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Went to same friend that got my Fortes. He also bought my Mani 2. Even with a Denon AVR it sounds pretty darn good.

Me too! Some ported speakers are just way too loose in the bass.

I also got a pair of A150s to refoam and play with. These will likely get sold unless my kids want them.

They sound better when you are drunk.

Thanks for the recommendations. I already ordered a belt from Thakker EU, which was a recommended alternative and half the price even with shipping from Germany.

Awesome! Very exciting.

I need to shop the same places you do… or maybe not. Easier to stay out of trouble if I don’t.

The cabinets were almost perfect and the woofers had already been refoamed. Caps have arrived for the Xover update. One of the stock Seas tweeters have a low impedance reading. I'm going to try a ferrofluid clean and fill but might need to get some new Seas from Madisound.

Not quite the slam and microdetail of the PAPs, but a very similar sound.

You're a lucky dude. Enjoy your badass new speakers! Modded old Klipsch are wonderful to my ears and should last you decades.

The last time I heard original Fortes is when I sold the floor models where I worked around late 1989. The Forte II had been out for a while at that point. I don’t remember any Klipsch from that era having such a smooth and extended top end. And my hearing was a lot better then. So I think the titanium diaphragm upgrade is a must.

A little danish oil and they should look nice. Xover is mounted to back of terminal cup so I have to rip them out to replace the binding posts. I’ll relocate the Xovers to a board and replace the capacitors.

Repairs seem pretty minor. It might be a few weeks until I can pick them up and see.

Um...hello!

thats good karma for those maggies, cheers!

Last time I was at buffalo wild wings I ordered the hottest wings on the menu, and ate 20 of them (boneless). So good, but that, combined with some drinks, ended up throwing up in the buffalo wild wings bathroom. 10/10 would recommend.

Mmmm, Buffalo Wild Wings. Haven't tried the reaper sauce, but the mango habanero is one of my favorites. Happy Veterans Day to your wife and kids!

Props to your veteran wife and her disrespect for spice. I love genuinely hot wings but I'm definitely losing my ability to handle it as i age... much like my ability to hear higher-freq's.

Blow something up. I heard flamethrowers are fun.

I would trade any speakers for a good gun and some ammo. But I live in Canada. If your neighbors see a kid with a water gun , police comes.

@wormcycle just prema move to FL already.

TX-11a is the only piece of Carver I kept after my Carver phase back in the 70s.

I broke curfew to drive my side of town. Still is dark except for a few businesses along busy streets. But my family is good and just need to get repairs done before fall comes and rain

That's good news indeed!

My brother and his wife got power in Iowa City on Thursday. My sister in Ames didn't get power until yesterday. My parents were luckier, power came back Tuesday. I didn't even know about it until my buddy asked if I'd called my parents on Monday.

Yeah there’s been virtually nothing mentioned about it in the national news. The flood of 2008 was a big deal and made news. This is way worse.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/08/14/iowa-derecho-attention-aid/

Video :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2uClXpxzFY

Next time, disable the door switch and throw a brick inside a fast-spinning front-loader. It's actually much more dramatic!

(Or... just search youtube and check it out)

We were kinda wishing we had filled it with water. The second round I was shooting slow to try and aim low to take out the motor.

There are plenty of girls at the gym near my house who are shorter than me who both lift more than me and could kick my ass. You're working out for yourself; going out is when you try to impress.

Yep, one of the instructors is 62 and looks a really fit 45. I learned there’s some things he doesn’t try to do any more. So I Modify a few things but still get in an extreme workout for me.

My previous personal trainer was a lady shorter than me and she could lift more than me. If I failed she was not afraid to laugh at my attempt. Yeah a short lady got me into weight training...

I know dude, was playing some Kraft last night.

I only saw it announced on Yahoo news, (not the most reliable) but the article dropped yesterday and his death was a week ago. This one slipped under the radar.

Add one more: Stranglers keyboard player Dave Greenfield.

The only thing we panic-bought was cat food. Oh, and ice-cream. I don't remember ever having had such a cheap month.

Local breweries have been allowed to sell beer curbside. I'm gonna support my local brewery by picking up a 64oz growler of Baltic Porter.

They finally closed the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. I mean, even a huge mountainas National Park is not safe. At least when the popular trails are still packed.

My coworkers say that remote connectivity at home is slow, so I'll stick to my routine of coming in as long as I can. No reported cases of woohoo flu in our city yet.

Just don't go eating any bat soup.

I guess I'd consider myself a low level prepper. Like maybe a 3 on a scale of 1-10. I probably keep a couple months of food around and I regularly order ammo because I like to shoot for fun. I don't think that's uncommon in my area. In any case I think this Corona Virus thing is 99% hype, but I'm not ignoring the probability that crazy people overreact and make problems worse.

The risk is real, but the overreaction is creating a strain on all systems. However, being able to shoot ground varmints in rural areas might be useful for multiple reasons. Wash hands, don't touch face, avoid interacting with people showing illness, act calmly and be supportive of those that may need help.

Just don’t hunt pangolins or bats, please.