Oh, and I get that... I was just making the case for being thorough. Some people seem to think that going the extra mile to do things "the right way" is being wasteful when the half assed approach can be so much less costly.Quote:
Originally Posted by hjames
Personally, I am a do without until I can afford what I want sort.
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That's what you think!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Widget
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And this was originally intended to be the new Viper before the "divorce":
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Hey smartass, my company owns a Dodge branded Mercedes Sprinter van... it is a Mecedes with a ram's head unfortuantely glued on here and there... even though those unfortunate looking badges are stuck on it, the van is still excellent... but I think you know what I meant in my original post. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by BMWCCA
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Latest update to the upstairs system ...
These are the L200 cabinets with the 2234 woofers, 2405 slots 2441 mid drivers on the walnut horns, with the Giskard equiv 4333 style crossover ...
or occasionally some secondary system, like the Magnepan MGIIBs (now sold) or the Dahlquist DQ-10s with external crossover & sub.
Usual sound source is a Carver 6250 receiver, iTunes from an airport express, or Harman Kardon CH changer (CD or HDCD - no SACDs).
I've been told I should really investigate tube amplification - that it give a lot of music I like a different kind of tone, or warmth ...
Well, local listening buddy Wilfredo (who now owns my old B-380) offered to let me demo his Jolida 102 ... an integrated tube amp -
which of course, means rearranging my stack of gear - so I swapped the carver Receiver for a Carver C1 I got a while back (thanks Wornears)
and - Sinatra time ... one for the road ...
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Amazing how it favors the Mercedes SLR ????Quote:
Originally Posted by BMWCCA
PS. Run from the G class, mine never made it out of the shop even with an oil change for under a grand. Now I have a Chevy truck.
Just my 2 cents...
And I appreciate that, but the post you reference is over a year old and was off-topic at that time! :banghead:Quote:
Originally Posted by jbl_daddy
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Originally Posted by BMWCCA
Hey Heather, how's that tube amp sounding?
The Jolida is great - its surprising how much volume its capable of ...Quote:
Originally Posted by Hey19
We tried a bunch of CDs over the weekend -
Some music was great - AJA, Boz Scaggs (Dig), Seldom Scene (bluegrass) ,
John Klemmer, Bill Lasswell's remix of Bob Marley, some Klezmer stuff,
van Morrison's No Guru - excellent - let the whole CD play through! -
Accoustic Alchemy - Positive elements - all that sounded great ...
NIN The Slip - was amazing ... track 4 Discipline - big honking stompy bass stuff - incredible
yet LedZep II wasn't quite its thing ...
Time is tight right now - more details this evening ...
The custom Stromberg Carlson ASR-433 I got from an Audiokarma member is due Thursday ...
hopefully sometime around the holidays I can drop that in place and run through those tracks and some more music ...
But if it encourages me to relax and just enjoy listening to music again - wow, a real plus!
Move to the Tubes & Horn thread ...
http://www.audioheritage.org/vbullet...ubes-and-horns