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  • 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
  • One part of me wants to say it's a staged photo. Then again..... :D
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  • 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
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    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
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  • 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.

    Polk - Monitor 10As, SDA 2Bs, LSi9s, White RTi4s, S4s, M3s, various centers.
    Boston - CR7, CR6s, CR4s.
    Subs - M&K V4, M&K VX-7B, JBL SUB150P, Jamo Sub 250, and others.
    ​Thompson Adventures, Inc.
  • 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/

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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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    daddyjt wrote: »
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    Having been one myself -- the term of art in my day for such folks was substantial citizens. :|
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  • 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. ~
  • OH GOOD GOD !!
  • 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
  • daddyjt wrote: »
    FFS - you’d eliminate half the pipe (and joints) by just doing it RIGHT…!

    But where's the fun in that?
  • 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.
  • Just because you think you can.....
  • Capacitater.

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  • 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! :#
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  • SCompRacer
    edited September 2025
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  • 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
  • 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."


    President of Club Polk

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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
  • 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

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  • Lift kits, anyone can do 'em....

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  • 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

  • That's what happens when you install the tires backwards.





    A little known fact......
  • SCompRacer wrote: »
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    Damn gravity never stops
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