JimJ

So all you smart peoples go over there and post and make merry

Indeed. DIYHomeAudio.com is up and running

This brings back memories of my roommate freshman year playing the same damn five songs for months, over and over and over again.

Dammit, this coffee place needs better music on. Last week they were playing whole album sides from Tommy, today it's fuckin' emo music.

I'm driving around town today! Whaddya want from me, drive around with a shotgun in one hand and a can of Bud Light in the other while playing Battle Hymn to the Republic?

har har.

It was a little while after my 21st before I got hammered, too...we didn't go out for a week after if I remember right My birthday that year was on a weekday, though

This black iced coffee is pretty good.

The one Mythbusters episode that gives me the chills is when they tested the breaking strength of steel-toed boots...and the steel turned into little toe-guillotines. I don't want to think about that...

Only when there's a lot of alcohol involved...

I actually have a very nice flannel blanket, it's quite comfy

I don't think I could ever live there, but it does seem like it'd be fun for a trip

I bet you'll have enough output with 300W...of course, I'd rather ditch the 6x9s and use the 4-channel to run the components active, but that's another story

Gotta watch out for us skinny guys Same principle in the hot dog eating contests

Few beers away from being drunk...

Powdercoat, mmmhmm

Mmm...

You can get a plain multichannel amp with absolutely no features other than being a power amp, but chances are you'll be spending hundreds more for one than what you can pick up a mass-market, mid-fi surround receiver for. Of course, the quality level will be orders of magnitude higher, as well The multichannel amp section on Audiogon would be the place I'd look for one...

Not really. Anyone that really wants serious performance is going to go with seperate speakers and a subwoofer anyway How serious are you about this? You could either get a cheap 5.1 receiver and leave the sub running off the low level output and the plate amp...or you could get a seperate five channel power amplifier that'd be ready if you wanted to upgrade the speakers in the future.

http://www.frugel-horn.com I was going to build a pair of Spawns for my main speakers in the SET rig, ended up with BIBs though as they used a lot less wood. But the guys that design those plans really know what they're doing. Almost every design on that site has a corresponding DIYAudio thread in the Full Range section, helps answer any questions you may have or if the designers post updates/revisions... Horns are very fun

If you're looking for undistorted output in any meaningful way, yes.

GM's going to be around in 2010? I'd say they're being optimistic

I Googled that Dragon's Tail road...holy shit, Kent, you were right, that looks interesting Makes the BRP around here look like a freeway...I've been on the NC side of the Smokies before (really good kayaking on that part of the Nantahala), but never gone in to TN that way.