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It's pretty much a given that Head-Fi will become more and more sponsor driven. That's just the way it is, I hate to see it happen, but it's a business and that pays the bills.

That's the stand that started it all! My very first stand. Yes we talked about measurements, but if I'd have had them in person I could have done much better. What's really funny is that philodox's amp faceplate (Massive Attack) is about the most complex piece I've made for gear, and that was all from measurements only. I held my breath during the 15 day journey to Canada.

Yeah, I don't envy you, but here's wishing you the best outcome.

It was built to hold two headphones, and as luck would have it that's what Vicki will own (MDR-R10 and SR-007). I have tailored the curve of a headphone stand to the headphone it was meant for, but honestly the curve I use as standard almost always works well, as the headband generally molds to the curve.

Well I understand there will be some Menacing schematics posted soon.

That is funny as hell! And that just may be my new favorite logo! Now who's gonna do a logo for my new marketable scent...Teste.

Just saw Willie recently, and he's still kickin' ass on that guitar. I missed out on tickets to see B.B. several years ago in Anchorage. Then I heard from a friend of a friend that he knew the owners of a local Blues club well, and would most likely show up after the concert. I got there an hour before the concert ended, and got a table right next to the stage. Sure enough about 1 1/2 hrs. later he and the band showed up. He played for 2 hours about 8' away from me.

The Twisted Pear Audio buffalo is supposed to be very nice, but I wouldn't rule out the Opus either. IMO it outperforms the Lavry DA10 and the Benchmark DAC1.

That is really cool Fitz!

Happy Birthday!

Coming from Alaska I have a fondness for Subies. Nice car morphsci!

Oberon Audio Aton Series CDT-1 CD Player. True balanced outputs as well as SE output and tube buffered SE output. A nice player, I had it for about 8 months before going to a dedicated CD Transport.

Cool, I'll have to look for one, thanks.

Ah the 2008, I almost bought a stock unit before finding the Oberon CDP I used to have. Those mods look really nice! And I hate to be a killjoy but that player really doesn't need wood accents. It's an all out industrial design assault, and it would take away from the design IMHO. Of coarse the customer is always right, so if you insist...

Fair enough, I realized it was wood, but I guess what I really meant was did your lathe come with that mount? Mine only came with a chuck similar to this... I've been considering a jaw chuck like this... but what you have there would be a cheaper option, and would accomplish what I need.

Smeggy what kind of chuck are you using here? And where did you get it?

I tagged onto a VT4C.com order of luvdunhill's a little while back. I didn't expect them so soon. The quality is fantastic, and the cone feet and record clamp are seriously heavy pieces. I'll most definitely order from them again. Quite inexpensive too, IIRC I paid about $105.00 total.

Noted Sir.

Yeah I saw that from the sale thread over there. Congrats! That's the nicest looking pair of Sextetts I've seen, including my very nice pair.

The Vestigal tonearm was the arm mated to the classic Transcriptors Skeleton.

OK one more thing. I had to pick this gem up. It will be installed on the Thorens TD-160 Mk.II which will be modded with a new Wenge plinth. So the idea with all the new TT's I've been picking up is to mod them with wooden plinths and new parts, then sell them. Is it bad that I don't want to sell them now? Is it redundant to have 3 very different TT's on top of my racks? I have a giant slab of 3" thick Maple that I could place on top of my two new racks, and it will fit the 3 TT's and my CD transport. Tell me guys is this crazy, or is there justification for my collection? There just so different and cool in their own ways!

I paid a little bit more, but not too much. This one is in almost mint condition.

Very cool project!

I paid next to nothing for it. It has several inputs, and my plan is to use it with my PC, as I never do any critical listening with MP3 anyway.