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  • DaveHo
    DaveHo Posts: 3,584
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    Can't quite make out what those pieces are, but at some point in my audio journey, I think I'd be proud to say that's mine.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 52,406
    edited January 2025
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    It's a Quad integrated and a REL sub. The speakers are the Quad Revela 1, $2250.00 a pair.
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,520
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    F1nut wrote: »
    It's a Quad integrated and a REL sub. Not sure what the speakers are.

    Good looking speakers
    2-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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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 13,104
    edited January 2025
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    I agree the gear is nice, I just wish it were set up better.

    That being said maybe that was the only way to set it up in the room, no idea unless I was there. But unfortunately I think a lot of times with newcomers to the hobby they go for this symmetry/compressed layout to their setup instead of spreading everything out and putting some actual distance between things.

    Also I'll be the first to admit that my own setup is inherently flawed and is pretty much an abomination (due to space constraints). But I'm also not posting photos of it online!
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  • VR3
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    I assure you that gear is not played at any loud volumes with an amp on top of the subwoofer... Lol. Thing would be vibrating audibly for sure
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • OleBoot
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  • F1nut
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    I thought it was funny in a non-funny sort of way. :p
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  • daddyjt
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    “Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.”
    ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,562
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    daddyjt wrote: »
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    Just last night I was reading about BLMC's very ill-fated Austin America. An intelligently designed vehicle with one little problem. Well... two, actually.
    https://www.curbsideclassic.com/automotive-histories/turkey-week-kickoff-1968-1972-austin-america-yankee-doodle-disaster/
    the automatic transmission that would drive the America was to be a different engineering approach that broke just enough new ground to become an early adopters regret. The four speed,torque converter autobox that was adopted sat directly beneath the engine and shared that units lubrication. This was a risky arrangement given Americans aversion to checking or maintaining engine oil while the car appears to be running smoothly. This would turn out to be the major factor in the destruction of this car’s reputation. The oil level was specified as critical in owners manuals and factory sales training, but for Yank drivers that rarely looked under the hood, the arrangement was a grenade rigged to explode when they neglected to be vigilant.

    Oh, and:
    British Leyland (the company had changed its name officially in 1968 just after the America was in production) also thought that their engineers had solved the suspension issue that turned many American car buyers away from the stiffer, more responsive European ride that was a staple of British cars.

    Designer Alex Molton had dreamed up a system that used what was essentially water and alcohol passing through springs and bladders to cushion the ride of the 1100. It was dubbed the Hydrolastic suspension and while innovative and clever, it was subject to the same real world shortcomings as other infant technologies. The system required de-pressurization whenever suspension or chassis work was performed. This required a special tool that could only be found at BL dealers. Further, a car that lost pressure would settle on its haunches or list alarmingly to one side until the problem was addressed, thus rendering the unit undrivable. This caused lots of bad will between owners and dealers when the units began to give way after just a couple of years of hard use.
    Other than that, they were great, I guess...
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  • DaveHo
    DaveHo Posts: 3,584
    edited October 20
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    Deleted User wrote: »
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    Clark W Griswold electric at your service.
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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 6,079
    edited October 20
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    Deleted User wrote: »
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    That carpet has GOT to go!
    Gustard X26 Pro DAC
    Belles 21A Pre Upgraded with Mundorf Supremes
    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
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  • audioluvr
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    This person took up 4 parking spaces in a busy grocery store parking lot. I'm assuming to avoid getting door dings.

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    Gustard X26 Pro DAC
    Belles 21A Pre Upgraded with Mundorf Supremes
    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
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  • skipshot12
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    ^ What a maroon
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  • daddyjt
    daddyjt Posts: 3,265
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    It doesn’t LOOK like a BMW….?
    “Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.”
    ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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  • Geoff4rfc
    Geoff4rfc Posts: 3,060
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    audioluvr wrote: »
    This person took up 4 parking spaces in a busy grocery store parking lot. I'm assuming to avoid getting door dings.

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    I miss Fred Meyer, best deli fried chicken around....
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  • PSOVLSK
    PSOVLSK Posts: 5,452
    edited February 2025
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    skipshot12 wrote: »
    ^ What a maroon

    Are you implying that he’s an Aggie?😬😂
    Things work out best for those who make the best of the way things work out.-John Wooden
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  • Geoff4rfc
    Geoff4rfc Posts: 3,060
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    PSOVLSK wrote: »
    skipshot12 wrote: »
    ^ What a maroon

    Are you implying that he’s an Aggie?😬😂

    Aggie wife sends her husband to the store for a gallon of milk then tells him, and if the avocados are on sale, get me six. He comes home with six gallons of milk, when the wife asks why, he said, well, the avocados were on sale!!
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  • daddyjt
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    Geoff4rfc wrote: »
    audioluvr wrote: »
    This person took up 4 parking spaces in a busy grocery store parking lot. I'm assuming to avoid getting door dings.

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    I miss Fred Meyer, best deli fried chicken around....

    We still have a few out west - Logan UT, Idaho Falls, Pocatello…
    “Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.”
    ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 8,331
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    Geoff4rfc wrote: »
    audioluvr wrote: »
    This person took up 4 parking spaces in a busy grocery store parking lot. I'm assuming to avoid getting door dings.

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    I miss Fred Meyer, best deli fried chicken around....

    Isn't that part of Kroger's umbrella? Down here, we have mainly Kroger, Publix, or Wal/Sam's/Costco. Anyhow, between Kroger and Publix deli fried chicken, Publix is easily the winner.
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  • skipshot12
    skipshot12 Posts: 2,164
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    I miss Publix.

    First job was bag boy at Publix
    Wonder what the hell they’re called now….,
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  • OleBoot
    OleBoot Posts: 3,138
    edited February 2025
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    skipshot12 wrote: »
    I miss Publix.

    First job was bag boy at Publix
    Wonder what the hell they’re called now….,

    Privix
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  • treitz3
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    Publix. We still have them in my neck of the woods. Expensive, but they carry things that other stores do not. That's great when a recipe calls for something very specific. They'll have it *most* of the time....but not all of the time.

    Tom
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,562
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    kinda makes me feel like listening to Steely Dan...
    https://youtu.be/Hx5ZlTyzU-k?si=rRs9iU8iZKLItX8l
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  • Geoff4rfc
    Geoff4rfc Posts: 3,060
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    billbillw wrote: »
    Geoff4rfc wrote: »
    audioluvr wrote: »
    This person took up 4 parking spaces in a busy grocery store parking lot. I'm assuming to avoid getting door dings.

    qk9pulw2kuk0.jpg

    I miss Fred Meyer, best deli fried chicken around....

    Isn't that part of Kroger's umbrella? Down here, we have mainly Kroger, Publix, or Wal/Sam's/Costco. Anyhow, between Kroger and Publix deli fried chicken, Publix is easily the winner.

    Didn't have a Publix up in WA, not while I was there. Kroger closed down and left us with Fred Meyer and Safeway.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,562
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    Trying to find a thread here on the Polk forums using Vanilla's "advanced search" tool. Here's one of the results:
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    I guess that all my base are belong to them, too. :#;)
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,562
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    mmm.. it is worse than that!
    I found the right URL, but the link maps to @SeleniumFalcon's profile page?!

    Here's the thread I sought: https://forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/194476
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    Here's what pops up when I follow that link
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    PS It's actually a thread I started :o about the Samsung HD FM tuner I have -- pretty benign stuff, so I sincerely doubt that it got vanilla-nanny'd(???).
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    Thoughts?
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 52,406
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    Yep, something is seriously messed up.
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 8,331
    edited February 2025
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    Is that an older thread? Pre-vanilla, or before they switched the forum address?
    EDIT: Did some checking. You can go to the Electronics subforum and go all the way to page 11 (in the past) and the thread shows up there in the listings, but click on it and it goes to Selenium's profile. The thread before and after work just fine as well as all the others I checked.
    Interestingly, all the threads starting on Page 12 give that One Target message.
    Are we loosing our older threads to some kind of auto-archive? Hope not. 2021 isn't really that old for this place.
    Edit 2: I was wrong about "all" of the threads on page 12. It seems to be only threads with a web link in the thread or something. Vanilla is trying to open an external page instead of the thread. Something is corrupted in the code.

    Also, no worries about old stuff missing. Go to page 576 and there are still threads from 2002 that you can read.
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