Guess who's going to be building new speakers.

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Guess who's going to be building new speakers.
« on: 25 Jul 2006, 05:12 pm »
ME.  My daughter asked for a set of A/V-3's like mine that I veneered in rosewood.  They came out very nice and she and her fiance wanted a set just like them for their wedding present from me.  Well, they were married last weekend in Fort Worth (they both graduated from TCU last December) and I gave them my speakers.  That presents me with the opportunity to build something special and I'm considering a couple of things, one of which is Danny's all-out model.  I'll probably start building early October.  I will have enough money such that for the first time in my years of DIY, cost probably won't much of a consideration!  :thumb:

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« Reply #1 on: 25 Jul 2006, 05:46 pm »
Hank,

Come up for a visit. I have some new Open Baffle series speakers for you to hear that you won't believe. You can even compare them to a pair of A/V-3's for reference.

Give me until September and I might have LS-6 and LS-9 models completed. I am hoping all will be here by the end of August.

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« Reply #2 on: 26 Jul 2006, 05:44 pm »
Sounds good.  I'll start adding to my collection of Chicks Singing CD's.  I have 3 or 4, including two Dianna Krall's - boy did she mess up by not coming to Austin to find and marry me. :wink:

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« Reply #3 on: 26 Jul 2006, 06:20 pm »
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I'll start adding to my collection of Chicks Singing CD's.  I have 3 or 4

:rotflmao:

See Danny, I'm not the only one that isn't into "single female vocals"!  :lol:

arthurs

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« Reply #4 on: 26 Jul 2006, 06:58 pm »
Hank, are you a Heart fan?   :lol:   :lol:

(I deeply apologize Brian....it was just too easy)

brj

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« Reply #5 on: 26 Jul 2006, 07:08 pm »
Hank, are you a Heart fan?   :lol:   :lol:

(I deeply apologize Brian....it was just too easy)

You're killing me here! :)

Heck, I haven't played that disk in 6 months!  :wink:

arthurs

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« Reply #6 on: 26 Jul 2006, 07:39 pm »
I swear that's it about Heart, I am done forever.... :thumb:

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« Reply #7 on: 27 Jul 2006, 05:00 pm »
Who is Heart?  Is that one of Danny's favorite Chicks Singing?

brj

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« Reply #8 on: 27 Jul 2006, 05:45 pm »
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Who is Heart?  Is that one of Danny's favorite Chicks Singing?

During the very first NTAJ get-together at shooter's place (thanks, Ka!), I brought along "Heart: The Road Home" which contains acoustic versions of their more popular songs.  (I enjoy some of the songs, although I don't consider myself a Heart fan.  It is, however, a well recorded disk, which is why I used it for auditioning gear.)  One track from that disk was used to compare gear at shooter's, and thus was played quite a bit.  I then made the mistake of playing it again at a later get-together at Art's old place, and he has been heckling me mercilessly ever since! :)

Of course, the number of times that I've played that track is still lower than the number of pre-amps that Art has auditioned this year, so it isn't hard for me to return the heckling! :lol:

I generally enjoy instrumental work more than vocal work, which is why I occasionally tease Danny about always playing "single female vocals".  I freely admit, however, that his vocal choices are generally excellent, and, of course, he does actually play other types of music.  In fact, he introduced me to the ":Jesse Cook: Gravity" disk at the amp shoot, which I've probably played more than any other disk since I received it a few months ago.

arthurs

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« Reply #9 on: 27 Jul 2006, 07:18 pm »
well played Brian.....well played sir..... :lol: :thumb:

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« Reply #10 on: 28 Jul 2006, 12:24 am »
Okay, I see.  Well, my heckling of Danny's Chicks Singing goes back to when he drove down to Austin to pick up the Alpha LS towers I built for him and veneered in his choice: orangy Padauk.  He played track after track of female vocals while people waited for some bigger instrumental group music (orchestra, rock, etc) to see what those monster Alphas could do.  After a while, I asked Danny what he was doing and he said something like: "I use chicks singing for critical evaluation".  Of course he's right - female vocal (but don't forget male vocal, Danny) is a great mid-range test.  But, for hassle factor, ever since, Danny is the Chicks Singing Speaker Guy. :wink: