You’re doing it wrong…

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  • daddyjt
    daddyjt Posts: 3,028
    At least the bill won’t be too much…
    “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
  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 9,077
    One part of me wants to say it's a staged photo. Then again..... :D
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,902
    Not McIntosh's finest hour.
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    Their interpretation of the Polk Audio Monitor Series Model 7, I suppose...
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    The Philips dome tweeter they used ... well, they've been around for a long time (Mac seemed to like Philips drivers)... but they aren't everybody's favorites.
    http://www.troelsgravesen.dk/WWDT.htm
    54814210658_dd0ba24756_b.jpgDSC_0990(2) by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

    On the the other hand, if you were building a nice bespoke rack for your McCormick spice bottles, you could repurpose the grille badge(s).
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    http://www.roger-russell.com/speakers2.htm#xl10
  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 9,077
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  • CGTIII
    CGTIII Posts: 1,234
    SCompRacer wrote: »
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    "The nice thing about standards is there are so many of them." :wink:
    Expect that there will be bumps in the road. Choose to not let them rattle you.

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,902
    SCompRacer wrote: »
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    so close...
    CGTIII wrote: »

    "The nice thing about standards is there are so many of them." :wink:
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    source: https://xkcd.com/927/

  • bcwsrt
    bcwsrt Posts: 2,361
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    Brian

    One-owner Polk Audio RTA 15TL speakers refreshed w/ Sonicap, Vishay/Mills and Cardas components by "pitdogg2," "xschop" billet tweeter plates and BH5 | Stereo REL Acoustics T/5x subwoofers w/ Bassline Blue cables | Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum III integrated tube amp | Technics SL-1210G turntable w/ Ortofon 2M Black LVB 250 MM cart | Teac VRDS-701T CD transport | LampizatOr Baltic 4 tube DAC | Nordost & DH Labs cables/interconnects | APC H15 Power Conditioner | GIK Acoustics room treatments | Degritter RCM
  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 9,077
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  • daddyjt
    daddyjt Posts: 3,028
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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
  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,902
    edited September 28
    daddyjt wrote: »
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    Having been one myself -- the term of art in my day for such folks was substantial citizens. :|
  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 9,077
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,942
    Typical slumlord special... *shakes head*

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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. ~
  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 26,915
    OH GOOD GOD !!
  • daddyjt
    daddyjt Posts: 3,028
    FFS - you’d eliminate half the pipe (and joints) by just doing it RIGHT…!
    “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
  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,215
    daddyjt wrote: »
    FFS - you’d eliminate half the pipe (and joints) by just doing it RIGHT…!

    But where's the fun in that?
  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 26,915
    With the amount of water in the god forsaken P-trap they made it either drains real slow OR so well it sucks all the water from that man made P-trap.
  • skipshot12
    skipshot12 Posts: 1,769
    Just because you think you can.....
  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 9,077
    Capacitater.

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,902
    I mean, you can make a battery (i.e., a DC cell*) with a potato.
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    * OK, you'd need several 'taters to make a battery, accurately speaking... work with me, here -- this is humor, not an electrochemistry lecture! :#
  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 9,077
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 9,077
    edited September 30
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,680
    SCompRacer wrote: »
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    That's gonna leave a mark.
    "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
  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 51,655
    Whomever took the pic has great timing.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."


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  • daddyjt
    daddyjt Posts: 3,028
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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
  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 51,655
    Looks like she has bot tattoos on her spine.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."


    President of Club Polk

  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 9,077
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 9,077
    Lift kits, anyone can do 'em....

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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 51,655
    Damn!!!
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."


    President of Club Polk

  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 26,915
    That's what happens when you install the tires backwards.





    A little known fact......
  • machone
    machone Posts: 1,551
    SCompRacer wrote: »
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    Damn gravity never stops
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