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[Cos]

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Blue Jeans Cable Canare 4S11 Speaker Cable, with Welded Locking Bananas, Conventional (Non-Bi-Wire) Terminations, Grey Jacket, 10 Foot (Single Cable - for one Speaker);

Had to get some 10 foot cables to replace my 6 foot Audioquest Type 4 or Sewell Silverbacks with 10 foot runs. I didn't want to pay anywhere near the $$ for any Audioquest products. I like the Sewells ok but they were terminated with setscrews and I wanted soldered. Got these slightly used on amazon for just a bit more than 10 foot runs of the Sewells. And these are supposedly a welded termination. We shall see how they work out. (I do not expect any kind of sonic difference as these seem to be well made cables)

I have BJC for all my speakers except for my mains, I use Kimber Kable 8TC, purely for the looks. I like the sonic welds and locking banana plugs.

 

[j_garcia]

I moved my center to a stand because with the new TV it doesn't fit below. My old cable was made for it being right above my amp with a super short run. I am out of 4S11 so I am thinking I might want to just order a terminated one from BJC.

 

[Replicant 7]

I was quick to get in on the initial batch of AVScience pre-orders. More shipments look like they'll be several weeks to months away now.

When you get it set up, post up your thoughts. Inquiring minds would like to know, enjoy your new AVR!

 

[KenM10759]

Those are locking connectors and I use the same ones; they are not welded to the connector itself I think. They may have a welded plug on the wire which fits into the connector, which are how the original WBTs are I believe, but the actual connection is still inserted, not welded to the plug itself.

The locking banana plugs you buy from Blue Jeans cable and other sources have twin set screws. When you buy the assembled cables from Blue Jeans Cable, their locking banana plugs are what they term as "welded" together with the wire.

 

[John Parks]

2021 Mazda CX-30 2.5 Turbo Premium in Polymetal Gray Metallic...

As for audio, the turbo engine (250hp, 320lb-ft torque) sounds pretty sweet! I don't know how much induction noise is "piped in" (some, I am sure, but less than the Mazda3 with the same power plant, which is pretty evident) but it does sound nice. Extremely quiet otherwise. It does have the Bose 12 speaker setup (more on that later) but I really think they got it right - very impressed with this generation.

Here is Doug's quick review to give you an idea (funny - he never mentions the sound system in any of his reviews):

 

[WookieGR]

 

[davidscott]

2021 Mazda CX-30 2.5 Turbo Premium in Polymetal Gray Metallic...
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As for audio, the turbo engine (250hp, 320lb-ft torque) sounds pretty sweet! I don't know how much induction noise is "piped in" (some, I am sure, but less than the Mazda3 with the same power plant, which is pretty evident) but it does sound nice. Extremely quiet otherwise. It does have the Bose 12 speaker setup (more on that later) but I really think they got it right - very impressed with this generation.

Here is Doug's quick review to give you an idea (funny - he never mentions the sound system in any of his reviews):

Absolutely LOVE that color!

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

Bought a QNAP NAS. a TVS-872XT specifically. Got in on the e-fleebay in great condition for 1/2 price.

Additional items were added later:
8x 14TB SATA Hard drives - for storing lots and lots of Linux ISOs
2x Micron M2 800GB NVMe SSDs for caching
2x 32GB memory by Crucial - for VMs and Containers.
1x Emulex 2xSFP+ dual 10gig network card

 

[j_garcia]

Ordered a 6ft bluejeans speaker cable for my cente. Canare 4S11 with the welded locking bananas.

 

[Alex2507]

welded

ultrasonically-welded ... I don't know what it means but damn

 

[John Parks]

ultrasonically-welded ... I don't know what it means but damn

Maybe means only dogs and bats can hear the diff?

 

[j_garcia]

Maybe means only dogs and bats can hear the diff?

Means I can swing across the room with them It was only $28 and I don't have to spend an hour terminating them myself.

 

[John Parks]

Means I can swing across the room with them It was only $28 and I don't have to spend an hour terminating them myself.

Just joshing- I got the same BJs. The locking banana pins are awesome!

 

[MR.MAGOO]

ultrasonically-welded ... I don't know what it means but damn

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[Alex2507]

It was only $28

I priced 'em at $45.50.
Even the two footers I would need are close to 40.

 

[ryanosaur]

Necessity and credit are the mother of modern commerce:
Added the Milwaukee M18 Fuel Multi Tool to my arsenal of Lithium dependent tools. …And two Diablo blades.

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FWIW: Desire and credit are like the cheap floozy (of commerce) you pick up in the bar for grudge sex and VD. It may satisfy in the moment, but it will burn later on.

 

[John Parks]

Absolutely LOVE that color!

Thank you sir! I was not sold on the red (but it had the option of white leather seats) as it changes color from deep red to orangish, depending on the light or their version of blue (though it had the option of white leather seats - the white leather/brown trim/blue paint looks smashing) but thought this color was their best on offer (though it does not have the option of white leather seats - the perforation on the brown/black seat inserts is actually a very subtle orange). So... yay! Quite happy with it.

 

[NINaudio]

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and

https://www.mishimoto.com/infiniti-q50-q60-catch-can-2016.html

Getting ready for an upcoming HPDE and they aren't renting helmets cause Covid, so had to buy my own.

 

[afterlife2]

GD! Just got these at Goodwill. I'm not a big fan of Holidays later stuff, but I did like her early work when her voice was great. It's a DVD and 2CD (Decca/Verve) set from her early days till the end. The cover is beautiful. The DW Box 4 disc boxset stuff is a gift for a friend who loves DW oldies since we were in HS together back in the mid 80s. Gonna mail it out next week. He's in for a big surprise. Both in mint condition with nice booklets. I also got a bunch of Vinyl haul. I'll post soon.

 

[MR.MAGOO]

Opened my mailbox and was greeted with this:

Was fairly easy to extract the package with this handy tool:

the box contained 5 new movies !