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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    Went to the car wash the other day, currently driving a late prototype Chevy Silverado.
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    Basement: Polk SDA SRS 1.2tl's, Cary SLP-05 Pre with ultimate upgrade,McIntosh MCD301 CD/SACD player, Northstar Designs Excelsio DAC, Cambridge 851N streamer, McIntosh MC300 Amp, Silnote Morpheus Ref2, Series2 Digital Cables, Silnote Morpheus Ref2 Series2 XLR's, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Pangea Power Cables, MIT Shotgun S3 IC's, MIT Shotgun S1 Bi-Wire speaker cables
    Office: PC, EAR Acute CD Player, EAR 834L Pre, Northstar Designs Intenso DAC, Antique Sound Labs AV8 Monoblocks, Denon UDR-F10 Cassette, Acoustic Technologies Classic FR Speakers, SVS SB12 Plus sub, MIT AVt2 speaker cables, IFI Purifier2, AQ Cinnamon USB cable, Groneberg Quatro Reference IC's
    Spare Room: Dayens Ampino Integrated Amp, Tjoeb 99 tube CD player (modified Marantz CD-38), Analysis Plus Oval 9's, Zu Jumpers, AudioEngine B1 Streamer, Klipsch RB-61 v2, SVS PB1000 sub, Blue Jeans RCA IC's, Shunyata Hydra 8 Power Conditioner
    Living Room: Peachtree Nova Integrated, Cambridge CXN v2 Streamer, Rotel RCD-1072 CD player, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Polk RT265 In Wall Speakers, Polk DSW Pro 660wi sub
    Garage #1: Cambridge Audio 640A Integrated Amp, Project Box-E BT Streamer, Polk Tsi200 Bookies, Douglas Speaker Cables, Shunyata Power Conditioner
    Garage #2: Cambridge Audio EVO150 Integrated Amplifier, Polk L200's, Analysis Plus Silver Oval 2 Speaker Cables, IC's TBD.
  • mlistens03
    mlistens03 Posts: 2,767
    I can tell you with 100% assurance that the above is true.
    https://www.cartalk.com/content/its-all-attitude
    This was on Car Talk a while back. Really funny, and all this talk about evil cats made me think of it.
  • OleBoot
    OleBoot Posts: 2,606
    Cats get a bad rap. Our cats love us. Especially when we summon the black powers and sacrifice a goat.

    They're 8 now, but when we first got them:

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,547
    edited September 2018
    I'm never quite sure how our cats (only 1 now) have felt about us. I reckon they wish to keep it that way.

    We briefly had three under our roof some years back -- one was our son's girlfriend's cat, which lived with us for a couple of years while she was in a (college) housing situation that didn't permit pets. :P

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    PS I am pleased to report that the rather homely sofa in that photo did not make the move from MA to NH with us. :|
  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,547
    OleBoot wrote: »
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    My son's response to that image...
    Wherefore art thou, Romeo?
  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,454
    edited September 2018
    My little buddy, Jasper the hybrid. He loves to play, follows us around like a dog, gets involved in everything, can be very agressive, but he likes snuggling and listening to tunes when he's tired.

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    He guards the turntable when I am away...

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    Helps me pick albums to play...

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    Loves to watch fish TV...

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    "Helps" me when paying bills on the 'putie...

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    Helped me run the air line to my air bearing arm on the turntable....

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    Salk SoundScape 8's * Audio Research Reference 3 * Bottlehead Eros Phono * Park's Audio Budgie SUT * Krell KSA-250 * Harmonic Technology Pro 9+ * Signature Series Sonore Music Server w/Deux PS * Roon * Gustard R26 DAC / Singxer SU-6 DDC * Heavy Plinth Lenco L75 Idler Drive * AA MG-1 Linear Air Bearing Arm * AT33PTG/II & Denon 103R * Richard Gray 600S * NHT B-12d subs * GIK Acoustic Treatments * Sennheiser HD650 *
  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,926
    Real men love cats.
  • tonyp063
    tonyp063 Posts: 1,075
    A little bit of mountain NC a week before Florence.
    Pisgah National Forest; a bit west of Brevard

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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,787
    tonyp063 wrote: »
    A little bit of mountain NC a week before Florence.
    Pisgah National Forest; a bit west of Brevard

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    I can never get enough of Pisgah....
    Makes me a little homesick seeing those pics...
  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,547
    edited September 2018
    hah! Thought you could derail us with pretty pictures of trees and waterfalls and rocks and whatnot, eh?

    :)

    OK, brief regurgitation of the kitteh leitmotif, then I'll stop, I promise! :|

    One of my favorite troubleshooting tools for hifi work, as many of you know, is the CAT scan. This approach is especially valuable in loudspeaker repair.

    Here, for example, a CAT scan is used to diagnose a degraded woofer surround on a Pioneer HPM-1100 loudspeaker system.

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    Commencement of CAT scan of an EV 15TRXB coaxial "three way" speaker.
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    Evaluation of extended-range driver T-S parameters via CAT scan (high resolution probe mode):

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    in situ diagnosis by CAT scan:

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    CAT scans are also useful in vintage radio work.

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    Finally, finally, finally... when I first brought home a gorgeous pair of Altec 604E Duplexes, I carefully protected the pair by covering them with a soft, clean towel as a hedge against unplanned CAT scans (a referral, of course, is required for all diagnostic tests!). The Duplexes were carefully placed on my workbench while their cabinets were being built.

    Well... a couple of days later, I happened to be downstairs, only to discover than an unauthorized CAT scan had apparently been ordered.

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  • mlistens03
    mlistens03 Posts: 2,767
    edited September 2018
    Clipdat wrote: »
    Real men love cats.

    Don’t get me wrong, I love cats, but our cats seemed to... well, loathe us. We’ve had 4, and they all tried to destroy us or ruin our lives in some way or another.
    ;):p
  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 6,963
    mlistens03 wrote: »
    Clipdat wrote: »
    Real men love cats.

    Don’t get me wrong, I love cats, but our cats seemed to... well, loathe us. We’ve had 4, and they all tried to destroy us or ruin our lives in some way or another.
    ;):p

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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,926
    Good looking tuxedo cat, Joe!
  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,123
    edited September 2018
    I get free CAT scans here too. :D
    The previous neighbor's cat "Capone". The coolest cat ever. B)
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    Our cat "Cali"...She's OK...when she want's to be half the time. But she is getting to be 15 years old now.
    She hung around me the whole time I re-foamed them. :)
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    LOL;
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    Cat Scanning the new shipment;
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    Back door Cat Scanner;
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    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
  • joecoulson
    joecoulson Posts: 4,943
    Thanks Drew. That’s Toby
  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,547
    ^^^ :)

    Fine lookin' C-V woofer refoam job(s) in that earlier post! :)
  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,454
    edited September 2018
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    Salk SoundScape 8's * Audio Research Reference 3 * Bottlehead Eros Phono * Park's Audio Budgie SUT * Krell KSA-250 * Harmonic Technology Pro 9+ * Signature Series Sonore Music Server w/Deux PS * Roon * Gustard R26 DAC / Singxer SU-6 DDC * Heavy Plinth Lenco L75 Idler Drive * AA MG-1 Linear Air Bearing Arm * AT33PTG/II & Denon 103R * Richard Gray 600S * NHT B-12d subs * GIK Acoustic Treatments * Sennheiser HD650 *
  • FestYboy
    FestYboy Posts: 3,861
    Viking!?! What happened? You look different...
  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 6,963
    edited September 2018
    FestYboy wrote: »
    Viking!?! What happened? You look different...

    I heard an Ed Sheeran song and I became a pusssy. :D
  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,454
    'Circat' consultation...

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    Salk SoundScape 8's * Audio Research Reference 3 * Bottlehead Eros Phono * Park's Audio Budgie SUT * Krell KSA-250 * Harmonic Technology Pro 9+ * Signature Series Sonore Music Server w/Deux PS * Roon * Gustard R26 DAC / Singxer SU-6 DDC * Heavy Plinth Lenco L75 Idler Drive * AA MG-1 Linear Air Bearing Arm * AT33PTG/II & Denon 103R * Richard Gray 600S * NHT B-12d subs * GIK Acoustic Treatments * Sennheiser HD650 *
  • CGTIII
    CGTIII Posts: 1,053
    Two of my lady's three ferals that we tamed. Roary and LiDot:
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    Expect that there will be bumps in the road. Choose to not let them rattle you.

    Polk - Monitor 10As, SDA 2Bs, LSi9s, White RTi4s, S4s, M3s, various centers.
    Boston - CR7, CR6s, CR4s.
    Subs - M&K V4, M&K VX-7B, JBL SUB150P, Jamo Sub 250, and others.
    ​Thompson Adventures, Inc.
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    I'm out visiting my bro in Twenty Nine Palms at MCAGCC. He let me drive one of the LAV-25's around.
    The Night is Dark and Full of Terrors
  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,547
    CGTIII wrote: »
    Two of my lady's three ferals that we tamed. Roary and LiDot:
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    aww beautiful grey kittehs. I think I would put up with a lot of shenanigans from a beautiful grey kittehs :)
  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,547
    edited September 2018
    Today's the day -- remember?
    Do you remember the 21st night of September?
    Love was changing the minds of pretenders
    While chasing the clouds away

    Our hearts were ringing
    In the key that our souls were singing
    As we danced in the night
    Remember how the stars stole the night away...

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  • FestYboy
    FestYboy Posts: 3,861
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Today's the day -- remember?
    Do you remember the 21st night of September?
    Love was changing the minds of pretenders
    While chasing the clouds away

    Our hearts were ringing
    In the key that our souls were singing
    As we danced in the night
    Remember how the stars stole the night away...

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    Where's the link to the full quip?
  • FestYboy
    FestYboy Posts: 3,861
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    CGTIII wrote: »
    Two of my lady's three ferals that we tamed. Roary and LiDot:
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    aww beautiful grey kittehs. I think I would put up with a lot of shenanigans from a beautiful grey kittehs :)

    I have 2 myself (6 total, but 2 grey), and schenanigans abound, it helps they're both boys.