dtel

You did good enjoy them, Like they said If it sounds good to you it is good. What you have is much better than 90% of what the average person would buy. Most people on this forum would not be considered average![]

A few bumper stickers and a couple of backpacks came in today. The bumper stickers were a little bigger than I thought, they look very nice, and the backpacks are made really well, can't wait to see some of the new stuff. []

We still have the Ground Pat'i restaurants. And they still have the great burgers & beer. But the open reel decks and the amps are long gone (along with the Heresy's). Some of the older locations still had the glass case built in to the wall where the audio equipment used to reside, now empty. I'm sure all of those will disappear with the post-K remodeling. Dave Oh yea I remember Ground Pati restaurants but I don't remember the sound. I ate ate at 3 different stores over a 2 year period and got very sick each time and never went back. The food was very good but something happened that was not good 3 times, may not even been them, could have been something else I had that day ?

I was single too...I was 1! Hey that makes me feel better.[] Back to the retirement home now !

Re: Why do audiophiles claim to hear the inaudible? #1 To make them feel special or better than the average person. #2 To justify the cost of their equipment looking for that last 10 % of sound quality.

Well the person playing the music probably never had anything to do with the setup. The amps and whatever else they had for the most part was built in to the wall in a rack with just a couple of turntables in front of the DJ. I would guess the clubs owned the equipment and just had someone DJ. DJ's back then were a little different than many today, now it seems they just like to hear themselves talk. The reason I thought of the amps was back then it was like , just add more speakers to get more sound. I recall one club called the Dungeon in the French Quarter that didn't open till around 2 am. It was small and had no sign, just a alley and steps in the rear up to the club. I had found out about it from a bartender, it was where most of the working people in the Quarter went they got off of work. This place had the best sound of any club, it was about 30' wide and 40' long with a bar at each end and tons of speakers facing down from the ceiling. Some of the places in Metaire were huge and had several large rooms and at least 15 or 20 speakers in each room , how did they get the sound right with so many speakers in one room? I guess it was kind of like today, whatever place looks the best and has the best sound it where the crowd is. Back then ( or today )I did not know much about amps and thought McIntosh was more of a pro amp being they could drive so many speakers to such a volume. These places were making a lot of money they could have used whatever they wanted. I had met an owner of one of these clubs and he said he would build a new club about every 6 months with a different name and theme, and when the people got tired of one or something new and cool comes along the crowd would move to the new club. Then we go back and remodel the old one back to something different to keep up with the trend and get the crowd back. Smart man, and I'm sure very rich now.

I remember about 30 years ago ( when I was single ) when we would go out to clubs I would always walk around and find the DJ just to look at all the amps and the setup that was pushing all the speakers in the club. And 9 out of 10 times it was one brand, McIntosh, it was easy to spot with the meters and that famous McIntosh writing. Back then, where we went was the French Quarter in New Orleans or what was called Fat City in Metaire La. Was that the amp to have back then or was it just a good sales rep for the area ? I Wonder what ever happened to all of those huge amps when they closed or changed to something else?

Boy if I just had one of those switch box contraptions and some more experienced ears we could compare Forte ll's , Forte's and Cornwall lll's !

Thats not the song, sorry it's by Dr John.

Sorry double post

I vote with Michael , I like Indy's much better.

Re: Did Meagain ever reach nirvana? Probably so but I don't think with her speakers !

Dr John..... N'Awlinz dis dat or d'udda If this don't put you in the mood for halloween nothing will ! Try the song Marie Laveau or St James Infirmary.

Thats true, if you have the money to pay someone you still could do it yourself, if you don't have the money there is no other choice!

LSI's would be a real nice place to start, you also have 3 subs to help out the LSI's.

Philmays : " And I need just one more thing to make it perfect, just don't know what it is. " See, your own line in your profile leads you to your answer ! Heritage !..........

I set them back about 3 am before going to sleep.

I agree, when we first got our new TV the settings were so far off it would hurt your eyes, it was so bright. used the Sound & Vision DVD and reset everything, it's much better now. Hope that's the only problem you have .

I have both and the only comparison I did was put a different one on L & R channel. To tell the truth I could not hear a difference. If I had used a switch box on the same channel it would have been easier to tell, and I never spent much time comparing. I was kind of in a rush to hear them all in a HT. I use Forte ll's for front L&R, center and rear center and original Forte's for L&R rears. Sounds great IMHO. Like Duke said : can't go wrong with either !

During a recent opinion taken in our home (remember there are nine of us living here) everyone unanimously agreed that dtel is the smart a_ _ of the family. Do I personally think dtel is a smart a_ _? Answer: He is one of the finest people I have ever met, but he is a smart a_ _, or maybe he is just sarcastic, or, "dry humor"[*-)] What was Dtel's vote. If he didn't agree then it WAS NOT unanimous and worthy of spirited debate until ALL agree! I really would have to say it's unanimous, no need for a debate on this subject. Now the rest of the BS my wife posted about me would turn out to be a good debate !

There just pulling your chain, stick around and keep reading you won't be the last victim , could have been worse you could have asked a bose question.

Good luck OB we will be here waiting !

Wow, Moon thats funny, what your wife said ..... I hope when you get in a little better shape she don't call you by another name by accident ![] Just kidding, I couldn't help it

You would have to be nuts ! Ok that's just my opinion !

I looked at that that DVD and never got it, years ago had some Earth Wind & Fire albums. Glad to hear it sounds good will have to try, thanks. There was another band about the same time frame, The Average White Band , have not listened to them in many years.