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Gold Member Username: Jan_b_vigne
Dallas,
TX
Post Number: 9828
Registered: May-04
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| Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 09:11 am: |
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If I was going to buy new speakers, which I'm not, what color speaker stand would I like? |
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Silver Member Username: Serniter
Piscataway,
New Jersey
USA
Post Number: 123
Registered: Mar-06
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| Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 09:15 am: |
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Is this like asking which speaker I would like? |
Silver Member Username: Davidpa
Portland,
Oregon
US
Post Number: 396
Registered: Nov-05
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| Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 09:17 am: |
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Well Jan, hypothetically speaking, you would like the one that provides stability. |
Silver Member Username: Davidpa
Portland,
Oregon
US
Post Number: 397
Registered: Nov-05
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| Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 09:18 am: |
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But, would'nt you be more concerned about the color of the speaker wire? |
Silver Member Username: Stefanom
Vienna,
VA
United States
Post Number: 388
Registered: Apr-06
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| Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 09:40 am: |
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Something that matches your decor and speakers. You can't usually go too far wrong with black, but the same wood finish as is on your speakers works well too. |
Gold Member Username: Artk
Albany,
Oregon
USA
Post Number: 4124
Registered: Feb-05
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| Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 09:53 am: |
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The one that suits you and that you prefer...only you could answer that. |
Bronze Member Username: Stryvn
Post Number: 34
Registered: Dec-06
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| Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 10:03 am: |
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Here's what you will like: get floor standers and put them on mis-matched milk crates (one brown and one orange).
Along with the outstanding bass output, extremely detailed highs, crisp mids provided by the orange and brown hues in this configuration, the mis-matched crates are highly endorsed by the extreme home makeover shows. |
Silver Member Username: Davidpa
Portland,
Oregon
US
Post Number: 398
Registered: Nov-05
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| Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 10:17 am: |
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C,mon Jan, there are so many threads on this very subject, just do a quick search! |
Silver Member Username: Davidpa
Portland,
Oregon
US
Post Number: 399
Registered: Nov-05
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| Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 10:18 am: |
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btw, I feel your pain |
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Silver Member Username: Jingka99
Kuala Lumpur,
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Post Number: 116
Registered: Aug-06
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| Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 10:46 am: |
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Well, Jan, you have to give us more info, what type of music you like to listen to, how big is your listening room, so we can recommend what color is best |
Platinum Member Username: Project6
Post Number: 13062
Registered: Dec-03
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| Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 11:22 am: |
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Hah...good one Jan! |
Gold Member Username: Jan_b_vigne
Dallas,
TX
Post Number: 9829
Registered: May-04
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| Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 12:27 pm: |
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I don't like black or any other color. I don't use speaker wire and I'm going to change it once I get stands anyway. I want tight bass, clear mids and clean highs. Anyone?! |
Gold Member Username: Jan_b_vigne
Dallas,
TX
Post Number: 9830
Registered: May-04
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| Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 12:28 pm: |
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"C,mon Jan, there are so many threads on this very subject, just do a quick search!"
Why won't you do it for me? |
Gold Member Username: Stu_pitt
Irvington,
New York
USA
Post Number: 1582
Registered: May-05
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| Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 12:58 pm: |
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Pink. Raise Breast Cancer Awareness.
Save the breasts!!! |
Silver Member Username: Gavdawg
Post Number: 295
Registered: Nov-06
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| Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 01:28 pm: |
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Knowing you Jan...
probably the old standby unfinished, rough lumber 8x8.
It'd be the perfect perch for your speakers, and easily customizied :-) |
Silver Member Username: Gavdawg
Post Number: 296
Registered: Nov-06
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| Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 01:30 pm: |
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Although your music tastes WOULD be helpful.
That solid block of wood might be a little TOO dead for your taste :-P |
Silver Member Username: Stefanom
Vienna,
VA
United States
Post Number: 389
Registered: Apr-06
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| Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 02:35 pm: |
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"I don't like black or any other color. I don't use speaker wire and I'm going to change it once I get stands anyway. I want tight bass, clear mids and clean highs. Anyone?!"
If you don't like black or any other color, go with glass! |
Gold Member Username: Jan_b_vigne
Dallas,
TX
Post Number: 9832
Registered: May-04
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| Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 05:02 pm: |
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Will glass give clear sound? I don't think my music is important because I don't use the speakers or stands for music. I mainly want them to hold photos of my dogs. Should I get new dogs? Mine are kind of old but I like vintage spaniels more than the new ones they're producing nowdays. |
Silver Member Username: Stefanom
Vienna,
VA
United States
Post Number: 390
Registered: Apr-06
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| Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 05:06 pm: |
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"Will glass give clear sound?"
More or less. Depends on the glass though. I prefer plexiglass.
"I mainly want them to hold photos of my dogs."
Glass is very good for this. Your photos can be encased in glass and you will still be able to view them.
"Should I get new dogs? Mine are kind of old but I like vintage spaniels more than the new ones they're producing nowdays."
I would get "new to you dogs"; in other words they should be old enough to be housebroken, but young enough to be malleable. |
Bronze Member Username: Nout
Post Number: 67
Registered: Mar-06
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| Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 05:20 pm: |
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Will glass give clear sound? I don't think my music is important because I don't use the speakers or stands for music. I mainly want them to hold photos of my dogs. Should I get new dogs? Mine are kind of old but I like vintage spaniels more than the new ones they're producing nowdays.
Get rid of the dogs
Get a cat instead.
Less shouty and harsh.
So much smoother and laid-back.
I'll use stands with ropes and clothes around them
It will keep the sound sharp, tightly focused and clean.
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Gold Member Username: Nuck
Post Number: 5971
Registered: Dec-04
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| Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 07:30 pm: |
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pass |
Platinum Member Username: Project6
Post Number: 13069
Registered: Dec-03
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| Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 08:16 pm: |
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I prefer English Bulldogs, but again keep in mind that these are my preferences. You may like a chihuahua better.
Have you thought about getting a better leash? A good leash is always a plus! |
Gold Member Username: Artk
Albany,
Oregon
USA
Post Number: 4128
Registered: Feb-05
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| Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 09:30 pm: |
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Pass out... |
Bronze Member Username: Eleven
Pittsburgh,
PA
USA
Post Number: 72
Registered: Nov-06
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| Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 09:36 pm: |
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old dogs...
love it. |
Gold Member Username: Jan_b_vigne
Dallas,
TX
Post Number: 9838
Registered: May-04
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| Posted on Friday, February 23, 2007 - 12:06 am: |
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An entire thread without Andre posting. I've entered another dimension. One without cats. |
Gold Member Username: Artk
Albany,
Oregon
USA
Post Number: 4137
Registered: Feb-05
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| Posted on Friday, February 23, 2007 - 12:09 am: |
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It ain't over til it's over... |
Platinum Member Username: Project6
Post Number: 13084
Registered: Dec-03
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| Posted on Friday, February 23, 2007 - 12:36 am: |
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Give it time... |
Gold Member Username: John_a
London
U.K.
Post Number: 4634
Registered: Dec-03
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| Posted on Friday, February 23, 2007 - 01:35 am: |
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Jan,
Don't forget the psychochromatoacoustic resonance between the wavelengths of light and sound. Yellow and orange for ABBA, blue for Scriabin and Miles Davis, brown for Wagner - that sort of thing. Dedicated psychochromatoacoustics covers with different colours can easily be made for speaker stands. Natural hypoallergenic fabrics are usually best. Though there is always a trade-off.
You're lucky with not having to punch holes in for the wire. By the way, if you had wire, what AWG would you choose (it affects the size of the holes)?
BTW if you just think oxygen-free copper, and that works for you, then there you go. |
Silver Member Username: Twebbz
Oakland Park,
Florida
USA
Post Number: 472
Registered: Apr-04
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| Posted on Friday, February 23, 2007 - 09:42 am: |
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If you get speaker stands covered with GLITTER your highs will SPARKLE! |
Gold Member Username: My_rantz
Australia
Post Number: 1192
Registered: Nov-05
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| Posted on Friday, February 23, 2007 - 09:52 am: |
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Insert the speaker stand floor spikes into the inputs of your old dogs and you will be amazed at the frequency range of the resulting sound. |
Silver Member Username: Serniter
Piscataway,
New Jersey
USA
Post Number: 124
Registered: Mar-06
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| Posted on Friday, February 23, 2007 - 10:21 am: |
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As long as they are the same color as the little clocks. |
Gold Member Username: Frank_abela
Berkshire
UK
Post Number: 1949
Registered: Sep-04
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| Posted on Friday, February 23, 2007 - 11:18 am: |
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Jan,
Please do not confuse black with colour. Black is the absence of colour so it cannot be considered within the terms of reference of this thread.
On the subject of colours, there is a certain amount of empirical evidence to the effect that the colour depends very much on the colour of the speakers which will be sited on said stands. If the dogs are to be maintained in a healthy state, there is also the question of materials. I do not think you have fully considered the subject nor made full use of the excellent search mechanisms available to you on the net to frame the thread request in a way in which our erstwhile selves could possibly answer, apart from one erstwhile self whose blatherings sweep between lunacy and brilliance in metronomically constant swings and whose initials are JV...
All the best in your searches,
Frank. |
Silver Member Username: Jingka99
Kuala Lumpur,
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Post Number: 122
Registered: Aug-06
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| Posted on Friday, February 23, 2007 - 11:57 am: |
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What? |
Silver Member Username: Jingka99
Kuala Lumpur,
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Post Number: 123
Registered: Aug-06
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| Posted on Friday, February 23, 2007 - 12:00 pm: |
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If you have a magnetically shielded dog, then maybe you can use a magnetically levitated stand!!! |
Gold Member Username: Nuck
Post Number: 5989
Registered: Dec-04
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| Posted on Friday, February 23, 2007 - 07:56 pm: |
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I think it is a cry for help.
Hide the clippers!
And tattoo needle!
OK, now I pass. |
Gold Member Username: Jan_b_vigne
Dallas,
TX
Post Number: 9846
Registered: May-04
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| Posted on Friday, February 23, 2007 - 11:03 pm: |
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Brown for Wagner!
Ain't that The Truth! If I knew what that meant, we could stop now.
I'm all for freeing Oxygen! Don't they have weapons of mass destruction? Isn't this AWG the precursor to a nuclear program?
Spread democracy throughout the Elemental Table and let Oxygen be the lynchpin for that spread ...
... of democracy! ......... through the elemental table.
My dog covers stuff with something that sparkles. That count?
"Little clocks"? I'm talkin' picture frames.
I think the back of my amplifier says (why is it always the back that says stuff? Should I start another thread? I probably should but I'm here now.) not to use speaker stands with an absence of color. It doesn't say anything about "colour". I want to do it anyway. All the best stands have an absence of color. But I don't want black. What other colors are there with an absence of all color? Will it harm my stands?
The only mechanisms I have are parked in the driveway. I've never heard of an erstwhile brand. Will it hurt my stands?
One of the voices I used to hear when I played music said, "I know I'm mad. I've always been mad." I thought that was brilliant but the voice had a British accent and then I figured it was just redundant. Then I heard about English dogs being mad and I stopped listening to those voices. Will they harm my stands?
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Gold Member Username: My_rantz
Australia
Post Number: 1195
Registered: Nov-05
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| Posted on Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 01:29 am: |
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"Then I heard about English dogs being mad and I stopped listening to those voices. Will they harm my stands?"
Only if they lift their leg on 'em.
So what's next for your entertainment Jan? |
Silver Member Username: Davidpa
Portland,
Oregon
US
Post Number: 403
Registered: Nov-05
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| Posted on Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 01:35 am: |
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Look Jan, if you just dont get it, then we cant help you. Colour, color, sparkles, or sparkling, you have to get out there and paint. Epoxy first. Ring the bell twice, otherwise noone goes away. Oh, and about the clocks? If you time em just right, the bipolar nature design in each woofer (dog here) creates true balance in your cats. And there is no such thing as color/colour anyways, its all just an opinion, especially if your color blind. What do we have to do? Shop for you? |
Gold Member Username: Nuck
Post Number: 6005
Registered: Dec-04
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| Posted on Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 08:06 am: |
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Mad dogs and Englishmen.
And Jan, out in the noonday sun.
Without a hat.
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Gold Member Username: John_a
London
U.K.
Post Number: 4635
Registered: Dec-03
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| Posted on Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 08:58 am: |
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David writes:- "And there is no such thing as color/colour anyways, its all just an opinion"
Oh, Lord, here we go again.....
Try that when interpreting traffic lights, David.
See how it stands up in court. Or as an epitaph.
Jan,
"If I was going to buy new speakers, which I'm not, what color speaker stand would I like?
Frank is right; black is not an option.
Choose universal – choose white.
Glad you caught the Wagner reference. There is a the first surround-sound Ring being released. From Australia, Adelaide. Hybrid SACD/CD. Melba records. I thought it was a sort of ice-cream. Thought you should know.... |
Silver Member Username: Davidpa
Portland,
Oregon
US
Post Number: 404
Registered: Nov-05
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| Posted on Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 09:43 am: |
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Oh, Lord, here we go again.....
Try that when interpreting traffic lights, David.
See how it stands up in court. Or as an epitaph.
I give up. |
Gold Member Username: John_a
London
U.K.
Post Number: 4636
Registered: Dec-03
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| Posted on Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 10:09 am: |
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Sorry, david, old habits and all that.
Jan, there is only one colo(u)r for all right-thinking people. It has been scientifically proved. You know it already, deep down. There is no point in arguing. The nuns knew it, too. I am leaving this thread until you guys come to your senses.... |
Gold Member Username: Jan_b_vigne
Dallas,
TX
Post Number: 9851
Registered: May-04
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| Posted on Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 10:57 am: |
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The nuns wore black. A little white but their soles were black. Should I go listen to a nun? How much discount should I get? Will that harm my stands?
Nuck - I have a hat, it's made out of aluminum. |
Platinum Member Username: Project6
Post Number: 13104
Registered: Dec-03
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| Posted on Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 12:12 pm: |
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But the blackness is not real, they are just shadows.
You only think it is real because that is only what you see.
Cast your eyes upon the cause of the nuns.
Listen with a hat. |
Gold Member Username: Nuck
Post Number: 6009
Registered: Dec-04
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| Posted on Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 12:46 pm: |
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Pepperidge Farm. |
Silver Member Username: Twebbz
Oakland Park,
Florida
USA
Post Number: 473
Registered: Apr-04
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| Posted on Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 01:08 pm: |
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The nuns won't harm your stands but, they may rap on your knuckles with a ruler or bash your head against a blackboard. Catholic grade school...I remember it well. |
Platinum Member Username: Project6
Post Number: 13107
Registered: Dec-03
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| Posted on Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 01:20 pm: |
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I've heard of gangsta rap, but knuckle rap...not so much. It's more of a feeling... |
Bronze Member Username: Mortal_one
Canada
Post Number: 52
Registered: Nov-04
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| Posted on Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 01:39 pm: |
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Well Jan, now you have a better understanding of all the differences that the dogs can have on your system. But you have yet to understand the relationship that all of the components have on the music being presented. I can not tell you which stands not buy since I am not you, but given a price range, your eye sight, age, height and weight requirements along with the dietary habits of your dogs I can make a few recommendations.
You will also need to describe what you find is lacking in the music representation at the present and what you are looking to achieve by not buying stands of any specific colour. Then I will be able pinpoint what is wrong using vague and subjective terms to make you more confused.
The only way to appreciate this subject to go and listen to the different aspect of no colour and then you will understand.
The hat will cause unnecessary reflects given the material composition and should be removed. Only a beanie will affect the sounds system in a natural way. |
Gold Member Username: Nuck
Post Number: 6012
Registered: Dec-04
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| Posted on Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 01:44 pm: |
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with a pinwheel/propeller on top.
Help, Cecil, help! |
Gold Member Username: Nuck
Post Number: 6013
Registered: Dec-04
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| Posted on Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 01:45 pm: |
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I'm comin' Beanie Boy! |
Gold Member Username: Jan_b_vigne
Dallas,
TX
Post Number: 9855
Registered: May-04
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| Posted on Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 03:20 pm: |
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TMO - I will never understand my dogs, that's why I came to this forum for help with stands. At the moment nothing is lacking in my music reproduction since I've not mated musics. Only dogs, and they seem to do well when left to their own "devices". I know I can't listen to color so I think you're just being obtuse now. I resent that since I didn't ask anyone to be obtuse. I think you're trying to confuse my stands.
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Gold Member Username: Jan_b_vigne
Dallas,
TX
Post Number: 9856
Registered: May-04
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| Posted on Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 03:21 pm: |
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If it ends up I can listen to color, can I listen to two at the same time without harming my stands? |
Bronze Member Username: Mortal_one
Canada
Post Number: 54
Registered: Nov-04
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| Posted on Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 03:23 pm: |
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The beanie will spin in copasetic speed |
