Ground Control to Major Tom

 

Bronze Member
Username: Jaw

Post Number: 68
Registered: Mar-06
http://xo.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/soundsystem.jpg

not of this planet.
 

Bronze Member
Username: Jaw

Post Number: 69
Registered: Mar-06
The shoe looks vaguely familiar, think it's one of you guys. It might be the Maxell dude from the 70's still hanging around ( disregard if already posted.)

Anyone identify the electronics?
 

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Username: Jan_b_vigne

Dallas, TX

Post Number: 9418
Registered: May-04
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Low end Sony.
 

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Username: Nuck

Post Number: 4769
Registered: Dec-04
I have that in my car.
Thump thump.
 

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Username: Petergalbraith

Rimouski, Quebec Canada

Post Number: 1979
Registered: Feb-04
You guys don't like horns at all, do you?
 

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Username: Nuck

Post Number: 4773
Registered: Dec-04
Gabriel had one.
Not so good.
Who are those horsemen?
 

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Username: Nuck

Post Number: 4775
Registered: Dec-04
That 70's shoe?
 

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Username: Nuck

Post Number: 4776
Registered: Dec-04
Buy me a beer.
 

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Username: Jan_b_vigne

Dallas, TX

Post Number: 9420
Registered: May-04
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Seems a bit of stretch to draw that conclusion from what has been posted, PG. I see nothing that has mentioned the speakers at all. Anybody who can't appreciate what a horn loaded speaker can do well has never heard a well designed and well built horn. On the same thought, anyone who can't appreciate what a small, inefficient sealed box mini-monitor can do has never heard a well designed and built small, inefficient mini-monitor. Or a planar, a transmission line, a diploe, a tube amp, a class T amp or what have you. It's seldom the priniciple that is questioned but rather the application. To come to any conclusion other than everyone gets to like what they like and can afford is ... I don't know what.


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Username: Nuck

Post Number: 4847
Registered: Dec-04
Lowthers?
A lot of brass there.
It may be bright.
Or blast my pumpkin off.

Anthom amps?

The center mounted 5v, 20v power supply looks like an Anthem...
 

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Username: Nuck

Post Number: 4848
Registered: Dec-04
Wanna try the Blues Brothers on that kit?
Yup.
Soul man.
 

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Username: Nuck

Post Number: 4849
Registered: Dec-04
The 'Tower of power' horns would remove all preconceptions.
And a 1 and a 2 and a...
 

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Username: Petergalbraith

Rimouski, Quebec Canada

Post Number: 1980
Registered: Feb-04
Seems a bit of stretch to draw that conclusion from what has been posted, PG

Excuse me for not reading anything positive about what had been posted.
 

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Username: Jan_b_vigne

Dallas, TX

Post Number: 9487
Registered: May-04
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Nothing had been posted that was positive about the electronics. Nothing had been posted at all about the speakers. I just don't see how you could draw any conclusions about how we feel about horns by what had been posted. Care to explain?
 

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Username: Petergalbraith

Rimouski, Quebec Canada

Post Number: 1983
Registered: Feb-04
Sure. Someone posts a picture of an amazing horn-loaded system, and the reaction is cracking jokes. Such a picture on the Klipsch or Altec forums would have drawn at least something like wish I could heard that; it must sound awesome.

No big deal.
 

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Username: Nuck

Post Number: 4903
Registered: Dec-04
Mrs. Nuck laffed her buttt off at the pic.
We dig it.
 

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Username: My_rantz

Australia

Post Number: 985
Registered: Nov-05
This is Major Tom to ground control - I'm getting a lot of static here.

Repeat, I'm getting a lot of static here. The cicuit's dead, there's something wrong. . .
 

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Username: Jan_b_vigne

Dallas, TX

Post Number: 9488
Registered: May-04
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Excuse me for cracking a joke about at outrageous system or for not being in awe of too much money spent. PG, you really need to stop being so paranoid about whether anyone likes horns, or likes Klipsch or likes anything you like. What does it matter what we think of anything? It's a big deal because you keep making it a big deal. So nobody wishes they could have heard this system. How do you know it's "amazing"? 'Cause it uses horns? Like that's a guarantee of amazing sound?! So what, you don't like mini-monitors?!


Come on, PG. It's Xmas time and I'm not looking to start anything with you but you gotta stop being so damn sensitive about whether anyone here likes what you own. Give it a rest. OK?

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Username: Jaw

Post Number: 75
Registered: Mar-06
MERRRRREEEE CHRISTMAS, CHARLIE BROWN!

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Username: Petergalbraith

Rimouski, Quebec Canada

Post Number: 1984
Registered: Feb-04
As I said before, no big deal.

Unless, JV, you seem to want to push my buttons again. It seems like you do. You are making a lot more out of my comment than I made out of yours. I never said I knew it sounded "amazing". You are putting words into my mouth again, likely trying to get a rise of my me.

Christmas spirit... Yeah, right.
 

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Username: Jan_b_vigne

Dallas, TX

Post Number: 9493
Registered: May-04
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I'm never, ever trying to get anything out of you, PG. You just let it spill out.



Happy holidays, PG. Got a Yule Log yet?

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Username: Arande2

400dB could probably d..., 4000 isnt ev... 100,000dB FU...

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Registered: Dec-06
I think that's a sousaphone in the background! Maybe I should start playing it.
 

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Username: Petergalbraith

Rimouski, Quebec Canada

Post Number: 1986
Registered: Feb-04
PG. You just let it spill out.

Yeah, you're innocent as always.
 

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Username: Stu_pitt

Irvington, New York USA

Post Number: 1551
Registered: May-05
I'm pretty certain the speakers are Avantgarde. I've heard a 'lower end' Avantgarde once (it was only about $15K) driven by Halcro amps.

This may seem like the most assinine (sp?) statement I've ever made here, but the speakers did a great job of disappearing. Obviously, they need a good bit of room to breathe.

As for electronics... The second component from the top in the middle rack looks like an Esoteric piece. Maybe some of the other gear is as well?
 

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Username: Jan_b_vigne

Dallas, TX

Post Number: 9496
Registered: May-04
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Am I innocent? Innocent of what? Your cynicism implies I am guilty of something. What would I be guilty of? Since I see no offense, no violation, no crime against your person, PG, yeah, I guess I am innocent. You're going to have to explain how I would not be innocent, what I would be guilty of and how this thread has suddenly become all about you being persecuted.


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Username: Timn8ter

Seattle, WA USA

Post Number: 1147
Registered: Dec-03
Stu's right.

http://www.avantgarde-usa.com/basshorns.html
 

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Username: Jaw

Post Number: 76
Registered: Mar-06
Stu/Tim, good call; had no idea.
http://www.teac.com/esoteric/images/A-70Web.jpg

Guy at the end of the cul-de-sac sold his last summer to Madison Square Garden.
 

Bronze Member
Username: Jaw

Post Number: 77
Registered: Mar-06
scared off the deer, squirrels and his family had nothing to eat.
 

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Username: Chitown

Post Number: 1321
Registered: Apr-05
What exactly is that silvery thing in the middle?
 

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Username: Timn8ter

Seattle, WA USA

Post Number: 1153
Registered: Dec-03
I think the OP was trying to have a little fun suggesting they look like something from outer space, however, some creative folks out there have incorporated horns into their decor so they look more like modern art pieces to me. I especially like the green ones with all the plants around them.
http://www.avantgarde-usa.com/installations.html
 

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Username: Stu_pitt

Irvington, New York USA

Post Number: 1553
Registered: May-05
The silvery thing in the middle (not the equipment rack) is the bass portion of the horn speaker system.
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