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Bronze Member Username: Jaw
Post Number: 68
Registered: Mar-06
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| Posted on Friday, December 08, 2006 - 07:55 pm: |
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http://xo.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/soundsystem.jpg
not of this planet. |
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Bronze Member Username: Jaw
Post Number: 69
Registered: Mar-06
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| Posted on Friday, December 08, 2006 - 07:59 pm: |
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The shoe looks vaguely familiar, think it's one of you guys. It might be the Maxell dude from the 70's still hanging around ( disregard if already posted.)
Anyone identify the electronics? |
Gold Member Username: Jan_b_vigne
Dallas,
TX
Post Number: 9418
Registered: May-04
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| Posted on Friday, December 08, 2006 - 09:18 pm: |
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Low end Sony. |
Gold Member Username: Nuck
Post Number: 4769
Registered: Dec-04
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| Posted on Friday, December 08, 2006 - 09:57 pm: |
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I have that in my car.
Thump thump. |
Gold Member Username: Petergalbraith
Rimouski,
Quebec
Canada
Post Number: 1979
Registered: Feb-04
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| Posted on Friday, December 08, 2006 - 10:45 pm: |
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You guys don't like horns at all, do you? |
Gold Member Username: Nuck
Post Number: 4773
Registered: Dec-04
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| Posted on Friday, December 08, 2006 - 11:10 pm: |
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Gabriel had one.
Not so good.
Who are those horsemen? |
Gold Member Username: Nuck
Post Number: 4775
Registered: Dec-04
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| Posted on Friday, December 08, 2006 - 11:14 pm: |
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That 70's shoe? |
Gold Member Username: Nuck
Post Number: 4776
Registered: Dec-04
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| Posted on Friday, December 08, 2006 - 11:15 pm: |
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Buy me a beer. |
Gold Member Username: Jan_b_vigne
Dallas,
TX
Post Number: 9420
Registered: May-04
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| Posted on Saturday, December 09, 2006 - 11:56 am: |
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Seems a bit of stretch to draw that conclusion from what has been posted, PG. I see nothing that has mentioned the speakers at all. Anybody who can't appreciate what a horn loaded speaker can do well has never heard a well designed and well built horn. On the same thought, anyone who can't appreciate what a small, inefficient sealed box mini-monitor can do has never heard a well designed and built small, inefficient mini-monitor. Or a planar, a transmission line, a diploe, a tube amp, a class T amp or what have you. It's seldom the priniciple that is questioned but rather the application. To come to any conclusion other than everyone gets to like what they like and can afford is ... I don't know what.
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Gold Member Username: Nuck
Post Number: 4847
Registered: Dec-04
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| Posted on Monday, December 11, 2006 - 10:41 am: |
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Lowthers?
A lot of brass there.
It may be bright.
Or blast my pumpkin off.
Anthom amps?
The center mounted 5v, 20v power supply looks like an Anthem... |
Gold Member Username: Nuck
Post Number: 4848
Registered: Dec-04
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| Posted on Monday, December 11, 2006 - 10:43 am: |
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Wanna try the Blues Brothers on that kit?
Yup.
Soul man. |
Gold Member Username: Nuck
Post Number: 4849
Registered: Dec-04
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| Posted on Monday, December 11, 2006 - 10:45 am: |
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The 'Tower of power' horns would remove all preconceptions.
And a 1 and a 2 and a... |
Gold Member Username: Petergalbraith
Rimouski,
Quebec
Canada
Post Number: 1980
Registered: Feb-04
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| Posted on Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 02:35 pm: |
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Seems a bit of stretch to draw that conclusion from what has been posted, PG
Excuse me for not reading anything positive about what had been posted. |
Gold Member Username: Jan_b_vigne
Dallas,
TX
Post Number: 9487
Registered: May-04
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| Posted on Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 02:43 pm: |
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Nothing had been posted that was positive about the electronics. Nothing had been posted at all about the speakers. I just don't see how you could draw any conclusions about how we feel about horns by what had been posted. Care to explain? |
Gold Member Username: Petergalbraith
Rimouski,
Quebec
Canada
Post Number: 1983
Registered: Feb-04
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| Posted on Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 02:51 pm: |
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Sure. Someone posts a picture of an amazing horn-loaded system, and the reaction is cracking jokes. Such a picture on the Klipsch or Altec forums would have drawn at least something like wish I could heard that; it must sound awesome.
No big deal. |
Gold Member Username: Nuck
Post Number: 4903
Registered: Dec-04
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| Posted on Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 03:31 pm: |
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Mrs. Nuck laffed her buttt off at the pic.
We dig it. |
Silver Member Username: My_rantz
Australia
Post Number: 985
Registered: Nov-05
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| Posted on Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 05:11 pm: |
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This is Major Tom to ground control - I'm getting a lot of static here.
Repeat, I'm getting a lot of static here. The cicuit's dead, there's something wrong. . . |
Gold Member Username: Jan_b_vigne
Dallas,
TX
Post Number: 9488
Registered: May-04
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| Posted on Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 08:22 pm: |
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Excuse me for cracking a joke about at outrageous system or for not being in awe of too much money spent. PG, you really need to stop being so paranoid about whether anyone likes horns, or likes Klipsch or likes anything you like. What does it matter what we think of anything? It's a big deal because you keep making it a big deal. So nobody wishes they could have heard this system. How do you know it's "amazing"? 'Cause it uses horns? Like that's a guarantee of amazing sound?! So what, you don't like mini-monitors?!
Come on, PG. It's Xmas time and I'm not looking to start anything with you but you gotta stop being so damn sensitive about whether anyone here likes what you own. Give it a rest. OK?
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Bronze Member Username: Jaw
Post Number: 75
Registered: Mar-06
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| Posted on Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 10:35 pm: |
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MERRRRREEEE CHRISTMAS, CHARLIE BROWN!
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Gold Member Username: Petergalbraith
Rimouski,
Quebec
Canada
Post Number: 1984
Registered: Feb-04
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| Posted on Monday, December 18, 2006 - 12:20 am: |
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As I said before, no big deal.
Unless, JV, you seem to want to push my buttons again. It seems like you do. You are making a lot more out of my comment than I made out of yours. I never said I knew it sounded "amazing". You are putting words into my mouth again, likely trying to get a rise of my me.
Christmas spirit... Yeah, right. |
Gold Member Username: Jan_b_vigne
Dallas,
TX
Post Number: 9493
Registered: May-04
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| Posted on Monday, December 18, 2006 - 12:48 am: |
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I'm never, ever trying to get anything out of you, PG. You just let it spill out.
Happy holidays, PG. Got a Yule Log yet?
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Silver Member Username: Arande2
400dB could probably d...,
4000 isnt ev...
100,000dB FU...
Post Number: 163
Registered: Dec-06
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| Posted on Monday, December 18, 2006 - 02:08 am: |
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I think that's a sousaphone in the background! Maybe I should start playing it. |
Gold Member Username: Petergalbraith
Rimouski,
Quebec
Canada
Post Number: 1986
Registered: Feb-04
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| Posted on Monday, December 18, 2006 - 09:01 am: |
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PG. You just let it spill out.
Yeah, you're innocent as always. |
Gold Member Username: Stu_pitt
Irvington,
New York
USA
Post Number: 1551
Registered: May-05
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| Posted on Monday, December 18, 2006 - 11:10 am: |
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I'm pretty certain the speakers are Avantgarde. I've heard a 'lower end' Avantgarde once (it was only about $15K) driven by Halcro amps.
This may seem like the most assinine (sp?) statement I've ever made here, but the speakers did a great job of disappearing. Obviously, they need a good bit of room to breathe.
As for electronics... The second component from the top in the middle rack looks like an Esoteric piece. Maybe some of the other gear is as well? |
Gold Member Username: Jan_b_vigne
Dallas,
TX
Post Number: 9496
Registered: May-04
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| Posted on Monday, December 18, 2006 - 05:01 pm: |
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Am I innocent? Innocent of what? Your cynicism implies I am guilty of something. What would I be guilty of? Since I see no offense, no violation, no crime against your person, PG, yeah, I guess I am innocent. You're going to have to explain how I would not be innocent, what I would be guilty of and how this thread has suddenly become all about you being persecuted.
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Gold Member Username: Timn8ter
Seattle,
WA
USA
Post Number: 1147
Registered: Dec-03
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| Posted on Monday, December 18, 2006 - 05:28 pm: |
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Stu's right.
http://www.avantgarde-usa.com/basshorns.html |
Bronze Member Username: Jaw
Post Number: 76
Registered: Mar-06
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| Posted on Monday, December 18, 2006 - 06:11 pm: |
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Stu/Tim, good call; had no idea.
http://www.teac.com/esoteric/images/A-70Web.jpg
Guy at the end of the cul-de-sac sold his last summer to Madison Square Garden. |
Bronze Member Username: Jaw
Post Number: 77
Registered: Mar-06
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| Posted on Monday, December 18, 2006 - 06:15 pm: |
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scared off the deer, squirrels and his family had nothing to eat. |
Gold Member Username: Chitown
Post Number: 1321
Registered: Apr-05
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| Posted on Tuesday, December 19, 2006 - 03:19 pm: |
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What exactly is that silvery thing in the middle? |
Gold Member Username: Timn8ter
Seattle,
WA
USA
Post Number: 1153
Registered: Dec-03
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| Posted on Tuesday, December 19, 2006 - 03:44 pm: |
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I think the OP was trying to have a little fun suggesting they look like something from outer space, however, some creative folks out there have incorporated horns into their decor so they look more like modern art pieces to me. I especially like the green ones with all the plants around them.
http://www.avantgarde-usa.com/installations.html |
Gold Member Username: Stu_pitt
Irvington,
New York
USA
Post Number: 1553
Registered: May-05
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| Posted on Tuesday, December 19, 2006 - 04:03 pm: |
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The silvery thing in the middle (not the equipment rack) is the bass portion of the horn speaker system. |
