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Originally Posted by Tigger (Post 2764424)

Oh hells yeah! Nice set up! You on Audiogon? Thought I've seen this system on there somewhere.

And yeah... I love doing this kind of stuff. I'd rather tweak things than spend an arm and a leg on something new that may not have good synergy in my system.

But my next big thing will be a pair of McIntosh monoblock amps and pre. I love that sound. And I'm thinking about building a separate cabinet for the AADs to go under them and will house 2 - 8" woofers. But that is down the road a bit.

Tell ya what... it was hard trying to keep the car mods on the back burner. But when I made the decision to do this mod and I gutted one of the speakers I was committed to it. Then the audio bug bit again. :eek:

[QUOTE=antennahead;2764500]Yes, I'm on Audiogon. Over the last few years though I've mostly just played and enjoyed it, concentrating more on my car. I have a good friend that has an entire McIntosh set up, loves those monobloc power amps. When I purchased the Panny Plasma at Christmas I had to redo my audio as I changed out the cabinet and my old amps were just too big. I now have WYRED 4 Sound monoblocs for my R&L channels, and a multi channel (monos inside one chassis) WYRED 4 Sound for the center and surrounds and zone 2. They are really nice sounding, based on the Bang and Olufsen ICE technology. I'm trying to sell my Odyssey Stratos monoblocs now. I used to eat, sleep, and breathe audio/video ....... I still love it, but tend to more just play the damn thing and enjoy it these days :icon17:[/QUOTE]

This. :tup:

And I never heard any of the W4S. I need to get to an audio convention so I can hear all this stuff and make some informed decisions. In the grand scheme of things I'm still entirely new to the audio world (got into it in 2010). But McIntosh for sure. Just need to save some dimes and not fall prey to the car mod bug.

[QUOTE=Tigger;2765568]

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Originally Posted by antennahead (Post 2764500)

Yes, I'm on Audiogon. Over the last few years though I've mostly just played and enjoyed it, concentrating more on my car. I have a good friend that has an entire McIntosh set up, loves those monobloc power amps. When I purchased the Panny Plasma at Christmas I had to redo my audio as I changed out the cabinet and my old amps were just too big. I now have WYRED 4 Sound monoblocs for my R&L channels, and a multi channel (monos inside one chassis) WYRED 4 Sound for the center and surrounds and zone 2. They are really nice sounding, based on the Bang and Olufsen ICE technology. I'm trying to sell my Odyssey Stratos monoblocs now. I used to eat, sleep, and breathe audio/video ....... I still love it, but tend to more just play the damn thing and enjoy it these days :icon17:[/QUOTE]

This. :tup:

And I never heard any of the W4S. I need to get to an audio convention so I can hear all this stuff and make some informed decisions. In the grand scheme of things I'm still entirely new to the audio world (got into it in 2010). But McIntosh for sure. Just need to save some dimes and not fall prey to the car mod bug.

I like this site for reviews of good equipment you might not otherwise hear about (smaller manufacturers):

6moons.com: Audio Reviews

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Originally Posted by XiP (Post 2716979)

Do any of you guys have experience with Breitling watches?

Not cheap by any means. I looked at one of their Bentley models and nearly messed myself. I like watches but $1,500 is about my max. I mostly wear Movados as I have a wrist the size of a girls and Movados don't look silly on me like other brands

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Originally Posted by scottIN (Post 2716949)

If any of you are into colognes, check out the Decant Shop:

https://www.decantshop.com/

There were a few Creeds I wanted to try but at $300+ / bottle didn't want to not like them after a few times. So I ordered some 2 ml sample sprays (about $10 ea.) and it's enough to try it for a couple of weeks. Only took 3 days to get them.

Gotta pimp luckyscent.com, theperfumedcourt.com, indiescents.com and theposhpeasant.com for samples up the wahzoo! :) Can't say I've tried the decantshop.com personally yet, but seen it mentioned elsewhere.

Now, if I could get a sample of some Creed Windsor...!

So what are some of your favorite 'stuff' websites? My main two are:

Uncrate

acquire.com: The Leading Acquire Site on the Net

Uncrate seems to post a lot of stuff after Acquire - like they're just puling from there. But I do like that Uncrate has an app - good for when you need to kill a few minutes.

Any other good ones?

LV cardholder, Montegrappa Fortuna Skull pen, and the Tudor Black Bay

Clearly, all ya'll make way more scratch 'en I do!

Found this little tray at Home Goods for ~$12. Score.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-5...0527141007.jpg

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang (Post 2836285)

Found this little tray at Home Goods for ~$12. Score.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-5...0527141007.jpg

Good find! :tup:

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang (Post 2836285)

Found this little tray at Home Goods for ~$12. Score.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-5...0527141007.jpg

:tup:

Here are a few in the collection. Being in the watch industry has a few perks :D
New GMTII ceramic

http://i1158.photobucket.com/albums/...psmrxutm3j.jpg

Breitling 1964 806 twinjet on the left and 1957 AOPA Crossraods co. Distributed 806 on the right

http://i1158.photobucket.com/albums/...pszcy7vb9t.jpg

Rolex Yachtmaster

http://i1158.photobucket.com/albums/...psgixyodbm.jpg

2tone Sub

http://i1158.photobucket.com/albums/...psp3qax9u5.jpg