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Offline xcortes

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on: March 28, 2011, 01:04:11 PM
Nope, this one is not a BH kit (there's still plenty of those in the making!) but a real one. The fourth one will arrive before 2011 is gone. Plenty of joyous music these days please!

Xavier Cortes


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Reply #1 on: March 28, 2011, 01:10:43 PM
Congrats!

I would perhaps not follow Doc's lead for naming conventions.



Offline JC

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Reply #2 on: March 28, 2011, 01:29:31 PM
Heartiest congratulations! 

Headphones are your friends for the next year or two, I imagine!

Jim C.


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Reply #3 on: March 28, 2011, 01:36:29 PM
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Headphones are your friends for the next year or two, I imagine!

Nope, my kids have always lived (as I did on my time) with nice music all day. They learn, since very young, to stay away from my hot tubes (don't ask my teaching technique) and to enjoy what comes out of the speakers. The big one (six) already helped me to put together my last kit (Eros) and the boys' and girls' rooms each have a Gainclone amp, a Toshiba modified (ala John Swenson) CD player and a nice pair of speakers (Jordan JX92S TLs the girls and Altec 403As with Fostex tweeters the boys).

The more my kids grow and demand of me the less my headphones are used!

Xavier Cortes


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Reply #4 on: March 28, 2011, 02:47:06 PM
Xavier,

Congratulations to you and your wife from Paula and me.



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Reply #5 on: March 28, 2011, 04:57:10 PM
That sounds like my upbringing. I would just sit on the couch with my parents and fall asleep while they listened to Allman Brothers and Clapton. Congrats.

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Reply #6 on: March 29, 2011, 01:49:16 AM
Congratulations!  I too am proud to say that my 9 year old hears what her peers are listening to and by and large says the music is terrible.  I like to take credit for that.   :)



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Reply #7 on: March 29, 2011, 02:33:09 AM
Congratulations Xavier and to your wife and the new one's siblings as well!

I too grew up with a variety of music from Classical to opera to jazz, folk, celtic, etc. -- now look at me :-).  However I will say that I didn't have my own stereo in my room until fairly late in my teens.

Congratulations again,

Jim

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Reply #8 on: March 29, 2011, 05:17:17 AM
Congrats Xavier! How did you find the time to make another kid amongst all of your audio projects? ;^)>

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Reply #9 on: March 29, 2011, 05:53:10 AM
Congratulations to you and your family



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