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― Bertrand Russell
2020 Ascent Limited, 2024 Subaru Legacy Sport
2020 Ascent Limited, 2024 Subaru Legacy Sport
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport; 2020 C43; 2021 Sahara 4xe 1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica Wife's: 2015 X1 xDrive28i Son's: 2009 328i; 2018 330i xDrive
jmonroe
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
jmonroe
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
2020 Ascent Limited, 2024 Subaru Legacy Sport
I'm fluent in "bad language."
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2022 Wrangler Sahara 4Xe, 2023 Toyota Tacoma SR 4WD
This perceived complexity is why so many HTS installers get away with charging very high prices to set up mediocre systems.
When we go to Homearama in Louisville and check out the systems in some very expensive new construction I’m amazed at what is passed off as high end home theater. I recall in one home there was a HTS installed in a huge family room and the one subwoofer was hardly bigger than the one in my cheap and dirty basement 5.1 gaming system- yet the “professional installer” charged more for that puny SW than I paid for the HSU VTF 2 I have in my primary 7.1 HTS.
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport; 2020 C43; 2021 Sahara 4xe 1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica Wife's: 2015 X1 xDrive28i Son's: 2009 328i; 2018 330i xDrive
2018 VW Passat SE w/tech, 2016 Audi Q5 Premium Plus w/tech, 2006 Acura TL w/nav
2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic / 2022 Ram 1500 Bighorn, Built to Serve
That kinda reminded me of looking over a schematic diagram one day when a young lady, that worked in our commercial department, marched into my cube and said, “hey @jmonroe, you got it figured out yet, my customer is getting antsy”. I said, “I’m getting there, the problem is in this section here”. She said, “with all those lines, I’ll never know how you guys can figure that stuff it out”. I tried to explain to her you have to attack it in pieces. She walked away saying thanks for trying to explain it but it’s still Greek to me”. Some people get hung up with the BIG picture.
jmonroe
Along with those 150,000 people who injured themselves closing a car door, another 10,000 each year are seriously injured when using a jack or other type of hoist.
Millions of people open and close car doors ever day, and 150000 people a year injure themselves doing it. What percentage of people jack up their car, yet 10000 a year injure themselves doing that? I would say, that's a huge number of injuries, for the number of people who actually do this kind of thing.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
so putting up new blinds to save say $50/each? Easy call, because there is no risk to me, and if it gets screwed up, worst that happens is it is crooked or falls down. Neither result is fatal or painful. Falling off the roof of a 2 story house, well, different story! Same reason I paint. It is pretty easy, no real risk, and expensive to have done.
using the brakes example, different inputs. Usually you need more than just pads (and even then, there are some extras). so once you are getting into jacking the car up and mucking around in the wheel well, some risk there. Then there is the places (especially on a modern car) where you can manage to break something else like an ABS connector. So yeah, it is not horribly complicated, but there are plenty of chances of a "gotcha" moment, especially if you are not really experienced with it (and of course have all the right gear). And since it it quick for a pro, the cost of the labor is really not all that high (I can get brakes installed for less than they want to charge to put up a ceiling fan).
cutting into plumbing or gas lines, same thing. The opportunities to have something go horribly wrong are much higher!
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
A few years later I found him sweating in a stifling hot garage, trying to snap the cover that fits under the door of his freezer back on. He couldn't find the little holes that the grill snapped into because they were blocked from sight by the overhang of the bottom of the freezer door. I took the grill from him, opened the freezer door, which exposed the holes, and snapped it back into place. He just stared at me for a minute, shook his head, and walked away. This very brilliant man always thought I was a genius.
2013 LX 570 2016 LS 460
2013 LX 570 2016 LS 460
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
You answered your own question; there are a LOT of lazy and stupid people in the world.
driver, I get it- for you it's a badge of honor to pay a "guy" to do most everything involving mechanical or technical issues- that's fine.
But don't treat brake jobs and properly jacking up a car as if they are fiendishly complex procedures that only trained technicians should attempt- because they just aren't.
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport; 2020 C43; 2021 Sahara 4xe 1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica Wife's: 2015 X1 xDrive28i Son's: 2009 328i; 2018 330i xDrive
2018 430i Gran Coupe
jmonroe
Well, he was a chemical engineer, not mechanical.
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '08 Charger R/T Daytona; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '08 Maser QP; '11 Mini Cooper S
Just ran into a left lane camper holding up traffic in the left-most lane clueless to the world around them as they were on their cellphone.
Hint: Cars don't spontaneously combust at 100+ miles per hour, and the world isn't flat.
Really magnified the glorious DSG sounds and lighting fast shifts.
CA takes draconian law to some higher order of obnoxiousness. It isn't good enough to pass the smog test (sniffing test at the tailpipes). You have to pass visual inspection for "CA/CARB APPROVED" stamped on all your emissions system parts. So what is more important, the air quality, or that someone got paid an excessive
feebribe to stamp a part with "CA/CARB approved?"I was actually slightly disappointed with its performance, but it was a very good receiver when it worked. I've come to the conclusion there's just no way a 30 pound receiver can compete with a 50 pound HK (at the amp level at least).
It only had 1 other flaw other than its lack of durability and longevity. They made it impossible to apply the fantastic pre-amp processing power to the 7.1 analog inputs. Only direct transfer, clean, pure, but off.
The new blades are much heavier and thicker than the OEM blades. I have not driven in heavy rains for some time because I am usually back home by 1:00 or 2:00 PM, just before the afternoon thunderstorms begin. I could not make out the brand of blades, but I was told they were manufactured by Bosch. I really don't care who manufactures them - I just want the chattering and skipping to stop.
Time will tell because it is inevitable that I will be driving in a heavy rainstorm over the next several weeks.
2021 Genesis G90
I understood why they were so enthralled with the experience - they live in Palm Desert CA where it's possible not to see a drop of rain for a year or two. As for thunder and lightning - my grandson, who was 17 at the time, hadn't seen rain and thunder for 5 years which is when I took him to Universal Studios in Orlando.
2021 Genesis G90
You start feeling like you are the virus itself, and you get the vibe that people may want to "avoid" you. The feeling that a few people don't want you around or close to them is noticeable (even if it was less than a 1% chance). It might be rational or understandable, but it can definitely make one feel isolated or shunned. Justified or not, it's not a good feeling to be unwelcome or looked at as "tainted" in some way.
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
I didn't have the heart to ask him to surrender his Man Card, as it was painfully obvious that he had already turned his gonads over to his wife some time ago.
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport; 2020 C43; 2021 Sahara 4xe 1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica Wife's: 2015 X1 xDrive28i Son's: 2009 328i; 2018 330i xDrive
2013 LX 570 2016 LS 460
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
You should really be over in the Mystery Car Pics topic for this sort of stuff.
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
I know of NO ONE who’s ever used an RS232 port on an AVR. The speaker connections assume 7 main/surround channels and 4 “height” channels for Dolby Atmos and DTS X. My speakers offer very wide dispersion so I don’t feel the need for height channels. I do have 2 subwoofers (RB, your HSU is nice). One for the mid bass and one for lower Hz. Both are made by one of the original members of a well respected internet audio company (SVS). Mine are PSA.
Why anyone is using an AVR for AM or FM radio is also a curiously. Both formats are limited in both frequency and are very compressed (except for the HD channels). Most radio stations can be heard via HD, which is a digital format that you can get via the internet. This particularly AVR that I just installed has WiFi capability. So, I can stream stations from that. No need for an antenna.
The analog connections (white/red) are for outputting to a separate amp. I did that for a while on one of my older installations. But, the amps in the top end AVRs these days are really good. Mine has a large power supply and individual amp modules that are isolated from each other (another reason why it’s so big and heavy). So, I don’t use a separate amp anymore. The Denon I just installed has no problem effortlessly driving my entire system to reference levels and beyond.
IF you have ANY component so old that you have to connect it via RGB, co-axial, component or Any analog cables, this probably isn’t the AVR for you. It would be WAY overkill for an installation that would utilize those connections. That said, I do know people who are still married to their VHS/Beta tapes (which look terrible even when compared to DVD disks).
HDMI is THE way you want to connect whatever you can. Most current AVRs have more than enough HDMI connections. HDMI (current) cables can carry Ultra HD (4K) video and multiple channels of lossless audio. So, the optical cable connection is redundant, too...and that’s just for audio.
At the end of the day, I know how to hook up the most complex Home Theater systems. I’ve done it many, many times for myself and many, many times for others. If you are easily confused, don’t care how to utilize one of these AVRs, don’t care how to maximize performance, yeah...I guess hire someone to do the installation for you. Be prepared to pay dearly for the privilege. Me? I do it for a 6 pack of local brew.
The issue isn’t just making the connections, it’s wrestling with a 50+ pound AVR (which is what mine weighs). I don’t just twist speaker wires in a terminal, it’s terminating them with high quality spade or banana plugs. Believe it or not, it used to be worse. It used to be every component to be connected to an AVR had 4 separate connections you needed to make...3 RGB and one optical, co-axial or component cables. Now, it’s just one HDMI.
This is my first Denon AVR. It’s built extremely well. It is powerful. It has great decoders and DACs. It’s firmware can be updated via WiFi. My hope is that I get as many years from it as I got from my Pioneer Elite (10+). My only beef, at this price point, you’d think they could include a universal remote that lights up. That was not to be, though. I do use my Firestick remote for ON/OFF and Volume control. But, when I have to switch component ports on the AVR, I have to use the Denon remote. Minor inconvenience. But, still.......
I’m sure that’s more than ANYONE wanted to know. But, that is how I get the picture and sound that I get (big hat tip to LG OLED TV technology, too). Watching Saving Private Ryan again with this current setup (LG OLED and Denon AVR) was simply stunning.
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport; 2020 C43; 2021 Sahara 4xe 1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica Wife's: 2015 X1 xDrive28i Son's: 2009 328i; 2018 330i xDrive
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2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
I find even the earlier 59 to 61 models looked a lot more appealing:
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
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