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I lost a ton of paperwork and personal stuff when our waterpipes burst---including my owner's manual for my Onkyo TX-8500 MKII. I have been unable to find a new manual anywhere, even a .pdf. Did you ever find a manual? Where? Thanks in advance for any advice and/or information you care to give.

Listening to Latin Jazz... On my :music:headphones:music:, through my Onkyo Tx-8500 MK II. The source is my DirecTV/Sonic Tap channel. Not ultra-hi-fi by any stretch of the imagination but good enough in light of the quantity of bourbon I've consumed. Good rhythms. :music:

Corroded Spike I'm drinking my own concoction---The Corroded Spike. Rocks glass full of ice. Three parts Jack Daniels Single Barrel. One part Evan b Williams Honey liqueur.

Canadian Fastener. Variation on the Rusty Nail (Always one of my favorites...) I call a Canadian Fastener: Three parts Canadian Mist Black Diamond plus one part Drambuie in a rocks glass full of ice plus a sprinkle of fresh lime juice. Stir well.:yes:

Do the surrounds before it's too late. You'll never forgive yourself if you fail to take the requisite action to save those drivers. Do it. Fix those surrounds.:yes:

More precious than gold... I hope your Son appreciates that set-up. Such things are more precious than gold. They have a signal-to-noise ratio that approaches the infinite. :yes: Thank you for sharing this story with us all.:thmbsp:

Hello. This is a great place. Nice people and tons of information. Whatever the question, someone on here probably has answered it already.:thmbsp: :D Welcome! :D

Hello! Audio is really fun. Vintage offers the chance to obtain really good, old gear at reasonable prices, and truly exceptional classic pieces if you have the cash. It's a big tent...:yes: You are gonna love this forum.:thmbsp:

Vintage 1978. My Onkyo TX-2500 Mk II rated at 40 WPCH has filled my family room with sound during all-night parties at very high volume levels. Also sounds sweet at low volume levels. :yes: It sounded good in 1978 and still sounds good in 2013. :smoke:

Christmas gift. My daughter bought me a pair of Skullcandy Aviator headphones for Christmas 2012. I have used them for several, two-hour-plus, listening sessions; they seem reasonably comfortable. The sound seems to be reasonably well-balanced. The highs are clear without being sizzly...

First... These cartoons were the first thing I looked for in Stereo Review, back in the old days.:D Thanks for posting them.:thmbsp:

Suggestions... Do all sources generate the same "sorta-headache" problem? If so, then you may want to get that receiver checked out. I am not an electronics expert by any means but I can imagine that some sort of circuit degradation could be producing spurious subsonic frequencies---some of...

Mostly Music... For the past three years, I have been watching less TV and listening to more music---all genres, CDs, LPs, DirecTV music channels. Music is much better than TV:yes:.

Let's gooooo, Mountaineers! Hello and welcome. This is a great site; I learn something every time I look at it. I like the garage/mancave. I was supposed to build a garage with upstairs man-loft this past Summer but got sidetracked. Maybe next Summer... In the meantime, I am satisfying my...

Couple LPs... Lee Ritenour, "Captain Fingers." Freddie Hubbard/Stanley Turrentine, "In Concert---Volume One." :smoke: