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I use a 5 burner Broil King... supposedly made in USA or Waterloo Ontario plant (where I went to University... first time). It has been very good. Now that I’m away from -30 deg winter, I might use it even more. We also have a small Weber which I intend to turn into an outdoor gas oven, but the Broil King is way better.

Well, I appreciate a US (Likely) military plane ensuring the safety of a Canadian National Railway bridge. Bill is in the mail I'm sure.

Always have to be vigilant, bad apples are ever present. Thanks for the post.

My gear has been entry level but I have enjoyed two very different systems (Martin Logan and Klipsch) and have heard a third I’d like to come close to (Proac). My latest kick is more vintage used gear. There’s lots to try out there!

Finished setup of home built H1 stand with sub in bottom.

As an early adopter of Dave A’s V1 and verifying their fit in Heresy V1 cabinet, I can say that combo is very good.

Actually just outside Victoria on Vancouver Island, facing east that is Mount Baker across the channel. Average house price in this “neighbourhood” is north of $1.4 M Cdn.

Not cheap, but we bought 8 years ago and from a keen seller. Prices have increased quite a bit in last few years. Glad we bought when we did. The Klipsch are downstairs, still working on the audio / HT

My backyard view after 8 years of waiting... finally fully retired.

I built these to 1) place the middle of the midrange horn at my seated ear level and 2) the bottom is large enough to house my Velodyne DD10 subwoofer... one per side. Makes for positive waf. 3/4 inch plywood doubled, glued, pinned and screwed into fir 2 x 2 posts. Not as pretty as others but very functional.

So, we moved to Victoria from Calgary. Have owned our house in Victoria for 8 years, but never spent more than a week or two here, so still getting to know the local merchants. Turns out there is a really good brewery and award wining scotch (they aren't allowed to call it that, but I will), distillery a few minutes drive away. My fav beer ... bourbon barrel finished, called Parting Kiss. Very smooth. Their scotch ... yikes, really nice. Thursday is never too early, neither is any day ending in "day". Thank you Miller Time.

Nice, as always.

@wuzzzer Thankfully seller may not ship to Canada so I guess I’m safe!

Not at the house... Calgary has very good water given proximity to the Rockies and the Bow River water is pretty good. Here in Victoria, I am not a fan of the water so we use filters on both tap and fridge water line. I have used bottled water when travelling in countries where I don't want Montezuma to take me out for a day or so. Fiji water is good. In London, I've had Scottish Highland Springs water from bottles, very good. There are a lot of other things that will take me out before municipal water... space debris?

@Connecticut Yankee welcome to the forum. I also am original owner of 1981 Heresy, although mine are light oak stained birch. As @Deang and @dtel said, you should consider updating the capacitors. Sounds like you’ve already opened them up, do you solder? If yes it’s a simple change out with options to purchase replacement capacitors including @JEM Performance On this forum. You can search the many discussions on crossover capacitors... there are lots of choices. When you remove the crossover also just check all connections on the drivers. Some other low cost steps; - seal the seams of all wood joints - line the internal cabinet, lots of choice here too, I have used thin neoprene with Velcro dots. - make a gasket for the rear panel, thin weather stripping or neoprene - if you remove the drivers from the front motorboard you can make a thin gasket for that as well. - if you want to update connectors on the rear panel, you can use 5 way binding posts There are lots more changes depending on time, interest, budget etc. Enjoy!

‘81 corvette in maroon, much like picture @scalawag posted. I then spent half again as much to update it... I swapped out auto tranny for a 4 speed, hurst competition shifter, Holley 4 barrel, removed all emissions control, added headers and side pipes in chrome, updated suspension (gas shocks, better bushings, better universals). Even a hard wood, goose neck Momo shifter knob. Then it was fun. Had two daughters and traded it on a mini van, yikes.

@joessportster, the real question is/are... what will you listen to first and with what beverage?

Are you going to use tube gear? Is room going to be fully enclosed? Ventilation becomes very important in this case. Also, will you use dedicated electrical homerun to panel, any 220 gear?

Not sure if anyone has noted this before... just finished Vol. 1 of 8, of the Nimitz Graybook. Fleet Admiral Nimitz WWII communications, estimates and summaries. Dry but amazing digital copy of his communications, and basis for decisions and interaction with peers, superiors and direct reports. Fills in some background for history buffs. Issued in 2014 I think by American Naval Records Society. Total work is over 4,000 digitized pages, free to download... just search Nimitz Graybook.

Well, I’ll fall into the 16 year old rabbit hole! Bose... agree their speakers are... so, so. But their in ear sound cancellation ear phones saved me in over 650,000 air miles, still going strong on a set of refurbs from outlet store at half price... value, yes. B&O in ear phones... very stylish, good fit and sound and broke, just outside warranty period. Second pair same thing. Heard a B&O TT, amazing they made a cartridge that small! But, I’d be afraid it too would break. If you have Pooh, fling it now!

I might have guessed Gaucho... and Paul Simon Graceland.

No wonder I can’t find CF-4s... I haven’t been looking in the bookshelf speaker section!

If you are from Alberta, his lyrics mean a lot more! Have seen him live, along with Matt Andersen, really good live show. Did not hear recent interview.

Taps on Corb Lund Horse Soldier! really good for the singularity of the horn In My Life by Sean Connery, amazing male vocals Sunrise by Norah Jones, female vocals Anything on Crossroads festival for guitar Anything on Live At Abbey Roads Kodo any track on Blessing of the Earth for percussions

@AndreG. are you close to these speakers! Hmmm, $2,000 US = $2,550 Cdn... where’s my piggy bank? @AndreG. buys them, gives them a one month trial with impressions documented here, then ships them to Canada! It could happen? Anyone want to contribute to an old, retiree’s piggy bank? Fast!