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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,049
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    CGTIII wrote: »
    @joecoulson - Here's one for your daughter. Smart, loving, and large (over 16 lbs at one time. I know that's not a record. I've seen a 36-pounder in person. But this one wanted to be ON someone at least two hours a day.)
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    Surprised Cat.
    Is.
    Surprised.
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  • Mikey081057
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    My New Year's resolution is 3840 × 2160

    Family Room| Marantz AV7704| Usher Dancer Mini - 2 DMD Mains |Usher Dancer Mini-x DMD's Surrounds | Usher BE-616 DMD Center | SVS Ultra Rear Surrounds | Parasound Halo A21 | Parsound Halo A52+ | MIT Shotgun S3's | Dual SVS SB 4000 Ultras | Oppo UDP 203 | Directv Genie HD DVR | Samsung 75" Q8 QLED | PSAudio Stellar GCD | Mytek Brooklyn DAC+ | Lumin U1 Mini | HP Elite Slice PC | ROON'd for life |

    ManCave: HT:Polk LSiM 706VR3 LSiM 703's LSiM 702's|| Marantz AV7002 AV PrePro Sunfire TGA-7401| Sony PS4 Pro| Sony PS4 Pro|SVS PB13 Ultra| Oppo UDP 203 | Music Hall MMF 5.3se TT w/ Soundsmith Carmen | Samsung 55" SUHD TV | Sony PS4

    Patio | Polk Atrium 8's | Yamaha R-N303BL |

    Office BlueSound Node| KEF LS50 | Peactree Nova 125SE |

    Bedroom | Focal 905's | Chromecast Audio |

    Garage | Polk Monitor 5B's

    Closet Yamaha M80 | 2 Polk MP3K subs| Yaqin MC100B with Shuguang Treasures KT 88's & CV181Z's | Tesla E83CC's | Marantz 2252B | Marantz 2385 |Polk SDA SRS 2.3 | LSiM 705's |
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  • OleBoot
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  • Tony M
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    That's what my spoon tries to do every time. :D
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • CH46E
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    Mikey081057 wrote: »
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    Vodka and Fireball makes this a great pic. Man, me and the wife both loved it.
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  • Clipdat
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,049
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    Clipdat wrote: »
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    'twould be interesting (to me, at least) to hear how those KLH Albanys sound on something like that.

    B)
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,608
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    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    'twould be interesting (to me, at least) to hear how those KLH Albanys sound on something like that.

    B)

    Well, I might hook them back up at some point. I boxed them all up and I've asked for a return shipping label several times and have yet to be provided one.
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  • joecoulson
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    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Clipdat wrote: »
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    'twould be interesting (to me, at least) to hear how those KLH Albanys sound on something like that.

    B)

    Something like that or even better - something like the PS Audio Stellar Stack..
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  • Clipdat
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    Yeah. The PSA Stellar stack is primarily what I used to review the KLH speakers.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,049
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    joecoulson wrote: »
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Clipdat wrote: »
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    'twould be interesting (to me, at least) to hear how those KLH Albanys sound on something like that.

    B)

    Something like that or even better - something like the PS Audio Stellar Stack..

    Well, I meant I'd like to hear 'em on a big, beefy, old-school, old-style Class AB amplifier.

    Quick story. Years ago, a colleague of mine at work was selling some monstrous, John Curl-designed Parasound two-channel power amp. I don't remember the model, or anything about it, other than that it was very powerful and very different than anything I had much experience with. He was happy to lend it to me when I expressed interest in it. I took it home, looked around the room :) and decided that the right speakers to test it with were a pair of dump-find Teledyne-era AR-14 two-ways that I had refoamed.

    I had found them to be nice sounding loudspeakers in that fairly accurate, polite AR way.
    As classic acoustic suspension loudspeakers (and not particularly good ones, relative to, say their contemporaries from AR such as the 10-pi), I figured they ought to appreciate a potent amplifier driving them.

    The result was stunning. Besides sounding just generally good (two-ways with a 10 inch woofer, mind you), the quality and quantity of bass from them was just remarkable.

    So -- that's what I am getting at.

    I don't think the Class D amplifiers are necessarily designed/"voiced"/intended for acoustic suspension loudspeaker, because in 2019 they're virtually extinct.

    13425533663_b0a39ed1d3_b.jpgAR14tweeter by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

    http://www.classicspeakerpages.net/IP.Board/index.php?/topic/816-how-good-are-ar14-speakers/
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  • joecoulson
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    Mark, I would be honored for you to join us on 9/14 to hear class D in all it's glory - of which I am sure would sound "stellar" with the speakers you describe. They are, should I dare say, game changers.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,049
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    joecoulson wrote: »
    Mark, I would be honored for you to join us on 9/14 to hear class D in all it's glory - of which I am sure would sound "stellar" with the speakers you describe. They are, should I dare say, game changers.

    Gonna try em with a pair of AR-10pi?

    ;)

    I am sure the sound great and they use less electricity from the wall per watt out than Class AB, no doubt. Just not my cuppa chai.

    Thanks for the invitation (in all seriousness)!

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  • Mikey081057
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    Crocs are apparently cannibals.... Crikey!

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    My New Year's resolution is 3840 × 2160

    Family Room| Marantz AV7704| Usher Dancer Mini - 2 DMD Mains |Usher Dancer Mini-x DMD's Surrounds | Usher BE-616 DMD Center | SVS Ultra Rear Surrounds | Parasound Halo A21 | Parsound Halo A52+ | MIT Shotgun S3's | Dual SVS SB 4000 Ultras | Oppo UDP 203 | Directv Genie HD DVR | Samsung 75" Q8 QLED | PSAudio Stellar GCD | Mytek Brooklyn DAC+ | Lumin U1 Mini | HP Elite Slice PC | ROON'd for life |

    ManCave: HT:Polk LSiM 706VR3 LSiM 703's LSiM 702's|| Marantz AV7002 AV PrePro Sunfire TGA-7401| Sony PS4 Pro| Sony PS4 Pro|SVS PB13 Ultra| Oppo UDP 203 | Music Hall MMF 5.3se TT w/ Soundsmith Carmen | Samsung 55" SUHD TV | Sony PS4

    Patio | Polk Atrium 8's | Yamaha R-N303BL |

    Office BlueSound Node| KEF LS50 | Peactree Nova 125SE |

    Bedroom | Focal 905's | Chromecast Audio |

    Garage | Polk Monitor 5B's

    Closet Yamaha M80 | 2 Polk MP3K subs| Yaqin MC100B with Shuguang Treasures KT 88's & CV181Z's | Tesla E83CC's | Marantz 2252B | Marantz 2385 |Polk SDA SRS 2.3 | LSiM 705's |
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  • aprazer402
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    I guess I never realized these had a passive radiator. Never owned a pair, nor ever heard them. Looks like they were making poor copies of a Polk Monitor 10?
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,049
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    Passive Radiators were a thing for a while in the late 1970s. EPI and Genesis, e.g., were using them (slightly) before Polk.

    Advertising blurbs for earlier versions of the Thrusters referred to them as "vibra cones" :p

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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,132
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    Some of the Gauder Akustik high end speakers use passive radiators
    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

    erat interfectorem cesar et **** dictatorem dicere a
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  • joecoulson
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    I have them on my Elacs.
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  • CH46E
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    NotaSuv wrote: »
    Playalinda beach runs right next to KSC...one of nicest beaches in the South and always empty..makes for great surf fishing.....holds a nice wave when surfs up and the last pic is the famous launch pad 39..this turnoff is on the road leading to the beach...as you can see you can get quite close to the launch pad which makes for a fantastic launch viewing. views from the beach are great too......

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    We are probably heading out there Saturday. PM sent
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  • CGTIII
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    Chihuly Glass and Garden, Seattle, WA
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    Expect that there will be bumps in the road. Choose to not let them rattle you.

    Polk - Monitor 10As, SDA 2Bs, LSi9s, White RTi4s, S4s, M3s, various centers.
    Boston - CR7, CR6s, CR4s.
    Subs - M&K V4, M&K VX-7B, JBL SUB150P, Jamo Sub 250, and others.
    ​Thompson Adventures, Inc.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,049
    edited July 2019
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    tidied up a bit upstairs early this summer.
    The catalyst was our son bringin' me that pair of Polk Audio RT8TL loudspeakers he picked up early this year down in Virginny.

    https://forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/185129/kinda-vintage-question-polk-audio-rta8tl-value

    Y'all probably cannot see much difference -- but I can.

    48315102407_769060669d_b.jpgDSC_5909 (2) by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

    48315058191_d142d4dfd1_b.jpgDSC_5910 (2) by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

    I also decided to add back the very, very nice Kenwood KT-9900 that my aforementioned son (the mathematics professor, that is B) ) picked up for me at a pawn shop some years back :) The FM doesn't sound quite as good overall as the MR-67, but it sounds very good (especially for a soiled solid state tuner), it's quite sensitive and selective -- and it does have a nice AM section. It's a very good old all-analog tuner.

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  • Clipdat
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    Mark is the only one I know who uses vintage stereo equipment as acoustic room treatments.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,017
    edited July 2019
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    You forget about me? :D

    Oh, maybe mine is acoustic room destroyers. :s
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • pitdogg2
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    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    tidied up a bit upstairs early this summer.
    The catalyst was our son bringin' me that pair of Polk Audio RT8TL loudspeakers he picked up early this year down in Virginny.

    https://forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/185129/kinda-vintage-question-polk-audio-rta8tl-value

    Y'all probably cannot see much difference -- but I can.

    48315102407_769060669d_b.jpgDSC_5909 (2) by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

    48315058191_d142d4dfd1_b.jpgDSC_5910 (2) by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

    I also decided to add back the very, very nice Kenwood KT-9900 that my aforementioned son (the mathematics professor, that is B) ) picked up for me at a pawn shop some years back :) The FM doesn't sound quite as good overall as the MR-67, but it sounds very good (especially for a soiled solid state tuner), it's quite sensitive and selective -- and it does have a nice AM section. It's a very good old all-analog tuner.

    I'd say it needs a recap and alignment then.
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  • Willow
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    Mikey081057 wrote: »
    Crocs are apparently cannibals.... Crikey!

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    You are what you eat!
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  • charley95
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    First time I've seen a Gator eat a Croc.
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  • CGTIII
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    Notre Dame des sept douleurs, Montreal
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    Expect that there will be bumps in the road. Choose to not let them rattle you.

    Polk - Monitor 10As, SDA 2Bs, LSi9s, White RTi4s, S4s, M3s, various centers.
    Boston - CR7, CR6s, CR4s.
    Subs - M&K V4, M&K VX-7B, JBL SUB150P, Jamo Sub 250, and others.
    ​Thompson Adventures, Inc.
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