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Jeff MA said:
Josh,
Those appear to Klipsch Forte' IV speakers...

I am a Klipsch nut myself and currently Rock a set of Walnut Klipschorn's

Love of Good Audio
Love of Klipsch Speakers
Love of Weber Grilles
And now Vintage Vices.

Sure we aren't Brothers separated at birth? šŸ˜‰

Jeff
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Just might be Jeff!!
Yep they sure are. Wow I bet those Walnut Klipschorns are fantastic!
 
Steve Hoch said:
There's a collector for everything apparently. I don't know what possessed you to buy those axes but I hope you made some money on them.
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Definitely did! I got a decent profit for them but I think I could have asked more. I got so many messages and all of them were full price offers. People telling me they need them or they have to have them! I was surprised and wasn't expecting that.

Looks like my Reed Vise should finally be delivered Tuesday. Oh I also sold my NIB Weber Q for a nice profit. I have Monday off so maybe I'll get 1 or 2 more grills ready and up for sale. My new rolling toolbox is working out nicely and some decent flips helps me justify to myself the purchase.
 
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Josh Dekubber said:
Electronics is a must. I love listening to quality music. Yes my wife has a sister lol. My wife likes custom jewelry and is into crafts and different hobbies. I'm happy for her to get what she wants. I just want to be treated the same in return. Generally we are both savers and share all of our bank accounts together. Helps being on the same page. Most of what I spend on myself is money brought it from my flipping hobbies.

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Nice setup. I have just recently gone back down this rabbit hole. I picked up a bunch of old stereo stuff a guy was giving away as he was cleaning out his garage. That haul had an old Kenwood system in original boxes from the 90's with a cabinet that was never set up. After listening to it in my living room I realized how much I miss decent music. I sold it for $350 and was amazed at how much interest there was in it. Vintage Hifi is apparently very hot. He also gave me an old Philips receiver and 5 disk changer with a 5.1 speaker package. I kept the receiver and sold the speakers and changer. Then bought a set of Athena AS-F2's with center for $80 which sound amazing to me. Then I picked up a Yamaha RX-V373 for the office with another 5.1 speaker package (selling speakers). Now I am on to trying to update my basement home theater from 5.1 to 5.2.4 and from a 1080P projector to 4K. I have been spending countless hours studying up on HDMI versions, Dolby Vision, HDR10, HDR10+, Dolby Atmos, ARC, EARC, 9-13 channel receivers, DLP chips and lasers in projectors, etc. Here is a pic of the Kenwood.
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Joe Anshien said:
Nice setup. I have just recently gone back down this rabbit hole. I picked up a bunch of old stereo stuff a guy was giving away as he was cleaning out his garage. That haul had an old Kenwood system in original boxes from the 90's with a cabinet that was never set up. After listening to it in my living room I realized how much I miss decent music. I sold it for $350 and was amazed at how much interest there was in it. Vintage Hifi is apparently very hot. He also gave me an old Philips receiver and 5 disk changer with a 5.1 speaker package. I kept the receiver and sold the speakers and changer. Then bought a set of Athena AS-F2's with center for $80 which sound amazing to me. Then I picked up a Yamaha RX-V373 for the office with another 5.1 speaker package (selling speakers). Now I am on to trying to update my basement home theater from 5.1 to 5.2.4 and from a 1080P projector to 4K. I have been spending countless hours studying up on HDMI versions, Dolby Vision, HDR10, HDR10+, Dolby Atmos, ARC, EARC, 9-13 channel receivers, DLP chips and lasers in projectors, etc. Here is a pic of the Kenwood.
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Nice Joe!
Love listening to some good music on a good sound system. Most of the time I would rather do that than watch TV.
 
My opinion is that at a lower price point you can get better sound from a tube amp over a solid state amp. At a higher price point though some of the newer solid State technology can give you the best of both worlds in my opinion.
I can appreciate both.
 
CDs and "digital" music just sound "harsh" to me. A well cared for vinyl just sounds "smoother" better spatial as well. Oddly I've taken some of my better vinyl, on a superb turntable, hooked into my computer, digitized them and noted compared to the exact same commercial CD at how much better they sound.
I think when they do commercial CDs and digital stuff they do some weird kind of "remixing" and it just sounds "off"
 
LMichaels said:
CDs and "digital" music just sound "harsh" to me. A well cared for vinyl just sounds "smoother" better spatial as well. Oddly I've taken some of my better vinyl, on a superb turntable, hooked into my computer, digitized them and noted compared to the exact same commercial CD at how much better they sound.
I think when they do commercial CDs and digital stuff they do some weird kind of "remixing" and it just sounds "off"
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A lot of it is simply the sampling that's done in the analog -> digital conversion. Narrow bandwidth isn't going to give you the fidelity that you want in a good listening environment. OTOH, that'll be just fine in my truck. Personally, I really don't consider my ears to be all that good, but my wall mounted speakers here sound awfully good compared to some reference standards. My speakers are roughly 1 cu. ft., with 6-8" drivers, they do stir up enough air.

In all honesty.... while I do still have some vinyl kickin' around downstairs somewhere..... I really don't have a problem with a digital product, if nothing else, just for the convenience factor. My library is available anywhere I am or go.
 
Joe Anshien said:
Nice setup. I have just recently gone back down this rabbit hole. I picked up a bunch of old stereo stuff a guy was giving away as he was cleaning out his garage. That haul had an old Kenwood system in original boxes from the 90's with a cabinet that was never set up. After listening to it in my living room I realized how much I miss decent music. I sold it for $350 and was amazed at how much interest there was in it. Vintage Hifi is apparently very hot. He also gave me an old Philips receiver and 5 disk changer with a 5.1 speaker package. I kept the receiver and sold the speakers and changer. Then bought a set of Athena AS-F2's with center for $80 which sound amazing to me. Then I picked up a Yamaha RX-V373 for the office with another 5.1 speaker package (selling speakers). Now I am on to trying to update my basement home theater from 5.1 to 5.2.4 and from a 1080P projector to 4K. I have been spending countless hours studying up on HDMI versions, Dolby Vision, HDR10, HDR10+, Dolby Atmos, ARC, EARC, 9-13 channel receivers, DLP chips and lasers in projectors, etc. Here is a pic of the Kenwood.
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I had almost that identical system back in the late 80's. I got rid of all the components, except for the receiver, which was relegated to the shed and performed there faithfully for years. It finally quit working and I tossed it over the summer.....
 
Itā€™s like everything elseā€”whatā€™s old is new againā€¦ My 34 year old son has suddenly gotten into ā€œvinylā€. Heā€™s coming over today and picking up my old albums that Iā€™m giving him, I havenā€™t listened to them since the 70ā€™s. Heck, I donā€™t even listen to the 100ā€™s of CDā€™s I have, I stream everything now.

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The Cars Heartbeat City was one of my favorite records. It's probably in that box LOL.
I was 5 years old when it came out but my father must have picked up the record when it was released because I remember listening to it about that time.
 
My ringtone has been Stranger Eyes ever since there were ringtones....
Its just one of those things when you hear it -- the brain instantly says that its 'your' phone ringing.
Heartbeat City was the first concert I ever went to.
 
Oh, I love my digital library as well. For the portability. My new BZ has an incredible listening environment. It's so well isolated, no real noise intrusion, (thanks in large part to being electric but also due to Toyota's incredible build quality. I also have the 900 watt optional sound system in there. So, yeah, not unusual to see me "car dancin" to Aretha Franklin while I am rocketing down Kishwaukee Valley Rd AKA Kishwaukee Valley Speedway :D
 
Slight side note......

Many years ago, in a job far far away, okay, after I'd actually left that job, I'd stopped in to say hi to a few folks I used to work with. I was asked to stop in to one of the sales droid's place to take a look at a computer. "Are those REALLY B&W speakers????" Apparently, I'd been the only person to recognize the logo, and yes, they sounded great.
 
@Jeff MA
My Reed 204 R finally showed up today. It's the one on the Right. I actually got my money back two or three weeks ago because it was lost by USPS. But then I guess it was found and showed up today at my house more than a month late. Scheduled to be delivered on December 20th. It's in really good shape. The other one on the Left is my Chas Parker 974 1/2.

I'll be taking them apart clean and grease. I'll leave the Chas raw and paint the Reed.


I really want to get this Chas Parker 825 1/2 too. In the last picture. It quite rare. It's from their heavy duty Superior Machinist line. Much heavier than the Eclipse line like my Chas on the left in the top pic that's about 80 lbs. My new Reed on the right is about 50 lbs and the Chas Parker 825 1/2 in the bottom pic is 151 lbs. Patent 1930. From 1930s-1940s
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