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| Welcome | Member Introduction Hello from the MidwestDiscuss Hello from the Midwest in the General Shack Area forum; Hello from the Midwest Hi folks, just wanted to drop a note to introduce myself. I built a house just over four years ago, ...  |
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 10-24-06, 10:20 PM
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| Hello from the Midwest Hi folks, just wanted to drop a note to introduce myself. I built a house just over four years ago, almost immediately I started on my cave in the basement. Never had a clue as to what I was doing. The room still isn't finished, but it'll give you a good idea of my final intensions. It has gone through a few incarnations, #1 was originally a 100% home theater room. Oh yea, 7.1 the "whole 9 yards", or so I thought. #2 started about one year ago in my search for a DIY sub project, I ran across a forum full of a bunch of guys that still play with tubes, and high eff. drivers. Well, they started me down the path of "audiophile". I hadn't heard that term until then. Soooo, they've 'sucked me in'. ..That's when I learned exactly what that 88db meant on my drivers. Now my drivers are 96db. Told me a bunch of things I was doing wrong, bla bla bla. I changed my system to 5.1, then 3.1..... This leads me to where I'm at now. The next incarnation of my system. #3 High db drivers on Open Baffle. Absolutely the best my system has ever sounded. Hopefully I can get a little HT discussion going here and there, maybe jump in occasionally, if you Shacksters don't mind. If all goes well, we can all learn from each other. Might even meet a few framiliar faces too. You folks have the coolest smilies too! I love this one....  Thanks for reading Bob p.s. Somewhere in here, profile, avatar, signature..... I've got a link to some pictures,... But I seem to have misplaced the little clicky button. Last edited by Bob in St. Louis : 10-24-06 at 10:30 PM. | |||
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| 10-25-06, 12:02 AM
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| Re: Hello from the Midwest Hello Bob and welcome to the Shack! Glad we finally got you all fixed up... AOL is giving us headaches. You still may not get email notices on replies. Now it sounds like you mighta been hangin' around some Hawthorne guy. You'll have to show us some pics of your room and system. We have the  tag inserts. | |||
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| 10-25-06, 11:30 AM
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| Re: Hello from the Midwest Just another Welcome to the Shack!  Glad to see you here. I can't wait to see pictures of your systems, especially you open baffle speakers. I've seen them before (Orion's and the ones from Jamo), but haven't actually heard them. I hope to hear your impressions and benefits/shortcomings of the design. JCD | |||
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| 10-25-06, 01:06 PM
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| Re: Hello from the Midwest Yea Sonnie, I didn't get email notification about those two posts. However, I haven't played with my profile/preferences yet either. I may not have it turned on yet? Until I get my profile all 'purdy' lookin, here's a link to my photos. Yes, Hawthorne and Deckert have, "shown me the way". I think "that Hawthorne fellows" products are on page two of my pics. Thanks for the reply and interest guys! http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...49522535hKJQbw Bob p.s. By the way, that Hawthorne fellow has provided me with a level of customer service I've NEVER seen before. Did I mention his driver RULES! http://s85.photobucket.com/albums/k6...albumview=grid My Stuff: http://www.hometheatershack.com/foru...html#post37252 ....and last but certainly NOT least: http://bobshometheaterblog.com/ | |||
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| 10-25-06, 04:49 PM
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| Re: Hello from the Midwest Hey guys, I have a question. Since I can't/don't get email notification, is there a place in the forum I can check for threads I've posted in? I'd hate to chat with someone, then "lose" them. Bob http://s85.photobucket.com/albums/k6...albumview=grid My Stuff: http://www.hometheatershack.com/foru...html#post37252 ....and last but certainly NOT least: http://bobshometheaterblog.com/ | |||
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| 10-25-06, 08:08 PM
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| Re: Hello from the Midwest JCD, a decent idea for the time being. Thank you. Sonnie, for $25 or so a month, AOL should be kissing my... (well, I'm new here, I won't say it), NOT being a thorn in my, your, or anyone's side. Bob EDIT: I have had the same problems with AOL on "AudioCircle".com too. http://s85.photobucket.com/albums/k6...albumview=grid My Stuff: http://www.hometheatershack.com/foru...html#post37252 ....and last but certainly NOT least: http://bobshometheaterblog.com/ | |||
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| 01-17-07, 04:20 PM
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| Re: Hello from the Midwest Hey Sonnie! http://s85.photobucket.com/albums/k6...albumview=grid My Stuff: http://www.hometheatershack.com/foru...html#post37252 ....and last but certainly NOT least: http://bobshometheaterblog.com/ | |||
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| 01-19-07, 12:58 PM
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| Re: Hello from the Midwest Sonnie, sorry...no notification.  Eddie, thanks but my area was (barely) missed by the bad stuff. In some sick way I was ALMOST looking foreward to firing up the new generator I bought due to the past TWO power outages. Bob http://s85.photobucket.com/albums/k6...albumview=grid My Stuff: http://www.hometheatershack.com/foru...html#post37252 ....and last but certainly NOT least: http://bobshometheaterblog.com/ | |||
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| 01-20-07, 02:42 PM
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| Re: Hello from the Midwest Sonnie - Now I think it's working. I just got my first notification. Thanks!!! Bob http://s85.photobucket.com/albums/k6...albumview=grid My Stuff: http://www.hometheatershack.com/foru...html#post37252 ....and last but certainly NOT least: http://bobshometheaterblog.com/ | |||
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| 01-20-07, 05:05 PM
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| Re: Hello from the Midwest Hi Bob and welcome.. I'm also very interested to hear more about your open baffle system...and some pics would be nice.. When I first started in Hi-Fi about 35 years ago, open baffle designs were the ultimate system then !! | |||
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| 01-20-07, 10:27 PM
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| Re: Hello from the Midwest prof, Hello and thank you for the welcome. I'm currently working on getting individual pictures to display here. I've had a hard time with my web/pic hosting site on some forums (this apparently is one). The "[img][/img]" thing doesn't work with webshots.com. All my pics (for now at least) are in my signature. Sorry for sending you away to see them, I'd love to bring them here. I love my OB rig. Absolutely wonderful. Do you have any questions in particular? Normally I'd ramble on about them but it's getting just late enough here that my eyelids are getting in the way of the screen. LOL EDIT: Here's the "behind the scenes" of OB. Which has already changed slightly from the picture; http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...85868784KHLiPm Mike, it's coming....About an inch so far. They're calling for 4" - 5" total. (not enough for me!)  Night guys. See you in the morning.  Bob http://s85.photobucket.com/albums/k6...albumview=grid My Stuff: http://www.hometheatershack.com/foru...html#post37252 ....and last but certainly NOT least: http://bobshometheaterblog.com/ | |||
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| 01-21-07, 01:00 AM
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| Re: Hello from the Midwest Hey Bob... you can upload those images to our Home Theater Photos area. Once you get them uploaded you can go to the image and there will be a link there you can copy and paste using the button.You might start a new thread in DIY showing us all your open baffle stuff. Since I first met Darrel I've been intrigued by the OB design and I've been tempted to give it a try one day. | |||
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| 01-21-07, 05:48 AM
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| Re: Hello from the Midwest Good idea Sonnie, I've had a few folks ask in a couple different threads about the OB's. I think I'll put some pics in the gallery and maybe a little story. Mike, we only ended up with about an inch of snow.  Bob http://s85.photobucket.com/albums/k6...albumview=grid My Stuff: http://www.hometheatershack.com/foru...html#post37252 ....and last but certainly NOT least: http://bobshometheaterblog.com/ | |||
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AOL is a thorn in our side. It is aggravating to say the least.
