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My niece really loved the penguins there. Fun! Not fun!

Ok. I didn't think there would be enough space that way (getting to the crossover and other things through the woofer driver hole). I will try that tomorrow (and see if something is obviously disconnected). Yes, I can remove the tweeter. Do I need to desolder the tweeter to test it? (I am assuming that is what you meant by disconnect).

OK, tried to open up the speakers but couldn't figured out how to do it. They seems to consist of pieces of wood that are glued together and I don't think I can get them open without completely ruining them. Guess I will be looking into options. Have any suggestions for nice looking (i.e. wood colored), decent sounding floorstanders that don't cost a fortune. Would be useful if they also have matching surround speakers and center channel since I might go that way as well. Hubby won't let me have giant ugly black speakers.

OK, first I am going to try and figure out how to open this up. Not sure what I will do if I can figure out how to do that. I tried taking off the tweeter from the front but I couldn't see much that way. Thanks for the offer Steve. I'll let you know if I get desperate. I do have an extra pair of crappy Best Buy speakers sitting around that I can use if these drive me crazy too much. Maybe I should just start thinking of getting new speakers...

As I was setting up the New Marantz SR6005 receiver, I noticed that the sound coming out of the right front speaker was much lower than that of the left. I don't seem to be getting any sound out of the tweeter on that speaker. These aren't super great speakers (av123 X-SLS tower speakers) so I don't want to put much money into them. However, since I have spent a bit of money on audio stuff recently, I don't know what I want, I don't really want to get new speakers right now (eventually I will probably and get a full new 5.1 setup). Is there anyway I can check if the tweeter is blown? If so, could I get new tweeters (probably would need to get new tweeters for both so they match)? Would these be easy to install (I can do basic soldering). Could this be a crossover problem?

Sorry Nate and Dan.

Hope you feel better Bryan. Been trying to assign homework for the last 2 hours but my internet is down again! Damn Comcast.

Happy birthday!

Nice!!!

Happy Birthday Jeff!!! Hope you can find something nice to buy yourself for your BD (new Nikon lens???)!

Awesome boat Chris! So when are you hosting the next HC meet?

I usually regret it when I go cheap. I am leaning towards the Leap right now.

Happy Birthday Wes!

^Sigh. “They have great sound and great ease of use as I love not having wires” (referring to wireless Beats). At least this article mentions Shure, Etymotic, Sennheiser, ... I was happy to come across a negative review of the Bluetooth Beats in Wired this morning. " I wasn’t pleased with the sound. The bass is like a blow to the chest. The lows are brutally upfront, booming and flabby. The rest of the soundfield has been pumped up to compete with the wall of low end, but all this does is gunk things up. The highs are rendered dull and the mids lack any liveliness, making vocals sound hollow and making acoustic instruments sound muddy, processed and not at all natural. Delicate sounds lack the room to breathe, and even the less modest details like hi-hats and snare hits are all splat and thud."

I have thought about a kneeling chair but would have to wait for a couple more months (don't think either of these options would be good right now with my hip healing). The chair in my office is good (a midback Lifeform) just way more than I want to spend. My core is plenty strong (especially now doing months of planks and such for my physical therapy).

Looks like a truly awesome time!!!

I need a new chair for the home office. The cheapo Office Depot one is just not giving me the back support I need (even with a lumbar support attached). It is too big. I don't want to spend more than $1000. I was looking at the Herman Miller Aeron and Steelcase Leap. I also considered the Humanscale Freedom but it is more than the other two and doesn't seem to be any better. The reason for the Aeron is because I am 5'2" and I can get the small (size A) one. Almost all other chairs are one size fits all with adjustments. I've tried the Aeron and it seems good. I cannot find a place nearby to try the Leap. Any suggestions/preferences? Anyone on the short side use the Leap?

Voted finally, sorry Mike, been busy.

I'll have to remember this for next time.

I'm sorry Ken. For dinner, oven baked chicken wrapped in bacon.

Do you live in the great Inland Empire? I grew up out there (Rancho Cucamonga).

Whoa, so much color.

Wes, I am interested. I have a little more time now.