Well I went with this, today
Actually the cheapest of the three in my final consideration. Must have been the flashbacks (tastebacks?) to August
I would have bought the BMH Rye but alas they did not have it.
I purchased it from:
Dale Manquen at MANCO
1694 Calle Zocalo
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
(805) 529-2496
[email protected]
M A N Q U E N . N E T
It was $250 + shipping. Although that's expensive, according to Craig, it is the equal of the RK-50 at less than half its price.
I had a small run-in with some (actually quite a bit of) Old Forresters in college. To this day I try to stay away from it. So I would say it does have some bite, 30+ years
I think I'll look for the van Winkle and maybe some Maple Hill tomorrow in C-U.
I guess I'll jump on the bandwagon. My main rig should be all sorted out in the next few months and then I will need stands for several phones. I really like how the stands are not one-size fits all phones and they are tailored to the phone and owner. (SHILLSHILLSHILLSHILLSHILLSHILLSHILLSHILLSHILLSHILLSHILLSHILLSHILLSHILLSHILL)
Good choice. I heard this unit last week at a dealer and was really impressed by it. Of course it didn't hurt that it was driving a pair of Harbeth HL-P3ES-2's. I <3 Harbeths.
The Newports seem to be right on target. I have them in a 10 and they fit just fine if slightly on the big side (which most size 10's are on me). I ordered the slides in 9.5 as that was the only size close to what I needed so we will see how that works out. For the price, it seemed well worth the risk.
I haven't tried the Venice H2. I was actually thinking of trying them this past summer but they didn't have them in my size, so I stuck with the Newport H2's. The sole looked identical, except in color, as I recall.