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Fuck, now I want some Krispy Kreme.

I'm planning to order one tomorrow, how come I don't have a tracking number yet?!

Those look like the things they use to align the wheels on your car.

How deep is the, uh, "bass port?"

Blessingx's made it into the postal system this afternoon, so it should make it just in the nick of time.

Snow? What's snow?

Can I mod my K1000 to have moar tesla?

I'd say twice broken K1000 amp =

I first got suspicious when the postman very carefully handed it to me instead of doing some origami trick to make it and everything else fit in the mailbox.

You know they're supposed to go in your ears right?

Just to be certain: you've triple checked all other stuff to make sure it's not something like the amp, source, or interconnects? Hopefully it's just something simple like a solder joint that broke. Broken K1000 =

There's no tellin', especially since I'm fairly uneducated wrt tube amps, but I highly doubt it's from a higher than normal output impedance, considering the K1000's impedance curve. Hahah, for some reason even though I'm extremely paranoid about working on other people's stuff, I have absolutely no hesitation taking apart and doing reckless things with my own gear. It's an absolute miracle I haven't ruined anything expensive yet. I don't know why the hell I didn't actually take a look at the filter PCB when I had it out last time.

And something suspicious popped out today. Thanks Ric! I'll hold off on Immediate Satisfaction Day though, at least until I'm able to ship yours out. The post works in mysterious ways sometimes. (btw, is it supposed to be ticking? I hope they didn't break anything en route)

Used a little of my xmas money on myself to raid the Telarc clearance sale on oldies.com again. Mostly budget releases, and all cheap after the discount, but there were some rather good performances in the last batch I bought so who knows. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1, 2 & 3 by Martin Pearlman / Boston Baroque Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 4, 5 & 6 by Martin Pearlman / Boston Baroque Bach: The Organ at St. Andreas-Kirche, Hildesheim by Michael Murray Bach: Toccata & Fugue in D minor, Prelude & Fugue in B minor, Concerto No. 2 in A minor, Prelude & Fugue in D major by Michael Murray (CD) Beethoven: Quartet, Op. 130 And Grosse Fuge, Op. 133 by Cleveland Quartet Beethoven: String Quartets Op. 74 "The Harp" and Op. 95 "Quartetto Serioso" by Cleveland Quartet Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 by Donald Runnicles / Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Berlioz: Requiem, Boito: Prologue To Mefistofele & Verdi: Te Deum by Robert Shaw / Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 & Tragic Overture by Andre Previn / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Variations on a Theme by Haydn for Orchestra by Andre Previn / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Cherubini: Requiem in C minor & Marche Funebre / Beethoven: Elegiac Song by Martin Pearlman / Boston Baroque Dvorak: Quartet No. 12 "American" & Quartet No. 14 by Cleveland Quartet Dvorak: Stabat Mater (2-CD) by Robert Shaw / Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Franck: Symphony in D minor & Le Chasseur Maudit by Jesus Lopez-Cobos / Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Frank: Complete Masterworks for Organ by Michael Murray Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 Nos. 1-6 by Boston Baroque Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 "Scottish" & Der Erste Walpurgisnacht by Christoph von Dohnanyi / Cleveland Orchestra Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3 & Symphonic Dances by David Zinman / Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Ravel: Bolero, Dapnis and Chloe Suite No. 2 and Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte by Leonard Slatkin / Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade & Capriccio Espagnol by Sir Charles Mackerras / London Symphony Orchestra Shostakovich: Symphonies No. 5 & No. 9 by Yoel Levi / Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 & Tubin: Symphony No. 5 by Paavo J

Lola.

But will it be smooth enough to use as such?

FTFY I was very disappointed with the GS-1000 when I heard them, but it was only under meet conditions so what do I know.

I'm kinda sad that I understood that. \

Actually I figure they're only making $8 on shipping... the ebay listing calculates it at $28.12 for me, and the UPS site calculates it at $20.12 (using their given 30lb ship weight, unit itself weighs 28lbs according to HP). And sending 30lbs cross-country via UPS ground will easily cost over $40. Ya wants the big HP tanks, ya pays the big shipping rates. What're you planning to use it for? A lot of the cost will vary depending on number of rails, maximum output voltage/current, etc.

Makes sense... IIRC the K1000 has a really funky impedance curve with a huge hump in the treble region rather than just in the midbass as is typical, so a high output impedance would emphasize that range and make it sound thinner. However, now that I think about it, I think that impedance hump correlated to the reduction in treble caused by the filter PCB. Without the PCB, it may have a more normal impedance curve, in which case it might very well sound better with a higher output impedance (to compensate for the elevated treble response). Hmm... that might be worth investigating further at some point.

I measured with and without it at some point on two different versions of K1000, from what I remember removing it had the same effect on both and just bumped up the upper midrange & treble a few dB. I don't know if I saved any of those measurements or not... I'll see if I can find them.

I still think you should get crappy to level your floor for <$100.

Cool story bro

I install those things and am used to the sound, so I probably would've slept right through it.

Wish I was there to join in the fun. I've named Scott my designated drinker so make sure he actually drinks my share.