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mdaudioguy
mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
edited March 2010 in The Clubhouse
I'm tired of the dramas... :(
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    edited February 2010
    xcapri79 wrote: »
    The Olympic Gold medal men's hockey game overshadowed all drama today!

    And somehow I found time to watch that too, as well as change my oil, rotate my tires... I come to the forums to relax, but the drama is killing me. I think I need a forum vacation!
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited February 2010
    mdaudioguy wrote: »
    I'm tired of the dramas... :(

    Take it easy Bub!:cool: The thread from Al was a long time coming and will definitely improve the overall mood of the forum.:)

    Listen to some tunes and relax.

    I wish I could but my audio room is filled with Christmas decorations setup by my loving wife to be moved to the shed out back. Due to torential down pours in January and the four feet of snow in February, we haven't been able to gain access to the shed. God forbid I move any of the "well ordered" decorations to get to my rig and seating position as my wife would have my head!:(:eek:
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited February 2010
    Threads like this only add to it.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited March 2010
    xcapri79 wrote: »
    Four feet of snow shuts you down? In Canada we just get the snowblowers out and the shovels working as an excuse to have another Molson's.

    That would work if the following weren't factors; the water table is very high, this causes a lake of water and swap like conditions where when you step on the grass you sink in at least ankle deep in the swamp, it's hard to shovel snow off of the lawn without killing the grass thus producing a muddy/barren lawn when the summer heat and sun dry out the land, it is not feasible for two people to trek 15 yards back and forth to the shed under these conditions.

    Don't think I've not tried to come up with solutions such as buying planks of wood and lining the path to the shed as a walkway. Problem is money is very tight and buying planks is not in the cards. There are other work-arounds that I've thought of but they all consist of some kind of expenditure.

    I'm jonsing to listen to music but, I have to consider my wife's wishes here so I just bite the bullet and am waiting for the thaw and the drying out period so I can get rid of the obsticles.:(
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited March 2010
    Face wrote: »
    Threads like this only add to it.

    True dat!
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    edited March 2010
    Face wrote: »
    Threads like this only add to it.

    Not trying to add to it - just lamenting that it seems whichever way I turn, it seems to be the case. No matter, 'cause 90% of my forum time is spent here, and this seems to be the most sensible and strongest forum of them all.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited March 2010
    Some of us are just windbags, plain and simple.

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited March 2010
    No, really? ;)
    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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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited March 2010
    I love the drama, and welcome it with open arms!:D

    Bring it on!!
    The nirvana inducer-
    APC H10 Power Conditioner
    Marantz UD5005 universal player
    Parasound Halo P5 preamp
    Parasound HCA-1200II power amp
    PolkAudio LSi9's/PolkAudio SDA 2A's/PolkAudio Monitor 7A's
    Audioquest Speaker Cables and IC's
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited March 2010
    TroyD wrote: »
    Some of us are just windbags, plain and simple.

    BDT
    RuSsMaN wrote: »
    No, really? ;)

    Hey now . . . I resemble those remarks!!!;):D
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  • fossy
    fossy Posts: 1,378
    edited March 2010
    This forum is , IMO , not in that bad of shape.It's the internet & ya always gonna have the problems but polk has laid out a good guide as far as rules, I especially like the no religion/politics .... keeping it in line with everything audio.So many good things about this forum.When I first started I thought a "rack " system was the best thing you could get.....ouch..........I remember having a Kenwood rack system & boy I thought I was the bad boy on the block.....
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited March 2010
    Not that kind of wind there schleppy...
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited March 2010
    amulford wrote: »
    Not that kind of wind there schleppy...

    He he he!
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited March 2010
    fossy wrote: »
    This forum is , IMO , not in that bad of shape.It's the internet & ya always gonna have the problems but polk has laid out a good guide as far as rules, I especially like the no religion/politics .... keeping it in line with everything audio.So many good things about this forum.When I first started I thought a "rack " system was the best thing you could get.....ouch..........I remember having a Kenwood rack system & boy I thought I was the bad boy on the block.....

    I can relate . . . in my teens I thought I was the shite because I could blow the doors off with distorted sound!:D
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited March 2010
    fossy wrote: »
    When I first started I thought a "rack " system was the best thing you could get.....ouch..........I remember having a Kenwood rack system & boy I thought I was the bad boy on the block.....


    Same here. I've got an old Goldstar(that's LG these days) mini-component system thingy. It was 50 watts per channel, and was compose of FOUR separate components. The speakers were even 3-ways!!

    I used to think that stereo was the bees knees. It served it's purpose very well for many years...but I've come to realize that it wasn't really anything special...lol I'd definitely take my current rig over the Goldstar.
    The nirvana inducer-
    APC H10 Power Conditioner
    Marantz UD5005 universal player
    Parasound Halo P5 preamp
    Parasound HCA-1200II power amp
    PolkAudio LSi9's/PolkAudio SDA 2A's/PolkAudio Monitor 7A's
    Audioquest Speaker Cables and IC's
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited March 2010
    comfortablycurt wrote: »
    Same here. I've got an old Goldstar(that's LG these days) mini-component system thingy. It was 50 watts per channel, and was compose of FOUR separate components. The speakers were even 3-ways!!

    I used to think that stereo was the bees knees. It served it's purpose very well for many years...but I've come to realize that it wasn't really anything special...lol I'd definitely take my current rig over the Goldstar.

    Goldstar, LMAO!!! I remember them. All of their components stack atop each other would weigh about 8 ounces!:eek:
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited March 2010
    Wow.. the only Goldstar I remember made computer monitors! "Low Radiation"... uhhuh... right.
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited March 2010
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    Goldstar, LMAO!!! I remember them. All of their components stack atop each other would weigh about 8 ounces!:eek:


    I don't know...this things pretty beefy.

    It's composed of a tuner, "integrated" amp, tape deck and turntable. All of them stacked on top of each other probably topples the scales at a whopping 18-19 pounds!!! Better call the fork lift! This is some serious gear!!

    Add another 3 or so pounds for each of the speakers and you might even need a crane!! These massive beasts have 8", yes, that's right, eight freaking inch wide woofers!!!! Not to mention the 3.5" midranges, and 1.5" super audiophile grade paper cone tweeters.;) It's safe to say that they smoke my SDA's in every feasible area.:p Very solid bass response all the way down to the nether regions of 80hz or so. This will make the deepest of bass simply come to life.

    It also has these nifty connections for the power cords that make it so that you can't connect them to anything at all but each other. This makes expanding/improving the system virtually impossible. But, let's be serious now...there really is no improving on the Goldstar mini-component system.

    I'm willing to sell it, but for no less than $1200.
    The nirvana inducer-
    APC H10 Power Conditioner
    Marantz UD5005 universal player
    Parasound Halo P5 preamp
    Parasound HCA-1200II power amp
    PolkAudio LSi9's/PolkAudio SDA 2A's/PolkAudio Monitor 7A's
    Audioquest Speaker Cables and IC's
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited March 2010
    comfortablycurt wrote: »
    I don't know...this things pretty beefy.

    It's composed of a tuner, "integrated" amp, tape deck and turntable. All of them stacked on top of each other probably topples the scales at a whopping 18-19 pounds!!! Better call the fork lift! This is some serious gear!!

    Add another 3 or so pounds for each of the speakers and you might even need a crane!! These massive beasts have 8", yes, that's right, eight freaking inch wide woofers!!!! Not to mention the 3.5" midranges, and 1.5" super audiophile grade paper cone tweeters.;) It's safe to say that they smoke my SDA's in every feasible area.:p Very solid bass response all the way down to the nether regions of 80hz or so. This will make the deepest of bass simply come to life.

    It also has these nifty connections for the power cords that make it so that you can't connect them to anything at all but each other. This makes expanding/improving the system virtually impossible. But, let's be serious now...there really is no improving on the Goldstar mini-component system.

    I'm willing to sell it, but for no less than $1200.

    Ha ha ha, the best thing about them is they will automatically distort Jimmy Page's guitar riffs.:D Can't get any better than that!;)
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited March 2010
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    Ha ha ha, the best thing about them is they will automatically distort Jimmy Page's guitar riffs.:D Can't get any better than that!;)

    Yep. Crank it up until the little bouncing meters are firmly in the red zone, hit the "loudness" button to add that extra mid-bass boost, and let the resulting(terrible) sounds carry you away.:p



    In all seriousness though, that little POS was my first real stereo. I've done FAR more listening to music on that thing than I have on my current 2 channel rig. Despite how bad that thing sounded, it provided me with an innumerable amount of enjoyment during my turbulent teenage years. It was LOUD...that was the important thing...lol It also looked a lot more impressive than the boombox/radio things that most of my friends had.
    The nirvana inducer-
    APC H10 Power Conditioner
    Marantz UD5005 universal player
    Parasound Halo P5 preamp
    Parasound HCA-1200II power amp
    PolkAudio LSi9's/PolkAudio SDA 2A's/PolkAudio Monitor 7A's
    Audioquest Speaker Cables and IC's
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited March 2010
    comfortablycurt wrote: »
    Yep. Crank it up until the little bouncing meters are firmly in the red zone, hit the "loudness" button to add that extra mid-bass boost, and let the resulting(terrible) sounds carry you away.:p



    In all seriousness though, that little POS was my first real stereo. I've done FAR more listening to music on that thing than I have on my current 2 channel rig. Despite how bad that thing sounded, it provided me with an innumerable amount of enjoyment during my turbulent teenage years. It was LOUD...that was the important thing...lol It also looked a lot more impressive than the boombox/radio things that most of my friends had.

    Hey man, back when the dinosaurs were alive in my teens, my rack system sounded great to me. IIRC they put out a whopping 100 wpc. The flashing, dancing lights were pretty too.

    Whoopppps I just realized we've severly derailed this thread. . . my apologies to the OP.
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited March 2010
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    Hey man, back when the dinosaurs were alive in my teens, my rack system sounded great to me. IIRC they put out a whopping 100 wpc. The flashing, dancing lights were pretty too.


    It got the job done. The music is, after all, my favorite part of this hobby. Music is music, whether it's on a $10,000 stereo, or a pair of earphones through an ipod.
    Whoopppps I just realized we've severly derailed this thread. . . my apologies to the OP.

    I don't know that there was really much to this thread to derail in the first place...lol...but good point.

    Carry on with...whatever the hell this thread is about.:D
    The nirvana inducer-
    APC H10 Power Conditioner
    Marantz UD5005 universal player
    Parasound Halo P5 preamp
    Parasound HCA-1200II power amp
    PolkAudio LSi9's/PolkAudio SDA 2A's/PolkAudio Monitor 7A's
    Audioquest Speaker Cables and IC's
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