Nineteen years today
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Not much learned.Pio Elete Pro 520
Panamax 5400-EX
Sunfire TGP 5
Micro Seiki DD-40 - Lyra-Dorian and Denon DL-160
PS Audio GCPH phono pre
Sunfire CG 200 X 5
Sunfire CG Sig 405 X 5
OPPO BDP-83 SE
SDA SRS 1.2TL Sonicaps and Mills
Ctr CS1000p
Sur - FX1000 x 4
SUB - SVS PB2-Plus
Workkout room:
Sony Bravia XBR- 32-Inch 1080p
Onkyo TX-DS898
GFA 555
Yamaha DVD-S1800BL/SACD
Ft - SDA 1C
Not being used:
RTi 38's -4
RT55i's - 2
RT25i's -2, using other 2 in shop
LSI 15's
CSi40
PSW 404 -
Crazy
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Still saddens me to think about it.Gustard X26 Pro DAC
Belles 21A Pre modded with Mundorf Supreme caps
B&K M200 Sonata monoblocks refreshed and upgraded
Polk SDA 1C's modded / 1000Va Dreadnaught
Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's and speaker cables
Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)
There is about a 5% genetic difference between apes and men …but that difference is the difference between throwing your own poo when you are annoyed …and Einstein, Shakespeare and Miss January. by Dr. Sardonicus -
And time really does fly.
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Being on the West Coast, when it happened I was still asleep. My alarm was set to the local shock jock station, and they were always doing some crazy stunt. When the alarm went off I couldn't understand what they were talking about. Finally I realized this wasn't one of their 'jokes', but was a real event. That was a surreal day, and will always be remembered.Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
Sony XA-5400ES SACD; Pass XP-22 pre; X600.5 amps
Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes
Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables
Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
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Yes. I remember where it was. Who said what. ect.
Flew my flag today.Speakers: Polk Lsim, ATC SCM19 v2, NHT SuperzeroSpeaker Cables: DH Labs, Transparent, Wireworld, Canare, Monster: Beer budget, Bose ears -
Flew mine also. Will never forget that day as long as I live. I was so pissed off that day, more so that I probably have even been.
I also remember a certain Congress woman saying "It was just some day."Yamaha RX-A2070, Musical Fidelity M6si integrated amp, Benchmark Dac1, Bluesound NODE 2i, Audiolab 6000CDT CD Transport, Parasound Zphono USB Phono Preamp, Fluance RT85, Ortofon 2M Bronze, Polk L600's, L400, L900's, RC80i's, SVS 3000 Micro, Audioquest Interconnects and Digital Cables, Nordost Silver Shadow Digital Cable, Cullen Gold and Crossover Series Power Cables, Douglas Connection Alpha 12AWG OCC Speaker Cables, Douglas Connection Alpha Analog Interconnect Cables, Douglas Connection Alpha 11 OCC Custom Power Cable, Signal Power Cable, Furman PL-8C 15 Power Conditioner, Sony 65" 900F, Sony UBP-X700, Fios, Apple TV 4K, Audioquest Chocolate HDMI Cables. -
I was sitting on my front porch when my farmer neighbor came over to tell me. Spent the rest of the day glued to the TV. At first I was shocked then anger took over. We will never forget.Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
President of Club Polk -
Bad deal for our country.
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I was in the air heading to Dallas. I was a contract security consultant for Cingular wireless at the time and officed at Cingular headquarters in Dallas. I got to the conference room minutes before the first tower went down.
The terrorists purchased the phones from Cingular and when the men in black came we reviewed countless hours of video surveillance.
Saddest day in my time2-channel: Modwright KWI-200 Integrated, Dynaudio C1-II Signatures
Desktop rig: LSi7, Polk 110sub, Dayens Ampino amp, W4S DAC/pre, Sonos, JRiver
Gear on standby: Melody 101 tube pre, Unison Research Simply Italy Integrated
Gone to new homes: (Matt Polk's)Threshold Stasis SA12e monoblocks, Pass XA30.5 amp, Usher MD2 speakers, Dynaudio C4 platinum speakers, Modwright LS100 (voltz), Simaudio 780D DAC
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I was running a crane at PDX. It got eerily quiet and our job got shut down. Planes were ordered to return to their port of departure.
Gustard X26 Pro DAC
Belles 21A Pre modded with Mundorf Supreme caps
B&K M200 Sonata monoblocks refreshed and upgraded
Polk SDA 1C's modded / 1000Va Dreadnaught
Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's and speaker cables
Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)
There is about a 5% genetic difference between apes and men …but that difference is the difference between throwing your own poo when you are annoyed …and Einstein, Shakespeare and Miss January. by Dr. Sardonicus -
I was at work and the wife texted me. I thought she was "mistaken" until we started watching network coverage on the hall TVs.
https://9gag.com/gag/aeDm8zjSal Palooza -
On 9/10, I had taken my father-in-law to LAX for an evening flight to JFK and then on to London so he could return to Tehran... He was detained in London by British agents for some 9 hours before they allowed him to leave.
On the morning of 9/11 I was working at a car dealer, and had a sweet old lady I had just sold a car to a couple days before. She had a 1983 Chevy Cavalier with less than 18k on the odometer. She traded it for a 2001 Civic, and she paid cash for it. She wanted to return the car and the dealer told her to pound sand. I further found out that the owner sold her trade the next day to his best friend for over 4k when we only gave her 500 bucks. The owner also came out and shut the TV's off about noon, saying we were there to work, not watch TV, and to start hitting the phones and sell cars. Between her and the best friend, the dealer made almost 10k! I never went back after that day.The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson -
We certainly will not forget, let’s make sure our kids never forget too. That’s when honor is lost, when people do forget.
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The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson -
I educated my kids on this just the other day. Keep in mind that they are 7 and 9. Interestingly enough on the first day of school (we are doing virtual learning) they were talking about historical events just as what covid19 is. My son told his teacher and class about it. The teacher then took the time to explain what happened as most had no clue. Yes, even your less affected, snow covered, good beer drinking neighbors to the north will never forget!
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I educated my kids on this just the other day. Keep in mind that they are 7 and 9. Interestingly enough on the first day of school (we are doing virtual learning) they were talking about historical events just as what covid19 is. My son told his teacher and class about it. The teacher then took the time to explain what happened as most had no clue. Yes, even your less affected, snow covered, good beer drinking neighbors to the north will never forget!
God bless the good people of Halifax.Home Theater/2 Channel:
Front: SDA-2ATL forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/143984/my-2as-finally-finished-almost/p1
Center: Custom Built forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/150760/my-center-channel-project/p1
Surrounds & Rears: Custom Built forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/151647/my-surround-project/p1
Sonicaps, Mills, RDO-194s-198s, Dynamat, Hurricane Nuts, Blackhole5
Pioneer Elite VSX-72TXV, Carver PM-600, SVS PB2-Plus Subwoofer
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I remember looking to the north and seeing a large plane with 2 fighter jets flying beside it. It was after all planes were grounded and I assumed it was AF-1.
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I recall that morning vividly. I had just turned 20 and was working outside along the Ohio River on the WV side bracing some 46” dia. steel water transmission pipe for shipment. It was an absolutely beautiful morning. I heard the foreman (my dad) say something over the walkie about a plane crash and we all should come listen to the radio. As the the events unfolded we listened to the news over the airwaves in our break room. Not understanding at the time what had exactly happened but remember them saying that the towers had collapsed with so many inside. I remember going back out into the shipyard, after hearing all planes have been grounded, looking up and still seeing a single jet in the sky; wondering how widespread these attacks were and if the passengers on that plane were safe. At 20 years I never questioned our security at home until that day. 19 years later that memory stays with me as clear as yesterday. Still, I can’t imagine l what it must have been like to have been on one of those planes or in the buildings. It’s just pure evil what transpired.Oh, Listen here mister. We got no way of understandin' this world. But we got as much sense of this bird flyin in the sky. Now there is a lot that bird don't know, but it don't change the fact that the world is happening to him all the same. What I am tryin to say is, is that the course of your life, well its changing, and you don't even see it- Forest Bondurant
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I remember it like it was yesterday but I don't remember yesterday. My co-worker woke me up with a message on my answering machine "The Trade Centers are burning and the world is ending, have a nice day!". I was like, if the world is ending I better get some more sleep. Then my mom calls me and I'm like "you're the second idiot that woke me up at this ungodly hour!" and she was like "you don't know what's going on?" then she started screaming. I was like "If I wanted to hear some old battle axe screaming at six in the morning I wouldn't have gotten divorced" so I hung up on her. I didn't have TV then so I got on the internet to get the scoop and it was basically down so I went to my truck to listen to the radio and heard the Pentagon just got hit and I was like "so that's what that harpy was screaming about?". I got in touch with HQ to let them know I was starting my patrol early. I loaded up a ton of hardware, ammo, and some snacks and went tear assing around the desert looking for the ****. We got flooded all day and for weeks to come with alerts from the FBI none of which panned out. When I finally talked to some people they were in stunned disbelief like this can't happen here. I was like "duh" you folks must have had a cranial rectal inversion all of your lives. I was wondering when the terrorist would use hijacked airliners as missles back in the 70's. I felt sick and enraged about it but I was not at all surprised.
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I was in Vegas at a trade show. Flew out the day before. Woke up, turned the TV and realised what was happening. When the buildings fell I called my travel agent and rented a car. We picked up a 12 passenger van that morning. After the trade show we drove 40 hours back to Hilton Head.Mojo Audio Illuminati v3>>Quantum Byte w/LMS>>Rpi/PiCoreplayer>> Starlight 7 USB >> Mojo Audio Mystique v2 SE>>ModWright SWL 9.0 SE Signature>>Hafler DH-500 Amp+ (Musical Concepts Fully Modded)>>
SRS 2.3TL (Fully Modded)...Velodyne Optimum 8 subwoofer
1KVA Dreadnought
Marantz SA 8005
Pioneer PLX-1000 Turntable - Shure SC35C/N35X - V15III/VN35HE
Yamaha TX-540 Tuner...Sony BDP-S570
Sony PS4
Separate subpanel with four dedicated 20 amp circuits.
1. Amplification 2. Analog 3. Digital 4. Video
"All THAT IS LOST FROM THE SOURCE IS LOST FOREVER"