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The stands are about 14" tall. Your pair of W5000's most likely just happen to be of a darker piece of Macassar Ebony. I've seen a huge variance in W5000s, which doesn't surprise me at all, because I've also encountered huge variances in the Macassar Ebony I've used over the years. Also remember that this stand has the camera flash enhancing the grain. It's a bit darker in person.

Yeah what he said.

Oh yeah, no problem. That angle makes them look bulkier than they are. They taper down nicely. I had some AT's on hand to use to test the fit.

Thanks, The W-5000 stand is Macassar Ebony, which is what the headphone cups are made from. It's a satin finish to match the headphones. I used a Japanese Cherry for the W11-JPN stand, and stained it with a Merlot stain followed by a Burgundy toner. It's a gloss finish, as is the W11-JPN.

I'm sure you'll be very happy with it. Nice amp.

Hey I just finished a couple of stands for some AT's that I thought were kind of interesting. The client wanted a similar shape to AT's own stand design, but he wanted colors to match his headphones (W11-JPN & W-5000). I made them kind of tall, because I want the wooden headphone cups to sit in the middle of the Curly Maple pillar pieces. That should make the headphones pop off of the lighter Maple. My flash makes the W11-JPN stand look kind of Pinkish, but it's really a Brownish/Burgundy, and a very close match to that headphone.

That's about what I paid for my slightly used Opera Audio Consonance A-120 Linear. I love this integrated!

Hey soloz, What are the spikes on your stand? Are those he infamous #1 philips bits?

Good Luck!

Ah, OK I am familiar with that. It seems to kind of go against the whole motor isolation idea though. Wouldn't the motor vibration be carried into the platter with that system?

I had noticed that the Galibier tables used some different looking tape belts, but couldn't find anything about them on their site. I guess I haven't seen the new VPI yet. I like the silk, but wanted to try out some different tapes.

Thanks!

Does anyone know of a source for tape drive belts? I'm curious as to what's out there.

Paul Newman was one of the greatest actors of his day. Where he really blazed a trail was being a no nonsense philanthropist. The fame never went to his head. There was a great Iconoclast episode recently with Robert Redford discussing Paul's life. The interview with the two of them is very worth seeing. "Diggin' the hole boss."

I'm downloading Cher's greatest hits on my iPod now, just to torture my crew Monday morning.

I needed a new job site radio, and this one has a sealed compartment for an iPod, as well as the 20 pin connection. Put my 160Gb. iPod on shuffle and let her rip.

36V here, but it can get quite heavy. I also own 24V, 18V and 14.4V drills.

Gorgeous system Voltron! Those Harbeth's are mouth watering!

Yeah I have an extra set of 32 ohm. I thought I already told you they were yours for the asking? I'll send them along soon.

Happy Birthday SlackMaster!

My all time favorite city!

It should absolutely roast the NAD. Great news DigiPete!

You should see the package Friday. Great news!

That was the only thing down here that sustained damage, it's totaled. I'll get it out Wednesday, as I have a few other items I need to mail then as well.

And left all his gear to -=ChildoftheHorn=-.