blue.monk
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Thanks for the update, Tim. Wishing you all the best in your recovery.
I also appreciate the update - I mean, family and health are what matters the most obviously. I wish you the best Tim! I signed up for another exam......had one when I turned 50 and I've decided not to wait until I'm 60...my Uncle died of prostate cancer and I don't want to have something sneak up on me.
I should clarify! I've had 2 colonoscopys and they do not detect prostate cancer....I meant to say, I've had 2 blood tests and had another yesterday to help check for prostate issues...
PSA number is typically part of the lab work from annual physicals; if it starts to ramp up, a referral to a urologist is warranted as suggested by a good MD. Regular physicals are important; more so once you reach 50.
IMO... if your insurance covers it or you can afford it... I would just get yearly checks with urologist...not your regular physician...because a urologist is more experienced in the physical exam of your prostate and sometimes the PSA can be wrong...
Delia Derbyshire did a lot of work composing music for the BBC; she has a writing credit for the Doctor Who theme from 1963-69.
Re-doing the rubber surrounds works wonders, when I got my Monitor Audio speakers the old Acoustic Research AR93s got put in the spare room and not used. A few years later I gave them to a friend who was broke and needed some speakers, unfortunately he found the surrounds had perished, so bought a kit from the USA, fixed them, and they are still going strong and sounding good. Mind you he has kept his children+dogs+cat well away from them!On today's schedule - Equipment Maintenance!
1. The Marantz 4140 amp at the heart of the quad system has been out of service for several weeks. It would be a little "spitty" on startup and then quiet down at operating temperature so it had been left ON for several months, sounding sweet. Then sometime after Labor Day, I started hearing a noise from the other room where the quad system is setup. I came to realize the noises were from the right front speaker and these were getting to be louder pops. So I shut the Marantz off, knowing it would require service. It's about a 45 minute drive to the service provider, this is what holiday vacation days are for.
2. Spare pair of Advent Loudspeakers - I bought these "great sounding" off eBay a couple years ago for about $200 including the shipping. They look very much like the walnut Advents I bought in 1977 and still have. When the 35th anniversary Advents arrived, I took off the grille cloth off one and saw the woofer surround gasket had disintegrated (common with these over time). Checked the other speaker and it was in the same shape. I quizzed the seller "how could these be great sounding in this condition?" (sent photos) We settled on $100 for the pair so that's all I have invested. The cabinets aren't going to win any awards but it's still a reasonable proposition. The quad system is 4 Advent Legacy III speakers that do play well but I toy with the idea of using the original large Advent speakers instead. We'll see how they sound once rehabilitated.
I've vacuumed out all of the flaky surround gasket material and removed any remnants to make a clean mounting surface. Had an extra set of new surrounds (since 2001) to apply but not the glue (would've been nasty anyways), so I got some new glue off eBay yesterday so it's time to apply it now and hit the road with the Marantz 4140.
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