 hours ago, dtel said:
10 or 20 years, you must have high hopes of most even being around, you forgot the ages of many. If we go 20 more years we will be putting pictures of our new walkers and wheelchairs if were lucky. Tarheel of course will have wheelchair with a sidecar for his latest LF, Carl will have one with a martini holder.
You know when you get to your age, the hearing really suffers. As a favor, if you send me your speakers, I will tell you how they sound at least once a week.
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5 hours ago, CECAA850 said:
Son in law has the box cleaned up.
That is going to be one impressive subwoofer.
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What on earth is the deal with uploading pictures? It takes a 400k file and says I have hit my 2MB limit. And who has a 2MB limit these days. I guess we have vintage speakers and a vintage website. So I try to use a link to a picture, and nothing shows up. Is there some magical website where I am supposed to store photos?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/nw11s3l6ka5tv2d/cf41.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/43x8x9zuww1i1rv/cf42.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3wr3mdppntg27az/cf43.jpg?dl=0
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Pics of the Arizona CF-4
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And by the way, the guy in Dallas with the the whitewash CF-3 for $500 called me. He still has them and is perplexed. I am too. I am sure he would sell them for $400 if anyone is in the area and wants a pair. I would paint them black and say they came that way. I can provide contact details if anyone wants them.
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Thanks @EPICKLIPSCHFAN the owner and I are in regular touch. They look fine to me. We are trying to figure out shipping. Then there is the pair on eBay that I could get for $1075 delivered from Florida. Tempting to try for both, but to make space and pay for them i probably would need to sell my current setup and then find a new center. There is a single CF-3 in the neighborhood, but the guy wants $400 for it. I was thinking that if I had 4 CF-4 and 1 CF-3, I would probable just have have a mismatched surround for now and have CF-4 across the front.
Interesting idea. I wonder if I could get $2,500 for 3 RC-7, 2 RS-7, 2 RF-5 and the PB2 Plus subwoofer. Of course by the time they sold, the others would be gone, and we would have to use the speakers in the Kuro plasma.
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3 hours ago, WillyBob said:
I committed to Jim's Scalas.
Now I need to move them 2000 miles. May be Sept before I see them.... sniff
Tarheel,
I drove a Fiero from Tucson to StPete.... by the time I got there I had to roll out before I could straighten my legs ... I am [was?] 6'2"
`Maybe you could arrange a Pony Express thing where members each took them on a leg. Of course, just like ponies, Scalas need to rest, so they would need to spend a week or so at each stop along the way. You might not see them until 2020, but what matters is that they would be safe and rested.
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I bought a Samsung Blu-Ray player off Craigslist for $20, and last night, the kid and I watched Lost World in the Jurassic Park series. I was unprepared for the improvement in the sound, as was the Kid. Had no idea what I was missing. So that is the last and first Blu-Ray I have watched.
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What if they had a war and no one showed up? Seriously I have no interest in war, and if it has any in me, it will be sorely disappointed. To borrow a line from the movie Princess Bride, if war comes knocking on my doorstep, it had best prepare to be disappointed.
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I made my list of CF-4 prices haphazardly when I kept finding ones that were sold and finally decided to keep track. A great place to start is the sold list at hifishark.com, but a lot of that is unsold. It is a bit easier with things like the CF-4 that sells quickly. And you have to cross reference to eliminate duplicates. Still a handy starting place. When I used to pay for the Audiogon value list, it was good too.
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9 minutes ago, oldtimer said:
Still off the mark.
Fine, you are making me search my memory and my hard drive.
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-- Dwight D. Eisenhower
History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
---Napoleon Bonaparte
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History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme.
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Somewhere in there I have you.
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Kauai just as good if you find the right outfit. Never thought of the chocolate thing before, but it makes sense. There is a guy on the big island who grows chocolate. I called him up and asked if we could drop by and he said sure. We must have spent 6 hours with him showing us the whole process. Really quite interesting. Forgot to mix it with my coffee.