Listening to really well made speakers is like...

falconcry72
falconcry72 Posts: 3,580
edited March 2010 in The Clubhouse
...driving a really well made sports car.

You don't realize how fast you're driving it (loud you're playing them) until the cop pulls you over (neighbor knocks on the door).
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,141
    edited March 2010
    Or a stranger walks up and peeks through the cracked open door looking for the LIVE BAND...:eek:

    It happened to me a few months ago.:o

    I was listening to Santanas' "She not there" on my SDA-SRS2s at about 11.5 on the volume.
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
  • Polk addict
    Polk addict Posts: 558
    edited March 2010
    Ahahaha... Nice...
    Chiranth
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  • phuz
    phuz Posts: 2,372
    edited March 2010
    "These go to 11."

    goes_to_11.jpg
  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited March 2010
    Listening to really well made speakers is like...
    It's like being there, or better;)
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,691
    edited March 2010
    phuz wrote: »
    "These go to 11."

    goes_to_11.jpg


    Pioneer ?
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,590
    edited March 2010
    Peavey?
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited March 2010
    Peavey?


    That would be my guess.

    I don't think there have ever been any stereos that have gone to 11...but there have certainly been guitar amps that go to 11.;)
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  • doggie750
    doggie750 Posts: 1,160
    edited March 2010
    is like making love under the moonlight.............
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  • BuckeyeTim
    BuckeyeTim Posts: 483
    edited March 2010
    is like seeing your first set of boobies. You sit there with mouth agap and drool dribbling from the chin.
  • TNRabbit
    TNRabbit Posts: 2,168
    edited March 2010
    BuckeyeTim wrote: »
    is like seeing your first set of boobies. You sit there with mouth agap and drool dribbling from the chin.

    HAHHAA~

    Actually, it's more like an epiphany~
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,601
    edited March 2010
    phuz wrote: »
    "These go to 11."

    goes_to_11.jpg

    Marshall
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited March 2010
    BuckeyeTim wrote: »
    is like seeing your first set of boobies. You sit there with mouth agap and drool dribbling from the chin.

    Best one yet!:D
  • vc69
    vc69 Posts: 2,500
    edited March 2010
    LOL... Boobies.

    I still have a hard time remembering that my neighbors have different taste in music than I do. I tend to impose my playlist on them without regard. Eesh... I like it LOUD!
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited March 2010
    vc69 wrote: »
    LOL... Boobies.

    I still have a hard time remembering that my neighbors have different taste in music than I do. I tend to impose my playlist on them without regard. Eesh... I like it LOUD!

    I like mine very loud and have yet to hear a complaint from any neighbor.
  • vc69
    vc69 Posts: 2,500
    edited March 2010
    I live in an old apartment building. The walls are literally brick with plaster over them. Except for doors and windows, I'm pretty well sealed in. They have yet to complain, but I'm sure they have heard me. ;)
    -Kevin
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,952
    edited March 2010
    ben62670 wrote: »
    Listening to really well made speakers is like...
    It's like being there, or better;)

    ...and you don't have to pay 10 bucks for warm beer too.:)
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  • unc2701
    unc2701 Posts: 3,587
    edited March 2010
    That would be my guess.

    I don't think there have ever been any stereos that have gone to 11...but there have certainly been guitar amps that go to 11.;)

    I think they were Marshall's in the movie. I know that Marshall did make some that went to 11 after it came out.

    And the LSiW & PSW1000's both had volume knobs that went to 11.
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 10,999
    edited March 2010
    Not that my system is the best; but along this idea (the title of the thread), it can be a pain in the butt owning a great/good system. When ever we watch a show or movie, and we see a hand reaching for the doorbell, my wife and I (like in a slow motion looking kind of way) look at each other and on cue....Willow and Rudy go nuts and run up to the main level and to the front door! Never fails. To the point where I sometimes hold my finger over the mute button just in case.
  • Mike Kozak
    Mike Kozak Posts: 931
    edited March 2010
    I think the Doobie Brothers are in my living room right now! I am sure the next county thinks so too!
  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,141
    edited March 2010
    I was positioning my dial in relation to a time clock.

    My amp starts at 7 in relation, so 11 is getting close to straight up and only on a few recordings do I dare go there or beyond.:eek:

    I bought a bumper sticker yrs. ago and people always laugh and say it out loud.

    To Loud
    Too bad

    I also have a T shirt that says:

    If my music is too loud
    Then your too old
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
  • John30_30
    John30_30 Posts: 1,024
    edited March 2010
    Or a stranger walks up and peeks through the cracked open door looking for the LIVE BAND...:eek:

    That happened to me in Austin in '74 or so one Friday night. I'd hitched on down I-35 just to get some relief.
    Some great guitar riffs coming out of a church off campus. I walk in and there's these 2 kids that look like brothers, one about 19, the other younger and better- just jamming on the stage. Both had sunburst Fender Strats and maybe some Marshall or Fender stacks, swapping crunchy bluesy riffs- they had no business being that frikken good.

    It was the Vaughan brothers.That's who I think they were.
  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,164
    edited March 2010
    The same goes for great gear, not just speakers
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited March 2010
    BlueFox wrote: »
    What I get a kick out of, now that I have a moderate near the bottom high end system, is the extraneous sounds on a recording, especially classical. I near hear people moving chairs, stands, instruments, whatever. Or audience coughs, and other sounds not related to the music. Sometimes, these sounds are so out of place my first thought is something is happening outside, and then I realize it is the CD.

    Yep, I know what you mean. I've experienced hearing the cloth rubbing sounds from their suits made while violinists and the sort are running their bows over the strings. What really cool is when you can hear the musician playing the wind instruments and such taking breaths in between blows.

    It's especially noticable on vinyl & SACD.

    Great stuff. Sounds like you are right there.
  • falconcry72
    falconcry72 Posts: 3,580
    edited March 2010
    Yep, I know what you mean. I've experienced hearing the cloth rubbing sounds from their suits made while violinists and the sort are running their bows over the strings. What really cool is when you can hear the musician playing the wind instruments and such taking breaths in between blows.

    It's especially noticable on vinyl & SACD.

    Great stuff. Sounds like you are right there.

    Man 1 to Man 2: "So, what do you like to do in your spare time?"

    Man 2: "I like to listen to recordings of people breathing, coughing, and rubbing their clothes together very loudly."

    Man 1: "You're freakin' weird!"

    Man 2: "I know!"


    We are an odd bunch, no? ;)
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  • Hillbilly61
    Hillbilly61 Posts: 702
    edited March 2010
    being snuggled into bed with my wife during a cold winter's night.

    The comfort just wraps around you!
  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited March 2010
    Man 1 to Man 2: "So, what do you like to do in your spare time?"

    Man 2: "I like to listen to recordings of people breathing, coughing, and rubbing their clothes together very loudly."

    Man 1: "You're freakin' weird!"

    Man 2: "I know!"


    We are an odd bunch, no? ;)

    LMAO!!! :eek: