Gremlins?

zombie boy 2000
zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
edited March 2006 in Speakers
So... I had been noticing of late that my system was requiring some minor channel level adjustments from time to time to achieve what I (and my sidekick Cap'n Ear) consider "optimal". As the wife and I generally sit a little off center from the front speakers, this usually necessitated that the left channel operate at -3 db while the right cozy on in to +/-0. That being said (and it was), I'd find myself kicking the left down to -4 to achieve the same results (like, for example, last night).
Huh? What? Que? All acceptable queries-- all muttered by yours truly at some point. Only to be answered this morning, when admiring my purdy homemade jumpers to give me the boost I need to get through today's workplace drudgery/sludgery/pencil-pushin' boombudgery....
If the wife wasn't squaring up my speakers!!!!! I mean, she must have a laser level stashed away in her Secret Garden, cuz Chocheese, it was perfect. So I've been angling (toeing in, toeing out, doing the hokey pokey and shaking my speaks all about), while the wife has been going behind me...
restoring balance to her universe.
Just a head's up....you think you know someone... and.... and...
I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited March 2006
    Would you mind repeating this in English so the I know WTH you are talking about?:confused::confused::confused:

    zombie boy 2000 wrote:
    So... I had been noticing of late that my system was requiring some minor channel level adjustments from time to time to achieve what I (and my sidekick Cap'n Ear) consider "optimal". As the wife and I generally sit a little off center from the front speakers, this usually necessitated that the left channel operate at -3 db while the right cozy on in to +/-0. That being said (and it was), I'd find myself kicking the left down to -4 to achieve the same results (like, for example, last night).
    Huh? What? Que? All acceptable queries-- all muttered by yours truly at some point. Only to be answered this morning, when admiring my purdy homemade jumpers to give me the boost I need to get through today's workplace drudgery/sludgery/pencil-pushin' boombudgery....
    If the wife wasn't squaring up my speakers!!!!! I mean, she must have a laser level stashed away in her Secret Garden, cuz Chocheese, it was perfect. So I've been angling (toeing in, toeing out, doing the hokey pokey and shaking my speaks all about), while the wife has been going behind me...
    restoring balance to her universe.
    Just a head's up....you think you know someone... and.... and...
    Marantz AV-7705 PrePro, Classé 5 channel 200wpc Amp, Oppo 103 BluRay, Rotel RCD-1072 CDP, Sony XBR-49X800E TV, Polk S60 Main Speakers, Polk ES30 Center Channel, Polk S15 Surround Speakers SVS SB12-NSD x2
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited March 2006
    glue em' to the floor, that'll teach her :D
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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  • Skynut
    Skynut Posts: 2,967
    edited March 2006
    Put them where you want them and watch her.
    Every time she goes to touch them smack her on the back of the hand with a rolled up newspaper.
    Works everytime.
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  • Skynut
    Skynut Posts: 2,967
    edited March 2006
    Oh wait, my bad.

    That is what to do with the dog, girlfriends and wives are another system altogether.
    Skynut
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    Center CS1000p (Bi-Wired) (under the television)
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited March 2006
    cfrizz wrote:
    Would you mind repeating this in English so the I know WTH you are talking about?:confused::confused::confused:

    sorry Ms Frizz...:p
    um... the left channel is normally set at -3 under reference while the right remains at 0
    found myself having to go from -3 to -4 too often for my liking
    found the culprit
    the wife was moving the speakers
    not gremlins:)
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • Skynut
    Skynut Posts: 2,967
    edited March 2006
    I would really get on her if she was moving the gremlins.
    Skynut
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    Panamax 5510 power conditioner (for electronics)
    2 PSAudio UPC-200 power conditioners (for amps)
    Front L/R RT3000p (Bi-Wired)
    Center CS1000p (Bi-Wired) (under the television)
    Center RT2000p's (Bi-Wired) (on each side of the television)
    Sur FX1000
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited March 2006
    Skynut wrote:
    Put them where you want them and watch her.
    Every time she goes to touch them smack her on the back of the hand with a rolled up newspaper.
    Works everytime.

    to her, this would be an example of positive reinforcement:D
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited March 2006
    Skynut wrote:
    I would really get on her if she was moving the gremlins.

    no lie
    what's next? a plunger in the toilet i presume, as i stumble into the dimly illuminated bathroom late one alchohol-fueled night
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • Skynut
    Skynut Posts: 2,967
    edited March 2006
    Ouch
    Skynut
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    Sherbourn 7/2100
    Panamax 5510 power conditioner (for electronics)
    2 PSAudio UPC-200 power conditioners (for amps)
    Front L/R RT3000p (Bi-Wired)
    Center CS1000p (Bi-Wired) (under the television)
    Center RT2000p's (Bi-Wired) (on each side of the television)
    Sur FX1000
    SVS ultra plus 2

    www.ShadetreesMachineShop.com
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