[Balthazar B]

Not sure that I've ever heard optical S/PDIF (Toslink) sound better than coax in any situation. YMMV of course.

Different hears for different ears, I guess.

 

[sixergixer]

So what's LaPine like these days? At one time I was looking at a property there so I wouldn't have to actually live in Bend but be a short distance when I wanted to be in Bend. It seemed that a lot of sketchy characters had taken residence there, nothing like my old deer hunting trips used to be.

Oh, I'm sure LaPine still has plenty of those characters it's always been known (and feared) for, but I think it is growing a bit as well. Probably some very nice areas to still find property in and it's not a bad move if one can stomach more severe winters down there.

 

[bcowen]

Sounds like you should be living in the mountains. You must be running around in circles in Texas.


JC

He goes to the mountains every year during mating season.

 

[Ripper2860]

Yep. I will find her and I will make her mine.

 

[sixergixer]

Great to see u on the mend!!!!
:>)
Alex

Thank you!

 

[Adam Balm]

Just wait, I still need to add finish and maybe a bit of color to bring out the stripes. I start with a completed image in my mind then work my way towards that. I did finish the project for @Bowmoreman as I waited between steps.

This is my version of cardboard speaker terminal spacers, made with quarter sawn sycamore. One of Indiana’s tallest deciduous trees.


You will hear mention of the sycamore tomorrow provided the Indy 500 is not rained out.

Back home again in Indiana
And it seems that I can see
The gleaming candlelight
Still burning bright
Through the sycamores for me
The new-mown hay sends all its fragrance
Through the fields I used to roam
When I dream about the moonlight on the Wabash
How I long for my Indiana home

Hey, you could route out about a half an inch or so on the tops and market those as ultra-max-speaker-cable lifters and sell 'em for $999.00/pair!

 

[Paladin79]

Hey, you could route out about a half an inch or so on the tops and market those as ultra-max-speaker-cable lifters and sell 'em for $999.00/pair!

Ok but the first pair goes to you. Send me a Kraken as a thank you.

The photo is misleading, the longest dimension there is two inches, all others are one and a half inch. There is not a lot of room between speaker connections.

 

[Adam Balm]

Ok but the first pair goes to you. Send me a Kraken as a thank you.

Nah. Ma cables just be layin' on the floor like most other music lovers.

 

[Bowmoreman]

Just wait, I still need to add finish and maybe a bit of color to bring out the stripes. I start with a completed image in my mind then work my way towards that. I did finish the project for @Bowmoreman as I waited between steps.

This is my version of cardboard speaker terminal spacers, made with quarter sawn sycamore. One of Indiana’s tallest deciduous trees.


You will hear mention of the sycamore tomorrow provided the Indy 500 is not rained out.

Back home again in Indiana
And it seems that I can see
The gleaming candlelight
Still burning bright
Through the sycamores for me
The new-mown hay sends all its fragrance
Through the fields I used to roam
When I dream about the moonlight on the Wabash
How I long for my Indiana home

I’m going to have to race them against the cardboard… all y’all know that, right?

 

[Paladin79]

Nah. Ma cables just be layin' on the floor like most other music lovers.

Mine are on lifts because they were given to me and I had no other use for them.

 

[Bowmoreman]

Nah. Ma cables just be layin' on the floor like most other music lovers.

Not mine, not anymore… mine pass through an oak floor at optimal perpendicularity… and thence hang in air before gracefully looping in a Fibonacci-sequenced semi-parabolic arc whereupon the lock into the back of the amp (also in optimal perpendicularity to the surrounding wood surfaces…

Cable risers, schmable risers

 

[Paladin79]

Not mine, not anymore… mine pass through an oak floor at optimal perpendicularity… and thence hang in air before gracefully looping in a Fibonacci-sequenced semi-parabolic arc whereupon the lock into the back of the amp (also in optimal perpendicularity to the surrounding wood surfaces…

Cable risers, schmable risers

Shhh I was hoping to trade these for bourbon. And seriously, I can think of no other use for cable risers, they are a bit of a white elephant.

 

[Ripper2860]

I found these adjustable cable risers to be quite effective and affordable (in comparison to Audiophile cable lifters). I have 4 per side and found that the adjustaility has really allowed me to dial-in the sound for optimal reproduction. Highly recommended.

** They also come in handy when rotating the tires on your vehicle.

Disclaimer: NOT REALLY recommended as speaker wire lifters, but hey - you do you. Definitely recommended for tire rotations, however.

 

[Adam Balm]

Ok but the first pair goes to you. Send me a Kraken as a thank you.

The photo is misleading, the longest dimension there is two inches, all others are one and a half inch. There is not a lot of room between speaker connections.

No Kraken. Five Tyrs instead. Then you'll be Krankin'

 

[Adam Balm]

We are a fun bunch aren't we?
A bit quirky but, so what.