For a great solid state pre try an awesome Accuphase. Just recently got 'hold of one myself; I must admit that I don't yet know how good it really is. Most every time that I install better cables etc, the rig goes to yet another level.
Martice you're a great writer BTW! |
Dont do it.Sand amps will drive you crazy.Its like the Beautiful girl with the HIGH PITCHED VOICE.Easy and great to look at but the voice will drive you nuts.Keep us posted.
I am still in Love with my 66,though i might be swayed by a 99. |
Oh well, let me get my best suit on and walk on down to the high class bars where all the high end chicks hang out. Who knows, maybe I can get a Levinson to give me the time of day. I just hope that I don't ruin my relationship like I did with Rogue or Line 1 or pretty soon word is going to get out that I'm a luv'em and leave'em type of guy.
Thanks for the input guys. I'll keep you posted. |
Matrice, I have to go along with Snooker14. Hava a good long listen to the Levinson 380S. She will take you to places you have never been before. She will bring you back, then take you there again. Good Luck, Doug |
Sorry to tell you this Martice, but I had Line 1 before you did. She measures well, but I prefer a girl that is on the edge, not the straight and narrow. So I dumped her too. In the end I went for a pair of girls with big bottles (KT88s) but engage a solid state girl called Placette for the foreplay. No lack of seductive curves in just the right places, and don't listen to that talk that the tubed girls can't work your bottom end. |
Have you thought about trying to patch things up with Line 1? Get 'er enough vintage bottled brews to fill her plate and she just might consider coming back, more eager than ever to please. That is, if you haven't ruined her completely. Tell me she isn't shattered beyond salvage! Not such an angel as her! |
If I knew the answer I wouldn't be here. But I do believe in synergy, compatibility and long term commitment. Someone who will be reliable through the good times and the bad. But you my friend need to meet as many candidates as possible. Just don't go home with them after your first date. Happy hunting. |
Wirehead, do you have any suggestions? |
There, there Martice, your just on the rebound right now. Watch out for those gold diggers. They'll love ya til the money runs out or you work your fingers to the bone day and night just to hear her purr. But you never know whats going to set her off. How 'bout something you could take home to mother. You know, well balanced, bright and just a little on the lean side. |
I would like to try an Alph but I think she's a little too upscale for my wallet. However, I don't mind taking a sloppy second hand used one. As long as she wasn't abused in her last home she has a home in mine. |
Think I meant *threesome* above... whatever (it's late -- excuse). |
Martice, what about a shapely midrange, tight & full upper mid, beautiful headroom, and tight, full, effortless bottom end with long and finely-outlined extension?
Wirehead: what are suggesting? That single Martice should get into a tri-some?? |
What can I say? I like my Pre amps cold and dynamic with a powerful bottom end.
I'm such a pig!!! |
Martice, I greatly enjoyed your post. Your writing style is at least as good as what I've seen in any current magazine. In fact, I believe that the top half dozen or so posters on this forum could put out a helluva periodical. Don |
When my SF-Line 1 and I called it quits, I replaced her with a Levinson 380S. Contrary to some people on this site, I prefer to keep the sordid and deeply painful personal filth of my life to myself. So when I say about her that "...parting is such sweet sorrow", you can just call me an incurable romantic and leave it at that.
I jumped right into the Levinson, my wife right beside me, and we have no regrets. When I need some of that sweet tube taste, I listen to a Cary in my home office without my wife but with her full consent. Those of you thinking we are a kinky couple, don't get too image oriented on us; for that we use the Home Theater in the basement. No tubes there. |
Sounds like you should be single end triode for a while. |
I say forget about going passive - we're all going passive if we get old enough. flaunt it while you still got it, martice, you fancy-pants french dandy, you! |
Why not go passive (no pun intended) for a while. Hook up a phono w/ some gain for analogue. Gives you time to keep looking while listening to music back home. Passive could be DIY, even.
Good luck! |
Great post. Try the Placette--30 days, no commitment required. Her knobs leave something to be desired, but she'll never lie to you. |
From one slut to another...yes. Let me know. |
I'm so ashamed Kubla. So ashamed!! By the way I have a nice pre amp I'm sizing up. Want me to see if she has a friend? |
You, my fickle friend, are simply a slut in the threadbare guise of a romanticist and i find your post distasteful and vulgar and wonder how many other beauties you will destroy with your insatiable recklessness.
Arnie! |
