JimJ

Thanks for saying what I was thinking

Didn't say that, just that I don't put the phrases "daily pounding", "groundpounder" and "accuracy" together, usually

Eh, not quite Since accuracy doesn't seem like it's too high on your priority list, and you aren't concerned about being placed in specific classes, I would get as much cone area as you can afford and can fit properly in your space. What specific drivers doesn't matter all that much, just get something that can take the amount of power you're planning on sending them...

Punching someone in the face is a bit extreme, but courtesy is courtesy no matter who you are I don't follow anything Steve does so I don't know if he does that or not, but we're all held to the same standards of respect...I hope. To the OP, you're comparing apples and oranges.

A chopper longer than the van, huge ape hangers and a tire wider than a 4x4?

http://www.zaphaudio.com, amazingly enough.

Craigslist, Audiogon and Ebay, mostly. ZaphAudio has a plan that uses Hi-Vi drivers (I think), in a wall-mountable cabinet. Won't be the be-all and end-all, but it'd sound a heck of a lot better than some "computer" speakers.

ZaphAudio has some projects that are about the cheapest I'd recommend that have potential for decent sound...as for power, you can find '70s-vintage integrated amps for not a lot, and I'd put a lot more faith in something like that lasting, especially after a recapping, than the plastic mid-fi stuff made nowadays...something tells me you don't listen to a lot of broadcast radio, so a receiver isn't needed.

Did I interrupt a Canadian thing or something?

Not looking forward to studying tomorrow.

Playing the email tag game with a couple Honda's out there. We'll see what works out, everybody's probably at the beach this weekend

Eh, there's a time and a place for that. If someone's using a non-QWERTY phone, even I get frustrated typing out whole sentences on that. Or when I learned Morse, there's all sorts of ways to butcher the language and still get your point across, because comparatively 20wpm is still pretty damn slow. But on a computer, I don't see the point. I don't even type "properly", and I'm reasonably fast without sounding like I'm a hoodrat. *shrugs*

Yup, I was introduced to it from amateur radio use, it's almost always Zed because Zee and C are very hard to pick apart with weak signals, of course phonetics solves that entirely...

If they're .WAV or lossless, I'd be interested

Fo millies freal, yo. All the oompa loompas know who's boss...

I'll post more info tomorrow, I'm rather drunk at the moment so I'm not very useful

I've been wondering about this. I bought a Dell server last year, so I'm fucked for universal socket parts and such, but I'm wondering if there's any way to make things quieter...the CPU fan is a big producer of noise in my system, and unfortunately is the only thing that's not easily replaceable with universal parts

Likewise, polishing off the Glenlivet I didn't drink because the last field party got cancelled woohoo

OK.

Dammit, I'm out of CA glue Trying to reinforce this little 1-cent plastic part on a 25-year old Panasonic stereo that snapped in two...ordinarily it'd be dumpster time but this thing is such a piece of the '80s it gets to live on

I've got the monoblocks and preamp running into a Monster rack mount surge protector. Although, if I'm home the whole thing is unplugged from the wall if we're getting really bad lightning. No need for a UPS, I'd like to see how many seconds it would last powering the amps anyway

I've only heard the Icon in an IB setup, and I don't think I could pick a clear favorite out of the two in that situation. I don't know what it sounds like in a smaller sealed enclosure, so I don't know if I have a favorite between the two in that. However, the Mag does have some advantages over the Icon, such as smaller mounting depth, that may factor into the installation. Or not.

And never, ever, ever cut rings the way Ramos does Although he does amazing work...believe it

The new SI Mag would be my recommendation, for that budget it's one of the best drivers I've heard so far...

Checked out the CB750C today, didn't end up buying as it really wasn't in the kind of shape that would make $1200 worth it. Back to looking at '70s SOHC's, methinks