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Does anyone know what gear this is in the cabinet picture? What kind of hardware did PWK use?

Yeah, Buffalo Milk. Creepy stuff. A young brother-in-law and his friends came up with the recipe at one of their bachelor parties. And it's true a few guys started swinging from the chandeliers, naked. And I was on my way out just as the cops were rolling up. They had a volleyball team they called The Maggot Squad. Appropriate I guess.

Anybody know what equipment PWK had in this equipment console?

Uh, sort of the right idea but not quite. If you really want to do this right you should use a large 40 gallon garbage can filled with ice. Similarly you could use a flushed toilet with water turned off. The original was created using the hotel room toilet. Add equal amounts of all the clears (Vodka, Tequila, Gin, etc.) for half of the mixture. For the other half add milk. For some color add a little bit of Kahlua. Within the hour people will be swinging from the chandeliers..................naked. Make sure you have your escape plan ready so you can get out before the police arrive.

Luxman makes some great amps, especially tube amps. The reputation "the McIntosh of Japan" comes to mind. With the exception in the 1980's when Alpine bought them and almost ruined the brand name. Now they're back on their own and seem to be back on track. I used Luxman MB3045 for decades (still have em). BUT, my current reference regardless of price or pedigree is NAD M32 with BluOS streaming Hi-Res from Tidal. However if you're looking for that midrange bloom or other tantalizing aural excitation that's not on the original recording the Luxman might be preferable to you.

I had Khorns with a Belle center in an optimized room built specifically for the Khorns, reinforced plywood corners lag bolted to the foundation sealed air tight. Didn't think subs would add much. Boy was I wrong!!

Go ahead. Ask me what Buffalo Milk is. 🤮

I believe PWK had an affection for Makers Mark EDIT: or I should say I remember reading somewhere that he liked or preferred Makers Mark. All I know is I have to stay away from the dark stuff. Care for some Buffalo Milk? 😜

Two more LaScala would match the best. If too big then Cornwall or Heresy. I had L&R Chorus mains hooked up with RC7 center and surrounds and it was just fine for me although I eventually replaced the Chorus with R7ii and center RC7 with RC64. Mainly a footprint issue - my better half didn't like one of the Chorus extending past the one side that opens to the foyer below making the backs visible. Excellent excuse to buy RF7ii with a narrower footprint. Surprisingly she was good with the solution.

True. Five stars for WillyBob. It was from a film. The film is the first made entirely using digital audio techniques.

I'm not a big golf fan for the same reason on my previous post. That being said, one of my clients was president of the U.S. Open. And that year it was held at Medinah Country Club near me. My client offered me some free tickets. I remember seeing Greg Norman hit one over a large stand of old 50 foot+ oak trees to "cut across the corner" of a L-shaped 5 par only to land right on the green without even seeing it. Now that was impressive even for someone like myself who knows little about the game.

Quick thinking Claude! It took me four strokes to realize I was I right back on the green where I started.

But wait. Wasn't it Paul Klipsch who said "There is no such thing as hi-fidelity. Either it has fidelity or it doesn't." 😎

Correct. I'm just trying to explain the general concept to someone who is new at this. There are other factors too. The easiest way to increase system output is to use higher efficiency speakers. Otherwise you'll end up with something like that mountain of McIntosh amps at their NYC boutique which is just insane to drive a pair a speakers and a couple subs. Anyone remember PWK's "Ulitimate LSH Loudspeaker"? (basically a rip on Bob Carver)

Again, (yeah I'm being a little biased here) NAD has amplifiers well in your budget that have everything you're considering in one nice neat package, including DAC and network streamer. After my recent experiences with streaming Hi-Res content from Tidal, especially Tidal Masters and MQA, IMO this is the best source material I've ever heard. And I arguably have some of the best analog LP and tape equipment ever made as well as 30+ years of my own recordings both analog and digital. This what I've been waiting for, and quite frankly, what I expected when CD was first introduced 35 years ago. If you want to hear what the artist intended then MQA, IMO, is the first real step in that direction. It's delivered to you doorstep (player) bit perfect. In the case of a NAD direct digital amp with MQA encoding, the amplifier IS the media player, eliminating another component in the signal chain as well as the interconnecting cables and breaks in the signal path

EQ correction, be it analog or digital will do little to remove coloration's from hardware. It's used more to alter the effects of how the room proportions & properties interact with the speakers and the listening position. And even then it's really only good for one location. And it can even make things worse when one moves slightly out of that "best" location. On top of that it has less and less effect the larger the space is. The differences get smaller and smaller as the frequency wavelengths get shorter (higher frequencies). As far as more powerful amps go, remember, doubling power only gives you an additional 3dB. 10dB sounds twice as loud. So if you need a max of 1 watt, in order for you to play the system twice as loud you'll need at least +3dB + 3dB + 3dB = 9dB (+3dB) 1wattx2=2, (add another +3dB = 6dB louder) which is 2wattsx2=4, (another +3dB = 9dB louder) which is 2x8=16. It multiplies out very quickly which is why most low sensitivity speakers don't cut it for me. They typically can't even absorb enough power to produce the required output faithfully to life-like levels.

I would give Crutchfield.com a try if you're not near any place you can audition. They've been absolutely extraordinary in the customer service department. They have a 60 day return/exchange policy on Klipsch RP8000/6000F. Although there is a $75 return shipping fee for large speakers like those. I see they also have a discounted "outlet" pair available. As far as speaker "sound", that's pretty much up to you. I've used Klipsch since 1973. Klipsch is often one of those speakers people either hate it or love it. Since you already have lived with Cerwin Vega (another high sensitivity speaker brand) you'll probably feel comfortable with Klipsch.

As far amplifiers go, my suggestion is to check out a NAD direct digital amp. The NAD C390DD has been out of production for several years. It's the same amplifier design found in their current M32. The C390DD can be had for a song right now, probably around $1K. I had been using tube amps (push pull triode and SET) for decades, as well as some Crown and McIntosh solid state. When I first auditioned the C390DD it blew all of them away. They all sounded dull, opaque and grainy (even the tube amps) by comparison. I'm now using the NAD M32 (while also having a McIntosh MA5300 in my system for comparison). M32 wins hands down IMO and has way more connectivity, both digital and analog. And with the BluOS MDC module you can turn it into a Hi-Res streaming player too. EDIT: BTW C390DD also has on-board digital EQ. The M32 does not but I suspect NAD will make DIRAC available for it soon as they are doing for some of their other amps.

True. However when PWK said that, far less was known about psycho-acoustics and sound perception. Back then there was nothing known about room gain, or even mention of room acoustical overload, or the contribution that early reflections and room reverberation adds to the perceived sound level in our relatively small acoustic spaces (as compared to the places we usually experience live music). Producing 115dB peaks even in a large listening room (20'x30') will sound much louder than 115dB in a concert hall. Generally, you can reduce that peak level by at least -10dB in rooms the size we use. There's a lot more reflected sound mixing with direct sound from the speakers compared to the reflected sound in a concert hall combining with direct sound from say, a symphony orchestra.

Excellent. Thank You! Tidal has this. I'll give it a listen. But I have to tell ya, 100dB (C weighted I hope) on a violin concerto seems, a little loud to me, which is why I'd like to give it a listen. For the most part I don't violins either. But since it's Itzhak I have to cut it some slack as he is one of a handful of violinists that I can easily tolerate and truly appreciate.

Which recording version of this did you listen to?

I forgot what this thread is about

WHUT?

Whut?

In my humble opinion, Klipsch should have started their own audio industry "group" a long, long time ago. They should have bought Mark Levinson or McIntosh when those companies came up for sale. Either one are great brand names and match great with Klipsch.