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  • liv4fam
    liv4fam Posts: 311
    edited December 2002
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    Cool.

    I stand corrected tubes for 99 dollars huh? That's awesome maybe I should I go out and buy a couple right now jut because it's cheap. Hooray!!!!!:lol:

    I could have 7 channel theater for 700 dollars and be tubed at that. Wow pretty impressive.

    Way to "Get your cheap on guys" :o

    Boring.

    I went down to my local Rat Shack today to listen to those awesome Optimus speakers and you guys are right they are really good. I was so juiced on em that I asked the salesman if he could tell me a little about them and He asked what I wanted to know so I said "What is there frequency response?"
    "How do they sound with tubes?"
    I asked him "What do you think of these compared to say Polk LSI 9's?"

    He looked at me crossed eyed.
    So I had to ask him "Are you from the Polk forum?"
    Because you are just about confused as the people in there.:lol:
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
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    Ding! Fries are done
    Ding! Fries are done
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • liv4fam
    liv4fam Posts: 311
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    You want a shake with them fries?

    Which you like to Super Size that for 89 cents more?

    Ooooopppppssss!!!!

    That's not the business I am in.

    Excuse me would you like a real Home Theater? i can do that for ya
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  • phuz
    phuz Posts: 2,372
    edited December 2002
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    What defines a real home theater?
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
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    Yeah, I'm need to get my inwall HT on. Unplug a couple amps and set 'em on the floor. ****, what was I thinking?

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
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    Phuz,

    The correct definition is whatever came out of the latest sales brochure.

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,056
    edited December 2002
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    SOMETHING WRONG WITH INWALL HOME THEATER?
    Dan
    My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,056
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    sorry to fool your out of date post but liv4fam now own def tech's.I think you'll find them on the Home Theater mag's top 10 list.They are rated at 97.Hmmmmm sounds like they just might be pretty damn good.O and he also got a B&K avr307.Gee won best receiver 3 years in a row.That must be a good no?????Well guys there you have the basis of making an excellent home theater,wire it up with some Monster M2.2 wire,And your on your way.
    b
    Dan
    My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time.
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  • MxStYlEpOlKmAn
    MxStYlEpOlKmAn Posts: 2,116
    edited December 2002
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    Liv4Fam - You find me a 50 dollar speaker, that sounds as good as these speakers right here.

    http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&category%5Fname=CTLG%5F002%5F006%5F002%5F000&product%5Fid=40%2D5025

    You probally skipped over em, because their so small. These are the RCA remakes. But I dont see why they would sound any different. For 50 dollars - They are pretty accurate. They dont play very loud though.
    Damn you all, damn you all to hell.......
    I promised myself
    No more speakers. None. Nada. And then you posted this!!!!
    Damn you all! - ATC
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,056
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    Gee wasn't this post about THX.I see no one has anything intelligent to say about it.Magic marker it on your receiver,don't worry about THX,just a way to deepen George's pockets and all the other crap on here.Whatever.
    Liv4fam enjoys the benifits of THX,I see nobody else does.
    Dan
    My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,056
    edited December 2002
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    Ding! Fries are done
    Ding! Fries are done
    Ding! Fries are done

    Nice way to insult a less then fortunate person.That effin thing Russ found isn't funny.

    I think it's bad taste in humor.Just like that pic of the less then fortunate running a race.

    Effin ignorant people.I hope that makes you feel better as a person.:supermad:
    Dan
    My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
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    Whatever Dan,

    I posted my thoughts on THX. I don't think it's inherently bad but I also don't believe that the average person needs to get all wrapped around the axle about it either.

    There is nothing wrong with an inwall setup nor is there anything wrong with his current setup. That's not the point. The point is that it certainly doesn't put him in a position of superiority, as he would seem to have as believe.

    As far as the tube amps go, why knock them ESPECIALLY when you've never even heard of them. Of course there is always the same issue lurking, that if it isn't expensive then it can't be good. In the same line of logic that there is something wrong with used gear bought on the cheap.

    As far as the other thing goes, your right. Poor Liv4fam can't help the way he is, I suppose.

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • ntculenuff
    ntculenuff Posts: 1,146
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    most amps speakers cables that are of any value exceed thx any ways no matter how we look at it some people have to pay for it..
    sunfire, yamaha, kef, b&w, martin and logan, krell not thx certified must be crap..........
    Speakers:
    Definitive BP7001sc mains
    Definitive C/L/R 3000 center
    Polk RT800i's rears
    Definitive supercube I Sub
    Audio:
    Onkyo TX-NR3010
    Emotiva XPA five Gen 3
    OPPO BDP-103 CD, SACD, DVD-A
    Video:
    Panasonic TC-P65ZT60
    OPPO BDP-103 Bluray
    Directv x's 2
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  • TheGrayGhost
    TheGrayGhost Posts: 196
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    Originally posted by liv4fam

    That's not the business I am in.

    Excuse me would you like a real Home Theater? i can do that for ya

    Are you CEDIA certified?
    Best Regards, Cliff
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  • liv4fam
    liv4fam Posts: 311
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    Krell not THX certified?

    Hmmmmmm??????? Talking out your butt again I see.

    Get your gear on my man.

    B&W not THX certified?

    Hmmmmmmmm????????? Wrong Again!!!

    That's pretty funny. Come on fellas you can do better than that.
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  • liv4fam
    liv4fam Posts: 311
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    Oh and yes we are Cedia certified every year.

    We have to take the tests year after year and to keep or installer level certification up to date. ie....Level I, II, III and so on
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  • liv4fam
    liv4fam Posts: 311
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    MX,

    I wouldn't go look for a speaker for 50 dollars.

    Why? Is it going to blow my socks off? I;m I going to be wowed by a cheap Bose knockoff?

    Nope!!!!!

    If you think they are clean and accurate, So be it.

    Enjoy them if you must but to me they do absolutely nothing for me and I wouldn't even waste my time listening to them because I already know what they will do.

    And I will not go look for another 50 dollar speaker because I am not in that price range of equipment and I know it will not perform anywhere near how I like a speaker to sound.

    Same with the R series of Polk. I have heard them time and time again and not once was I ever impressed on how they performed. So if that is what sounds go to you then just like it but personally I don't care for it nor do I consider it when looking for new speakers.
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,621
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    I find it amazing that the thread can be started asking for people's opinions, and then be followed up with telling people they don't know what they're talking about when they do reply and then you get all high and mighty.

    I'll appreciate straight forward information from peoples posts, but I'll pass on the uppity attitude that gets thrown in peoples faces when their replies apparently don't live up to what our self appointed know it alls feel is acceptable feedback..........

    Wow........I guess I'm grumpy until I really wake up.....oh well......
    comment comment comment comment. bitchy.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
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    Two strangers are sitting in an adjacent seats in
    airplane. One guy says to the other, "Let's talk. I
    hear that the flight will go faster if you strike up
    a conversation with your fellow passenger."

    The other guy, who had just opened a good book,
    closes it slowly, takes off his glasses and asks,
    "What would you like to discuss?" The first guy
    says, "Oh, I don't know; how about audio?"

    The other guy says, "OK, that could make for some
    pretty interesting conversation. But let me ask you
    a question first: A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat
    the same stuff, but the deer excretes pellets; the
    cow, big patties; and the horse, clumps of dried
    grass. Why is that?"

    The first guy says, "I don't know."

    The other guy says, "Oh? Well then, do you really
    think you're qualified to discuss audio when
    you don't know ****?"
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,621
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    HAAAAA HAAAA......

    nice..............
    comment comment comment comment. bitchy.
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  • TheGrayGhost
    TheGrayGhost Posts: 196
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    ”We have to take the tests year after year and to keep or installer level certification up to date. ie....Level I, II, III and so on”

    So you are certified as an installer, not a designer.

    And when you said, “Excuse me would you like a real Home Theater? i can do that for ya”, it was only half true.
    Best Regards, Cliff
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
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    C'mon guys, he is certified for crying out loud. Don't you know that automatically means that he knows everything and we know nothing?

    Brett,

    It wasn't an opinion post. It was a loaded question. See, if we disagree that THX is the greatest thing since sliced bread, well, we are all imbeciles and further cements that none of us have anything of value to offer. In no way, shape or form was it designed to be an exchange of ideas.

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • HBombToo
    HBombToo Posts: 5,256
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    I'm still waiting for curves.....
    ***WAREMTAE***
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
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    installer, HBomb, not engineer.

    You drinkin' this early?

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,621
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    Originally posted by TroyD
    In no way, shape or form was it designed to be an exchange of ideas.

    My most sincere apologies......<<bows down and humbly backs away>> :rolleyes:
    comment comment comment comment. bitchy.
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  • HBombToo
    HBombToo Posts: 5,256
    edited December 2002
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    Well we have some sites and carriers to turn up for capacity but I should be knee deep in BOOZE by 2:30 central.

    I am loving life right now. Friday we go into a data base freeze for the rest of the year on the Network which means NO Changes and Break time for the HBOMB!

    God its been a tough year and I'm glad its over.

    HBomb the NON-Engineer but real time Fire Fighter.
    ***WAREMTAE***
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  • TheGrayGhost
    TheGrayGhost Posts: 196
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    ”C'mon guys, he is certified for crying out loud.”

    I don’t thank he is certified. For example he didn’t know that CEDIA currently only has certification programs for BoxCutter I & II, sorry I mean Installer I & II and Designer I that are all “supervised” positions.

    He also didn’t know that certification is good for three years and if you meet continuing education requirements (30 hours I believe) the certification is extended an additional three years.
    Best Regards, Cliff
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 49,794
    edited December 2002
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    This is getting interesting. I think a call to Tweeter might be in order.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
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    Originally posted by TheGrayGhost
    ”C'mon guys, he is certified for crying out loud.”

    I don’t thank he is certified. For example he didn’t know that CEDIA currently only has certification programs for BoxCutter I & II, sorry I mean Installer I & II and Designer I that are all “supervised” positions.

    He also didn’t know that certification is good for three years and if you meet continuing education requirements (30 hours I believe) the certification is extended an additional three years.


    let the foot shuffling begin.

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
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    Oh does anyone *really* care either way? Let's press on.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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