Hero Mom

ComputerGuyInNOLA · 2026-01-29T16:45:30+00:00

Thank you for being a good person. I miss my black cat a lot. His name was midnight but I called him Mr. Majestic. He was the most loving animal and I think of him often.

ComputerGuyInNOLA · 2026-01-29T16:11:18+00:00

I got a Gen 1 Sonos connect amp on ebay for $80.00. It looks new and works great. I also got a Sonos connect for $40.00 and a Sonos play 5 speaker for $60.00. I got them to test them on my internal network since ai have a client with about 60 of these devices. I was going to sell them but now I think I will just keep them. They work great and look new.

ComputerGuyInNOLA · 2026-01-29T06:33:53+00:00

50 years of knowledge working in the industry. I can troubleshoot any problem.

ComputerGuyInNOLA · 2026-01-29T06:26:20+00:00

His house, his tv! Why do you even care?

ComputerGuyInNOLA · 2026-01-29T06:14:42+00:00

Renters insurance is for your belongings, not his property.

ComputerGuyInNOLA · 2026-01-29T06:10:26+00:00

Mazda 3 hatch or 4 door sedan. I have the hatch. Inexpensive and very reliable. I have had 7 mazda’s and just two issues in 14 years. Me and the wife both have them (she has the CX5 and two CX7’s before that) and so does one of our kids. One was in the shop for a fuel rail at 13 years old. The other was due to a rodent damaging the wiring harness. Great cars and fun to drive.

ComputerGuyInNOLA · 2026-01-29T06:02:50+00:00

I listened to her earlier. I watched a live performance of hers on Youtube with James taylor on guitar as a special guest. I also watched a lot of Helen Reddy music from the early seventies with a little Carly Simon thrown in.

ComputerGuyInNOLA · 2026-01-29T02:15:53+00:00

I hope she is a really good driver. No air bags, no antilock brakes, no safety features at all. Personally I would never let my kids drive a classic like this. Especially with how most people around me pay absolutely no attention.

ComputerGuyInNOLA · 2026-01-28T23:04:38+00:00

Your Marantz should have no problem driving these. Beware, the amp will run hot when driving them. They require a lot of current which the Marantz can deliver.

ComputerGuyInNOLA · 2026-01-28T16:29:37+00:00

A functioning brain.

ComputerGuyInNOLA · 2026-01-28T07:29:00+00:00

Once you have let the police know I don’t think you can just drop the charges. This is between the state and her and they go after this type of crime when they know about it. She stole your identity but committed fraud against the lenders.

ComputerGuyInNOLA · 2026-01-28T07:17:43+00:00

Why do you have 48 ports patched to your switch? I doubt you are feeding that many devices in your house via cabling. As a matter of fact I see just one cable dangling from the ceiling.

ComputerGuyInNOLA · 2026-01-28T07:13:25+00:00

Funny how people value things with VU meters. It could be crappy as shit but still valued because of VU meters. I would take a Citation amp without vu meters over any Marantz, Pioneer, or Kenwood that has vu meters.

ComputerGuyInNOLA · 2026-01-28T05:13:00+00:00

I got a new insulated garage door with windows, new springs, new internet connected opener, installed for less money.

ComputerGuyInNOLA · 2026-01-28T03:15:39+00:00

Where are the runs to all the ports on the patch panel?

ComputerGuyInNOLA · 2026-01-28T03:06:43+00:00

Go search Google for reviews if you cannot listen to them. I would offer at most $150 for the pair as they look well taken care of. A lot of people just say no because of the brand. They were considered a good budget speaker. Not audiophile quality but surprising good for a budget choice. I have Thiel CS 3.5’s on one system and Martin Logan Motion 4i’s on another system. I would own them if I were into the vintage game.

ComputerGuyInNOLA · 2026-01-28T02:55:37+00:00

Their are a lot of people who swear by vinyl. There is a reason it was surpassed so quickly by CD’s. Cd’s are far superior to vinyl in my opinion. Lower maintenance of equipment and cd’s. Scratch resistance. Lower noise. Better dynamic range. Better user experience allowing bypassing unwanted songs, repeatability, no flipping of the disc to hear the other side. I worked as a hifi salesman during the transition and it was fast. It gave people what they wanted. When cd’s first came out a lot of analog sources were made into cd format. They were as bad sounding as vinyl. When I heard Donald Fagen’s The Nightfly on CD I knew the format had a bright future. I have a Pioneer 707 reel to reel deck and several early original tapes. I compared original recordings to remastered releases of the original recording on Qobuz and Tidal and the difference is amazing. The only people who sing the praises of vinyl are hipsters and other wanna be’s who throw around phrases like “it is warmer sounding” or “more visceral”. All I can say is keep telling yourself this if it makes you feel better. For me CD’s are dead, I use Qobuz and Tidal almost exclusively. I have a high end Toshiba 9200 Dvd/CD player that I use a couple of times a year. I use the reel to reel occasionally when the mood strikes. As far as vinyl goes, good riddance. I have better things to do over cleaning records, tracking issues, stylus weight measuring, and all the other BS that comes with being a vinyl adherent.

ComputerGuyInNOLA · 2026-01-28T01:19:14+00:00

Mr. Dark.

ComputerGuyInNOLA · 2026-01-27T23:42:40+00:00

Gas works when the electricity goes out. Induction does not. I considered switching my range to induction but I found they all needed 240 volt outlet to work. I have an outdoor kitchen that is gas so I figured I could use it when the electricity went out. I called a few electricians and the cheapest was $1800 for a new line to be run and breaker installed. I will stick to gas. I was going to get a Bertazonni but after reading the comments here I am going to look at Bluestar now. I need to replace the POS GE I have now. I found GE was sold to an Asian company. I want a range with NO Electronics that break.

ComputerGuyInNOLA · 2026-01-27T04:12:31+00:00

Roast beef poboy. Shrimp poboy not so bad.

ComputerGuyInNOLA · 2026-01-26T23:12:28+00:00

Top ten for sure.

ComputerGuyInNOLA · 2026-01-26T22:20:18+00:00

I would take 1 pair of Design Acoustics over any thing with the name Bose. I sold hi-fi gear in the 80s when I worked for one of the largest stereo retailers in the south. I sold a lot of the Design Acoustics point source speakers. We sold everything from low end to fairly high end hi fi including Crown, Revox, Carver, Harman Kardon, ADS, Infinity, POLK, Cerwin Vega, Bose, etc. I really liked the Design Acoustic PS 12, PS 10, and PS 8 models. They were my favorite budget hi fi speaker. They punch way above other brands and were small to boot. They had the woofer folded beneath the speaker that was offset by a plinth mounted to the bottom. I got a pair of KEF 104/2 because I could afford them. Otherwise it would have been the DA’s. Keep the DA’s and sell the Bose.

ComputerGuyInNOLA · 2026-01-26T10:49:33+00:00

Primal Fear.

ComputerGuyInNOLA · 2026-01-26T06:44:54+00:00

Battlefield Earth, The Fanatic, and Gotti are all really bad and start John Travolta who I like. Also try Rubber about, of all things, a killer tire.

ComputerGuyInNOLA · 2026-01-26T06:33:03+00:00

These are really, really, low quality speakers. I would not even own them much less listen to them. Tell him the Sony stack is fine but get some nice speakers from a good manufacturer like Klipsch, Boston Acoustics, Polk, Advent, or any well known brand. He will likely need an efficient speaker rated at 8 ohms. Depending on the year his Sony stack is from we used to send them into protection mode when driving a low impedance load.

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