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[odeon]

It's a decent one.

[DirtDawg]

Same here.

We get along great, haven't fought since our teens, and he's a smart guy. I don't get to talk to smart people enough, these days.

I miss him.

[Callaway]

Going to my brothers for the fourth of july

I'm not. My brother lives a thousand miles away.



Actually, I just looked it up.  It's 1188.0 miles (1912.0 km), according to ask.com.
 

My brother is pretty far away too, about 1400 miles.

The other brother's grave is about 1000 miles away from me. 

He died almost exactly a year ago.

[DirtDawg]

Going to my brothers for the fourth of july

I'm not. My brother lives a thousand miles away.



Actually, I just looked it up.  It's 1188.0 miles (1912.0 km), according to ask.com.
 

My brother is pretty far away too, about 1400 miles.

The other brother's grave is about 1000 miles away from me. 

He died almost exactly a year ago.

"Small world/We have stuff in common"  remark coming ...


My brother lost his oldest son four years ago, two weeks after his son's twenty first birthday ... almost exactly four years.

(it never gets any easier, like they say it does)

[DirtDawg]

OHfuck!

I just went out and re-created the level of sound I was blasting into the neighborhood last night around midnight as a personal defense to all the goddamn fireworks, most of which are illegal in Indiana.

After about five minutes, I pulled it back to normal. Anyone within about a six or eight block radius last night was likely to be offended by my heavy rock music, no matter the rest of the noise.

I knew it was cranking out like hell, but I was not in a condition to care about things outside of my own dodgy nerves.

[ozymandias]

OHfuck!

I just went out and re-created the level of sound I was blasting into the neighborhood last night around midnight as a personal defense to all the goddamn fireworks, most of which are illegal in Indiana.

After about five minutes, I pulled it back to normal. Anyone within about a six or eight block radius last night was likely to be offended by my heavy rock music, no matter the rest of the noise.

I knew it was cranking out like hell, but I was not in a condition to care about things outside of my own dodgy nerves.

 

   I know how you feel, oh yeah, I hear what your saying!   

[Natalia Evans]

About 60 people die each year from getting hit by lightning.

I wonder how many of them get hit by lightning and survive?

[Parts]

You can pick up Canadian dimes with a magnet

[Peter]

OHfuck!

I just went out and re-created the level of sound I was blasting into the neighborhood last night around midnight as a personal defense to all the goddamn fireworks, most of which are illegal in Indiana.

After about five minutes, I pulled it back to normal. Anyone within about a six or eight block radius last night was likely to be offended by my heavy rock music, no matter the rest of the noise.

I knew it was cranking out like hell, but I was not in a condition to care about things outside of my own dodgy nerves.

How does it feel to own audio gear that's powerful enough to be used as an area-denial weapon?

[DirtDawg]

OHfuck!

I just went out and re-created the level of sound I was blasting into the neighborhood last night around midnight as a personal defense to all the goddamn fireworks, most of which are illegal in Indiana.

After about five minutes, I pulled it back to normal. Anyone within about a six or eight block radius last night was likely to be offended by my heavy rock music, no matter the rest of the noise.

I knew it was cranking out like hell, but I was not in a condition to care about things outside of my own dodgy nerves.

How does it feel to own audio gear that's powerful enough to be used as an area-denial weapon?

I know no other way.

I was fourteen when I first saved enough of my lawnmowing, stall shoveling, and (we kept chickens and ducks) egg selling money and bought a BIG bass amp. My dad had given me a Fender Precision bass instrument (an early sixties model - I still have it) the year before, which I had been playing through one of his guitar amps. I have ever since had some way to make defensively loud and powerful sounds in my care. I eventually made a decent living applying this interest.
I know no other way (repeated for emphasis).


Most of my stuff is old (Uhm, Vintage, that is ...) and big, but it would be cool to gather some of the newer, high-tech PA stuff some day. No real need, though.





A Full Standard, useless fact, we have there, folks!

[odeon]

I can do that with some of my equipment, too.

[DirtDawg]

I can do that with some of my equipment, too.

... but I gather that yours is mostly, more modern.

I am peripherally jealous, in some ways.




I would love to have cinema-style digi things .....

[odeon]

I can do that with some of my equipment, too.

... but I gather that yours is mostly, more modern.

Not all of it. My garage system has a Sensurround subwoofer thingy that is round 35 years old now.

I am peripherally jealous, in some ways.




I would love to have cinema-style digi things .....

Only the fairly modern ones have the potential to sound good in anything but cinemas with cinema speakers. Well, there have been exceptions, notably the Dolby processors of old, but there's a lot of junk out there, too.

[DirtDawg]

I can do that with some of my equipment, too.

... but I gather that yours is mostly, more modern.

Not all of it. My garage system has a Sensurround subwoofer thingy that is round 35 years old now.

Technology which enables propagation of subaudible wavelengths has not changed in theory since the mid twenties. Some of the hardware is better, but "the song remains the same."

I would expect that a high quality reproduction system from thirty five years ago would sound as good today as it ever could, if it is in mechanically good condition.

My coolest/best sounding subwoofer system is driven by four, JBL E140 bass instrument drivers (circa 1976) which have been converted to produce lower frequency resonances and move a bit more air than stock. (yes, they are customised) They fucking kick ass!

Old speakers are fine! I have not seen anything modern that can even approach the quality of sounds I can create without spending many thousands of dollars.
 

I am peripherally jealous, in some ways.




I would love to have cinema-style digi things .....

Only the fairly modern ones have the potential to sound good in anything but cinemas with cinema speakers. Well, there have been exceptions, notably the Dolby processors of old, but there's a lot of junk out there, too.

This is an area I would enjoy exploring more.

I have only seen modern digital hardware I would assess as junk, but I know better equipment exists.
I had a Dolby Digital Surround processor that I experimented with in the early nineties, but it was a leased item and I could not afford to buy it outright at the time. I was not able to take my system (which was designed around the severe requirements of live rock performance) in that direction then, but it opened my eyes and my ears to the possibilities.

 


OH, interestingly, the "Demo CD" that accompanied the DDS (if I remember correctly, it wasn't called DDS, though) unit featured, none other than Ostein Seivag, (sorry, I doubt if I have the spelling correct) a well respected (these days, not then) Swedish New Age genre musician.

[odeon]

Dolby SRD, right?

The top-of-the-line Dolby Digital cinema processors today are toys, to be honest, and I much prefer the ones made during the nineties. The modern ones can produce very good sound, though, if you know what you are doing (and have the proper gear).

You have to remember that they are made for cinema sound tracks (optical and digital)--you can't expect perfection if you hook up a CD player.