What New Stuff Have You Bought? If You Care To Share Thead! :)

[3db]

I ordered a 15ft subwoofer cable for $12.49 from Amazon as my "darling" kittens chewed thru one the other day.

 

[KEW]

I ordered a 15ft subwoofer cable for $12.49 from Amazon as my "darling" kittens chewed thru one the other day.

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I modified some $30 6 gauge jumper cables to use for my sub.
The sound character is completely different!
It brings out sounds I never heard before, like "You're such an Idiot!"
Oh, wait! That's my girlfriend! It's just a WAF thing...she'll get over it!

 

[sholling]

I don't ride a lot but this looked like fun so I ordered one.

 

[j_garcia]

NIN & Jesus and Mary Chain in SF in DEC.

 

[2channel lover]

Part of cutting the cable cord required me to buy a stick or streaming device for two of the TVs....I bought two Roku streaming stick +...I installed one in the kitchen TV...works great. The loft (HT space) TV is an older 1080p Samsung plasma.

I took the other + back and got the ultra.

https://www.roku.com/products/roku-ultra

Noticeably faster than the SS + imo and the SS+ is not slow.

The only con I have so far is the remote doesn't turn the TV on and off...the + remote did for the kitchen TV, but that's a newer set.

 

[MR.MAGOO]

I modified some $30 6 gauge jumper cables to use for my sub.
The sound character is completely different!
It brings out sounds I never heard before, like "You're such an Idiot!"
Oh, wait! That's my girlfriend! It's just a WAF thing...she'll get over it!

Did you get the AAA brand?

https://www.amazon.com/AAA-4326AAA-Heavy-Gauge-Booster/dp/B002SINBRQ

 

[KEW]

Did you get the AAA brand?

https://www.amazon.com/AAA-4326AAA-Heavy-Gauge-Booster/dp/B002SINBRQ

No, I looked at those, but they are 16 ft long and I only needed 12 ft.
If you need a 16' cable, you'd be better off dropping to 4 Gauge to make sure your LFE doesn't suffer "cable compression"!


Edit - j/k! In case there is a newbie reading this, this is total BS !

 

[CB22]

No, I looked at those, but they are 16 ft long and I only needed 12 ft.
If you need a 16' cable, you'd be better off dropping to 4 Gauge to make sure your LFE doesn't suffer "cable compression"!


Edit - j/k! In case there is a newbie reading this, this is total BS !

IMHO I think you should spend 3/4 of budget on cables and 1/4 on speaker/ electronics

 

[KEW]

IMHO I think you should spend 3/4 of budget on cables and 1/4 on speaker/ electronics

Sage advice!
It's the journey, not the destination, that really matters!!!

 

[DIY Junky]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1459042274116171

I would love a pair of these if I had the $$$$ I drool watching this

 

[DIY Junky]

I modified some $30 6 gauge jumper cables to use for my sub.
The sound character is completely different!
It brings out sounds I never heard before, like "You're such an Idiot!"
Oh, wait! That's my girlfriend! It's just a WAF thing...she'll get over it!

I use video Coax cable for my sub. Home Depot sells RCA plugs for Coax Cable Nice solid copper cable .. I actually turned my sub settings down after making cables

 

[sholling]

The only con I have so far is the remote doesn't turn the TV on and off...the + remote did for the kitchen TV, but that's a newer set.

Now you have a great excuse to buy a hub based Harmony like an Elite. If memory serves, Harmony Hubs communicate with Rokus via your network or IR. That's what I did before I bought my Shields.

 

[MrBoat]

Still collecting. Found this guy searching jazz violin and found him on Frank Zappa's works at some point. That was enough to provoke a search and it turned out to be a great find.

couple more of his I want.

 

[KEW]

Still collecting. Found this guy searching jazz violin and found him on Frank Zappa's works at some point. That was enough to provoke a search and it turned out to be a great find.
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couple more of his I want.

Whenever I think of Jean Luc Ponty, I think of the Dixie Dregs (because of their violinist). Check them out.
They are some of the most articulate players. The fast passages played tightly by violin and guitar is a great sound.

 

[2channel lover]

I enjoy most string instruments, but the violin is one of my favorites in a Jazz genre.

While I wouldn't consider this a Jazz genre w/ her techno background but this young woman is good.

Lindsey Stirling...I have this one.

This artist adds her cultural influence to the violin...I have a few of hers...more of a soulful/jazzy sound on this one....I think she has Paquito D'Rivera on sax on a track or two on this album and that was enough for me to buy in right there.

Regina Carter...self titled

 

[snakeeyes]

The Police: Every Breath You take DTS 5.1

The arrangement on these hits in 5.1 is great!

 

[MrBoat]

Whenever I think of Jean Luc Ponty, I think of the Dixie Dregs (because of their violinist). Check them out.
They are some of the most articulate players. The fast passages played tightly by violin and guitar is a great sound.

Very familiar with the Dregs and Steve Morse but that is a good association/observation. Back when I was a teen, the Dregs were part of our southern rock rotation. I thought it was exclusively a southern thing, until I went to CT for a year and found southern rock (and the Dixie Dregs) to be well followed up there as well.

 

[MrBoat]

I enjoy most string instruments, but the violin is one of my favorites in a Jazz genre.

While I wouldn't consider this a Jazz genre w/ her techno background but this young woman is good.

Lindsey Stirling...I have this one.

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This artist adds her cultural influence to the violin...I have a few of hers...more of a soulful/jazzy sound on this one....I think she has Paquito D'Rivera on sax on a track or two on this album and that was enough for me to buy in right there.

Regina Carter...self titled

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I love the violin/fiddle in just about any genre, including the electric violin. Ponty, was one of the first to add the electronic, synthesized direction with the instrument. I am familiar with Lindsey Sterling.

The violin is a perfect candidate for the sort of distortion (like Van Halen's "brown sound") that humans tend to find pleasing. It's also one of the instruments that relates to a live playback presence on great speakers/systems.

 

[afterlife2]

Button Coin Cell Rechargeable Smart Battery Charger For LIR2032 LIR2025 LIR2016

4 pcs 3.6V Rechargeable Lithium Coin Cell Battery For LIR2032

 

[2channel lover]

I love the violin/fiddle in just about any genre, including the electric violin. Ponty, was one of the first to add the electronic, synthesized direction with the instrument. I am familiar with Lindsey Sterling.

The violin is a perfect candidate for the sort of distortion (like Van Halen's "brown sound") that humans tend to find pleasing. It's also one of the instruments that relates to a live playback presence on great speakers/systems.

I had always identified the violin with classical or orchestra...aside from maybe some bluegrass fiddle, Ponty was the 1st I'd heard with a plugged up violin and I immediately gravitated to it.