A Call For Humor!

[mhardy6647]

I was involved in a little discussion about lifting grounds (for troubleshooting ground loops) Somewhere Else recently.
I shared a photo of one of the classical tools used (in the good ol' US of A) to do this.

And I thought to myself:

Hmm. It looks like it knows that the end user isn't going to hook that little green tab to a ground.

 

[pseudoid]

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And I thought to myself:

Hmm. It looks like it knows that the end user isn't going to hook that little green tab to a ground.

If someone's AC outlets are THAT old -needing cheater plugs - even what you loosely refer to as 'ground' becomes suspect.
I probably have a half-a-dozen of those stashed away but you are welcome to call me lazy/liar, since I won't provide a photo.

 

[mhardy6647]

If someone's AC outlets are THAT old -needing cheater plugs - even what you loosely refer to as 'ground' becomes suspect.
I probably have a half-a-dozen of those stashed away but you are welcome to call me lazy/liar, since I won't provide a photo.

That is absolutely true! The irony of those adapters.
Meanwhile, if I am using one, it is with deliberate and willful neglect of their nominal purpose!
I've got -- a few -- hangin' around here, too.
They all look pretty much the same.
I think I have them in black, beige, grey, and orange.

 

[Boris Badinov]

 

[Boris Badinov]

 

[Boris Badinov]

 

[Boris Badinov]

 

[Boris Badinov]

 

[ErVikingo]

 

[Pegwill]

 

[Rick63]

Look, only $450!

Panasonic Thrusters audiofile speakers - electronics - by owner - sale - craigslist

Panasonic Thrusters speakers in good condition,these speakers are considered larger bookshelf speakers but i would put them up on stands, the stands should be rigid and thick, the material...

rochester.craigslist.org

 

[mhardy6647]

Look, only $450!

Panasonic Thrusters audiofile speakers - electronics - by owner - sale - craigslist

Panasonic Thrusters speakers in good condition,these speakers are considered larger bookshelf speakers but i would put them up on stands, the stands should be rigid and thick, the material...

rochester.craigslist.org

Preserved for posterity (how long will that ad last?).

You could get a used pair of Polk Audio Monitor Series Model 10 of similar vintage cheaper than that -- and they come with tweeters.





I am just sayin'.

Oh, meanwhile -- two from our colleagues @ Club Polk.

 

[Saturn94]

Preserved for posterity (how long will that ad last?).

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You could get a used pair of Polk Audio Monitor Series Model 10 of similar vintage cheaper than that -- and they come with tweeters.





I am just sayin'.

Oh, meanwhile -- two from our colleagues @ Club Polk.

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Lol. I had a pair of those Panasonic Thrusters back around 1980. They came with one of those cheap all-in-one stereo sets (turntable, tuner, cassette player, amp/controls all in one unit) which I‘m sure cost much less than the asking price in that ad. If you look at the label, you will notice what looks like a woofer is a passive radiator. There’s nothing “audiophile” about them.

 

[jkasch]

 

[jkasch]

 

[Canuck57]

 

[mhardy6647]

Lol. I had a pair of those Panasonic Thrusters back around 1980. They came with one of those cheap all-in-one stereo sets (turntable, tuner, cassette player, amp/controls all in one unit) which I‘m sure cost much less than the asking price in that ad. If you look at the label, you will notice what looks like a woofer is a passive radiator. There’s nothing “audiophile” about them.

That is exactly so -- as is the large cone in the Polk.
Nothing wrong with PRs, by the way -- it's a way to construct a bass reflex enclosure without the challenges of port noise.
<insert bad pun Port Noise Complaint joke here and invoke Philip Roth >

Panasonic added some sex* to the mix with their Thrusters and their Vibra-Cones

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* Well, I guess Portnoy did, too, come to think of it.

 

[Boris Badinov]

 

[Boris Badinov]

 

[thegeton]