I picked up a Cambridge Soundworks "MovieWorks 5.1" speaker package and a Marantz SR7000 receiver about a year ago.
The receiver has more ins and outs than I'll ever need all 5 digital inputs are assignable to any input source, it's got optical and coaxial digital out, 6 channel line-level output, 100 watts x 5 channel amplifier, Dolby Digital and DTS decoding and a learning remote that has replaced six others.
The speakers have been great. The switchable bipole/dipole speakers offer a pronounced difference depending on the source recording. And the 100 watt 12" sub shakes the whole house!
I love it and chicks dig it, too. I'm not so sure about my neighbors, though.
ub-ub
I attended last years punkin chunk and cruised the "pit" with contestants and contraptions. One of the biggest problems with getting good distance is the fact that pumpkins don't stand up to extreme acceleration. The rules state the punkin must leave the "device" intact. A good proportion don't make it and spray "punkinfetti" out the barrel of those big pneumatic cannons.
The most surprising aspect is the enormous amount of effort and money spent on creating these machines: LARGE air compressors, high pressure tanks, oil over air compressors, hydrolics for lifting and aiming barrels, all permanently mounted on customized trailers. And that's just the pheumatic "big guns." How about those centrifugal machines using automobile engines mounted on wobbly towers!
As they say, "safety is optional"
For a good laugh, check out "The Art & Science of Punkin' Chunkin'" video: http://www.dca.net/arden Tongue-in-cheek and surprisingly well done
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I picked up a Cambridge Soundworks "MovieWorks 5.1" speaker package and a Marantz SR7000 receiver about a year ago. The receiver has more ins and outs than I'll ever need all 5 digital inputs are assignable to any input source, it's got optical and coaxial digital out, 6 channel line-level output, 100 watts x 5 channel amplifier, Dolby Digital and DTS decoding and a learning remote that has replaced six others. The speakers have been great. The switchable bipole/dipole speakers offer a pronounced difference depending on the source recording. And the 100 watt 12" sub shakes the whole house! I love it and chicks dig it, too. I'm not so sure about my neighbors, though. ub-ub
I attended last years punkin chunk and cruised the "pit" with contestants and contraptions. One of the biggest problems with getting good distance is the fact that pumpkins don't stand up to extreme acceleration. The rules state the punkin must leave the "device" intact. A good proportion don't make it and spray "punkinfetti" out the barrel of those big pneumatic cannons.
The most surprising aspect is the enormous amount of effort and money spent on creating these machines: LARGE air compressors, high pressure tanks, oil over air compressors, hydrolics for lifting and aiming barrels, all permanently mounted on customized trailers. And that's just the pheumatic "big guns." How about those centrifugal machines using automobile engines mounted on wobbly towers!
As they say, "safety is optional"
For a good laugh, check out "The Art & Science of Punkin' Chunkin'" video: http://www.dca.net/arden Tongue-in-cheek and surprisingly well done