asvjerry

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I had a few drinks and bought some speakers
Another 'Real Life' event, involving a Lambo...Couple in SoCal bought a new one.  Cash.  Well-dressed, perhaps sober.Within the hour, stuffed it into the center guardrail on the 405.Got out, walked away, and left it.There wasn't any follow-up on t... 
I had a few drinks and bought some speakers
At least you didn't buy a bridge in Brooklyn or shares in an anti-gravity device... :)  But the next time you get thrashed, I've got some lake bottom acreage you might consider, an absolute steal....From you, by me, *teehee*At least, this 'sounds'... 
New ebay payments require SS#?
Expecting something to stay on topic here is like waiting for Tinkerbell to sit on your shoulder and advise which stock to buy/sell....I don't object (more or less) to the police.I do question shooting someone in the back of the head when shooting... 
Any audiophiles into motorcycles
Used to ride, too 'fragile' of late to do so....Blood thinners, thin skinned....Look at me too hard and I bruise.What would seem a minor bump will crack my hide and Ieak like I've been stabbed, red hydraulic fluid leaking down the extremity....Guy... 
Drivers and how to clean them: Notes from ScanSpeak
I've no need to dust speakers, since I don't give them a chance to collect such. :)As for any other surface other than horizontal....We live near a rail yard that services a concrete plant.  They regularly 'dust' the interior of hopper cars that d... 
High expectations when listening to an orchestra
More alcohol, better illegal (or not) 'stimulants'....Just kidding (maybe, but...)... ;)Look, your audio gear can only take you so far.  How much you've invested, how anal you've been in selection of same, how carefully you've prep'd your listenin... 
What does clipping sound like?
@aewarren ....+1 *L*That's the typical answer... ;) 
Millercarbon's Mega Moab Mod Meander
Both of them. 
Millercarbon's Mega Moab Mod Meander
@theaudiotweak ....but you pulled the classic Lotus move.....;)I once saw an Elan suck the doors off a 'vette.I suspect that driver remembered that, too. *G* 
Audiogon Friday Feel Good Story of the Week
MC, you're a surprise fer chure....a Ren & Stimpy 'woke'! *ROTFL*('Log' fanboy, myself. We 'do' logs a lot, here...)For the OP, (Happy you're happy, and that's what counts. 👍), I don't think hammers were involved.....;) 
Biggest audio hoaxes
"....the Ultimate in sound reproduction."Oh, okay.So....after the THD went to 3 places to the right of the decimal point, and the other specs seem to be 'generally acceptable', we're left with nuance and Speakers.And the latter.....make us crazy. ... 
Does length matter ?
I fall into the 'same length, same diameter' crowd, btw... 
Does length matter ?
@jjss49 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvrupRQD44IMaria's got the next obvious 'who's gonna go There'?Consider That covered, and we'll move on...'nothing to see here, move along...'  ;)Cheers 'n jeers, J 
The Placebo Effect
@sugabooger....*L* They'd say you need an Rx for whatever 'it' may be....at least ITho, and book you for a week later for the hour....It's not that you're 'interesting', mind you....gotta pay for the Benz... ;)There are tuners: Great ones, and the... 
Keeping backup equipment?
Four 'systems', each rather 'site specific'.....'Back ups'?  Not really in our audio universe....More 'puter relics, Yes.  Some of which are still 'doing', but at different tasks than previously...A newer and the oldest are all audio all the time....