Hi Steve:)
Scotty & I started BSG this weekend:D
We finished episode 4 tonight, it is really cool:cool:

I started Disc one from season one.... so far its good, but hasn't hooked me yet.

Ive been following football all day, I play fantasy football, and Im in a battle in the first round of the playoffs. After tonights game I think Ill be up by 40, but he has Mike Wallace going tomorrow, so I have to hope there's no big play bonuses.

What Im saying is that a few hertz won't make a difference. Driver tech, crossovers and cabinet will have a bigger impact then anything. Heck, the Focals frequency response don't go that low, however the bass is really heavy. I think theres a little bit of a mid-bass bump in their crossover on their lower speakers to make the average person happy, for the "AUDIOFOOL" that is bass happy.
well it still has a 3" voice coil. I dont think most people understand what that means until they hear it. It really does add to the dynamics of the speaker. However depending on how that driver is made will determine a lot of the way itll perform in comparison to the Dyn woofers. Im assuming that like the current Dyn woofer that Totem is using, the HiVi woofer probably has ferrite magnets powering the woofer also. Whether the magnet is inside the VC and outside, like the Dyn woofers, IDK. That is what makes the woofers on the Dyns such great performers. Im willing to guess that the HiVi woofer has been reversed engineered to match the Dyn woofers, so Id guess they are... but probably a lot less expensive, and have some other cost cutting measures.

The Excites use a 1.5" VC, but its built longer then a typical VC, and it still has magnets on top and below to strengthen the VC stroke and keep the dynamics one expects from Dyn speakers.

I don't think you need to be concerned with the woofer and where it was made and by whom. While Dyn is known for their driver build, I highly doubt that Totem didn't go their the process of selection without making sure every detail was met.

Good morning to ya :D

Am I ever glad this weekend is over :relief:

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good morning Steve

If I am not mistaken it is neodynium magnet, They have the drivers on their site.

http://www.swanspeaker.com/asp/produ...view.asp?id=57

Honestly I don't think it's a biggy as They seem to sound just as good as M1S it's just a quality Knock off driver.

Good morning Russ. I need the Niners to win... big game today.(yeah, Im a niners fan.)
Good morning bill... I hope you have a great monday.

those woofers, even the ones that look like B&W woofers look really nice, Im sure they are all great performers.

lets see.

Christmas light viewing at the prestigous Mission Inn Hotel. Got pics with santa the kids did, my daughter decided to ask him if he knew what 2x2 was... he did, thank goodness. Hot donuts were delectable. Brunch at El Torrito was great. So far Im winning in Fantasy Football, if I win I go to the finals and play for $$. Wife was home all weekend for the first time in a while. Anyways a fun-filled weekend. And I only work 3 days this week, and 4 next week.

Morning Steve, Anything else happen yesterday after your mexican brunch?

If the obvious is "brownchickenbrowncow" then YES, after that was over, I just watched football and racked leaves.

I love Christmas light displays. Always warm my cockles. Good luck on your fantasy football team. I hope you have the Tebow manning the helm.:D Enjoy your short work weeks!:rock:

I have Aaron Rodgers.... not a great weekend performance, but Im glad they lost. And if the Niners win, then he has to play a full game next weekend too... so yeah, Im really pulling for my Niners this weekend.

The lights and show is very nice and elaborate. They had a Reindeer there for the kids, Santa, hot Donuts with cocoa, other vendors and stuff. The walk thru the hotel was awesome too.

here is the actual hotel and some pics if you want
http://www.missioninn.com/festival-of-lights/

Steve i hope you will enjoy Sea world with the kids on your day off bro, take it easy and get some rest, I went to bed at 10 last night :D.

You should get some Focus 160 they seemed to bve promising.

Lights at the Mission Inn is so last week. jk :D Took the drive up to Riverside with the family the weekend before to check it out. Although my daughter dug the lights it was the horse drawn carriages that really caught her eyes.

If the family is into lights check out the Holiday of Lights at the Del Mar racetrack. They set up a ton of light displays on the infield of the racetrack. $14 gets a car load in to drive around the track to check out the lights. It was pretty cool. Took about 30 minutes to slowly make out way around the track.

Ill have to add that to next years list along with the newport harbour lights. my son was enamoured with the houses too, and the reindeer. he didn't care about Santa.

Talked with dealer about them, he said if I'm ready to spend that much to just get the contour 1.4s, he could get me close. But he did say you need a good IA with a htbp if I plan to keep the integra. He said my x16s are still 88-90% of the 140. Contours would be a bigger upgrade.

Yeah alright the Contour are superb indeed, loved them as you know.

Yeah but I think you would need at least the XS imho. XS I will get :D

Just listened to Alan Parsons I, Robot! I have no words to describe the sheer depth of this recording on vinyl.

What type of music is it john?

Progressive Rock.

Alan Parsons was the engineer on Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon, and then shortly after started his own successful career. I, Robot was his second album and am absolute masterpiece.

well I've seen the contours paired with a 5i on you tube. Sounded good for utube. My dealer was saying to get the MF m3i cause it'll power the s1.4 just fine. It powered the focus 260 with ease. Sounded really good to, better then with the excites, but I didn't like how the excites were setup, so I'm trying not to pass judgement on the MF yet. Cause it sounded completely different with the focus, and they're not that different sounding. Which is why I told you I'd audition the MF before buying anything. However, I'm still considering the creek 5350 and even arcam 28.

Ok, now that I could totally go for..... ill keep my eye open for that one.

:eek: Steve Really, You have never heard I Robot by Alan Parsons. :faint:

Time now to get immersed into the wonderous soundscape that is Tubular Bells! :D

Look old man, I don't need any flack from you!

Hell I'm just getting wound up on your PA . You have had it way to easy. J/K :D I think you really need to explore AP music. At one time he was one of the top selling musicians that never went on tour. I have almost every one of his LPs. I think you might remember this song.

What is tubular bells? I saw it at the used records store thought of you, but didn't buy it.

LOL!

Here's a song I think you may like. I have most of his albums....one of the pioneers of rock.

Remember The Exorcist? Well, they used it as the soundtrack. It's completely instrumental and Mike Oldfield played all of the instruments himself. It really is something to hear.....you'll be mesmerized!

Great tune! Well done Al!

Another well knows AP tune...and a personal favourite.


I avoided the official cut because of the ad blocks. Enjoy!

I remember many a night falling to sleep to that song.

Hopefully between us both Steve gets a sense of what Alan Parsons is about. The youtube vids are nice, but nothing like a copy of CD or LP.

Hey Steve! Do you know who Eric Clapton is? :rotfl: Ok, sorry buddy, having some fun at your expense, which the boys have on me a few times over the years.

Eric doing some jazz........

OK, all of those sound familiar to me from the Classic Rock station.
umm... NOPE!

J/K of course, yeah, i used to have some clapton on tape...

ahh... interesting

Driveby...:D:santa:

that sounds really good... but it would be even better

Thanks D... hope youre well.