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Re: Gas Prices
Obviously… I have sufficient respect for you to know that you would never make that choice.
Minimum wage in California as of January 01, 2025 = $16.50/h.
140 miles a day is still a very long commute. At an average speed of 60 mph, that would be over 2.5 hours a day lost to commuting. 12.5 hours a week. 😱
The average commute time for American workers is approximately 26 minutes one way. Most commuters have travel times between 10 and 29 minutes.
If the weekly budget was $150 in ⛽️ to commute to work, at the national average of under $3 per gallon, that would be over 50 gallons. At an average 25 mpg, that would mean 1,250 miles driven per work week, or 250 miles per day commute! 😮
My wife loses 2 1/2 hours a day every day to go less than 20 miles on the 101... she averages 12mpg due to all the stop and go BS. I fill her Mercedes once a week @110 dollars a pop.
I have zero respect for you, but since you want to prove your mental superiority by being a jackwagon, let's do real numbers that even you can understand, shall we?
At 16.50/hr and a 40 your work week, a person will earn $660.00, with the equivalent of at least one monthly check going to the tax man. That leaves three checks available to the worker every month, or $1980/month for expenses. If $440.00 is going in the gas tank every month, $1540.00 is left over for rent/groceries/bills and other expenses. EVERY ONE of these things is impacted by gas prices. Thankfully, she is nowhere near the minimum wage, but that as they say is none of your business.
nooshinjohn
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Re: Monitor 5s (original model) and Amplification
slow_polk7 wrote: »I don't understand what is so cryptic about the phrase "fully to spec", but suffice it to say that the only answer I'm interested in involves the "responsiveness" of the Model 5 to improvements in amplification.
You're coming across as an obnoxious troll. Every speaker in existence will respond differently to every amplifier in existence.
Clipdat
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Re: Film Caps & ESR compensation
slow_polk7 wrote: »Just to be clear -- this isn't a purely mental thought experiment. I love the sound of both my early 5s and 7s, though in both cases the peerless tweeters border on slightly bright for my taste.
Capacitors are relatively simple components with complex impedance and reactance characteristics. It's not as simple as swapping one cap for another so long as the farad ratings match.
The last thing I want to do is rework my crossovers, bolt everything up and then find that the magic sound is gone.
Those Peerless tweeters are pretty darn smooth even with old out of spec caps. I suspect the issue is upstream.
Perhaps you could share with us what is upstream.
Edit: Ah, I found the source of your issue.
In '88 I replaced that with a Sony ES receiver (80 wpc), which I use to this day.
Sony has an inherently bright sound signature.
F1nut
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Re: The Southwest Audio Fest 2025
And please don’t post pics without a little comment 
We can see pics anywhere
We can see pics anywhere
txcoastal1
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Re: Gas Prices
So you’re driving 700 miles a week, or 140 miles a day, for a commute to job that pays $7.50 an hour?!
* at California ⛽️ prices and a vehicle able to travel 350 miles on one tank of gas.
I was speaking hypothetically... the minimum wage is much higher than that in California to begin with. My poit was the price of oil has a direct impact on every single aspect of our lives.
nooshinjohn
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Re: Gas Prices
motorhead43026 wrote: »On another note you can now finance your DoorDash purchases.
DD now offers buy now pay later.
If you are buying Door Dash regularly or (at all)... chances are you are not concerned about financial success, interest or a budget of any kind!
VR3
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