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You speak behind something you read on the web and have no experience with. It seems every time you do this we have to correct you. Really amazing to me how you can read some things and understand them and others you completely misinterpret.

More verbal diarrhea Stop it. An RTA can't do jack shit for SQ and IMO aren't even useful for setting up your system. Amusing since through work I have access to one of the best ones in the world, but no interest in "using" it to tune my cars FR. lol... just as i had the rare oportunity to use an rta, Im on the fence about the rta. Flat was much different then i was expecting I think it helped me in some ways but i sorta see where your coming from. Mind if i ask your option of "flat" vs what sounds good to you? For me flat made me loose a good amount of midbass (lol i have a peak at 100hz like no other) and to be flat all the way to 20k was way way way too much tweeter then i like. Before i started the 10 16 and 20k weren't even measuring on the rta at all and while i did agree i needed a little more its just a little much for my preference Flat NEVER makes sense. For a rudimentary understanding of why Google "Equal Loudness Contours" or do some reading on the works of Fletcher and Munson. Do realize that these curves are based on averages and that every human is completely different and will have a different response. Now if you add personal preferences to it, you can see how little use the RTA is in tuning. I will say there is one logical use for a spectrum analyzer and that is for finding anomalies that your ears might miss. I always do this in narrow band though which isn't really an RTA, but an FFT analyzer at that point. Simulation with tighter 1/nth octaves would be okay, but not as easy to come up with a solution. And yes I realize that our ears here in 1/3 octaves approximately but tuning with more resolution when it is to reduce particular anomalies I have found beneficial.

Sound quality is accurate reproduction of the source. That's not subjective. Your personal preference is subjective. Is it possible to quantify all aspects of a systems sound quality? Well, theoretically it's probably possible however practically it's pretty difficult. But that doesn't mean you can substitute your personal preference of "sounds good" for accuracy to the source and still call it "sound quality", especially if the measurable properties do not coincide with an accurate reproduction of the source. So judges listening to a system and scoring it based on what they hear is not subjective? Maybe you're the one who should be quiet instead of making such ridiculous and clearly contradicting statements. He stated it correctly. Sound Quality is the accurate reproduction of a source. Nothing subjective about that. The judging however is completely subjective based on the fact that there is no real way to measure SQ.

I am on real good terms with the head manager of my local cellars. Always sets me up with deals beyond the sales prices

I still feel sorry for you. You'd be REALLY shocked at what a cheap driver can do in a good enclosure. A $100 Dayton HO 10" is a great example, really a GREAT sub and does wonders in the right enclosure. Skimp on the enclosure and you might as well have a piece of crap in there.

You are always welcome at any of my parties

yup... your from MN. I got the anderson valley in the cart now. sudyks is a fucking mess. lol Going to grab some sausage next door while you are there?

Just spent two hours outside cutting some wood that would have taken me 15 minutes on the table saw...and its 7 degrees with a windchill of -12. I didn't even put on warm pants as I didn't think it would take that long.

This is more than adequate http://www.wine.com/V6/Roederer-Estate-Brut/wine/8498/detail.aspx?s=GoogleBase&cid=GoogleBase On sale regularly for $15.99 and I'd put it up there with $35-40 bottles There step up is nice, but once you approach Veuve pricing I think it wins. Sean... I can't see the link from work. is it called Roederer-Estate-Brut? I'm on my way to surdyks. I hope they have some in stock. Yep. The bottle will say Anderson Valley Brut.

you need 7 No thanks. Maybe in 2 years.

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Amusingly I bought the silencer for my snowmobile in their parking lot today and then I drove 5mi to go to a Home Depot to get the lumber and shit I need for my shelves downstairs. $100 closet remodel that will open up the "store room" to be sheetrocked for the HT. Long ways off, but when I hire out for when I finish above the garage to make our big ass closet I will have the same dudes rock the basement. I need to design the acoustic space first though, haven't even really thought about it yet. Need a barrier for furnace noise and need a barrier for vibe as on the other side I'll be putting a wine cellar. Oh, and hidden door (bookcase) to access the wine cellar ftmfw. Can't wait to show that off, but again first it needs to be designed and then built. Probably 2 years out. As soon as those projects are done the budget will shift to the Pantera. How's that for a 3 year plan. Doh!

Seven corners hardware. Beware, its a must visit but you will spend money. Right near the Xcel.

Powerpoint "can" do it, but adding animations and music is kludgy. Something a bit more automatic would be sweet too.

I have to go to Lowe's too, going to meet some dude from Craigslist with a silencer for my sled. Mine is teh leaky.

Anyone recommend a good free slide show software? I want to put my pictures together with some music and send them out to relatives, but don't have any software to do it. Considering I'd expect shit like this to be free, but you search and find a fuckload of options and I don't want to try fuckloads.

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hate to disagree there. A good install I believe is nothing without a nice driver to go along. Agree to disagree, simply. Lol, bad install on a good driver makes it sound like complete ass. The installation is the most important part. Most people picking drivers could draw straws. Sure there is a difference, but less so than they will impart in their system.

Tower of Power morning here.

I have a whole rib roast in the fridge. Couldn't say no to 4.99/lb

I'd still like a better definition of punch as I'd bet the fix is simpler than adding anything but instead focusing on fixing what you have.

Look great so far. Really great considering this is your first attempt.

Shit used to be par for the course freshman year, my roomate and I would regularly split 3 cases on a Friday and Saturday evening. Cheap swill, but hey that's college.

Don't make a stupid statement and I wouldn't. The comment wasn't about the driver but that you've heard them in a crap installation. Good installation wins over driver choice any day of the week.

Morning Nick