Scott Dolan

Incredibly interesting! Thanks for taking the time to explain that, Kevin. I had no idea that a bad crossover could potentially raise resistance. I agree with you that that isn't what's going on here, but what is is anyone's guess. It's definitely a very bizarre case.

OK, because this is more in your wheelhouse than mine, I have to ask: how would a bad crossover in a speaker effect an amp? And I mean this respectfully, because I find this subject fascinating. If a crossover cuts off at such and such Hz, isn't that where it ends? Does that change the load value? In other words, it's not like it's sending anything back to the amp at that point, right? Or wrong?

Kevin, do you still think it's a bad crossover if he's blowing tweeters in all of his speakers? I can see it in one, but all four? That doesn't make any sense as it would have to be damn near conspiratorial in nature to have four bad crossovers. I would have to think it's the amp. I mean, I've had stereos since the 70's. Boatloads of receivers and amps. Speakers ranging from $50 garbage Fishers, up to my current Dynaudios. Never blown a tweeter once. Ever. I'm guessing he can put all new crossovers in all four speakers, yet still end up with blown tweeters. Am I missing something? BTW, I got kick out of your Ohm question. I had an old pair of Optimus 1's that I got from my father in-law. The tweeters had essentially disentegrated with age. So i removed them to find a suitable replacement at a local stereo shop. They were 12 Ohm! You read that right. I showed them to the cat at the shop and he said, "wow! I'm not sure I've ever seen a 12 Ohm speaker before!" He found me a 10 Ohm solid dome tweeter and told me to give them a try. Worked beautifully, but my amp ran a little warmer than it had before. Still ended up getting many years out of it, though.

Wow, that's really sad. I wonder if the UMRK will stay fully intact? I am looking forward to the new doc, Eat That Question.

This is one of the most bizarre stories I've read in a while. Your bookshelf speakers are essentially midrange and tweeters, so you essentially do have mirage cones as the crossover would be set much higher on a two-way bookshelf speaker. I can't imagine not having tweeters as so much of the human voice and things like cymbals rely on them, but if you say it sounds alright, that's all that is important. Either way, I'm with Kevin. I think you've got a serious problem with your amp. Unless you don't have your speakers wired correctly. And if you have to crank up the EQ, then your amp may simply be underpowered as it isn't able to sufficiently replicate bass at lower volume levels. If you replace the tweeters, you may consider cutting everything above 140Hz on your EQ by 2-4dB and increasing the volume on your amp.

I occasionally have to burn CDs for my wife's car. I've been using Memorex for years with no issues. I never did like their blank cassettes way back when, but the blank CDs have worked out just fine.

Just tried to pull it up on iTunes, got a message saying it is not available from the U.S. store, only from the Laos store. So unfortunately, you will not be able to purchase it, as of now.

Tony Williams and Neil Peart.

Hell, if it sounds half as nice as it looks, it must be awesome. If it sounds as NICE as it looks, it must be downright heavenly!

They simply do not build them like that anymore. I'm glad to say I lived in the age of Ali. It's really sad to see what the heavyweight division has become after Tyson ravaged it in the late 80's/early 90's. I really loved Holyfield, but even I knew he was a blown up cruiserweight. And even worse, the social consciousness in sports died with The Champ. He was one the last of The Great Men in sports, IMO. At least we still have Tommie Smith and Juan Carlos walking this earth at the moment. RIP, Champ. Give Mr. Norman our best.

Thanks, gents! Was out of town and somewhat off the grid this weekend. B-Day was indeed an awesome one. Thanks, again!

Many people trip over the simplest words. I know I sure as hell do, though I can't think of one off the top of my head. I do know there is a race car driver named Matt Kenseth, and I flail like a fish on dry land whenever I try to pronounce his last name. It always comes out "Kentheth".

I meant to say I've "never known" the silent t version as being correct, above. Post edited.

I've always thought pronouncing it with a silent t is just a lazy way of pronouncing the word. A shortcut. For example, here in the midwest the days of the week end in the "dy" sound, not "day". So Monday become Mundy. I'll take the lazy way out at times when I speak. But I've never known often spoken with a silent t as being the correct pronunciation.

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/debbie-downer/n11825

Hmmm...this is the first I've heard of it. Thanks, GA. I'll certainly give it a spin.

Yep, that was about the time Chuck Mangione became popular.

Hmmm...I was only 6 at the time, and hadn't really developed any musical tastes of my own. I do remember listening to Prokofiev's Peter And The Wolf on my own (though I couldn't tell you the orchestra, or date released). Aside from that is was Frampton Comes Alive if I was hanging out with my sister, or Chicago IX if I was hanging out with my brother.

Shark jump...

If only he'd donned earrings and danced around in high heel boots!

Aw, hell. I was probably the last person on Earth to buy a CD player. My first one was in 1990. My wife and I were dead broke back in the day.

It's cool, brother. I was thinking you were being sarcastic, but one can never be sure. And like you, I can also see the appeal of vinyl. Just like the appeal of American Muscle cars from the 60's and 70's. There's a real "coolness" factor there that modern technology simply cannot achieve. But if I'm going on a long trip, give me a modern Camry with the V6 (which will outrun quite a few of those old muscle cars), with all the quiet, smooth-riding, creature comforts modern technology can give me.

Please... They are for the nostalgic and/or hobbyist. Wanting to return to a less than ideal format is discriminating, it's silly.

They don't really specify whether it's the Music app, or an iXpand app, but... "You can even store music on the iXpand drive and use the app as a player if you want to." So you'll be able to play your music one way or the other.