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  • OleBoot
    OleBoot Posts: 2,759
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,856
    So, if they were going to remake Hitchcock's The Birds in 2023, they could set it in our little town...

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    The Cardinals
    When sunflower seeds just aren't enough!
    In theaters soon.

    Cue the scary music...

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,856
    edited February 2023
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,856
    Chihuahua or blueberry muffin?
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    (or maybe it's just a new ReCaptcha...)
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  • soundfreak1
    soundfreak1 Posts: 3,414
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    OleBoot wrote: »
    I see that my last post got bumped, so here's a picture of a bunny.

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    I just download any of your more interesting offerings before they evaporate. :#

    meanwhile, here's a g-rated offering, borrowed from our good buddies @ ASR. ;)
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    That same thing happened to me, damnit
    Main Rig:
    Krell KAV 250a biamped to mid/highs
    Parasound HCA1500A biamped to lows
    Nakamichi EC100 Active xover
    MIT exp 1 ic's
    Perreaux SA33 class A preamp
    AQ kingcobra ic's
    OPPO 83 CDP
    Lehmann audio black cube SE phono pre, Audioquest phono wire (ITA1/1)
    Denon DP-1200 TT. AToc9ML MC cart.
    Monster HTS 3600 power conditioner
    ADS L1590/2 Biamped
    MIT exps2 speaker cable
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,095
    WOW!

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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,104
    When you do the math, with this amount of miles on the truck? I have spent an entire year of my life just driving this truck and nothing else.

    Crazy, when you think about it.

    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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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,514
    Driving 75mph taking pictures.....between the steering wheel AND making sure the camera is in focus.....You're a rebel man!
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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,593
    Viking64 wrote: »
    WOW!

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    Tony and Eddie
    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
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  • bcwsrt
    bcwsrt Posts: 1,914
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    Driving 75mph taking pictures.....between the steering wheel AND making sure the camera is in focus.....You're a rebel man!

    All while remaining stone cold confident it’s not gonna grenade when it finally clicks 420,000 miles!

    Brian

    One-owner Polk Audio RTA 15TL speakers refreshed w/ Sonicap, Vishay/Mills and Cardas components by "pitdogg2," "xschop" billet tweeter plates and BH5 | Stereo REL Acoustics T/5x subwoofers w/ Bassline Blue cables | Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum III integrated tube amp | Technics SL-1210G turntable w/ Ortofon 2M Black LVB 250 MM cart | Sony CDP-508ESD CD player (as a transport) | LampizatOr Baltic 4 tube DAC | Nordost & DH Labs cables/interconnects | APC H15 Power Conditioner | GIK Acoustics room treatments | Degritter RCM
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  • daddyjt
    daddyjt Posts: 2,541
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    "Conservative Libertarians love the country, progressive leftists love the government." - Andrew Wilkow


    “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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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,095
    Imagine the french fries you could make with that giant potato!
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,856
    treitz3 wrote: »
    When you do the math, with this amount of miles on the truck? I have spent an entire year of my life just driving this truck and nothing else.

    Crazy, when you think about it.

    Tom

    OK -- now I'm freaking glad that this computer doesn't have a use timer (or a keystroke counter) on it! ;)
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,856
    edited February 2023
    Here's an interesting bit of correlative analysis applied to the products of two noted, and notoriously prickly, American... umm... entrepreneurs, a century apart. :)

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    N.B. The 2023 and 2024 production number datapoints for Tesla are, per CC, "conservative projections" :)

    https://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/chart/chart-ford-model-t-and-tesla-production-100-years-apart-tesla-set-to-finally-overtake-the-t/
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,975
    Didn't you throw a new engine in the truck Tom ?

    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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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,104
    Yup. Didn't need to but did it anyway. It started blowing white smoke at startup and instead if chasing the issue down and possibly having constant issues with it, I just had them swap out the motor. This was at 320K miles, I think.

    What I find unfathomable is that I tow, and have been towing some pretty heavy loads for long distances, and the tranny is still original with zero maintenance done to it.

    I call her, "Ol' reliable". The thing is a workhorse and she still looks new.

    Besides the motor and basic maintenance, the only thing I have had time replace was the throttle body control actuator unit....which is a fancy term for what used to be a cable from the gas pedal to the carb. It's all computerized now. That was the only other "major repair" I have had to do to her. Not bad for as many miles as she has, especially knowing what kind of loads and heavy on the foot driving I do.

    All in all, she's a damned fine truck. You couldn't pay me to drive a new one. Waaay to many maintenance issues being reported.

    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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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,975
    I hear ya man, too much computer controlled garbage to go wrong on newer trucks.

    A lady decided to smash my Lexus SUV to the tune of 8k in damage to the front end. So I've been renting a car waiting to get it fixed.

    Ist SUV... Volkswagon Atlas.....piece of junk. 4 cyl. front wheel drive in a decent sized SUV. Noisy, drove like a boat, terrible in the snow, slid all over.

    2nd, Jeep , their smallish 4by4 version. Another piece of junk, but....it rides more like a sports car, handles well and the cabin is way quieter than the Atlas, go figure. Control layout is terrible though, and just feels more like a Hyundai.

    A new Lexus is 60k....not paying that, screw 'em. I'll buy another used one. Once your car is hit a certain way, they never drive the same. Hope you get another 400k out of your truck.
    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: 33,856
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    (ASR)
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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,593
    treitz3 wrote: »
    What I find unfathomable is that I tow, and have been towing some pretty heavy loads for long distances, and the tranny is still original with zero maintenance done to it.


    Tom

    Dude! get that thing serviced! When it grenades (right next to your right leg and spleen) things won't go well and we care for your well being. Just saying.
    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
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  • Keiko
    Keiko Posts: 764
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,104
    When I went in to go get it serviced, my mechanic (and others as well) stated not to do a thing and they actually advised against doing anything to it at all. I didn't know it at the time I bought the truck but apparently, the transmission they used in this truck is "arguably the world's greatest transmission ever built".

    Those are not my words, just what I have read from multiple sources.

    The fact that many newer trucks have already been to the shop with drivetrain issues is (to me) a testament that they may be right. Especially knowing some of the loads I have towed over the decades with her. I definitely do not drive the truck like a granny and some of the loads I have hauled were beyond what it's actually rated for.

    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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  • daddyjt
    daddyjt Posts: 2,541
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    "Conservative Libertarians love the country, progressive leftists love the government." - Andrew Wilkow


    “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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  • daddyjt
    daddyjt Posts: 2,541
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    "Conservative Libertarians love the country, progressive leftists love the government." - Andrew Wilkow


    “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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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,104
    Wow! That definitely took some energy!

    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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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,514
    treitz3 wrote: »
    When I went in to go get it serviced, my mechanic (and others as well) stated not to do a thing and they actually advised against doing anything to it at all. I didn't know it at the time I bought the truck but apparently, the transmission they used in this truck is "arguably the world's greatest transmission ever built".

    Those are not my words, just what I have read from multiple sources.

    The fact that many newer trucks have already been to the shop with drivetrain issues is (to me) a testament that they may be right. Especially knowing some of the loads I have towed over the decades with her. I definitely do not drive the truck like a granny and some of the loads I have hauled were beyond what it's actually rated for.

    Tom

    Hopefully you've changed the tranny filter a time of two in that amount of miles...
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,104
    I have done literally zero maintenance to the tranny during this time. None. Nada. Zilch. Nothing...

    I'd venture to say that even if it does go at this point? I'd say I got my money's worth out of her. She has been my money maker for a long time and would be well worth the investment to simply replace or rebuild the tranny.

    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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  • BlueBirdMusic
    BlueBirdMusic Posts: 2,299
    Interesting picture. These guys run a sawmill close to Athens GA. They were featured on The Discover Channel.

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    "Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"

    Anger is just anger. It isn’t good. It isn’t bad. It just is. What you do with it is what matters.
    You can use it to build or to destroy. You just have to make the choice.     Jim Butcher




    Harry / Marietta GA
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,104
    One of them doesn't quite look like a guy....

    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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