lou_setriodes
Responses from lou_setriodes
| How far have you gone? A 2 hour or a 75-100 mile drive is my limit to buy audio gear, but I don't spend megabucks on this hobby. If I did, I'd be willing to drive further. | |
| Best bourbon? I vote that Audiogon expand their Virtual System page to include a "Virtual Liquor Cabinet" page....seems like that's where we are heading with these Best Bourbon & Best Single Malt threads. I got the cute little $5.99 bottle of Blantons - not... | |
| Musical, high powered Amp under $1k If you can find a B&K EX442 Sonata, sweet, musical, and tube-like as all heck. I once a/b'd an EX442 Sonata against a pr of Paoli 60M tube monoblocks (8417 outputs) which is a super moded pr of Dyna MkIII's and could barely tell the difference... | |
| The Best & Rarest of all Stereo Gear What is that, an 845 output with a 300B input tube? I've definitely not seen anything like them. I'm quite sure they are amazing sounding as I have heard some great 845 amps, but for me, if I ever go back to SETs, I prefer the opposite - very low ... | |
| Personal speaker evolution From beginning to present:78-81 Sound Research81-84 Smaller Advent Loudspeaker85-86 Jamo Compact 50's & 70's & Triad Subwoofer86-88 Mirage 660's.....(excellent)88-93 ProAc Studio 1.....(top 5 I've owned)1993 Celestion C7.....(excellent - g... | |
| The Best & Rarest of all Stereo Gear I agree, the Paisleys are terrific speakers. I think if Celestion or ProAc made them and marketed them at $2-2500, they would sell all day at that price. I'd be very lucky to come across another pair of Raunas at a reasonable price. If it's meant ... | |
| The Best & Rarest of all Stereo Gear I hear you about not remembering what you had for breakfast, as I'm getting to that age too, or maybe I'm there already, as I just realized that I haven't eaten breakfast at all today :) I'm trying to get a handle on your comments. I've read so ma... | |
| The Best & Rarest of all Stereo Gear Those were the speakers I heard the first time stepping into a really high end audio store and I'll never forget how great they sounded. You know, when your jaw drops to the ground in amazement. Same thing happened the first time I heard SET amps.... | |
| The Best & Rarest of all Stereo Gear HADs:1. rare early Jeff Korneff 6BQ5 SE int amp - beautiful sounding - owned it for 5+ years2. one off custom Conn PP6BG6 triode amp - amazing sounding 8 wpc - owned it for 5+ years3. Custom 6T9 SE int amp - one off beautifully built & looking... | |
| Manufacturers don't get it. make tubes visible. I also agree with most others here to keep the tubes visible. I remember Roger Modjeski of Music Reference once writing about his tube amp philosophy - keep the transformers in the back and the tubes in the front for better ventilation. And his am... | |
| Neat cheap amp suggestions . Help me have fun. Hi,This is a very old thread so I'm sure you found something cheap and fun; however, in case anyone is still looking for cheap and really fun, you've got to check out:http://fleawatt.blogspot.com/ I've currently have a Fleawatt in my bedroom syste... | |
| The Best & Rarest of all Stereo Gear Yes, I think I remember that Rappaport preamp from an old TAS magazine. Years ago, I picked up a rare Pilot mono receiver at a yard sale for $35 that must have been a foot tall in a beautiful wood cabinet w/Genelec KT-66's. Sold it untested a few ... | |
| What was your first 'hi-end' system? My first hi-end system was in the early 80's and I didn't know what to do with it. An older neighbor with family problems very unexpectedly brought over a McIntosh C-22 preamp, MR-71 tuner, a Dyna Mk 2 amp, and a Thorens TD-124 TT w/SME tonearm al... | |
| Best bourbon? I had Eagles Rare last week and really liked it, would love to try Blantons Reserve | |
| Any good FM tuners around for less than $200? I agree with you Mike. There are a lot of tuners to choose from at this price point. I had the Yamaha CT-810 once upon a time and liked it very much. The height of the 1010 could be of consideration though as it was a very large, tall tuner. |