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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 20,218
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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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  • SeleniumFalcon
    SeleniumFalcon Posts: 4,345
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    Some pretty wild gear in this photo:

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  • pitdogg2
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    Talk about near field listening!
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  • treitz3
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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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  • Malbec
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    No cnc router work in that build.
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  • Viking64
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    I think that may be the spiral staircase carved out of a single piece of wood.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,897
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    I think it is the staircase Jesus made.

    There was a special on TV about it.

    A stranger came to the call to build it. Then he left after he was finished.

    I think there were no nails used and there is something special about the wood too.

    I'm sure I can find the story on the web in a minute. I found the story on this staircase and it was carved from one tree. :o Great memory and knowledge @Viking64. ;)
    I'm going back to read about these for sure.

    This might be the mystery carpenter staircase;

    Yea, they named this one ;
    Loretto Chapel - Miraculous Staircase.

    Well it seems St. Joseph is credited. But still, the story is amazing too.

    https://www.lorettochapel.com/info/staircase
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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.

    “If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.” - Steven Wright
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,417
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    ... from the ridiculous to the sublime...or is that the other way 'round?

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    (inspired by a meme seen on ASR)
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,758
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    @Tony M thanks for sharing info
    Randy-Maine
    2ch-RTA15tl crossover upgrade
    by David WMG
    Yamaha cr1000 cr2040
    HT-Yamaha Parasound Acurus
    MIT BJC Cs1000p Polk Rotation
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  • treitz3
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    How many do you think it took to complete this castle? Holy moly....
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    This is apparently Peles Castle, Romania.

    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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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,758
    edited November 2021
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    That's KOOL
    Randy-Maine
    2ch-RTA15tl crossover upgrade
    by David WMG
    Yamaha cr1000 cr2040
    HT-Yamaha Parasound Acurus
    MIT BJC Cs1000p Polk Rotation
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,519
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    Can you imagine dusting, cleaning and polishing ...oh my!!
    2-channel: Modwright KWI-200 Integrated, Dynaudio C1-II Signatures
    Desktop rig: LSi7, Polk 110sub, Dayens Ampino amp, W4S DAC/pre, Sonos, JRiver
    Gear on standby: Melody 101 tube pre, Unison Research Simply Italy Integrated
    Gone to new homes: (Matt Polk's)Threshold Stasis SA12e monoblocks, Pass XA30.5 amp, Usher MD2 speakers, Dynaudio C4 platinum speakers, Modwright LS100 (voltz), Simaudio 780D DAC

    erat interfectorem cesar et **** dictatorem dicere a
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  • Nightfall
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    All beer is gross, fight me. 😉
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • Tony M
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    Speaking of castles...

    The scale and sheer beauty always astounds me. B)

    Some are built on mountain tops and some are over a hundred feet tall. And it seems there were PLANS drawn out for such builds. Just like Cathedrals too.

    Biltmore Estate...Amazing symmetry. <3

    The manpower to build these buildings and the carpentry we've just seen blows my mind since I know a little about that trade.
    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.

    “If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.” - Steven Wright
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  • treitz3
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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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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,417
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    ^^^ Dang. You mean #1 wasn't Mother May I ?!
    :#

    meanwhile, out on the west coast...

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    https://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/cc-outtake/reader-outtake-1962-ford-falcon-club-wagon-at-plymouth-harbor/
    (note the Microbus in the background -- how's that for synchronicity?)

    My father had a '66 Econoline work truck for on the order of three decades. :)
    Very cool - if slightly terrifying - vehicles.

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  • mhardy6647
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    Last week we attended our first music concert in quite a while -- the Wailin Jennys in Plymouth, NH at the Flying Monkey (one of my very favorite venues for live music). This show was postponed from 11/10/2020 (you know why :p).
    Very good show as usual, and we had good seats (second row center, on the aisle). We went with our usual concert-goer colleagues, Jack & Linda. Linda snapped a couple of phone pics, which I take the liberty of sharing here. :)

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    This year, they had two "man Jennys" (as they refer to them) rather than their usual, single extra player. Ruth Moody's brother Richard continues a long stint as their violinist/mandolinist, and a rather spastic-looking, but pretty good guitarist, whose name slipped my recall, also played some reasonably tasteful accompaniment on many songs.


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  • mrbigbluelight
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    I'm viewing that pic on my phone so it's kind of hard to discern details but are those tats on the banjo player's legs and, if so, what of ?
    ....they kind of look like rabbits ?
    Sal Palooza
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,417
    edited November 2021
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    no, she (Ruth Moody) was wearing some sort of interesting hosiery. Since Mrs. H was with me, I kind of actively avoided paying too much attention to her legs, though. ;)

    Nicky Mehta (in the center) does have tattoos on her arms (well, at least on one) -- some sort of Canadian/northern North America indigenous peoples' looking things (she herself is a Canadian, but not of the indigenous kind).

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  • mhardy6647
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,897
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    :D

    Chia bugs.
    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.

    “If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.” - Steven Wright
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  • aprazer402
    aprazer402 Posts: 3,449
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    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    ^^^ Dang. You mean #1 wasn't Mother May I ?!
    :#

    meanwhile, out on the west coast...

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    https://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/cc-outtake/reader-outtake-1962-ford-falcon-club-wagon-at-plymouth-harbor/
    (note the Microbus in the background -- how's that for synchronicity?)

    My father had a '66 Econoline work truck for on the order of three decades. :)
    Very cool - if slightly terrifying - vehicles.

    In the early-mid 70's I made hundreds of deliveries in a '66 Ford Econoline Van (light blue as shown)
    had no side windows only rear windows. Straight six engine. I honestly can't remember now if it was an
    automatic or three-on-the-tree.

    It was definitely an experience driving one of these fully loaded (the van, not the driver)! Making turns it always felt like it was ready to tip over. Had well over 150K on it in miles, just kept adding oil rather than changing it. It served it's purpose for the small company store that used it.
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  • mhardy6647
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    ours was 3 on the tree.
    I did drive it a few times. I thought it was lots of fun to drive.
    I was used to unstable vehicles, since my first 4-wheeled love was a Bronco :)
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,417
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    oh, meanwhile, back on topic (sort of)...
    this cracked me up, big time.

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  • mhardy6647
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    motoring fashion -- the early days.

    51682569859_f620e08d3a_b.jpg1929 illustration of the early days of motoring by Louis Rémy Sabattier by totallymystified, on Flickr
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  • mhardy6647
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    Based on its expression, I'd feel the same way as Mr. Sofa. :#
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  • aprazer402
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    https://omaha.craigslist.org/ele/d/omaha-lectronic-research-labs-510a/7395246236.html

    No Affil.

    What is this? Klystron Repellor? Sounds like Sci-Fi.

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,417
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    A klystron is a radar (microwave) tube, kind of similar to the magnetron used in your microwave oven.
    Indeed, I had to look up the difference. A magnetron is tuneable, and is used only as an oscillator. Klystrons can be used as oscillators or as amplifiers (at tens of GHz, i.e., microwave, frequencies).

    Y'all did know your microwave ovens use tubes, right? B)

    PS Looks like that P/S might be missing a meter(??).



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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,697
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    Klystrons were tunable. They used them in the big tacan units at air bases.
    Tuning involved using a wrench. It was made of metal and had two sections
    That had three bolts around the circumstance. We tuned it using a wrench.
    Think of it as a really big high power tube.
    "The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson
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