Official Gramps' Memorial Eternal OT Thread

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AM64 said:
I bought my original Pioneer components while stationed on Okinawa years ago, and for the most part have just upgraded until definitely none of the first or second generation equipment is included. The Onkyo receiver I bought as "factory restored", and it was well worth the purchase. My thought was that new equipment is built, boxed, and shipped; if rechecked or repaired, it at least required a technician to insure it worked. That purchase brought me up to 5.1 sound. Later I started improving with new speakers, and that's when I ran across Definitive Technology. Had the opportunity to listen to them in a sound room full of other higher end speakers - they passed the test on cost and sound.

The story gets weird when I started my speaker research online. I found new Def Tech speakers at a great price on Ebay, and ordered a pair after checking out the company as much as possible. When the speakers came, the shipping labels on the boxes indicated they went from Def Tech to their warehouse (probably FedEx) in Memphis. The speakers were new and unopened in perfect condition. I wound up upgrading that pair to the top of the line with the same result. Sound was fantastic. A little more poking around showed the Ebay company was owned by a guy named something like Bill Rudder - old TN football fans will recognize that name. Turns out he was something like a VP in Def Tech or the parent company. So I just added more speakers - a center that I later upgraded and then a subwoofer. The sub is phenomenal very clean - not the boomy, muddy sound that so many subs have. It will absolutely shake your chair while the sound is crystal clear.
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crank it up warren county style
 
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StarRaider said:
crank it up warren county style
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That's another thing about being from this part of the country - with very rare exceptions, I've never liked country music. I did hear something a few days ago and thought it strange that I could actually prefer country over the poop that passes for pop now. Just really glad I've got tons of 50s -70s music. Gotta say to the new generations "Your music really does suck." Also amazing how much better songs sound when the person singing is not screaming into the mic - makes grown men sound like bitchy little girls (stole that bit from Burn Notice).
 
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AM64 said:
We need to hack hog's system; some late night entertainment would be in order. I'm not admitting to anything, but I do know a bit about being able to play music (or maybe drag races) over the Hess Hall intercom system. Actually got kicked out of Hess for that, and I wasn't even the culprit ... at least that time.
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A lot of bar/restaurant Sonos systems can only be accessed on the app's commercial platform, and a lot of managers/owners fail to password protect it.

Being a big proponent of inconvenience terrorism, I often would close my tab, and play a Vietnamese cover of ABBA's Dancing Queen on my way out of any given place.

It was my way of saying "It's not goodbye... it's see ya later."
 
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AM64 said:
That's another thing about being from this part of the country - with very rare exceptions, I've never liked country music. I did hear something a few days ago and thought it strange that I could actually prefer country over the poop that passes for pop now. Just really glad I've got tons of 50s -70s music. Gotta say to the new generations "Your music really does suck." Also amazing how much better songs sound when the person singing is not screaming into the mic - makes grown men sound like bitchy little girls (stole that bit from Burn Notice).
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that's not country, that's bluegrass
 
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DinkinFlicka said:
A lot of bar/restaurant Sonos systems can only be accessed on the app's commercial platform, and a lot of managers/owners fail to password protect it.

Being a big proponent of inconvenience terrorism, I often would close my tab, and play a Vietnamese cover of ABBA's Dancing Queen on my way out of any given place.

It was my way of saying "It's not goodbye... it's see ya later."
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First time i went to one of those dueling piano places. They had a sign "song requests $1". I didn't understand the assignment at all.

Gave them $5, because I thought no way they would actually playa song for a dollar.

Well everyone in that bar was about to hear Bennie and the Jets 5 times. They were required to play songs for 1 dollar. 5 dollars meant 5 songs.

Thankfully they let me make some other requests before everyone had to listen to them butcher Elton John the last 2 times.
 
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Im watching PSU molesters beating overranked #2 IND by 4pts with 1min left...and PSU AND their fans should be humiliated by the 20,000 empty seats in their stands on national TV. Cameras accidentally showed part of the upper deck when PSU took the lead...and its empty up there vs the #2 team. Ouch

Cant wait for an SEC school to get hold of IND in the playoffs and beat em by 30
 
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PSU choked it away...and lost 27-24. But they lost 5 games in a row and were 3-5. They sacked INDs QB back to the 1yd line on the 1st play and then let them drive 99yds for a game winning score. These teams just dont have the talent that SEC teams have though. I think IND does have a good coach. He went into ORE and beat them and then went to PSU and beat them...gotta give them credit for that ORE win since their last 4 recruiting classes are better than ours on par with Bama.
 
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AM64 said:
That's another thing about being from this part of the country - with very rare exceptions, I've never liked country music. I did hear something a few days ago and thought it strange that I could actually prefer country over the poop that passes for pop now. Just really glad I've got tons of 50s -70s music. Gotta say to the new generations "Your music really does suck." Also amazing how much better songs sound when the person singing is not screaming into the mic - makes grown men sound like bitchy little girls (stole that bit from Burn Notice).
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Orangeburst said:
@norrislakevol

I see you like to play guitar? How ling you bren playin and what genres?
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I've been playing for decades now, and writing songs for several years now. I like upbeat rock, I'm not a low song type of guy. I started playing stuff like Skynyrd (still do), then moved to Hendrix, then Zeppelin, then to Ozzy and such. I now enjoy progressions more than blazing fast solos, and that has helped me with my song writing. I recently learned Frankenstein by Edgar Winter. Very fun song to play, lots of cool riffs in that one.

How about you?
 
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norrislakevol said:
I've been playing for decades now, and writing songs for several years now. I like upbeat rock, I'm not a low song type of guy. I started playing stuff like Skynyrd (still do), then moved to Hendrix, then Zeppelin, then to Ozzy and such. I now enjoy progressions more than blazing fast solos, and that has helped me with my song writing. I recently learned Frankenstein by Edgar Winter. Very fun song to play, lots of cool riffs in that one.

How about you?
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over 40 years..grew up on Randy Rhodes and BS..I was nuts about them. Have gotten into theory last few years, and it has helped my melody a ton..fun stuff, so I just noddle with all my scales, triads, arpeggios and chord progressions. Rarely even look at tabs anymore or play covers..maybe Hotel California and some Boston. I have forgotten a ton of songs, but could play them much easier now as working on my technique alot, including alt picking. Cascading pentatonics is kinda my current development. Always working on something now that I have time.
 
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norrislakevol said:
I've been playing for decades now, and writing songs for several years now. I like upbeat rock, I'm not a low song type of guy. I started playing stuff like Skynyrd (still do), then moved to Hendrix, then Zeppelin, then to Ozzy and such. I now enjoy progressions more than blazing fast solos, and that has helped me with my song writing. I recently learned Frankenstein by Edgar Winter. Very fun song to play, lots of cool riffs in that one.

How about you?
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a greatwebsite

www.oolimo.com

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Orangeburst said:
over 40 years..grew up on Randy Rhodes and BS..I was nuts about them. Have gotten into theory last few years, and it has helped my melody a ton..fun stuff, so I just noddle with all my scales, triads, arpeggios and chord progressions. Rarely even look at tabs anymore or play covers..maybe Hotel California and some Boston. I have forgotten a ton of songs, but could play them much easier now as working on my technique alot, including alt picking. Cascading pentatonics is kinda my current development. Always working on something now that I have time.
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Same. Used to know tons of songs. Loved to rip songs like Bark at the Moon, now can barely play them because I play a lot of my own stuff mostly.
 
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