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  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,712
    I don't see the humor. Just face your back towards the bricks and swing away from the wall...




    :p
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,628
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    On the bright side, Ken Kantor has a pretty active presence at Flikr (not too much hifi,

    I have 2 pairs of NHT's he designed. VT2's and VT3's. Wonder what happened to him on AK. Hasn't been around in a long time.

    --Gary--
    Onkyo Integra M504, Bottlehead Foreplay III, Denon SACD, Thiel CS2.3, NHT VT-2, VT-3 and Evolution T6, Infinity RSIIIa, SDA1C and a few dozen other speakers around the house I change in and out.
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0
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    2019 season opener vs the Colts.
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  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 10,096
    Ken, are those custom shelves for the vinyl?
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 7,658
    The salmon colored shelves were built when I lived in Baltimore. The black ones are from Ikea, we added metal feet and a masonite back. Here are some early photos when we first moved here showing the transplant shelves after we repainted them.wji4wjl7no35.jpg
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 7,658
    edited June 2020
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    My wife photoshopped a representation of what everything might look like. We ended needing two more of the Ikea shelves to fit the records. Plus several other record shelves that we also brought from Baltimore.
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 7,658
    These photos show how the record storage finally turned out, the area behind the listening area are six shorter record cabinets.3c27oa5omv35.jpg
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,917
    halo71 wrote: »
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    On the bright side, Ken Kantor has a pretty active presence at Flikr (not too much hifi,

    I have 2 pairs of NHT's he designed. VT2's and VT3's. Wonder what happened to him on AK. Hasn't been around in a long time.

    As so often (and so unfortunately) seems to happen to real experts when they show up on enthusiast forums, he got picked at by some folks who didn't agree with/accept certain of his positions, so he moved along. Danged shame, IMO. He is a fine fellow based on my interactions with him (which have mostly concerned photography, amusingly enough).

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,917
    edited June 2020
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    Yay. :/

    We've been seeing this one twice a day for three or four days now. Don't like seein' 'em in the daytime. They're not supposed to be out in the daytime... but this one does not seem to be sick (i.e., rabid -- sheesh, did I really type rabbit, or did Autocorrect see me comin'? :| ). Seems to be feeding; maybe supporting a brood?


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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,499
    What a pretty cat
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,917
    :p
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,985
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,917
    edited June 2020
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    as seen at:
    https://www.audioasylum.com/members/mgeneral/messages/36/363111.html

    oopsie.

    On the bright side, this might be the deal that @nooshinjohn's lookin' for! B)

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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,945
    Ouch!

    Ken, is your listening area on a slab in the new digs?

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    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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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,567
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    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.

    “Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
    --Mark Twain.

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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,875
    Ha! That looks like a parking lot!
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    Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)

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  • daddyjt
    daddyjt Posts: 3,029
    KennethSwauger wrote: »
    These photos show how the record storage finally turned out, the area behind the listening area are six shorter record cabinets.3c27oa5omv35.jpg
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    Very nice room!

    Is it just an optical illusion, or does the ceiling slope up towards the speakers?

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 7,658
    Thanks, the ceilings are all the same height.
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  • joecoulson
    joecoulson Posts: 4,943
    Ken, the room looks great, however I think you might need a few more records.
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  • BlueBirdMusic
    BlueBirdMusic Posts: 2,745
    KennethSwauger wrote: »
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    Ken,
    You and your wife have done a great design and decorating job on that "audio" space.

    I meant to ask you this when I first saw the Shoji screens at the end of the room. Is that an end wall the screens are covering? And what is behind regarding the lighting?

    Did the Ikea shelves come with the legs or did you put metal legs on the Ikea shelves?

    You mentioned Baltimore; what city/state do you live now, if I may ask?

    Glad you remain a dedicated member of this forum!

    Harry Jones
    "Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"
    Harry / Marietta GA
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,216
    edited June 2020
    That R2R on top of the record cabinet looks like a female robot head.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,917
    mmm -- looks like a Tandberg 64 to me ;)
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0
    edited June 2020
    KennethSwauger wrote: »
    These photos show how the record storage finally turned out, the area behind the listening area are six shorter record cabinets.3c27oa5omv35.jpg
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    Geez that's quite the collection Ken!

    Had the pleasure of listening to a reel-to-reel demo for the first time two years ago. (I know, I'm such a millennial) never really experienced music like that before.

    EDIT: I know the collection is a vinyl collection. I just wanted to comment on his reel-to-reel as well. Editing before all you audiophiles pounce on me.
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 7,658
    "I meant to ask you this when I first saw the Shoji screens at the end of the room. Is that an end wall the screens are covering? And what is behind regarding the lighting?"
    Hi Harry,
    The previous owner maintained an office in the basement and built the screens as part of the design. There are four flood lamps, two on each side, behind it attached to a rheostat. There is a 2' space to a solid wall behind with a pocket door to another room. In the between space are shelves on either side, I keep some spare audio components and a complete collection of Audio Amateur and Glass Audio magazines. On the other side of the pocket door I have the air compressor and record cleaning stuff set up and model train.

    "Did the Ikea shelves come with the legs or did you put metal legs on the Ikea shelves?"

    We sourced some nice metal legs from Amazon.

    "You mentioned Baltimore; what city/state do you live now, if I may ask?"

    We moved to Hagerstown, MD. and really like the town and people. I'm originally from Cumberland, MD. (about an hour west) and at the time my mother was still there. We picked it because it was partway between there and Baltimore and have found it to be very agreeable. My wife is active in the local art museum and there are some really good restaurants (hopefully soon to be reopened).

    The Tandberg 64 is correct, Mark.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 26,930
    Depending on the size of the reels, some of those could very well be reels of hours and hours of music. There is something magic in some of those long lengths of tape and good quality tape can last a very very long time.

    A true millennial would have asked how many MP3's he had :D:D:D

    you're OK in our book.....
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,508
    KennethSwauger wrote: »
    Viking64 is ALWAYS correct, Mark.

    He knows this. He just hates to admit it. :p
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 7,658
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 26,930
    KennethSwauger wrote: »
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    I knew he was holding out....
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,878
    AlmaGarcia wrote: »

    EDIT: I know the collection is a vinyl collection. I just wanted to comment on his reel-to-reel as well. Editing before all you audiophiles pounce on me.

    Just stay away from Russ. He likes to pounce and has yet to be house-broken or potty trained.
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