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Whichever one of them that could solder, of course! The tall bottle Sylvania 7N7 is one of my two favorite gain tubes in the SP Extreme. Just be sure to get a Sylvania tall bottle. Somehow I got a Sovtek tall bottle 7N7. It's not bad but not close to the Sylvania. Yet you have time to make 7N7 adapters. I really like the look of the 4" tall cases. It gives the Menace the proper proportions and I definitely think that the PS and amp should have the same size cases, unless you are going to stack them. Then you could get away with a thinner case. Of course, YTMV (your taste might vary).

Nate's work is really nice. He's the "Felix Unger" of DIY!

It did have some blue painter's tape on it for protection. We all kind of liked the look.

Flopping and writhing on the floor sound like what the cuddle cops are trying to prevent!

The PK1 didn't sound very good to me without an amp. Of course, I preferred the PK2 (slightly) to the PK1 even with both being amped so take the first sentence with a grain of salt. I regularly use my PK2 in my bedside system, which is an iPod, dock and AE-2. It scales with the AE-2 (i.e. sounds better than just with an iPod) but you're right, it doesn't need much on the volume control because it's so sensitive. Even if one prefers a PK1 amped to a PK2 amped, IMO the PK2 is a better choice if one is going to listen much without an amp.

You might also consider Yuin PK2 earbuds. Really nice sound from an iPod in a small package.

Ah, the Siren's Song.

Sorry to hear about your injury. You have a tough road ahead of you to recovery. I hope that it goes well.

I would think that an iPod and earbuds would be "Team Minimal". Of course, for most of us it would be "Team Too Minimal"!

I can do that. However, the AC for the heaters could come from the PS on the Extreme, which still functions to some degree. Again, I forgot to ask him how the duties were split between the onboard and external power supplies. I'll be sure to ask before I order.

Happy Birthday!

Once I get a new job, I'll reward myself by upgrading my Extreme to have an outboard PS too. I talked to Mikhail about it at CanJam. He suggested leaving the IEC on the Extreme. This means two power cords are needed, but has the advantage of not sending any AC from the outboard PS to the Extreme. Are you doing this too? I forgot to ask what is then powered by the Extreme PS and what is powered by the outboard PS. On an interest side note, Galina (Mikhail's wife) is now the business manager at SP. One now gets schedules, etc. from her. Mikhail said he was relieved to no longer have that responsibility. So when asking how long something will take, you have to ask Galina. Hopefully this will greatly improve SP's biggest problem. On the plus side, it can hardly make it worse.

"Team Minimal" describes the contents of one's wallet (or bank account) after ordering a UE-11, a KGBHse with RK50 and a pair of good stats to do the BH justice.

I think that Indra is quickly developing a love/hate relationship with this site. "Love" because the information is so good. "Hate" because that good information is causing her wallet to scream!

Let's just say that Vicki is now known as "Ms. RK50"!

Another possibility is an eXemplar modified Denon. And yes, I own an eXemplar Denon 2900. It's best for Redbook so might not be what you are looking for. It does a good job with SACD and DVD-A but there are better players for those formats.

Hey, buying that wine is why my wife also lets me buy headphone equipment. No way I'm stopping that. I bought a used eXemplar Denon 2900 for $1400. I sent it to John Tucker @ eXemplar and he added the latest two upgrades for $450. So I have a maxed out (as of October 2007) eXemplar 2900 for $1950. At the same time, Matt of SACDMods was doing his thing to my Eastsound CD-5. In fact, that's my machine on his web site. The additions he made to the CD-5 really improved it, but it doesn't come close to the eXemplar. If I had to give one up, it would be the CD-5.

I haven't been able to do the comparisons that Vicki has done, but my eXemplar Denon 2900 is by far the best digital front end that I've spent any real time with. Like Vicki, I don't see any upgrade in the future unless an unexpected windfall comes my way.

Happy Birthday!

Here in Santa Barbara, I'm able to grill all year long. It's my favorite way to cook as the results are great and cleanup is easy. It's also about the easiest way to cook. Give it a try.

Grilled fish (Opa) with TJ's Habanero and Lime Salsa, grilled rosemary potatoes and grilled string beans. Can you tell that I like to grill?

That's Natalie Wood. Nothing ever looked ridiculous on her. Have you seen the airplane version, "Those Magnificent Men and Their Flying Machines"? Another truly great movie. Of course, Sarah Miles didn't quite match Natalie.

I'd be up for a trip to Tokyo too. I was 14 the last time I was there. Of course, that was in 1967. :'(

To see and learn more about our parrots, you can visit these pages that my wife created as a homework assignment for a web mastering class.

If you ask around nicely, you might be able to pick up some SUCKITJL cables.