Next Upgrade?

[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.

[Rich-n-Texas]

...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?

[Rich-n-Texas]

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.

[bobsticks]

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





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

[Luvin Da Blues]

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.

[pixelthis]

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?

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...

[pixelthis]

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

[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

[GMichael]

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

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?

[GMichael]

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





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

Babe's got back.

[L.J.]

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

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

Yes, LJ is a lucky SOB

[audio amateur]

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

[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.

[audio amateur]

Interconnect, perhaps subwoofer after that.. Plans are vague at the moment

[bobsticks]

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

Yes, LJ is a lucky SOB

All that and a rockin' system too. L.J. you are the man.

[bobsticks]

a lil' polish is never bad

Don't say "never". Wait till you foot the bill.

[bobsticks]

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"?

[pixelthis]

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

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

[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

[GMichael]

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)

[GMichael]

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

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?

[Rich-n-Texas]

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?

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I HEARD THAT!!!

[Rich-n-Texas]

...i mean i currently stream music wirelessly over my network from my laptop to my stereo...

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

[f0rge]

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

[pixelthis]

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

Yes, LJ is a lucky SOB

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