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we attended a party of 20-25 folks collectively to watch the Derby. The host had a nice collection of Oasis posters on his garage walls and so I expected to see at least a decent audio system upstairs. No. He had one of those newish Bose supersystems that contain audio/dvd in one package.
I politely started several conversations about audio with pretty much all the guys there... blank stares. NO one cared.
In one generation, we've gone from pretty damned fine audio (what's now reverentially referred to as "vintage") to MP3 and vastly inferior home theater "surround" systems.
Audio and boxing: coming soon to a cemetery near you.
I don't know what could bring about a Renaissance. Perhaps product placement? It's amazing how little of it there is in Hollywood. Gazillion dollar homes and penthouses, Ferraris, flowing Bollinger... but never awesome audio on display.
Time for this ultra competitive industry to cooperate a bit to reverse this race to the bottom.
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No one to blame but the hi-end industry itself.
Hi-end audio has pretty much disassociated itself with any form of credibility.
Everything sounds great. Ask any Stereo mag.
Don't forget to fill your room with magic pebbles too. Don't EVEN THINK of calling those people cheats or liars. No, because we don't want to hurt their feelings or question their golden ears. Don't forget to pony up the $6k large for some speaker wire too. There's a lot of common sense going on there, sure. You can disagree, but most of the world's population is going to agree with me.
The majority of hi-end is a lie and a bunch or B.S. People who haven't been sucked into the "audio cult" have a much clearer perspective than those in the hi end forest.
I would venture there is a large contingent out there who considers anyone who spends $5,000 on a pre-amp an idiot. Since most folks don't want to be considered an idiot by their friends they aren't getting int hi-end audio.
In contrast, have you ever seen someone in a Diablo and thought "what an idiot for spending $80,000 (whatever) on a car?". Nope, most people are impressed as heck. That won't ever happen with audio.
Don't get me wrong, I love hi-end audio. Who really wants to wade through the lies, hype, dealers, etc? To most people getting great sound isn't worth the trouble. Buying Bose is easy. No hassle. No back -and-forth-banter. Hi-end audio still hasn't figured out, and probably never will, how to make hi-end EASY. Its waaayyy too difficult so people won't bother.
we are the weirdos, not them. i am a kentucky resident myself, and i'm perplexed as to why you heckled the guy at a derby party about something so mundane. i am also 14 and disagree with any notions, however subtle, that the newcomers to this hobby are bad for its health in the long run.
Here is (most of) a message I posted about ten days ago. I'm re-posting it in this thread because it is relevant.
The basic problem that higher-end audio manufacturers face is declining interest in audio per se. With so many new-tech alternatives to choose from, most consumers have "moved on" to other pursuits, mostly in the video realm.... and it's hard to fault them. We humans are more sight-oriented than sound-oriented, so it's easy to see why someone would rather buy a hi-def TV than a two-channel amplifer or a pair of speakers for the same money. And of course, we have the home computer market competing for the same discretionary spending.
I suspect that high-end home audio systems will become increasingly rare, owned only by rich eccentrics. Even $4,000 audio-only systems will become an oddity. Until and unless there is a resurgence of interest in high-quality sound the market will continue to shrink. 98% of the population will spend their money on big-screen TVs and listen to music on iPods. The only way that "high end" manufacturers can change this is to bring prices down to a much more affordable level.
Recently I had dinner with a fairly wealthy gentleman and his wife who live nearby, in a very tastefully furnished home they bought last year as a retirement home. They are educated, highly intelligent people. Everything in their home was of high quality, most of it obviously new. In their living room they had a 54" Pioneer HDTV, and sitting next to it a Bose Acoustic Wave system. I know they could have spent more on a sound system, but they didn't care to. Probably 75% of the money they spent on a/v gear went to the video side, and I'm sure they think their Bose system is about as good as it gets. After all, they've been bombarded with ads telling them so for years!
So, in a certain sense, Bose is the future of audio. They have an excellent reputation with the non-audiophile masses, and their products aren't all that bad - just overpriced by about 200%. For companies with better products to succeed, they must become more Bose-like. Sad but true.
"Music is the medicine of a troubled mind." -- Walter Haddon, 1567
they 'didn't get it' and suggest they'd spend $1000-20,000 on speaker cables, untold more on interconnects, $500 on a phono cartridge, $5,000 on a cd transport , etc., .. I'd wonder who'd be the one out of place!
There's a reason this sit is called an Asylum!
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As much as you (or we) have our convictions regarding bose, and since it represents "the best sound" to the masses it just happens to be the high ends foot in the door. If you care, and I don't, there will be a few who will graduate from the universe of mediocrity that is bose into something better.
If your looking for an audio related cause look into the misuse of earbuds and the damage they're causing. Simply passing on some common information to an unsuspecting user may save their hearing down the road.
The 70's was stereo's time. People where persuaded to buy stereo systems by the marketing and the need to keep up with the Joneses. Did they really care about quality sound? Not necessarily.
Today's marketing trend is big screen, HD TV. This is what people care about because the Best Buy ads and what their buddies are buying. Sound a very secondary consideration; if they have an extra grand or so, they put it into a bigger screen, not better sound.
Sure, they want say they have 5.1, 6.1, 7.1 sound, but if they can get that from "Home theatre in a box", that's good enough.
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...what's the first name most people think of when you say "tiny speakers?
It's all about multi-tasking. MP3 players are good at that. You don't reeeally even care about what you're listening to, not when you are doing something else at the same time.
So many gadgets and so little time - that is at least part of the problem.
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Mayweather rarely did...shoulda been a draw.
Best Regards,
Chris redmond.
one character explains how Analog Vinyl sounds better than Digital as they set up a stereo system in a kids bedroom. Anyone else catch this. What Brands were shown?
If I attended a Derby party and saw a Bose system there, I would have totally forgotten about its presence two minutes later.....
Realy, I'm not the guy to say this - but intil that person comes along, here's what I understand ...
In the teens and early twenties, only a few serious geeks had radios.
In the twenties and thirties, radio was the mass media. Rich people spent tons of money on some great radios. Everybody knew about high-end radio, even if they could not afford it.
Ducing and after WWII the high end of audio shrank to a tiny minority of geeks who built their own gear, mostly using speakers derived from those used in theaters. The mass market either went to the movies, or bought increasingly cheap table radios. If they had money, they bought TVs with it.
In the psychedelic sixties, huge numbers of people got really serious about their rock and roll, and the newly invented "stereo" sound, and the industry increased enormously. High end audio was back inthe mass market.
After the hippies grew up and had kids and mortgages (and stopped smoking so many funny cigarettes) the industry began to shrink. Once again, it's fairly geeky to have a system dedicated just to music. The mass market wants cheap tunes (iPods today) and home theater.
This too shall pass (IMHO) - the pendulum has swung many cycles, thgere's no reason it should not continue to do so. :^)
They are full of ads for hifi gear and speakers. It was still fresh, exciting and a status symbol for people who wanted to show that they had good taste. Now look at the most recent NY Times mag: Bose-Bose-Cambridge Audio-Bose-Bose-Bose..... The inability of Americans to resist or look beyond pop culture and marketing is appalling.
Don't for get the impact of hundreds of thousands of GI's that had access to the PX and BX stores during the Viet Nam war era. Those 5 way Coral speakers were certainly something to behold after listening to the fold out and portable stereos of the late 60s and early 70s.
Kenwood, Pioneer and Sansui provided the foundation for many systems. The first stereo cassette deck that I used in 1972 was bought by an Air Force sergeant on his way back stateside.
I wouldn't be surprised if a few of those old receivers were still chirping out tunes in someone's garage tonight.
there are probably just as many bulletin boards setup for folks who are passionate about ink pens than there are about audio.
I mean a pen's a pen right?
Who among us use writing utensils that cost the equivalent of a days or week's pay?
It's all about personal choices isn't it?
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Best Regards,
Chris redmond.
Best Regards,
Chris redmond.
Seriously, Joe and Mrs. 6-Pack - who make up the vast majority of the population - consider Bose to be one of the creame-del-a-creame of ausio. About the only other brand that offers more cache is Macintosh (but most consider them insanely overprices and devoted to an obsolete technology so don;t lust after them as they once might have).
As for the affluent consumer (of the non-audiophile variety), listening to music is well down on the list of priorities when it comes to discrectionary income. The high-end's low profile doesn't help, fopr sure, but even if it WAS better known it still wouldn't be a big seller. As was pointed out below, priorities have changed of late. Sad but true.
John Crossett
It sounds like English, but I can't understand a word you're saying.
You have evidently not taken the rather "odd" sense of humour of us Brits into account...
Unfortunately you seem to be nostalgic for something that never existed. The vast majority of people never have had an interest in high end audio, so there is really nothing to mourn in that sense.
"I always play jazz records backwards, they sound better that way"
-Thomas Edison
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So, what do you get, LCD or plasma?
Plasma is sharper, with better blacks. But LCD is better in bright light. Then again, there's that new Panasonic plasma with the matte finish, that shows no glare.
How confusing!
Have you watched anything in HD? Makes you feel like you're at the movies. With that rectangular aspect ratio. You almost expect the ratings insert to come up before every show. It's a religious experience, you've got to have it.
Actually, Felice already has it, in her bedroom, a 36" LG.
Isn't it fascinating how the brands have changed? In the initial color era, the goal was to have a Zenith. We had an Admiral, years before anybody else had color. You see my dad won it in a raffle at the JCC! It was a hundred dollar ticket. He ponied up fifty, and two others put down twenty five bucks. When they won, my father paid each of the others seventy five dollars and took the set. Yup, that was a good deal back in the sixties, when color televisions verged on a grand.
People would come to our house and marvel at the set. Oldsters would say the picture was not that good, not that sharp. But every October my buddies would race to my house from school to watch the final innings of the World Series, when they still played baseball during the day, when young kids still cared about the game, when it wasn't the addiction of aging baby boomers and truly old men.
Then, three or four years later, in '65 or '66, color came down in price to the point where many of my friends no longer came by for the game. And then the Admiral burned out and we got a Zenith with a remote control. And that television sufficed until my mother got a lousy Sharp from a friend in the eighties, and refused to replace it, believing that TV was a substandard medium.
Now television is the primary medium. "Spider-Man 3" might have garnered $59 million its first day, but the reviews have been far from stellar, the word "mediocre" comes to mind. It's positively American. Overhype, mass mentality, all calories and no protein. All FILLER! Whereas when one sits down and watches "The Sopranos" in HD, one has a religious experience. Right inside the frame is a whole world, not a concoction of lowest common denominator Hollywood pricks with contempt for their audience, but people who want to test the limits and do something great! Not that they always succeed, but you applaud their efforts, you root for them, because we want the fruits of their labor, we want greatness.
That's what the purveyors have wrong, that we want mediocrity. The reason "American Idol" scores is it's got more drama than the tripe on the big screen. We can divine the essence, we're just not exposed to it often enough.
And there's an arms race on television. Between not only Showtime and HBO, but FX and Bravo too. Everybody's looking for something that hooks the public. And that's why you've got to have the box. To participate. Watching TV on cell phones? That's a joke. It's not about the information so much as the EXPERIENCE! Draw the curtains, turn up the sound, blend with the screen. Get taken away for an hour or two. That's what you're working for, to be able to afford this experience!
And the price keeps coming down.
I love gear. All the specs, all the philosophies. It's not about cutting corners in video, but giving you more cluck for your buck. And the prices have gotten so cheap that the hoi polloi have ventured in. They may be buying Vizios from Costco, but they don't want to be left out.
And if you wander into Magnolia, or Ken Crane's, or some other video emporium, you won't want to be left out EITHER!
It's the picture. Sometimes the same one replicated over complete walls, one set after another. And there's always something better than you can afford, that you can aspire to, that you can dream about. Sure, you might be looking at a 46" set, but imagine having a 70! Wouldn't that be great!
And you've got to get a sound system to go with your big screen. Whether it be cheapie theatre-in-a-box for five hundred bucks, or real B&W sound. Amplified by a receiver with enough acronyms to baffle anybody but a fifteen year old boy. Do you need HDMI to go with your 1080p? There's a learning curve, and every detail counts, because you want to get it right.
It's a religious experience. Divining all the data.
Felice likes the look of LCD, and the room she wants to put the set in has glass doors. But how big? A 40" set NOT in HD format shows a picture only as big as her old Sony, presently in the living room. So, you've got to go bigger. At least 46". 50"?
And what brand? Sony may be dying in music and portable music players, but it's on a tear in TV. It's like the old days, perceived to be the best, and an extra chunk of change more. But if you're spending this much, should you pop for the XBR?
And what about Samsung? Their set looked better than the XBR! Could that be store adjustment? Brighter sets looking more appealing? Then again, they make the screens in the same factory.
Samsung... Can you imagine buying a Samsung ANYTHING twenty years ago? KOREAN? Give me a break! That's one thing the oldsters don't get anymore, there's no loyalty to the old names. Not even to Jay-Z. There's no legacy, what's best TODAY!
And the Samsung looks pretty damn good.
So do you pop for the B&W ceiling speakers? They're blowing out some Klipsch set. And Bose... Funny how in the high end shops they pooh-pooh the direct-reflecting household name.
And I see all the shit they have in "Sound & Vision". Definitive!
As for receivers... Igor wouldn't go with anything less than the $1,600 Yamaha. You want your Blu-Ray player to render at 1080, right?
How did the music business fuck up so badly? This used to be OUR domain!
Pristine sound... You wanted to get closer to the music. Oh, it was a hit out of the speaker in your dashboard, but at home you wanted to be bathed in the notes, you couldn't really appreciate the music until you heard it on a component system.
But then the cassette became the standard. Oh, you could buy a Nakamichi deck and record a tape every bit as good as vinyl, but the prerecorded stuff was duped onto crap, at high speed. These tapes were not made for component stereos.
And then if the CD was perfection, what did it matter what you played it on? In the nineties, a stereo became an all-in-one, for a couple of hundred bucks.
And then we got the iPod.
The iPod allows you to take your music everywhere. But you don't expect a replication of your home in a hotel (unless it's frighteningly expensive!) The iPod is about convenience. What about EXCELLENCE!
Well, the music companies gave up on excellence. So the gear makers moved on to TV. Oh, this video revolution has been percolating for nearly two decades. But it's finally taken hold. NOW IS THE TIME!
When is the time for sound?
Well, in order for it to work, the sound has to be good. Have you listened to hit CDs? Thank god we play them on iPods, they assault one's ears.
All I know is today in Ken Crane's I got that rush from the seventies, when I used to haunt Pacific Stereo, and University Stereo, and Federated. Back when that was my number one aspiration, good sound. I used to subscribe to three magazines, "Stereo Review", "Hi-Fidelity" and "Audio". I used to love to stay home and play records. That was an activity unto itself!
Now I get a better hit, one that I feel in my gut, watching the aforementioned "Sopranos". The bigger the screen, the better. With not only surround, but a center speaker and subwoofer.
Recorded music is a shitty experience. But video is in a GOLDEN AGE!
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In contrast to the aural perception of digitized media, I have never sensed awful side-effects in the visual perception......
Flat screen monitors are not RFI monsters like CRTs were. So while it may be more-pleasant visually (although I think flat screens don't generate as much UV radiation), it doesn't help your aural sonics.
This is one technological change that I personally have zero complaints with.
How desireable can the high end be if a buyer walks into a hifi shop with his favorite CD only to have it sound like poop. So what if the dealer can put on some lame but squeeking clean sounding music like Dire Straights or Eagles.
We got these dolts in this hobby, some call themselves music lovers and others call themselves audiophiles who feel it's somekind of right of passage to have an audio system that sounds bad unless they're listening to a recording they consider good. LOL! Yea the recording is good if when played the system doesn't sound bad! What a bad joke - nobody falls for that crap except the dummy sitting around listening to uninteresting but "special" recordings that sound good and suffering through every else.
Do you think anyone with little/no high fi experience would be interested in hi fi once they've heard their favorite disks sound worse than they sound on an ipod or portable? No freeking way.
Interest in high end audio will continue to dwindle and IMO it's mainly because more audiophiles know how to justify bad sounding systems* than there are audiophiles who understand how to make great sounding systems.
*because magazine told them how and convinced them it was good stuff and most everyone else has to make the sale.
Give me rhythm or give me death!
Most people have NEVER in their lives stepped into a high end audio shop. So that's certainly not the excuse you can use for them.
High end audio is just plain dying out for lack of interest. That's difficult (or impossible) for most audiophiles to come to grips with. I've seen non-audiophiles listen to very very good systems in audiophiles' homes with such complete and utter disinterest that the host was clearly beside himself. Tough to take.
If we consider high end Pioneer recievers and the kind of midif stuff similar to what we could buy at the FedMart, Radio Shack and other similar outlets (these days Best Buy, Circuit City, etc.) then maybe there's a point to be made.
But I see a much better component selection for guys who are interested in high end audio than I did 20 years ago. Maybe the midfi outlets are hurting and maybe some b&m audio shops are having a hard time competing with the internet.
This is a golden age for audiophiles - the best of times to get truly awesome gear at all price points. And with the massive interest in computer music systems and portables the high end industry should excited about up this future music fed generation that's up and coming.
Too bad my generation of audiophiles had to be so negatively influences by that Absolute Sound dump of a few years back. If high end audio vanishes (and it won't) it will be because of the influence of some people who are considered founding fathers of the audio industry. What dreck!
I hope I am not delusional and try to be optimistic.
In many ways I agree.
But in terms of numbers, the interest in audio reproduction as a passion/hobby is dying. Fast.
Why in the world do YOU personally need somebody else to be interested/involved?
To increase demand for hi-end gear? To make world better place to live?
The best stuff in the big box stores is getting worse and worse. The typical home theater in a box is incredibly bad. The difference between average audio and good/high-end audio is increasing.
The opposite is happening in video. The cost of plasma and lcd televisions that have excellent pictures is dropping quickly. Front projectors, the ideal for home theater, are ridiculously cheap. I bought a $1,000 projector a couple of months ago that is far superior to what was available for $5,000 3 or 4 years ago. It's hard to find video that's anything less than very good at any price.
I believe that there will come a point when the current trend will naturally reverse itself and audio will regain focus. The typical audio system will once again become the bigger investment and video will return to second place. The reason for this is that audio is so much more difficult to get right. With digital processing video has progressed from low resolution tube and very poor rear projection sets to spectacularly good plasma and lcd sets and front projectors in only about the last 5 years. Full range audio systems that can play loudly with low distortion and actually sound good in a particular room will always require a sizable investment and careful setup. The digital front end has become cheap and good amplification may become cheap but good speakers will always be expensive. The other areas where I think there's some room to grow are in custom installation and room treatments that don't look wierd. If someone invented some room treatments that were reasonably priced, effective, and didn't stand out in a typical living room quality audio could become popular with normals again.
The problem is that high-end shops are still trying to sell thousands of dollars worth of wires to people like me who can't hear much difference and aren't sure the differences they hear are improvements. This despite the fact that they audition their equipment in terrible sounding rooms that easily overshadow any improvements made by tweaks.
I think high-end audio is just going through a much needed natural selection process where a lot of BS is going to go extinct and real quality and value will remain for the minority of people who care about it.
Fewer and fewer people are being exposed to what I think is good music.....
(And even if they are exposed to what I think is good music, the digitized playback of it would likely stifle the perception of it being good music.)
If I had the perspective that it doesn't get any better than the Foo Fighters and Arctic Monkeys, and that MP3s sound just as good as CDs, I too would think Bose was the end-all in audio.....
... by your comment "fewer people are being exposed to... ...good music".
Although, I might re-phrase it to read:
"More people are being exposed to bad music" :-)
My two kids are more interested in today's "heavy metal", "grunge" and the like than in the music of the mid-to-late 20th century - classical, jazz and nostalgia rock hold little or no interest for them.
They are, I believe, representative of their respective generations (they're 12 years apart in age) and give a pretty good indication of the listening priorities of their generations.
So, if all one wants to listen to is heavily distorted noise, then why bother with high fidelity reproduction of that distortion? :-)
Someone else also touched on a key factor - the availability of time for dedicated listening. The ability to "multi-task" that something like an iPOD brings (Gym & listen, Jog & listen, etc) does much to address this time issue.
These are just two aspects of the differences in priorities and "drivers" that influence the allocation of disposable income in the youth of today - there are probably quite a few others...
"I believe that there will come a point when the current trend will naturally reverse itself and audio will regain focus."
I think this is wishful thinking. In my opinion, there is no chance of this ever happening. The only thing constant, for better or worse, is change. 2 channel and high-end audio will be a memory in another generation. That's only 20 years. Dealers who don't adapt won't be in business. Most of us, who've been doing this for 40 or more years will be taking dirt naps by then. There won't be anyone left to care.
Typical old fogey talk. I'm 30 and have been interested since college. We don't disagree on that much. 2 channel and tubes may die but they are just types of high end that appeal to people in a particular age bracket. They aren't synonymous with high end. Like I said, there will always be a minority of people interested in quality audio just like there are a minority of people interested in quality everything else. The problem is that many audiophiles mistake the end of particular trends with the end of the whole thing. The new high end will be different than the old high end but will exist in one form or another.
Who you calling old?! You young whippersnapper! Dagnabbit!!
Sadly, I agree!!
Many got started in this hobby building dyna kits or radios, etc.
But now, most are entering audio listening to the ipod/ mp3. And we audiophiles still think it is about sound quality! Ipod clearly shows that convenience is way more important to most people.
that the elitism associated with our hobby has something to do with this? ;> ) Just wondering, because most of my old buddies from college act like they'd rather get a root canal than go through the process of selecting a good high-end system.
Speaking as a manufacturer and a distributor, we're absolutely going to have to adjust to the download generation. I recently heard that Linn's offering real 24/96 downloads from their website that sound great. In a perfect world all the major labels would follow suit. You're not going to get the downloaders to buy SACDs and DVD-As...we know that. But you *might* get them to buy their favorite music at a premium...especially now that storage space is ridiculously cheap. Once that happens, the opportunity for selling them better audio gear is available.
... and us ageing Peter Pans and Wendies have been bested by a Captain Hook that consists of newer generations with very different priorities.
The worst part is that there is no nice big crocodile with an alarm clock inside to come along and chase away this evil Captain...
Another disturbing aspect is that Tinker Bell (over whom I used to have some childhood fantasies) and the other kids of Never-Never-Land have all deserted the fold and now run around with iPOD's or lounge around at home watching music DVD's on Bose systems.
Using another analogy, purist 2-channel audio is the "battleship" that has been obsoleted by a combination of "nuclear submarines" (iPOD's) and "nuclear-powered aircraft-carriers" (HT/AV lifestyle systems).
Forgetting - for the moment - the implications on audio equipment manufacturers of this trend (moving away from 2-channel and getting bed with iPOD and HT), there is another area of concern, and that lies in the area of software.
Given the trend towards crappy CD's with recording levels so high that dynamic range is fast becoming a fond memory and the other side of the coin where music is downloaded to a computer rather than purchased on some shiny 5.25" form factor, just how much longer will us audio dinosaurs be able to purchase reasonably-priced software for our "vintage gear"?
Market forces drive companies! When those market forces tell manufacturers to change course, they'd better change course as indicated or face extinction. Also, let's face it - music publishers like Sony-BMG etc are not really in business to satisfy you and I - they're there to satisfy their shareholders - and if the market shifts, they'll follow the money.
So, we can - at best - look forward to a future wherein music on physical media is only produced by small specialist companies and the unit prices charged will reflect the lack of economies of scale from the lower production volumes. At worst, we'll all be scrapping over used CD's in thrift shops...
Does any of this sound familiar? Any vinyl addicts listening?
It is digital that has allowed this, and I am afraid we cannot put the genie back in the box.
There was a story in the Louisville Courier-Journal yesterday on this topic. In my opinion, there is nothing that can be done to reverse this trend. We are going through a paradigm shift in music listening. We are the last of a dying breed. Denial is not going to change it.
I know exactly what you are talking about. A guy at work was talking to me about "audio" and raving about his ultra super great fantastic music system. Turns out that it isn't even a surround home theater system but his PC sound card hooked to a processor of some kind.
I suggested that he come over some weekend and we'd sit around and listen to my stereo. He said something to the effect of "naw, them old tube stereos are no good. They just buzz and hum". When I suggested that he listen to a good tube amp that didn't do that he opined that his audio has to be better cause it has SIX speakers.
Somehow, in his mind, more speakers equals "better" sound. He excitedly repeated several times that his has SIX speakers. You gotta hear it he urged. I politelly declined. I could have made more progress talking to a brick wall. There is none so blind as he who will not see.
Don't dismiss a system because it is PC based!
There are some sound cards that easily best "audiophile" gear.
Case in point, my PC systems sounds way better than my old transport dac system. Even off the pc, the soundcard sound better than the external DAC which is about $300 more expensive than the sound card. ($900-1200)
Also, the soundcard has 3 pairs of balanced outs and I can use the PC as a digital crossover and do room correction as well as upsampling.
That said, I agree that your coworker's rig probably isn't audiophile.
IMHO the industry has done a horrible job of educating, and just seems to dismiss anyone not buying into their mantra as stupid. Kind of like you are doing with your coworker :)
no, I do not think that he is stupid, just uninformed. You're too presumptous concluding that I think he is stupid. I know this guy. I've worked with him for years so I know he's not a DA. He just has never listened to any good stereo equipment. I didn't intend to imply that I thought he's stupid. After all, we're not talking about Bose stuff here ;-)
Hooking multiple speakers to lo-fi doesn't make it sound hi-fi. All it does is add more outlets to the lo-fi output.
yeah, I know that PC audio isn't the transistor radio sounding junk it used to be, BUT, you can add all the computer speakers you want to any PC and they won't deliver the bass slam of good speakers.
and for the other post(er), no, I had/have no interest in driving to VA Beach to listen to his PC speakers (all six of them). Not trying to be a smarta** but the quality of my tube gear has surpassed anything I've heard demo-ed in the outlets retailing the PC stuff he has. I've already listen to those systems in several places. Admittedly they sounded better than I thought they would.
Now, if he wanted to show me his new Manley amps..........
So many spots in tv and mags could have easy placement of stereos and ads,but nobody does it.How hard is to slap together a little stereo,even a $1000. system,really anything just to get exposure and for somebody to see it,hell you dont even see stereos in Rolling Stone,what am i missing here,last time i checked i thought Rolling Stone had something to do with music.And people get upset because Bose makes sales
Ten years ago, a perfectly normal looking blond hair dude at a high-tech company, showed me his ultimate highfi setup. It was his car with an array of bazooka subs all over it. I'm sure the guy is almost deaf with tinnitis by now. Whatever floats their boat.
The only guy I ever converted was someone with an extensive CD collection (this is getting rare now) who remembers the record trading and even the open-reel trading days. He didn't know the highend existed until he met me. As it goes, the equipment investment was modest compared to his software collection.
Y'all might think it's dying, but there's still some of us young folk that really, really enjoy some good tunes, and good sound.
I started with a junk stereo, moved into a pricey HT setup, then sold it all off for some tube gear and (gasp!) two speakers...
I try to get as many of my friends (and as many musicians as I can stand!) to bring over a handful of their favorite cd's, or in the musicians' cases, their own music. I provide the PBR, and usually the afternoons or evenings conclude with all of them asking me to help them pick out a cheap system!
I KNOW none of my friends would ever think to try and buy gear from some dude that belittles their music... how many times have you ever heard some Dimu Borgir blasting at a high end shop??? The HORROR!!! Sorry, mate, but that's what some people listen to! who gives a rats ass whether its audiophallic!! and I'm more than happy to let any of my friends listen to ANY music on my humble rig, to try and get them bit by the bug.
Sounds like neither of you wanted to give the other's stereo system a try.... ;-)
That's what I was thinking. Maybe his SIX speakers sound incredible. ;-)
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An estimated 543 jobs will be created by this construction spending. The total cost for all the projects is more than $66 million, including more than $48 million in non-state funding.
The immediate goal of the state's Energy Efficiency Grant program is to stimulate Washington's economy by creating jobs.
"This is precisely the sort of program we need as we work to rebuild our economy," Inslee said. "These grants will reduce energy costs, provide training opportunities to students and create jobs in the clean energy sector."
The long-term goal of the program is to reduce energy costs at the state's public higher education institutions and local government facilities.
"The upgrades provided by these grants, such as new lighting, boilers, and water-saving plumbing, put people to work right away, and the energy efficiencies will save money for Washington taxpayers well into the future," said Commerce Director Brian Bonlender. "The program stretches grant dollars by leveraging funding from non-state sources."
The 2012 Legislature appropriated $20 million to higher education and $18 million to local governments, including a specific set aside of at least 10 percent for small cities or towns (populations of 5,000 or less). There have been two rounds of awards. The first recipients were announced in August 2012.
Round one award recipient Community Colleges of Spokane was able to install a building-wide control system in two of their buildings. The new control system is expected to save approximately $12,000 annually. Now instead of having the HVAC system either totally off or on, the maintenance staff maximizes the buildings' energy efficiency. "The new controls make the buildings more comfortable for everyone. The energy savings are reinvested right back into other energy efficiency projects. We are marching through the campus buildings one at a time and making them more energy efficient. This grant gave us a good start," said Director of Facilities Dennis Dunham.
Also a round one recipient, the City of Everett used funding to replace old HVAC systems and controls and removed an un-insulated roof containing asbestos. The new energy saving equipment and insulated roof is expected to save Everett approximately $29,000 annually. "These grant funds helped us fix critical pieces of equipment and building structures that have outlived their useful life. The energy savings generated results in reduced operating costs that improve the city's bottom line," said Director of Facilities Carlton Gipson.
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Gam3r, google nav and pandora both are streaming apps....its probably not processing that is the problem.....if you run both at the same time its the speed (and stability) of your internet connection that is most likely going to be your "weak link." In a moving car this can be VERY challenging....
By using Aura you are leaving the internet connection with only one job to do with the available bandwidth instead of two.
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Yea its possible that may play a part; a bad connection will pretty much hinder any program. However, it does it when I am connected to my 35mb Fios router. It may just be a quirk with how the hardware interacts when streaming music through the dongle. I know this sucker can download at 2.2mb/sec. I saw it when downloading my maps for sygic. I'll keep playing with it and if I pinpoint what it is, great. I might even document some trial runs and see what's up because I'd really like to stream music + Nav smoothly if possible.
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1 Philadelphia (trade from D.C. United) -- GK (GA) Andre Blake (Connecticut).
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5 Montreal (from FC Dallas) -- D (GA) Eric Miller (Creighton).
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7 Vancouver -- M Andre Lewis
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33 Colorado -- M Jared Watts (Wake Forest).
34 New York -- M Eric Stevenson (Akron).
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Portland -- M Aaron Long (UC Irvine)
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It may have been a loss, but Kenny Wilson and his Double-A Midland teammates have three good reasons to remember Friday night's game.
"I can't recall ever being part of anything like that," Wilson said. "I don't think I've ever been on the field when a triple play happened, so it was pretty cool. It was definitely one of the more memorable plays I've been a part of."
The 24-year-old center fielder started the rally-killing triple play -- the first in the Texas League this season -- in the seventh inning of the RockHounds' 10-6 loss to Springfield.
With the bases loaded and no outs, Wilson camped in shallow center under a fly ball off the bat of Rafael Ortega and unleashed a strong throw to the plate to cut down the Cardinals' Cody Stanley. RockHounds catcher Blake Forsythe then threw to third baseman Jefry Marte, who tagged out Jonathan Rodriguez.
"It's funny because I knew there was nobody out and the bases were loaded," Wilson said. "It was in the air long enough to have it run through my head: 'OK, there's a play at home, the bases are loaded,' and I just wanted to give [Forsythe] a good clean throw, something he could handle.
"When it came out of my hand, I knew it had good backspin and I had a feeling it was going to get there. Then I saw it on the way home and I was hoping it wasn't going to short-hop the catcher. I was hoping I gave him a throw to catch in the air or on the long hop and put the tag down."
The throw landed perfectly in Forsythe's mitt to earn Wilson an outfield assist. It was his 10th of the season and first since the A's claimed him off waivers from the Blue Jays on July 7.
"It's one of the tools I try to display whenever I have the chance to," he said. "When you talk about pride, I do take a lot of pride in my arm. It's something that I think gets overlooked -- I'm not saying my arm, but arms in the game in general. But when somebody makes a good throw, that does make people take notice, so I'm glad it got him."
Wilson was thrilled to see the play didn't end there.
"When [Forsythe] made the tag and had the sense to snap it over to third and catch the other runner, I was like, 'Wow!'" the Florida native said. "It was cool be able to be a part and also to then be able to sit and watch it happen."
Wilson also contributed two hits and a run scored, while Hiroyuki Nakajima was 3-for-5 with a double and two runs scored.
Seventh-ranked Cardinals prospect Charlie Tilson homered and Stanley was 4-for-5 with a double, three RBIs and two runs scored for Springfield.
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Located in Belgian Coast, this beachfront hotel is in the city center, just steps from Goolfy Blacklight Minigolf and Leopoldpark. Serpentarium and Belle Epoque Centre are also within 10 minutes.
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This smoke-free hotel features concierge services, tour/ticket assistance, and multilingual staff. WiFi in public areas is free.
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Aparthotel Blankenberge features tour/ticket assistance, multilingual staff, and concierge services. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access.
Aparthotel Blankenberge is a smoke-free property.
- Total number of rooms - 54
- Number of floors - 12
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Concierge services
- Elevator/lift
- Front desk (limited hours)
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- Multilingual staff
- Luggage storage
- Year Built 2001
- Smoke-free property
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
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- Free Wi-Fi
- Refrigerator
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
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- Premium bedding
- Balcony
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Limited housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Bathtub or shower
- Television
- Digital TV service
- Free WiFi
- Cookware, dishware, and utensils
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Down comforter
- Cribs/infant beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Breakfast is available for a surcharge and served each morning between 8 AM and 10:30 AM.
Nearby Things to Do
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
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Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time ends at 7 PM
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Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
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Composed by Joel Raney. Contemporary, Hymntune, Jazz/SwingStyle, Advent, Sacred. Octavo. 12 pages. Published by Hope Publishing Company (HP.C5203).
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Text by Joel Raney. Scriptural Reference: Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:23.
An infectious, jazzy holiday song, with a dash of handbells thrown in for text-painting and a middle section verse of "O Come, O Come Emmanuel," this Joel Raney original is a joyful, fun-filled number that will be a highlight on any Advent or Christmas program. The handbell part is included.


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Nagpur, Jan 1 (UNI) The Nagpur police today claimed to have arrested a man involved in supplying arms and ammunition to Maoist outfits in the country from Hyderabad.
Addressing a press conference here this evening, Police Commissioner S P S Yadav said a team of officers and men from Nagpur police nabbed Ravikumar Chevuri (33) in Hyderabad yesterday.
Chevuri is suspected to be naxalite sympathiser and said to be a major supplier of arms and ammunition to Maoist outfits, Mr Yadav said.
The huge consignment of arms and ammunition seized by the police in Nagpur two days ago had been procured by Chevuri for some naxalite outfits, Mr Yadav told newsmen. Chevuri, who hails from Khammam district in Andhra Pradesh, had received an advance of Rs seven lakh for the purpose and was to receive another Rs 33 lakh after the actual delivery of the consignment, he said.
Mr Yadav said this was the first time that the Maharashtra police had arrested a supplier providing arms to naxalite groups. ''We are investigating further and delving into the system of supply of illegal arms in the country,'' the Police Commissioner said.
Chevuri and his wife had gone underground immediately after news broke out about the recovery of the cache of arms and ammunition from a car in Nagpur, Mr Yadav said. He had been brought to Nagpur and had been remanded to police custody till January 10, he said.
Chevuri's wife had also come to Nagpur, but had not been placed under arrest, he told newsmen.
On December 28, the police had seized six weapons, 20 magazines and over 4,800 rounds of ammunition of various kinds concealed in cavity of the doors of a car, bearing Andhra Pradesh registration plates, and also arrested three persons in this connection here. The car had been intercepted by traffic policemen at 0030 hrs after it jumped a red light. The occupants were first booked for carrying two weapons 'of illegal bore,' but their evasive replies made the police suspicious, leading to a thorough search of the car and the seizure of the cache.


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LB Derek Nicholson, Florida State - worked out for New England, and could be considered one of FSU's better defenders. At 6-feet, 235-pounds, Nicholson might be undersized, but Larry Izzo wasn't exactly a big player. Nicholson led the Seminoles in tackles (81) last year. The Patriots flew Tallahasee to work Nicholson out. The LB also had visits with Carolina, Tampa and Kansas City.
CB Tony Carter, Florida State - The Patriots secondary coach flew down to Florida to work out prospects, and one his stops was in Seminole country. Carter went to Jacksonville, Houston and Pittsburgh as part of his pre draft interest. Expect him to come off the board by the end of the day.
DT Chris Baker, Hampton - The big body has plenty of company with fellow Connecticut defender Terrance Knighton (See our Draft Interview). But issues at Penn State caused him to transfer to the small school. Considered one of Penn State's better players while there, it's unlikely Baker will last when teams looking for a 6-2, 323-pound are on the clock. Baker worked out with Knighton for the Patriots last week.
CB Brandon Underwood, Cincinnati - Patriots Insider confirmed that Underwood worked out for New England in late March. He was one of Connor Barwin's teammates, and the Patriots love Barwin. DeAngelo Smith and Mike Mickens are two others watch, though Mickens is expected to be long gone by the end of the Draft.
S Michael Hamlin and DT Dorrell Scott, Clemson - both players worked out for New England. They're expected to go in the middle of the Draft, but both are still currently on the board. They are too talented to slip further and New England still needs help at both positions.
CB Ellis Lankster, West Virginia - New England hosted Lankster on a visit a league source confirmed to Patriots Insider. One of the the cornerbacks the Patriots are supposedly interest in.
DE JD Skolnitsky, James Madison - Skolnitsky told us he worked out for the Patriots. As one of the top players on an underrated JMU roster, Skolnitsky will certainly generate a buzz among those who talked to him.
CB Evan McCullough, James Madison - Internet reports indicated that the Patriots worked out the talented corner from JMU. Though the agent didn't immediately respond to our calls, one source tells us it's accurate, New England was showing interest.
OL Dan Gay, Baylor - He showed up on the radar during the all star game (East West) and has been lurking in Jason Smith's shadow ever since. The other player on Baylor's line measures in at 6-foot-4, 310-pounds and can hold his own on the line. Look for Gay to be an undrafted free agent. A fate opposite that of Smith, a first round pick.
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Fla. School Tells Students to Drop Online Classes
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida's main online school is telling worried parents and students that they aren't about to get charged for failing to complete courses.
A charter school in Fort Myers sent out letters earlier this month telling students they would have to pay $425 if they failed to complete courses at Florida Virtual School. The letter from Gateway Charter School linked the penalty to recently passed legislation.
FVS officials called the letter "threatening" and false. They have complained to the Department of Education.
A spokeswoman for Charter Schools USA which operates the school says the letter was sent in "error." She says it only went to 25 students.
But FVS officials say in the last few weeks nearly 60 students attending Charter Schools USA schools in the state have dropped online courses.
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Definitely having some of this. Excellent. Incidentally I wonder if it would help discussion if someone involved with the production might get involved? I only mention this as the Mahogany Murderers was surprisingly quiet.
Obviously you're all mega busy, but it might help kick start this lovely idea you've had.
I might well be tempted with this one... let's see how the budget survives the rest of the month!
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Once again my good intentions not to part with cash this month have evaporated. Wholloween last month and now Treasure Island at a bargain price. Looking forward to it already.
Oh, wow! Definite buy.
Thanks much!!
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this is a great adaption of a really good story.
Forget Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean this is THE classic pirate story and Silver is one of Literature's classic Villain/Anti-hero
Robert Louie Stevenson writes in a very "Who" style adventure story and big finishes version is a pretty faithful adaptation.
tom baker is excellent, as is most of the cast. story rattles along at a good pace and the music is brilliant.
at £3 for a download it's pretty much a steal and well worth adding to your collection.
I would give it 8/10....the reasons I don't give it a 10 are
I did not think the beginning was as exciting as other adaptions , although faithful to the book..
Jim Hawkins was a bit too prim and proper for me
I thought the storytelling on treasure island got a bit muddy and found I needed to go back a re-listen.
but it really is a fantastic listen, not quite on a par with the Phantom of the opera from the classic range but better than dorian grey.
but I will shut up with all this waffle now and let you get downloading.
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>>Incidentally I wonder if it would help discussion if someone involved with the production might get involved?<<
Who would you like? I believe Barnaby is away at the moment, but not for the whole month. I could ask Howard Carter to drop by...
Well it's not exactly who I would like, it's more whoever worked on it who would like to discuss some of the issues around it. I wouldn't want Howard to be sent here like a grumpy prefect if there was nothing particularly he'd like to talk about! Just thought it might be something to aid discussion/debate like a book group would (having never been to a book group and whose only experience of one is the exemplary Channel 4 comedy series I'm not sure I know what I'm talking about).
Just started to listen to this now and it's effectively gripping stuff. Like the chemistry between the narrator and his son. I've not read the book, so I'll assume its a device for the adaptation.
Strangely given how powerful I found his reading of a Christmas Carol (RIP Audiogo) I'm so far finding Tom Baker as the weakest link. Maybe it's because Silver hasn't shown his true colours yet.
I read the book ten years ago when I was in college and really enjoyed it, so revisiting this tale through the Big Finish team was a treat. The performances are excellent, especially Tom Baker as Long John Silver.
The sound design deserves special credit. From the booming canons to the crashing waves, the sound is just so excellent it really enhances the action of the tale.
This is definitely a program I will listen to again in the near future.
Thank you, Big Finish!
I decided to take BF up on this offer, and listened to part 1 last night. So far I'm really enjoying it (Hardly surprising for a Barnaby Edwards production!). Good cast, nice use of a mix of narration and dramatised scenes and good music too. I'm very much looking forward to part 2 this evening...
Caught the second half of this and Baker really does grow into the conniving role. Kudos too to the actor playing young Jim, he could have easily been irritating but wasn't (helped I think by the gravitas of old Jim narrating).
Listing to the interviews, I was astonished by the doubling up. Normally I can notice when an actor is performing a couple of roles, but not here. Perhaps because everyone's main character already had a silly pirate voice, it meant that the secondary or third characters didn't have to be so disguised from the norm. In fact the only obvious piece of doubling up was Tom Baker as Captain Flint! And blimey. I must have heard dozens and dozens of Nick Briggs audio performances, but didn't realise he was in this until the interviews. I was also convinced that Nick Pegg was Barnaby. Do they sound similar to others?
I would have loved to have a separate version of the song too. It's a shame it wasn't made available given that it sounds like there were several different versions. Imagine the publicity you could get for the play if you launched 'Tom Baker sings Dead Man's Chest' into the charts.
Listened to this in the van, on the road with the wife and the six kids. It was a roaring success. Ya done yerselves proud, mateys!


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The House of Rothschild: The World's Banker, 1848-1999 (1999)
by Niall Ferguson
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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0140286624, Paperback)Continuing the sweeping narrative that he began with The House of Rothschild: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848, Oxford University historian Niall Ferguson conjures up a world in which widespread change and utter uncertainty held sway in the place of carefully ordered dynasties and universally observed mores. In the aftermath of the Napoleonic revolution, European Jews had been able to move within dominant societies somewhat more freely. Of no family was this more true than the Rothschilds, whose branches lived in Germany, France, Austria, and England, and whose vast financial empire enabled them to act as diplomats and power brokers throughout the world. Their influence was enormous. When Spain wanted to build a railroad, its ministers approached the House of Rothschild. When the Confederate States of America sought to be recognized by the states of Europe, it sought--unsuccessfully--the Rothschilds' support. When Ferdinand de Lesseps broke ground for the Panama Canal and Cecil Rhodes broke ground for his vast diamond and gold mines in South Africa, Rothschild funds backed them.
Until the 1920s, Ferguson demonstrates, there was almost no economic, technological, or political development in Europe in which the House of Rothschild did not play some role. The rise of nationalist and national socialist movements and of official anti-Semitism, coupled with the rise in the Jazz Age of a new generation of Rothschilds that cared more for the good life than for the hard work of maintaining their holdings, led to a substantial decline in the family's authority and wealth. But even today, as Ferguson writes in this richly detailed but eminently readable history, the Rothschilds figure in European finance, continuing a legacy that Ferguson's two volumes trace from the Middle Ages to the new millennium. --Gregory McNamee
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It's an eerily familiar position for Pitt. The Panthers have two games left, and they need one more win to become bowl-eligible for a sixth season in a row.
In 2011, the Panthers saved it for the last week in a 33-20 win over Syracuse at Heinz Field. Last year, Pitt dominated South Florida 27-3, capping a 4-2 mark in there second half of the season to become bowl eligible.
This time around, there's still a margin for error--they can afford to lose one of its final two to become bowl eligible. The players would like to get that taken care of this week.
"It means a lot," senior linebacker Shane Gordon said. "I would hate to go out, finishing without a bowl. I hope we do get that sixth win."
Interesitngly, a fifth-year senior in Gordon only knows of two places as bowl destinations--Charlotte and Birmingham. Gordon was a true freshman in 2009 when the team defeated North Carolina in the then Meineke Car Care Bowl (now Belk Bowl).
K'Waun Williams has only known one bowl destination in his Pitt career, that being Birmingham. Even if it's going to the same destination, he doesn't mind.
"If everybody just goes about ther business, it'll be all right," Williams said. "We're just focused on the team we got ahead of us, and that's Syracuse."
And it might come down to the defense. Pitt had two of its worst outings of the season in those first three games, allowing 533 yards to Florida State and 532 yards to Duke. In those first three games, Pitt was yielding an average of 445 yards per game. In the seven games since then, the defense has allowed 338.7 yards per game.
The seniors obviously want to have one more game, but they'll need help from some of the underclassmen like Lafayette Pitts. Pitts even put the task on his shoulders, saying he would do whatever it takes for him to improve to get his team into a bowl game.
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Both of the times I've curbed a wheel I've been tricked with optical illusions regarding where the curb is
Both of the times I've curbed a wheel I've been tricked with optical illusions regarding where the curb is
I don't want to hijack your thread, but you said you will have two wheels sitting around. Take the curb rashed one and clean it up and powdercoat or spray bomb it. Get a hub bearing and attach some legs to it and do what I did. I'm a Pontiac and Husker fan so naturally those were the first two I've made. I have more wheels sitting around that I'm contemplating using for some other projects. White wheel is an 18x8" Eagle 077 and the red one is a factory 89-95 Grand Prix 16x8 wheel.
It's not an expensive project. It can be done for under $100. Mine were MUCH cheaper as I work with metal in a fab shop every day and also have access to Powedercoating for free. the most expensive part of each wheel was the glass at $25 a piece. Just giving you an idea.
Looking at buying a JSW TDi and here to get some info on them.
took the car in for its 80k service today.. just oil change and pollen filter. The fuel filter was done 10k ago. Ready for my drive to California tomorrow.
So I bought a custom car bra on sale a couple of years ago... and never opened it. I wanted to put it on for this trip to help keep the bugs off of my paint. So, I pulled it out of the box today and went to install it... only to realize it was designed for the mk6 frontend sportwagens. How I managed to get the wrong part.. I dunno. So.. no car bra for me.
Anyone want a brand new >2010 sportwagen custom car bra? It has no hole for a front plate and has holes for the fog lights. It's rather nice... soft felt on the back, strong vinyl on the front... fits very tight & snug.
I'd built up a lot of stickers from events this summer. I took 11 stickers off my car last weekend.. leaving only the two Ring stickers on the back, a couple of black stickers on the rear side windows, and my favorite sticker on the windshield ("D.A.R.E. to keep cars off bags"). Much better..
had an exhaust leak develop over the last month or so. Had Fine Tuning in Seattle do an exhaust leak test and they found that the v-clamp around the EGR filter (right below/behind the engine) was leaking. Replacing that seemed to fix it.. $29 in parts.
was bored tonight (it's my Friday night).. so I got out and drove 170 miles up toward Canada and back. I took a small highway up.. closer to the mountains.., and then I-5 back. Great drive.. relaxing.
170 miles.. 3 hours.
54mph & 38mpg average (per computer)
love my car
Great report, thanks!
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Porsche Boxster Brembo front caliper upgrade, using StopTech Street Performance pads and Brembo LCF600 Plus fluid.
had to use spacers for my 'daily' 18" wheels to clear the calipers. I think my 17" Audi Sport wheels will fit without the use of spacers, but I haven't tried them yet.
without spacers (wheel resting on caliper, and wheel mounting surface isn't flush with the rotor)
with the H&R 5mm spacer
everything fits.. very tightly
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two of my DWS tires are now just DW's... I haven't even had them long enough to see snow yet
took shots of my coils so you can see how many threads are left.. or not.
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fresh pads, used rotors. hmm
looks good joel
Can't wait to see how it all looks when you are done Joel. Could you do me a favor? The next time you have the front wheels off, could you take a picture of how you bent under the top front fender liner? I could just use a picture of how you guys are taking out that screw to prevent the rubbing. TIA. I really appreciate it.
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It's quite simple really. You remove the top outside-edge fender liner screw.. it goes through a metal tab on the fender and into a protrusion in the liner. You then cut out that protrusion so that it no longer sticks below the rest of the liner. Afterward you very carefully bend up the fender tab so that it's away from the tire. Mine has been bent up less than 45° .. just enough to get it out of the way and not damage the outside of the fender
Calipers came out really nice.
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Love your car man!
Nice !
finally had some 3M film installed over my headlights today... should insure them lasting longer and avoiding being damaged by all of the rocks that love to hit my car
Funny how things work out your car is what made me want one. Great thread man.


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