@hoodjem , It was a dog joke on the side. I commented on how beautiful StuartK’s home is. And he has a big fluffy dog, hence the dog hair jokes. I have two standard poodles , one cream and one black. Cheers , Mike B.
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@audphile1 , +1, Yes sir, no system , no market feedback, no posts started. It’s a wicked existence in the peanut gallery. As a financially limited mid-Fi guy even I have found an improvement in a power cable upgrade. Now truth be known for me it was about 1/3 of the time. My biggest change was adding a Shunyata Venom HC 20 amp cord to my Richard Gray power filter. This was in addition to a Hubble outlet upgrade, and it was very noticeable. What chaps my ass is that someone can make a lame blanket statement and impose it over and over. My apologies for not posting my frugal system. Rogue Hera, Rogue Dark 180’s, Rogue RP-1, Had Inspire, Schiit Yiggy, Innuos , Thorens TT, Grado Prestiege, Morrow level 5, Cardas, Richard Gray, Tekton, Zu, JBL, Klipsch , Townsend Podiums, 2 Standard Poodles, dozens of NOS tubes. |
@stuartk , Ha Ha , I run them straight into the wall. I purchased them from Synergistic Research. They were the original production run of Tuning Poodles, one in Cream and one in Black. They each have their own sound shaping characteristics as the Black offers a softer and deeper soundstage whilst the Cream is a more vivid, in your face presentation. Running a mix of tube and SS gear I have found both positive and negative attributes from both. Also temperature and humidity seem to affect the Cream tuning poodle more than the Black. I’ve yet to try the Orange tuning poodle although I’ve read encouraging results. BTW your home is absolutely gorgeous and one of my favorites on AGON. Regards , Mike B. |
Also random thoughts to all regarding counterfeit products. About 25 years ago when a new wave of designer blue jeans became the rage , Levi’s were $25 and the designer pairs were $80-150. My son’s friend worked at a specialty store in the local mall. He started buying all the same jeans Gray Market direct from China. The kids sold them out of their car trunk at the high school parking lot. They made a killing as their cost was around $30 per pair to them. This went on for over a year until US Customs confiscated a couple of shipments and the kids stopped. They were the legit product and not seconds. The Chinese manufacturers had no problem overproducing and selling all they could. I saw this again years later with Oakley and Rudy sunglasses as my friend was importing and selling them to hustle a quick buck. He went on to sell cycling apparel the same way until he was banned from EBay. Regards , Mike B. |