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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,504
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    Steven Tyler needs to stop spending time with Caitlyn Jenner....

    Jon Bon Jovi needs to stop spending time with Bill Bixby, Kevin Cronin needs to stop spending time with Phyllis Diller, and Ozzy needs to stop spending time with Zsa Zsa Gabor's corpse. :p
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,877
    And I though Bon Jovi was going more for the Bea Arthur look...

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    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson

    How many flies need to be buzzing a dead horse before you guys stop beating it?
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  • OleBoot
    OleBoot Posts: 3,134
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,913
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    And I though Bon Jovi was going more for the Bea Arthur look...

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    "God'll get you for that." :#
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,913
    edited June 2022
    So -- we have this Hammacher Schlemmer oak tool chest/workbench combination.
    It was Mrs. H's grandfather's and dates to ca. 1926. It is a pretty remarkable piece of furniture, and after some restoration when we moved to MA (a story in itself, for some other time), it's been in our living rooms in MA and now in NH.

    Our son "found it" today on archive.org :)

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    We do not have the avec tools version, unfortunately. :|


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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,867
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
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    That was a remarkable amount of money for that!
    Gustard X26 Pro DAC
    Belles 21A Pre modded with Mundorf Supreme caps
    B&K M200 Sonata monoblocks refreshed and upgraded
    Polk SDA 1C's modded / 1000Va Dreadnaught
    Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's and speaker cables
    Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)

    There is about a 5% genetic difference between apes and men …but that difference is the difference between throwing your own poo when you are annoyed …and Einstein, Shakespeare and Miss January. by Dr. Sardonicus
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,945
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    Rutile form Tormiq Valley, Pakistan.

    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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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 26,924
    treitz3 wrote: »
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    Rutile form Tormiq Valley, Pakistan.

    Tom

    I find mineral crystals fascinating
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,566
    I was a rock/gem collector in my youth.

    I wanted to be a geologist/gemologist when I grew up. I actually have a big bag of different rocks and minerals with a nice laminated chart with info on a lot of stones. Got it at a yard sale or goodwill years ago for cheap.

    I was REALLY amazed at petrified wood. I held a big chunk every once in a while and thought how can wood turn to stone? I think the little rock Cross's that were found on some river/creek shores way back when fascinated me too. Then there is Iron Pyrite. Fool's Gold. Love it! I have a few sculptures that use it. I gave these type of sculptures for gifts one year and then again years later.

    Those Amythyst Cathedrals made from huge geodes amaze me too.

    Opals are special to me too. The ones with a lot of sharp colors. Not the blurry/fuzzy ones.
    My Mom bought a huge opal and diamond ring at a yard sale for .50. There was a beautiful huge Opal as the center stone. Lots of red "fire" and many other colors too. We just watched the "Opal Hunters" show on TV the other night. It's a lot of hunting for so little Opal finds. Those people are persistent and work in some of the worst environments on earth. They are TOUGH people.

    About 30 years ago, I bought my mom a med. sized geode ( about 4" round and flattened a bit.) from a HUGE rock/gem show in Raliegh NC>. . The geode was cracked open and 3/4 of it remained. You could see a big opal crystal inside it with great fire and colors. I don't know what ever became of it. :s It was really cool. I don't know if Opals are found in geodes but this looked legit and I'm pretty sure the seller had MANY more bigger and smaller ones there too.

    I have quartz crystal pillars and clusters displayed in my living-room entertainment unit. Been there for 30 years maybe. ;)
    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: 34,913
    edited June 2022
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    https://about.ikea.com/en/behind-scenes/products-design/2022/06/09/how-the-record-player-by-ikea-and-swedish-house-mafia-came-to-be

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,913
    Of course, I would've thought the product would have been called the IKEA Spın̈n̈.
    Imagine the lucrative potential of a Spın̈al Tap version. B)
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,913
    I am sure that one of the accessories will be a cover for the unit called Düst.
    B)
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  • tonyp063
    tonyp063 Posts: 1,127
    He's here all week folks.

    Try the veal. And don't forget to tip your server.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,945
    The Nile River, taken from the ISS.

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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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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,065
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    Cables-
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,913
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    I do not know exactly what we're dealin' with here.

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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,945
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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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  • jdjohn
    jdjohn Posts: 3,316
    edited June 2022
    ^^^Yeah, but you have to clean out the bat guano, you'll go bat s#!t crazy.
    "This may not matter to you, but it does to me for various reasons, many of them illogical or irrational, but the vinyl hobby is not really logical or rational..." - member on Vinyl Engine
    "Sometimes I do what I want to do. The rest of the time, I do what I have to." - Cicero, in Gladiator
    Regarding collectibles: "It's not who gets it. It's who gets stuck with it." - Jimmy Fallon
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  • jdjohn
    jdjohn Posts: 3,316
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    So -- we have this Hammacher Schlemmer oak tool chest/workbench combination.
    Ah, Hammacher Schlemmer...still around today, and kind of a cross between Sharper Image and Fingerhut.

    I have a pair of wireless, re-chargeable, outdoor speakers from them. They're...okay. They work on a 2.4GHz signal, but the transmitter has to be tethered to a power cord and source player. I think I'd rather have Bluetooth.
    "This may not matter to you, but it does to me for various reasons, many of them illogical or irrational, but the vinyl hobby is not really logical or rational..." - member on Vinyl Engine
    "Sometimes I do what I want to do. The rest of the time, I do what I have to." - Cicero, in Gladiator
    Regarding collectibles: "It's not who gets it. It's who gets stuck with it." - Jimmy Fallon
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 9,078
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    Salk SoundScape 8's * Audio Research Reference 3 * Bottlehead Eros Phono * Park's Audio Budgie SUT * Krell KSA-250 * Harmonic Technology Pro 9+ * Signature Series Sonore Music Server w/Deux PS * Roon * Gustard R26 DAC / Singxer SU-6 DDC * Heavy Plinth Lenco L75 Idler Drive * AA MG-1 Linear Air Bearing Arm * AT33PTG/II & Denon 103R * Richard Gray 600S * NHT B-12d subs * GIK Acoustic Treatments * Sennheiser HD650 *
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 9,078
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    Salk SoundScape 8's * Audio Research Reference 3 * Bottlehead Eros Phono * Park's Audio Budgie SUT * Krell KSA-250 * Harmonic Technology Pro 9+ * Signature Series Sonore Music Server w/Deux PS * Roon * Gustard R26 DAC / Singxer SU-6 DDC * Heavy Plinth Lenco L75 Idler Drive * AA MG-1 Linear Air Bearing Arm * AT33PTG/II & Denon 103R * Richard Gray 600S * NHT B-12d subs * GIK Acoustic Treatments * Sennheiser HD650 *
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    SCompRacer Posts: 9,078
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    Salk SoundScape 8's * Audio Research Reference 3 * Bottlehead Eros Phono * Park's Audio Budgie SUT * Krell KSA-250 * Harmonic Technology Pro 9+ * Signature Series Sonore Music Server w/Deux PS * Roon * Gustard R26 DAC / Singxer SU-6 DDC * Heavy Plinth Lenco L75 Idler Drive * AA MG-1 Linear Air Bearing Arm * AT33PTG/II & Denon 103R * Richard Gray 600S * NHT B-12d subs * GIK Acoustic Treatments * Sennheiser HD650 *
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,913
    treitz3 wrote: »
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    Tom

    Vermont Public Radio's HQ in Colchester, VT has a big bat house like that.
    I don't think any of their neighbors are likely to complain -- plus, it is Vermont. ;)

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  • daddyjt
    daddyjt Posts: 3,029
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    “Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.”
    ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,499
    Some reason I thought about @lightman1

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    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

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,913
    There's an AC or DC joke in there somewhere, but I am far too couth for that. :#

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