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  • Polkaguy58
    Polkaguy58 Posts: 352
    edited November 2016
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    Oops ! wrong thread...........carry on.
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  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 10,175
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    The town I grew up in demolished a Carnegie library and a marble post office in the 60's, I remember the debate, the ones who claimed it was just as expensive to refurb the old buildings as to build new won out and soon there was a pile of large marble blocks in a pit across the river. They built a new library in place of the Carnegie, but a few years later the City sold it to a bank for expansion and now they have a crummy building housing the library. That same City was convinced by a bunch of exploiters to tear down a whole bunch of historic buildings for a steel building strip "mall" in the 1980's. The City guaranteed the developers 15% profit for fifteen years and now the mall is torn down.
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  • zarrdoss
    zarrdoss Posts: 2,562
    edited November 2016
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    Lake Marie Snowy Range Wyoming.

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    Boulder Brook RMNP Colorado

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    Roughlock Falls Spearfish canyon SD
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,562
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    It is absolutely true that renovation virtually always costs more than new construction -- but there are (appear to be?) some for-profit ventures that (ahem) trump the fundamental economics. To wit (I guess), condos in areas that support fairly high-cost housing (e.g., the Boston metro area) :)

    Still, a shame to tear down a Carnegie library building. Our erstwhile neighbor-town (Littleton, MA) restored theirs a few years back -- it houses the town's Historical Society.

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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,759
    edited November 2016
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    ...........
    Randy-Maine
    2ch-RTA15tl crossover upgrade
    by David WMG
    Yamaha cr1000 cr2040
    HT-Yamaha Parasound Acurus
    MIT BJC Cs1000p Polk Rotation
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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 9,105
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  • D2Lo
    D2Lo Posts: 352
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    Some new lifestyles our photographer has been shooting. p7ipjd20uc16.jpeg
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,562
    edited November 2016
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    ^^^ For the unamplified lifestyle.

    Sorry -- I couldn't resist.
    The images are very nice.
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  • D2Lo
    D2Lo Posts: 352
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    amplifier is out of the shot along with the other speaker.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,562
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    good point -- mono's making a comeback, too ;)
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  • D2Lo
    D2Lo Posts: 352
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    I also hear cassettes are coming back... :-)
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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 9,105
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    D2Lo wrote: »
    I also hear cassettes are coming back... :-)

    We've got a 16 page thread on laserdiscs going. Cassettes, pfft...
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,562
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    ken brydson wrote: »
    D2Lo wrote: »
    I also hear cassettes are coming back... :-)

    We've got a 16 page thread on laserdiscs going. Cassettes, pfft...

    Yes, quite (on both counts).

    Good o' EveAnna "Vanimal" Manley did do some test-marketing of an 8-track reboot, too, of course.

    ;)
    http://www.sweetwater.com/insync/sweetwater-joins-industry-in-rallying-behind-new-audio-format/

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    I think Shinola is going to be manufacturing period-authentic paper matchbooks to use as audiophile-grade fine-tuning apparatus for optimal tape-to-head alignment.



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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,562
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    ... featuring strictly state-of the art technology:

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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,083
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    Paperbox? You mean recycling bin, surely.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,083
    edited December 2016
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    Like put quarters in and get a newspaper? I thought it looked like one of these

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    ...and you crazy Canadians had a different word for them. ;)
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,721
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    nbrowser wrote: »
    LOL The Metro is a free daily...but alas the box is damaged lol.

    You "people" have a written language?
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,761
    edited December 2016
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    @lightman1

    Post those pics from the vintage shop yesterday :smile:

    If nothing else @mhardy6647 may need to change his pants.....

    I only took a couple pics, Russ took a lot more.

    Phase Linear amps and tuners, Carver Amazings, Polk LS90's, Yamaha, HK, Lafayette, Project, Pioneer M-22, Altec, Fisher, McIntosh, Sansui Au-717 and matching tuner, Marantz 1060 and matching tuner, more Marantz, all KINDS of goodies..

    Then there was the "Tube wall" and the 4 boxes of tubes yet to be tested lol......

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    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,562
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    mrbiron wrote: »
    nbrowser wrote: »
    LOL The Metro is a free daily...but alas the box is damaged lol.

    You "people" have a written language?

    A simple series of runic inscriptions for "caribou", "cold", "effing cold", and "effing cold, eh?".
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,562
    edited December 2016
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    EndersShadow wrote: »
    @lightman1

    Post those pics from the vintage shop yesterday :smile:

    If nothing else @mhardy6647 may need to change his pants.....

    I only took a couple pics, Russ took a lot more.

    Phase Linear amps and tuners, Carver Amazings, Polk LS90's, Yamaha, HK, Lafayette, Project, Pioneer M-22, Altec, Fisher, McIntosh, Sansui Au-717 and matching tuner, Marantz 1060 and matching tuner, more Marantz, all KINDS of goodies..

    Then there was the "Tube wall" and the 4 boxes of tubes yet to be tested lol......

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    That's not bad -- what're 'em green things? They look -- promising.

    Nice Mac tuner/preamp hidin' back on top of some silver-faced Japanese 1970s thingies, too.

    I see a Tandberg receiver tryin' to hide behind a Yamaha CR-x40 (maybe CR-840?) receiver, too. maybe a TR2025; I can't see enough of it to tell.
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,367
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    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    mrbiron wrote: »
    nbrowser wrote: »
    LOL The Metro is a free daily...but alas the box is damaged lol.

    You "people" have a written language?

    A simple series of runic inscriptions for "caribou", "cold", "effing cold", and "effing cold, eh?".

    Shows how much you know. You forgot maple syrup and bacon.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,562
    edited December 2016
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    Indeed.
    Hoist by my own petard ;)

    oh, and one for "hockey", too I believe. The same glyph being used for "blood" and "broken nose".
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,803
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    .....and a beer. Toys! And the proprietor is a true gentleman.
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,761
    edited December 2016
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    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    That's not bad -- what're 'em green things? They look -- promising.

    I'd hope so.... Altec Lansing 350a tube monoblocks......

    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Nice Mac tuner/preamp hidin' back on top of some silver-faced Japanese 1970s thingies, too.

    I see a Tandberg receiver tryin' to hide behind a Yamaha CR-x40 (maybe CR-840?) receiver, too. maybe a TR2025; I can't see enough of it to tell.

    It was a 840, I've stared deep into the meters and ALMOST bought it once or twice....

    Here are some more pics I stole off their Facebook page.....

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    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • oldrocker
    oldrocker Posts: 2,590
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    EndersShadow wrote: »

    It was a 840, I've stared deep into the meters and ALMOST bought it once or twice....

    I got one sitting on the shelf collecting dust.
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,761
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    DSkip wrote: »
    With that much beautiful gear, he should really invest in a white or black sheet tucked in a corner for photo shoots. Gear like that should stand out from the background.

    Normally he's taking pics from his bench after he finishes calibrating/upgrading/refreshing them.

    I will mention that to him though....
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • oldrocker
    oldrocker Posts: 2,590
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    An insane amount of really really cool stuff this guy has!!
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,077
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    Lots of overhead wires in that intersection, you guys heard of buried cables right ? lol
    HT SYSTEM-
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,562
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    I thought the tube monoblocks were Altec green, but I didn't recognize the model (believe it or not) :-p
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,761
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    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    I thought the tube monoblocks were Altec green, but I didn't recognize the model (believe it or not) :-p

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    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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