Everything posted by guzziguy
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HeadRoom & LA/OC Audio Society - 8/24/08
What do you expect? He is Belge after all.
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slow forum
I think he meant to ask if you were a SpaghettiO person.
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Happy birthday postjack!
What makes you think he was talking about food? Happy Birthday Jack. Enjoy the tasty morsels.
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Southern California CAN MEET 10/18/08
In that case, I'll be sure to wear my "Friends don't let friends drink 2 buck Chuck" t-shirt.
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What are you EATING right now?
farfalle
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Southern California CAN MEET 10/18/08
Wait. Can't we get Greg to donate a couple of cases of wine? Then it would definitely be worth having.
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Southern California CAN MEET 10/18/08
David, great of you to do this. I'm in and can help as needed. Just let me know what you need me to do. I'd rather not have something that requires me to drive to LA though. Getting there once for the meet will be plenty. However, I've heard that tyrion is good at these kinds of things. You might want to ping him.
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HeadRoom & LA/OC Audio Society - 8/24/08
Definitely. Conditions there were pretty worthless for judging SQ. However, that doesn't change the chintzy feel of the controls in the amps. I didn't hear the headamp. There were always too many people hanging around it. I listened to the el84 based integrated amp. Fortunately, it doesn't matter to me. I'm not close to looking for a new source or amp.
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What did you do today?
The slide has already started. We need a "playing taps" emoticon.
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Little Dot MkVI balanced tube amp?
'ya un pif aussi.
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What are you EATING right now?
Baby carrots.
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Your recent music purchases
Two purchases Sunday at the LA/OC Audiophile meet from Hajime Sato of Eastwind Import: Stan Getz with Cal Tjader (xrcd2) Hiroko Kokubu, New York uncovered (xrcd2)
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What did you do today?
They did this in California a few years ago via the proposition mechanism. The bar owners fought against the proposition like hell. They were afraid that their business would die without the smokers. It got passed anyway. Lo and behold, the bars' business doubled. It seems that the smoke was keeping non-smokers away from bars. Duh. Run for your life as fast as you can. Now, before it's too late.
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HeadRoom & LA/OC Audio Society - 8/24/08
Actually, it's two boxes. One is the power supply. Frank used to be a cabinet maker. The woodwork is magnificent and consists of ebony and Australian lacewood. It definitely has the "retro future" look that Moth made famous. I loved the look. The power supply also has two of the famous mercury vapor tubes that were in the power supply of the MOA amp.
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HeadRoom & LA/OC Audio Society - 8/24/08
IMO, while they look the part, they neither felt nor (the one I listened to) sound the part. Amps at this price range should have a silky smooth motion when turning knobs and, for things like balance and tone controls, have a detent at the center position. These amps did not. If I closed my eyes, I could have easily been playing with a $100 generic receiver. I also listened to the headphone jack of a $3500 el84 based integrated amp. It was nice but nothing special. For that kind of money, it should be special. That's Frank Cooter's latest creation. If you don't remember Frank, he's the guy that brought the wonderful and bizarre diy amp to MOA. This amp sounded very nice to, but I prefer his MOA amp. Of course, the conditions here were very bad to do any listening so I reserve the right to change my mind on that. I told Frank about HC so hopefully he'll be joining us soon.
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slow forum
AFAIK, Wayne still has his face.
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You: Smart. Me: Dumb. Give advice on speaker cable
I use Kimber 4TC cables and am ecstatically happy with them.
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Pass Pearl PCBs and related parts
But they seem to have a sense of justice. Maybe not. At least they have a sense of humor.
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Gilmore Reference Balanced?
Justin who?
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Post the last thing you bought!
FS One simulator. I bought my dad an electric helicopter and he hasn't flown it yet. So my sister and I split the cost of this simulator so he can practice a while without worrying about destroying something physical.
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The Live Music Thread
It's sure hell getting older, isn't it?
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Gilmore Reference Balanced?
Maybe he'll accept them in trade?
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Deals
For that price, shouldn't they at least have a tube?
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The Headcase Stax thread
Just put a jumper in and you won't burn through any more fuses.
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Happy birthday NightWoundsTime!
Then you misspelled daemons.