Next Upgrade?

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  • 04-02-2008, 03:13 PM
    Jack in Wilmington
    I've been using my vacation club at work to save up for AV goodies.I just got done saving up for speakers. The new club started this week and I'm putting away $40/week again, this time for a new HDTV. Then the following year for a new sub. The wife says I need to have everything bought before I retire. That is in the summer of 2011. Looks like I'm running out of years.
  • 04-02-2008, 03:50 PM
    Rich-n-Texas
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by L.J.
    ...Rich, when you gonna start that amp thread....I gotta couple of questions myself.

    Well, Kex did answer most of my questions, but I'd still like to know what exactly the end result of feeding my speakers more current is.

    Wait a minute... you're not going to hijack it and run it into the ground are ya? :mad5:
  • 04-02-2008, 03:53 PM
    Rich-n-Texas
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Luvin Da Blues
    My lungs, I just quit smoking.

    Good for you LDB. I quit about ten years ago. It's the right thing to do so hang in there.
  • 04-02-2008, 07:36 PM
    bobsticks
    1 Attachment(s)
    I think I need something more exotic and with less polish than the focus of my recent efforts...mebbe somethin' like this:

    Attachment 3464



    I wouldn't mind getting into some vintage tube stuff too until HDMI is locked down.
  • 04-02-2008, 07:58 PM
    Luvin Da Blues
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Rich-n-Texas
    Good for you LDB. I quit about ten years ago. It's the right thing to do so hang in there.


    Thanks, I gotta pay for my next upgrade somehow. LOL

    Actually, with Zyban it's not nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be. 1 1/2 weeks and counting. :3:
  • 04-02-2008, 11:22 PM
    pixelthis
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Rich-n-Texas
    Well, Kex did answer most of my questions, but I'd still like to know what exactly the end result of feeding my speakers more current is.

    Wait a minute... you're not going to hijack it and run it into the ground are ya? :mad5:

    Not as much strain, more coherent imaging, a stronger amp means less chance of clipping.
    But the main advantage of seperates is a seperate power supply for every amp.
    This is ideal.
    And we ALL know that tweeters require a lot of current (ahem)

    As for MY upgrade list...
    1.Alpo instead of fancy feast
    2. Twenty dollar crack hos instead of ten dollar crack hos
    3. a used ten speed instead of the one I found under an abandoned house
    4. My newest piece of gear being 2 years old instead of four years old
    5. A gallon of gas
    Now if old GW would hurry up with that rebate check...:1:
  • 04-02-2008, 11:32 PM
    pixelthis
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by BadAssJazz
    My next upgrade will be a furniture grade subwoofer. Rel or MJ Acoustics, maybe? The older I get, the more I want a refined look to the home environs. The SVS cylinder is starting to feel too techno-geek chic to me.

    I'm so happy.
    When people start out in this hobby they don't care that their living room looks
    like circuit city puked on it, wire management?
    WHO CARES?
    Then one day it happens, you get tired of living in a place that looks like a warehouse
    for a guy who sell stuff that has "fallen off a truck".
    YOU START TO INTEGRATE YOUR SYSTEM WITH
    unified remotes, automation, check into lighting, trim , cabinets, drapes, and
    mainly
    FURNITURE GRADE SUBS.
    You realize that the ambience of your HT/ listening area is about half of the enjoyment.
    Or maybe you're just getting old.
    Check your prostate:1:
  • 04-03-2008, 06:40 AM
    f0rge
    i need a better way to do my rears, my stereo guy is working on some crazy way to have wireless surrounds that don't suck with ~65wpc. if i like what i hear i'll probably jump on that.

    other than that i'd like to put together a 2ch bookshelf system for the bedroom

    BadAssJazz, if you're selling that SVS in the future shoot me a PM :D
  • 04-03-2008, 07:10 AM
    GMichael
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by pixelthis
    I'm so happy.
    When people start out in this hobby they don't care that their living room looks
    like circuit city puked on it, wire management?
    WHO CARES?
    Then one day it happens, you get tired of living in a place that looks like a warehouse
    for a guy who sell stuff that has "fallen off a truck".
    YOU START TO INTEGRATE YOUR SYSTEM WITH
    unified remotes, automation, check into lighting, trim , cabinets, drapes, and
    mainly
    FURNITURE GRADE SUBS.
    You realize that the ambience of your HT/ listening area is about half of the enjoyment.
    Or maybe you're just getting old.
    Check your prostate:1:

    HAHAHAHHA This is great.

    A quick summery goes something like this.

    You're getting smarter. Time to stick a finger in your ....

    What? No glove?
  • 04-03-2008, 07:11 AM
    GMichael
    I like!
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by bobsticks
    I think I need something more exotic and with less polish than the focus of my recent efforts...mebbe somethin' like this:

    Attachment 3464



    I wouldn't mind getting into some vintage tube stuff too until HDMI is locked down.

    Babe's got back.
  • 04-03-2008, 07:14 AM
    L.J.
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by bobsticks
    I think I need something more exotic and with less polish than the focus of my recent efforts...mebbe somethin' like this:

    Attachment 3464



    Hmm.....nope I already got one of those. She has a butterfly tatoo thingie as well :wink5:

    Yes, LJ is a lucky SOB :3:
  • 04-03-2008, 10:02 AM
    audio amateur
    True, but...
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by bobsticks
    I think I need something more exotic and with less polish than the focus of my recent efforts...mebbe somethin' like this:

    a lil' polish is never bad:D
  • 04-03-2008, 11:07 AM
    basite
    okay, so a little bit back on topic :)

    in no particular option:
    - new CDP or DAC (rega apollo, naim, primare or PSaudio DAC)
    - new speaker cables
    - projector
    - new tt
    - new cartridge for tt
    - new phonostage for tt

    Keep them spinning,
    Bert.
  • 04-03-2008, 11:27 AM
    audio amateur
    Interconnect, perhaps subwoofer after that.. Plans are vague at the moment
  • 04-03-2008, 02:24 PM
    bobsticks
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by L.J.
    Hmm.....nope I already got one of those. She has a butterfly tatoo thingie as well :wink5:

    Yes, LJ is a lucky SOB :3:

    All that and a rockin' system too. L.J. you are the man.
  • 04-03-2008, 02:25 PM
    bobsticks
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by audio amateur
    a lil' polish is never bad:D

    Don't say "never". Wait till you foot the bill.
  • 04-03-2008, 02:28 PM
    bobsticks
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by pixelthis
    You realize that the ambience of your HT/ listening area is about half of the enjoyment.
    :

    I don't know about half but I would agree that it's an underemphasized issue.

    As for the gloves, GM didn't you say some were available at "Adam's House of Fedish Gloves"?
  • 04-03-2008, 09:22 PM
    pixelthis
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by f0rge
    i need a better way to do my rears, my stereo guy is working on some crazy way to have wireless surrounds that don't suck with ~65wpc. if i like what i hear i'll probably jump on that.

    other than that i'd like to put together a 2ch bookshelf system for the bedroom

    BadAssJazz, if you're selling that SVS in the future shoot me a PM :D

    If you need help with "doing" your rears then GM is the one to ask.
    Nobodies done more rears than him .
    AND wireless surround?
    We'll gather around you in the courtyard, take the batteries out of your remotes,
    cut up your best buy credit card and kick you out the front gate with nothing more than a
    GPX CD player :1:
  • 04-04-2008, 05:00 AM
    f0rge
    lol pix be nice...

    and i said i was going to see what it sounded like first, i mean i currently stream music wirelessly over my network from my laptop to my stereo, why couldnt a transmitter/receiver combo with similar wireless protocols do a decent job of transferring sound from receiver to speaker?

    i'm not talking some POS line of site infrared garbage, looking at something totally custom
  • 04-04-2008, 05:10 AM
    GMichael
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by bobsticks
    I don't know about half but I would agree that it's an underemphasized issue.

    As for the gloves, GM didn't you say some were available at "Adam's House of Fedish Gloves"?

    We're selling them. 3 for $1.00. (don't ask where the fourth glove went)
  • 04-04-2008, 05:13 AM
    GMichael
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by pixelthis
    If you need help with "doing" your rears then GM is the one to ask.
    Nobodies done more rears than him .
    AND wireless surround?
    We'll gather around you in the courtyard, take the batteries out of your remotes,
    cut up your best buy credit card and kick you out the front gate with nothing more than a
    GPX CD player :1:

    It's so nice of you to think of me so often Pix. I'm flattered. But you're still not my type. Sorry.
    It's not you. It's me.
    But we can still be friends, right?:1:
  • 04-04-2008, 06:06 AM
    Rich-n-Texas
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by GMichael
    It's so nice of you to think of me so often Pix. I'm flattered. But you're still not my type. Sorry.
    It's not you. It's me.
    But we can still be friends, right?:1:

    HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I HEARD THAT!!! :incazzato: :cryin:
  • 04-04-2008, 06:10 AM
    Rich-n-Texas
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by f0rge
    ...i mean i currently stream music wirelessly over my network from my laptop to my stereo...

    :cryin:

    Seriously though, I think I'll just pick up a USB Flash drive this weekend since they're so cheap.
  • 04-04-2008, 07:15 AM
    f0rge
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Rich-n-Texas
    :cryin:

    Seriously though, I think I'll just pick up a USB Flash drive this weekend since they're so cheap.

    read this (including the airtunes part)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AirPort..._or_802.11n.29
  • 04-07-2008, 12:07 AM
    pixelthis
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by L.J.
    Hmm.....nope I already got one of those. She has a butterfly tatoo thingie as well :wink5:

    Yes, LJ is a lucky SOB :3:


    That butterfly "thingy" is called a tramp stamp. Doesnt mean YOUR old lady is a tramp tho, just an expression.:1: