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Don't you hate it when you go into your local shop to purchase that one piece. Usually a major upgrade or add on component and walk out with 2 or 3 or 4 more items? 
Damn It! Mrs. Dog had been putting away some money for sometime
, with the intent on giving it to me as a birthday present (recently passed.) 
Instead of buying me something, she basically gave me a "home made" gift certificate stating she had set aside X dollars for me to use towards the purchase of anything I've been wanting, but would not buy myself, because I always put everyone, and everything else ahead of myself, my desires. 
I mean we probably would not have the Sony GWII LCD RPTV, if it hadn't been for the fact that SHE really wanted one as well. Of course I wanted it, but I wouldn't have spent the money just for my own selfish pleasure, but of course when she said "I would really like to get a big screen." (Mrs. Dog is an over-the-top, screaming, yelling, and jumping... Detroit Red Wings fan.) 
I digress...
Mrs. Dog gave me a fairly large "Gift Certificate."
So I decided (well I decided a long time ago, rather I am going to pull the trigger) it's time to go to a 6 or 7.1 system since I have the funds to do so, without feeling guilty. I bought a set of rear surrounds last week, and put them in place of the dipoles I had on the back wall. My intention is to then move the dipoles out to a true (just behind, and facing the main listening/seating) surround position. Of course my RMB-1095 is only a 5-channel amp. Poor, poor, woeful me. 
I'll have to go out and buy the RB-1080. Oh Darn... 
But I have to run some new speaker wire and plan on doing this during the long Turkey day weekend. So I contacted the dealer yesterday hoping that if he didn't have a silver RB-1080 in stock, I could get one by Turkey day. 
Well, he had one in his warehouse, and could have it in the store today. I took a couple of vacation hours off work to leave early and go pick it up. 
But, I then realized that I also need to add another shelf to the rack. No big deal, and a nominal cost, comparatively. I mean it's a $50 or $70 dollar item. Compared to the cost of the amp and other equipment. Peanuts...
While in the store, waiting for my salesman to finish with another customer. I noticed a product I had researched before, and planned on getting (or at least something of it's ilk, I never really considered this particular product, mostly due to cost.) But they had just started to carry the line, and there, on the counter was the Panamax MAX® 5510 ACRegenerator® I looked it over, checked out the specs, checked out the diagram on the top of the box and started to ask questions. What a nice piece of kit (as our British friends might say.)
2 Dedicated 2 channel outlets (Hey, I've got 2 power amps now.) Delay-able start up sequences. 10 outlets in the back, one "easy to reach" in the front. Two beautiful, old skool, current and voltage meters, 4 always-on outlets, 4 configurable (always-on, or switched) outlets. Plus Sat, Cable coax filters, and a phone filter. 
(TiVo uses a phone line, I said to myself.) Then I started to read the specs and was starting to feel a bit flush. I asked how much, and was hit with YEE-OUCH, that's what my 1066 cost. 
"Do you have them instock"? I asked, he says he only had the one, they just took it out of the box, and were getting ready to put it on display. The cables (still wrapped in their packaging) were right there on the counter next to it. It was spotless, just a couple of finger prints. No dust, the box was on an adjacent table, and the manual and owners registration card and such were still hermetically sealed and in the box.
?Hmm he did just take it out. He says he'll give me a deal on that one since he opened it, (which he did, almost $400 worth) even if it was only 30 minutes ago. And just get another one out of the warehouse, so he can set IT up for display tomorrow. 
Then the clincher... He pulled out his Noise Sniffer.
I've actually seen, and used this device before (and others like it,) in my work to track down issues in DAQ circuits, and problems with signal degradation. It's a speaker in a box, that you plug into a wall outlet to hear what is one the line. No "snake oil" circuitry, just some stuff to keep the 110V feed from melting the voice coil. He has a Max 5300, which is the $500 (or so) model, plugged in at a display. It's plugged into the top outlet of a 2-receptacle plug, and he plugs the sniffer into the bottom outlet. The Sniffer starts generating what can only be described as Pink Noise, although much dirtier. Then he plugs the sniffer into the Max 5300, and it's dead quite. He goes back and forth a couple of times, and next thing I know. They're putting the 5510 back in it's box and sealing it while they run the credit card.
So I go in to get my new RB-1080, and walk out with that, a new shelf for my rack, and a
Panamax MAX® 5510 ACRegenerator®
The moral to this story. DO NOT go into audio/video stores. They're bad! Only evil people reside within, with voodoo magic, and salivation generation devices, that will surely be your downfall.
-Thomas-
The easiest way to find something lost around the house, is to buy a replacement.
Hey You! Make sure you stop by the HTguide Off-Topic section. It's FUN!!!
Damn It! Mrs. Dog had been putting away some money for sometime
, with the intent on giving it to me as a birthday present (recently passed.) Instead of buying me something, she basically gave me a "home made" gift certificate stating she had set aside X dollars for me to use towards the purchase of anything I've been wanting, but would not buy myself, because I always put everyone, and everything else ahead of myself, my desires. I mean we probably would not have the Sony GWII LCD RPTV, if it hadn't been for the fact that SHE really wanted one as well. Of course I wanted it, but I wouldn't have spent the money just for my own selfish pleasure, but of course when she said "I would really like to get a big screen." (Mrs. Dog is an over-the-top, screaming, yelling, and jumping... Detroit Red Wings fan.) I digress...
Mrs. Dog gave me a fairly large "Gift Certificate."
So I decided (well I decided a long time ago, rather I am going to pull the trigger) it's time to go to a 6 or 7.1 system since I have the funds to do so, without feeling guilty. I bought a set of rear surrounds last week, and put them in place of the dipoles I had on the back wall. My intention is to then move the dipoles out to a true (just behind, and facing the main listening/seating) surround position. Of course my RMB-1095 is only a 5-channel amp. Poor, poor, woeful me. I'll have to go out and buy the RB-1080. Oh Darn... But I have to run some new speaker wire and plan on doing this during the long Turkey day weekend. So I contacted the dealer yesterday hoping that if he didn't have a silver RB-1080 in stock, I could get one by Turkey day. Well, he had one in his warehouse, and could have it in the store today. I took a couple of vacation hours off work to leave early and go pick it up. But, I then realized that I also need to add another shelf to the rack. No big deal, and a nominal cost, comparatively. I mean it's a $50 or $70 dollar item. Compared to the cost of the amp and other equipment. Peanuts...
While in the store, waiting for my salesman to finish with another customer. I noticed a product I had researched before, and planned on getting (or at least something of it's ilk, I never really considered this particular product, mostly due to cost.) But they had just started to carry the line, and there, on the counter was the Panamax MAX® 5510 ACRegenerator® I looked it over, checked out the specs, checked out the diagram on the top of the box and started to ask questions. What a nice piece of kit (as our British friends might say.)
2 Dedicated 2 channel outlets (Hey, I've got 2 power amps now.) Delay-able start up sequences. 10 outlets in the back, one "easy to reach" in the front. Two beautiful, old skool, current and voltage meters, 4 always-on outlets, 4 configurable (always-on, or switched) outlets. Plus Sat, Cable coax filters, and a phone filter. (TiVo uses a phone line, I said to myself.) Then I started to read the specs and was starting to feel a bit flush. I asked how much, and was hit with YEE-OUCH, that's what my 1066 cost. "Do you have them instock"? I asked, he says he only had the one, they just took it out of the box, and were getting ready to put it on display. The cables (still wrapped in their packaging) were right there on the counter next to it. It was spotless, just a couple of finger prints. No dust, the box was on an adjacent table, and the manual and owners registration card and such were still hermetically sealed and in the box.
?Hmm he did just take it out. He says he'll give me a deal on that one since he opened it, (which he did, almost $400 worth) even if it was only 30 minutes ago. And just get another one out of the warehouse, so he can set IT up for display tomorrow. Then the clincher... He pulled out his Noise Sniffer.
I've actually seen, and used this device before (and others like it,) in my work to track down issues in DAQ circuits, and problems with signal degradation. It's a speaker in a box, that you plug into a wall outlet to hear what is one the line. No "snake oil" circuitry, just some stuff to keep the 110V feed from melting the voice coil. He has a Max 5300, which is the $500 (or so) model, plugged in at a display. It's plugged into the top outlet of a 2-receptacle plug, and he plugs the sniffer into the bottom outlet. The Sniffer starts generating what can only be described as Pink Noise, although much dirtier. Then he plugs the sniffer into the Max 5300, and it's dead quite. He goes back and forth a couple of times, and next thing I know. They're putting the 5510 back in it's box and sealing it while they run the credit card.
So I go in to get my new RB-1080, and walk out with that, a new shelf for my rack, and a
Panamax MAX® 5510 ACRegenerator®
The moral to this story. DO NOT go into audio/video stores. They're bad! Only evil people reside within, with voodoo magic, and salivation generation devices, that will surely be your downfall.
-Thomas-
The easiest way to find something lost around the house, is to buy a replacement.
Hey You! Make sure you stop by the HTguide Off-Topic section. It's FUN!!!
<-----Lex 
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