Racer X

$500 was a dream when I started this game in 1981, but seen it done. $1,000 not too bad to get your feet wet, and who knows what the future holds ? Always a balance between bird in hand and the two in the bush.

Dedicated artist

Who's the beginner, you're the beginner ! *subscribed*

Full confidence in the Captain and hoping for a nudge towards a 8W SET. Vague idea of tubes, awaiting preliminary details.

Why is she looking at me like that ?

Y'all sound like a teenager who just got his first high wattage receiver and a set of speakers to absorb it. But the earwax comment betrays your age....

The db meter app I use looks like a tachometer with a redline at 80db. I like to bounce it off the redline.

Um, just for reference sake, what is low volume ? What is normal volume ? What is loud or medium loud volume ?

Still learning my way around the forum....

Y'all know this is really the proper way....

Another work of art, just making me ill....

Just beautiful, so inspirational....

Fascinating, greatly encouraged to try an amp build, this whole process is just beyond amazing.

That's the stuff there. I let my unmolested and stained 1981 LaScalas go for a similar price, and that guy was happy to drive 4 hours from San Antonio.

Oh, and I still have my first turntable, a Technics SL-B1. Of course the rubber belt has evaporated....

Many of us here have a similar journey, thank you very much for relating. And welcome to the forum....

Amazed at sound one can get from smallish Linn Kan, small monitors similar to LS 3/5 and I bought some for my Aunt. But there are some compromises when compared to Heresy which will of course play much louder and deeper.

So I'm not the only one....

Also just checked the google for the Aspen FR30: Seems like a good way to spot more money than brains, but of course haven't heard them, so what do I know.

Still remember some sales guy at the audio store that sold Klipsch as their low end line saying that horns color the sound while using his cupped hands to megaphone his face.

I bought my first Klipsch speakers LaScala new when I graduated High School. I broke up with my girlfriend and saved the resulting windfall from not having to entertain her on weekends for a whole year. Then I spent the entirety of my savings on LaScala, I'm sure my parents thought it inappropriately frivolous. Totally worth it. Yeah, but where is the fun in that ? It's the journey....

So many amps, so little time. Looks very interesting, wonder what the parts cost is for this build...?

A lot of interesting points in post above. Speaker placement is paramount, and will take many iterations and adjustments. While against the wall will produce most bass, there can be a compromise there in terms of balance and depth of image. Toe in will also greatly affect imaging, but some may prefer little or no toe in. Find your own best spot after moving the speakers around methodically for a month or two. I still bump mine ever so often, then bump them back. The quote of OP and the nature of the amp used point towards very poor amp to speaker match not producing the desired bass output. Finally, the felt lining the edge of the horns very interesting ( I mean that in a good way, not the usual vague whatever ). Believe felt can be used to good effect in other spots too, your mileage may vary.

Yes, believe this can be bypassed by using Linux instead of Chrome OS, but have not tried, just heard about it. Some of us are pretty simple and have no need for third party executables. For most just surfing the forum or gmail or whatnot, it is the way to go. Surprised the Apple fanbois have not yet chimed in....

Forgot what this thread was originally about, but here's my take: Suffered the MS DOS and then the Windows because you know, the office. Early adopter of the Chromebook ( you're probably using a Chrome browser now, right ? ) and could not be happier. With the AdBlock, seldom see any ads, sometimes websites say we see what you're doing, whitelist us, just walk away from that. What really set me off the Windows was the impenetrable update process, rendering my computer useless and taking forever, and very vague useless descriptions about what the patches were for. The Chromebook update is once monthly and totally transparent, both in effect on your computer and in documentation of what the update is adding. Criticism of the Chromebook puzzles me: I can easily open new spreadsheets and docs offline, and I can compose email offline. And if one wants to get fancy they can dual boot to Linux or Ubuntu or Mint or whatever.