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Ed- I can possibly understand where youre coming from here. As you already know I have Type I Diabetes. Fortunately my job affords me exercise and the diet is on my shoulders. I would also like to say that I might have a slightly different perspective on this than most others. To say that we all will pass on to the unknown other-side is inevitable. Not knowing when, where or how is probably left best in bliss. But you and I have one thing in common, the "how" is something we already know. Although it may not be the disease itself but one of the many fledgling problems that are a result of it. Heart disease, kidney failure, cancer, myopathy (blindness), nerve damage, increased time for healing of wounds, amputations, et al. are all things we now have to worry about. Having this condition is the prime reason why I decided never to have children of my own. As you know Diabetes is hereditary and I don't wish to burden my children with a "punishment" when they did nothing to deserve it. As this post is being put to electronic medium I cannot deny the lyrics of "Old Friends" from Art Garfunkel's "Angel Clare" album. EDIT-- I later realized that "Old Friends" is not on the Angle Clare album but on Simon & Garfunkel's "Bookends".

Dean, I'm just as frustrated with trying to post pictures on here. I did finally get it on though but you have to do some mind reading as to what the source address is after you uploaded the file. Hell, I can't even to a search anymore without an error message.

O.k. Now this is the part I don't have prsonal hands on experience with but I'll try. The first I would ask is if your gonna use the same make and model of amp for HF and LF. If so you may even see if you can run them each in mono and just use them as mono-blocks (one amp for each channel, right and left). If not then bi-amp may be more preferable. Assuming that you have a pair of binding posts for the HF and LF independently on each cabinet (four posts on one speaker) it may run like this. The pre-outs coming out of your receiver (integrated, preamp, etc.) would first go into an active crossover, out of the crossover and to each amp (HF and LF respectively). The crossover will filter out the frequencies that are not needed to go to each driver (you won't need LF frequencies going to the mids and tweeters). You can set these adjustments where you want or most people just put them at the original crossover points the manufacturer sets on the passive crossovers built in the speaker's cabinet. Those points can usually be found in the speaker's user manual. Then the amps just run as normal to the correct binding post (one amp to the speaker's mids and tweets and the other amp to the woofer's posts left and right). That's about the best I can describe it. There are many makes of active crossovers. If you have a shop near you (or go to Marsmusic.com )that sells band equipment they'll probably have some.

It almost sopunds like he has some deep inside doughts about his purchase and he needs someone to reaffirm the quality of his choice. Possibly a little post-purchase depression. Man, I need some Mylanta....

I'd like to add something to my above post. If any of you have seen American Graffiti. O.k. so it's a cult classic. But us guys from the Fatherland really lived that movie. We picked out a character and was able to assign it to someone in our group. We played alot of street football and wiffle-ball. So I guess "Sandlot" hit home almost as well.

ooppsss! double post.

I've wondered what the other "two ways" are myself. I can just come up with 1.) Wrap around 2.)Banana plug and 3.) hole through the side of the post. Maybe there's some answers on the WBT site. I've heard they're the masters of connections like this. Unless they want to include using spades apart from the wrap around way.

KRB- The last information I could find was that "new" McIntosh was not available on line. Audio Classics, however, can come up with some veeeery nice, barely plugged in, stuff. Ooopps! I just read your post after I responded.

I think Ears should post a picture of himself to prove to us that HE exists!! FWIW, I spent about $700 (out of $16,000 total for the whole system)on cables including MITerminator-2 Bi-Wires and Monster interconnects. Not the best stuff in the world, but it works for now. Some better ones are in the crosshairs after I buy the new car. After that I'll have to get the pre-amp & amp of my dreams (not too far from what I have now). ------------------ Tom's Money Pit This message has been edited by tblasing on 09-25-2002 at 01:12 PM

Oops, double post. This message has been edited by tblasing on 09-24-2002 at 03:42 PM

Sorry about the post Justin, I for got how to get the picture in the text area. I was gonna fix it when I got home......really. ------------------ Tom's Money Pit

Mike-(and others) If I think I'm gonna put up a rather lengthy post I usually just type it up in a word document then just copy and paste to forum. The word processor has a much more extended dictionary than the forum's AND it can check grammer too. On the subject of re-logging in every time, isn't a cookie suppost to be placed on your computer for this? Mine USED to work that way until I either cleared all cache memory and/or reformatted my hard drive. It really doesn't work now since I put on a new firewall for the DSL. The firewall doesn't even ask it just blocks it out. ------------------ Tom's Money Pit

ooops. double post when editing. This message has been edited by tblasing on 08-04-2002 at 09:29 PM

Originally posted by MagnumMan: So,I can bi-wire without the passive network? Yes, you can. Ok, here are my hookups: I have new banana plugs from KnuKonceptz that doesn't permit plugging another pair in. So,to hook up 2nd set,should I get spade connecters for it? If one set is hooked up via spades under the screw cap on binding post,and other set hooked in via banana plugs, On the amp end, using the spades is a good idea. The only thing I can think of that might be a problem is being able to insert the banana clips in far enough in the hole when the spades are in place. Just a thought. does it make a difference which is going to Hi-Input & Low-Input on back of speaker. None. ------------------ Tom's Money Pit

Double post...oopps! This message has been edited by tblasing on 06-12-2002 at 09:46 AM

O.K. moderators!! Who was it that made the magic post!! We need to know!! When I logged on it was at 99,996 and I quickly put in about three posts willy-nilly... When I check it again it said 100,003! So who was it! ------------------ Tom's Money Pit This message has been edited by tblasing on 05-22-2002 at 03:42 PM

This post is definitely not a question but a commemoration to a very special man in my life. As I sit in my easy chair watching the documentary special on CBS of the tragedies that changed our total outlook on life and the bravery of Firefighters everywhere, well, this just has to be said. In 1962 my father was looking for a career to support his, then, four children all under five years of age. He found a posting that the Cincinnati Fire Department was taking applications for recruits. After Fire College his second assignment was Ladder 2, Truck 29 at the corner of Liberty and Linn Sts. Not too long after that he made the rank of ATO, Arial Truck Operator and so far was respected for his common sense approach to the profession. September 1965 I came into the world clueless of the scope and importance of the job he does. All I knew was that dad would come home some nights from work and sometimes he wouldnt. Twenty-four hours on duty, forty-eight hours off. In the off time he usually went to a second job as a butcher for a local grocery chain to keep us fed. I remember vividly of the nights he came home from the firehouse smelling of smoke. I would hop up from the living room floor from watching Sesame Street and run to meet him at the front door before it had even closed behind him. I would sit on his tired foot and wrap my arms and legs around his leg up to the knee and hold on for a long hug not letting go as he walked with a Western style movie limp to the kitchen to see mom and to put down his gear. At dinner he never left anything on his plate. We didnt need a dog for any leftovers; we just gave it to dad. Both my parents had one of those jobs where planned days off around holidays just didnt happen. Not one year went past when both mom and dad were home for both Thanksgiving and Christmas. Needless to say we celebrated Christmas a lot on Christmas Eve. In 1975 all the families from the firefighters of shift two decided something different. If they could not be home with their families, let the families come to them. That Christmas day eve mom piled all five of us kids in the station wagon and went to daddys work. There were tables set up between the pumper and ladder trucks. The food started coming from the kitchen to each table along with dad adorning the familiar apron that he wore at home when he cooked for us. This was really good chow till a call came into the station. Over the loudspeaker came Truck 29, Ladder 2, Rescue 24Box 3217 West Eighth and Glenway---a structure fire.. The man in the joker room would give the response to the fire tower. The crew ran to get their gear on and pull us kids that were climbing on the trucks off so they could leave. The trucks roared out with the stench of hydrocarbons as it made every bite of Christmas dinner taste the same, but I didnt care, I got to see daddy at work. Since then he has been decorated with Fireman of the Year.twice. About 1979 he came home excited about the Fire Museum getting a new location. The old firehouse at 315 West Court Street. The very first firehouse that housed the nation's first paid firefighters. It needed a lot of work and was being funded with donations. Dad just loves to fix things. I honestly think we moved the last two times because there was nothing left to be fixed in the house we were in. He was in hog heaven now. Five years later I started a part-time moonlight job at that museum. That job lasted sixteen years for me. Though now retired since 1992, Dad is still volunteering his time to that museum scrounging materials, changing light bulbs, running new electric and fixing water leaks. And as alwaysloving every minute of it. Robert J. Blasing Badge #517 Dates of service: 1962-1992 Thanks dad. http://www.cincyfiremuseum.com/ ------------------ Tom's Money Pit This message has been edited by tblasing on 03-13-2002 at 02:39 PM

The external phono stage will have a grounding post but one isn't needed going to the receiver. After using the phono stage the turntable will be seen by the receiver as just another audio source (tape/cd/tv/dvd..etc.) ------------------ Tom's Money Pit

Sorry- I read something else into the post. I was taking the 'moral standard' approach comparing Ohio and Nevada. But then again Cincinnati is about ten years behind on things. ------------------ Tom's Money Pit This message has been edited by tblasing on 02-15-2002 at 12:33 AM

I'll admit to once frequenting a pair of AR-11's till the cat used the woofers as a scratching post. Never knew they were 4ohm till recently. Definitley a loss. ------------------ Tom's Money Pit

You might want to check with Al himself. A while back he had a post that said he had an extra one for sale. Not really sure if it was a factory Klipsch unit or one of his own. ------------------ Tom's Money Pit

quote: Originally posted by JCturboT: They told me it was one of the best tapes decks out there and has nakamichi internals. Jeff Jeff, Wow, don't tell people that own the Nak Dragon LOL!! Actually being overhalled was a bit of a slight exageration but I'm sure if you send it to Yamaha (yes, they do that) they'll give it a good goin' over. Don't be surprised if it costs a few hundred to have done. It needed a good cleaning of all the dial and slide pots as well as both pinch rollers and capistans. I replaced the main drive/play belt myself but had to get one from Yamaha direct (I think $18+shipping, ouch!). An almost small, local, "mom and pop" shop called Blue Chip Electronics put in two idler wheels (it lost the FF/RR all together about three months ago). The deck did sit dormant for about three years and since then I've been sort of listening to it again...well...I just remember it sounding a little crisper. I dunno it could be that my ears are spoiled from that McIntosh MVP-841 CD/DVD player. The total bill was about $88 which I thought was a steal considering I was planning to drop about $200 on it. I bought mine as a floor model from the store I worked at for about $380 (employee friendly discount) in 87' also when it was selling for $450. Yes, it is definitely the best deck I will probably ever have. Post Script- I take back what I said about the deck not sounding crisp. I just haven't adjusted the output stage which, until now, was being a bit over-saturated (read Clipped). The last tape or two I made was recorded a little hot also(too much signal level). Man, I gotta get some metal TDK MA-90's to make a good referance. I've got an e-mail out to TDK about availability of 90min over the 110min. This deck just doesn't like anything over a 90. Now I see how many compulsory adjustments get forgotten when one plays too many cd's. LOL ------------------ Tom's Money Pit This message has been edited by tblasing on 02-06-2002 at 10:52 AM

Post Script-- Sorry, as for third gear, I was reffering to the Shelby, not the DSM. This message has been edited by tblasing on 01-24-2002 at 07:31 PM

For whatever realistic or psychological applications apply to this, here is an idea to keep in mind. Which one would have the most contact area from the wire to the post? Bananas? Spades? Bare wire? The bare wire will corrode the fastest (may apply to bananas as well) and the jury is still out weather corroded wire degrades the sound quality to an audible level. But there is still a heap load of arguments/discussions on this very topic around here. ------------------ Tom KLF-20 Mahogany (Cornell Hotwired) McIntosh C33 Preamp McIntosh MVP-841 CD/DVD Rotel RB-1080 Amp Yamaha PF-800 Turntable/ Sure V15 Type V Cartridge Ortofon VMS-30 mkII Cartridge Stanton 999SS Cartridge Yamaha K-1020 Cassette dbx 1231 EQ H.H. Scott 830z Analyzer Monster Interlink 400mk II Monster Interlink 300mk II Monster Video 2 (DVD to TV) Monster Power HTS-5000 MIT Terminator 2 Bi-Wire Speaker cables Studio Tech U-48RW Cabinet Vibrapods Enough empty boxes for a fire hazard!

Dean, Do cables sound the same. Definitely not. I started out with 14ga. lampcord wire (ala-Woods Wire) then went to Original Monster 12ga. and now the MITerminator 2's. It is very true that the MIT's do reach a louder volume earlier in the volume control's travel, shame I didn't have the wherewithall to do a before and after measurement with the 830z. High frequencies no longer sound like a fuzzy hiss but now a sharp and pure "ding" from cymbals and the occasional percussion triangle. Midrange has a very natural, uninhibited flow for voices now. Most singers in the past sounded, well, rather "nasel"y. Akin to Fran Drescher(?) of "The Nanny". Bass has reached such low frequecies to make it seem like a note can only be felt and not heard. The biggest and most appriciated improvement is the amount of bass at low volumes. Something I've longed for without getting up from the big comfy chair and kicking up the loudness control a notch or two. I did have to trade the large spade clips for the small ones though. I thought the large ones would give me more contact area to the binding post. But these things were so close to each other I folded some pieces of news paper tightly and stuck it between the spades to prevent them from grounding to each other. One DVD I was really looking forward to was "The Dance" from Fleetwood Mac. I think this was recording engineer's greatest opportunity to make something wonderful and they/he/she went down in ball of flames. Mic Fleetwood's floor basses were very single note sounding and drowning out of John McVie's guitar. Lindsey Buckingham's playing wasn't defined enough either. Oh well, maybe their engineers are getting old too. I also noticed some high frequency drop outs on a few occasions with some older cd's. I guess thats from the now much higher level of sensativity of the system. Would I spend this kind of money again for these cables? If I knew what to look for then as I do now I would have done it long ago. About 67 hours total playing time and counting!! ------------------ Tom KLF-20 Mahogany (Cornell Hotwired) McIntosh C33 Preamp McIntosh MVP-841 CD/DVD Rotel RB-1080 Amp Yamaha PF-800 Turntable/ Sure V15 Type V Cartridge Ortofon VMS-30 mkII Cartridge Stanton 999SS Cartridge Yamaha K-1020 Cassette dbx 1231 EQ H.H. Scott 830z Analyzer Monster Interlink 400mk II Monster Interlink 300mk II Monster Video 2 (DVD to TV) Monster Power HTS-5000 MIT Terminator 2 Bi-Wire Speaker cables Studio Tech U-48RW Cabinet Vibrapods Enough empty boxes for a fire hazard! This message has been edited by tblasing on 12-15-2001 at 11:36 PM