Random thoughts thread

GearHead_1 said:
Mcintosh Amps and WAMM (Wilson Audio Modular Monitors) speakers. Heard it one time in a sound room at the Wilson Audio factory in Provo, Utah. Never heard anything quite like that since. Speakers weighed in at over 1000 lbs. and retailed for more than $500 K. It was truly an experience.

The ones I listened to weren’t the Chrono’s but a former model of the WAMM’s. I also listened to the WATT Puppies. I remember listening to Peter Garbriel’s Lay Your Hands on Me. It was amazing.

https://youtu.be/XRyhNnl4AKE
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Utah seems to be a hotspot for speaker manufacturers.
 
GearHead_1 said:
Mcintosh Amps and WAMM (Wilson Audio Modular Monitors) speakers. Heard it one time in a sound room at the Wilson Audio factory in Provo, Utah. Never heard anything quite like that since. Speakers weighed in at over 1000 lbs. and retailed for more than $500 K. It was truly an experience.

The ones I listened to weren’t the Chrono’s but a former model of the WAMM’s. I also listened to the WATT Puppies. I remember listening to Peter Garbriel’s Lay Your Hands on Me. It was amazing.

https://youtu.be/XRyhNnl4AKE
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Mi Hermano, El Gear-Head-UNO !
Those bad boys are Huge !!!
Well, since they are OVER $500k, chances are, I will have to pass... :)
I`m not getting the art statement they make very well either..
Tks for sharing..
Dan F
 
Stokdgs said:
Mi Hermano, El Gear-Head-UNO !
Those bad boys are Huge !!!
Well, since they are OVER $500k, chances are, I will have to pass... :)
I`m not getting the art statement they make very well either..
Tks for sharing..
Dan F
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You got that right, they’re not visually pretty. The ones I listened to were all black but still tall and imposing. Sit back in the chair and close your eyes and those issues melt away. I mentioned the WATT Puppies. I don’t even know if they’re made anymore. They were kind of their “entry level” product back in the day. Even they were pretty amazing.
 
Love this song......

Some visceral sax around time 2:19

Wish we had the amps and speakers and direct disc now.
 
I think the FBI is looking for me! I will get out of here quicker than Luis Gutierrez leaving the SOTU after hearing “USA!”
 
Ronkh said:
The rodent saw his shadow.
6 more weeks of Florida.
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To all my Floridian Friends--
I am so sorry to see what happened at the School in Parkland, Broward, County today.. :( :( :(
This is so sad...
Love, Prayers of Faith, Comforter, coming to all..
Dan F
 
I`m sitting in my front bedroom office (I work from home) and I hear a v8 engine revving and what was undoubtedly a pretty impressive donut session somewhere in the area and a subsequent hasty exit with some hard shifting.

and all I can think of is... I wanna do that!
 
nickclark08 said:
Brandt - can`t let that guy stomp on your turf. Go mark your territory haha
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hahahaha I`m going on lunch to see where the black marks are.. that car came back down the road outside my neighborhood a few minutes ago and it sounded like it had some considerable speed going (its a 30mph SCHOOL area- geez)

I thought I was about to have to open up my safe and take a ride. Never know these days.
 
512detail said:
.... that car came back down the road outside my neighborhood a few minutes ago and it sounded like it had some considerable speed going (its a 30mph SCHOOL area- geez)...
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Geez is right....all fun & games until it`s not. Yeah, yeah..I`m old and so [darn] serious but that kind of [stuff] is what changes lives. [sarcasm]Oh, sure...had some kid/dog/whatever darted out in front of that driver it would`ve gone OK or "hey, it`s the victim`s fault for being so stupid". [/sarcasm]

Yeah#2 I did such nonsense too and I caused...[bad results]..and/but I was an irresponsible [jerk] for doing it and should`ve known better but at least things never turned out worse than they did.

Yeah#3, sorry,please pardon my rant...gee, I could turn into the Official Wet Blanket of Autopia.. :o nothing worse than a reformed anything, huh?
 
Mr. A, I wouldn`t worry about being a wet blanket. We`ve all done dumb things in our past that cause us to cringe later and/or be thankful nothing serious happened as a consequence.

older, wiser, etc. Or at least that`s the way it`s supposed to work :)
 
nickclark08- Yeah...I can usually do the "all`s well if ya live to tell", but when there *were* serious consequences it can really make an impression, even if only years later.

When it comes to, uhm...nutty driving on public roads, I`m not some Traffic Law Nazi; I figure plenty of people can safely drive *way* over the posted limit just fine...triple digits aren`t any big deal to me or my wife at all and I`ll lift a tire on the Tahoe now and then on a certain off-ramp (even the dogs are used to it by now; they know exactly what "hold on!" means). BUT...you gotta be in 100% complete control every single second or else leave that for the track. That includes allowing for any *reasonably possible* contingency (if you ever blow a tire at speed it gets very interesting very fast). I used to tell my students "if the rear bumper falls off the car ahead of you, you shouldn`t have to care if you`re on top of the situation".

As I`ve posted before, when VDI tested various drivers (no prep, just one-and-done like IRL), the "car guys", who`ve been to School and do Track Days/etc. only scored slightly higher than the typical (incompetent) driver, and they weren`t even *CLOSE* to what`s a Passing Score as per VDI standards (which are accepted by ISE/etc., yeah there`s an Official International Standard for "good driving", and VDI was chosen to determine it).
 
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