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Post by jandl100 on Jul 13, 2014 8:41:47 GMT
I might be slowing down. I'm settled on speakers, and have been for over 4 years now - or is it 5? - although it was a real wrench to leave the speaker swapping behind me, I did enjoy it a lot. With the arrival of my vintage Technics CDP it's maybe just amps and cables now, although maybe the amp situation also now seems stable. Frankly, it's a bit worrying!  |
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Post by steve on Jul 13, 2014 8:42:25 GMT
My addiction is to DIY building of valve amplifiers. I have built and dismantled around thirty in the last nine years. However I just recycle bits from one amp to another, so it is not too costly in terms of transformers. It's valves that are the cost element, but I'm weaning myself off this behaviour, as I have found something that satisfies my audio needs and matches the sound I have internalised over the years, as the sound that hi-fi amps should make. What I have ended up with is far from fashionable in the DIY valve amp world. It is push-pull (oh dear) Class A/B (even worse) Pentode operation (you cannot be serious)  But is does it for me and could have possibly cured my addiction. (I've had it four months and the itch to change is completely absent)  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2014 9:20:04 GMT
But is does it for me and could have possibly cured my addiction. (I've had it four months and the itch to change is completely absent) how many times have I heard you say that.......I'm not convinced |
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Post by steve on Jul 13, 2014 9:26:35 GMT
But is does it for me and could have possibly cured my addiction. (I've had it four months and the itch to change is completely absent) how many times have I heard you say that.......I'm not convinced Note I did say "possibly" |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2014 9:30:03 GMT
I might be slowing down. I'm settled on speakers, and have been for over 4 years now - or is it 5? - although it was a real wrench to leave the speaker swapping behind me, I did enjoy it a lot. With the arrival of my vintage Technics CDP it's maybe just amps and cables now, although maybe the amp situation also now seems stable. Frankly, it's a bit worrying! Certainly very worrying. I would suggest a short stay in rural France for some recouperation and injection of some proper music with some proper speakers but then that might just completely cure the need to swap stuff and we can't have that. Hope things improve  |
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Post by John on Jul 13, 2014 9:32:58 GMT
I got the disease pretty bad
In the last year I moved to using battery power as much as I can in my system
I have changed DACs twice
Moved from from PC source to files on Blue ray player
Modified the speakers with better tweeters
Modified the TT with magnetic bearings and plan to do the same with the feet
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2014 9:36:41 GMT
Its catching certainly. In only the last twenty five years I've changed both the amplifier AND the phono amp. Its the financial cost that is so crippling. |
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Post by jandl100 on Jul 13, 2014 9:55:30 GMT
I might be slowing down. I'm settled on speakers, and have been for over 4 years now - or is it 5? - although it was a real wrench to leave the speaker swapping behind me, I did enjoy it a lot. With the arrival of my vintage Technics CDP it's maybe just amps and cables now, although maybe the amp situation also now seems stable. Frankly, it's a bit worrying! Certainly very worrying. I would suggest a short stay in rural France for some recouperation and injection of some proper music with some proper speakers but then that might just completely cure the need to swap stuff and we can't have that. Hope things improve Well, this thread was going quite pleasantly and good humouredly until you turned up, Gordon.
Good to see you here. Not.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2014 10:06:38 GMT
Certainly very worrying. I would suggest a short stay in rural France for some recouperation and injection of some proper music with some proper speakers but then that might just completely cure the need to swap stuff and we can't have that. Hope things improve Well, this thread was going quite pleasantly and good humouredly until you turned up, Gordon.
Good to see you here. Not.
Get out of bed the wrong sde? How on earth could you take that in any other way than was intended. If you mistook that for anything other than good humour, you have been influenced by happenings elsewhere. Good to see you here too Gerry. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2014 11:12:46 GMT
Why is this thread restricted to people without backbones?
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Post by Dave on Jul 13, 2014 11:24:28 GMT
I might be slowing down. I'm settled on speakers, and have been for over 4 years now - or is it 5? - although it was a real wrench to leave the speaker swapping behind me, I did enjoy it a lot. With the arrival of my vintage Technics CDP it's maybe just amps and cables now, although maybe the amp situation also now seems stable. Frankly, it's a bit worrying! OH MY GOD!!! Paramedic for Mr Jandl!!!!  |
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Post by jandl100 on Jul 13, 2014 14:46:10 GMT
Oh dear - looks like I took it the wrong way. Gordon has a go at my hifi, my taste in music (with not a smilie in sight) and then rolls his eyes at the fun I have boxswapping ... ah well, all in a day's work on a forum!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2014 14:51:08 GMT
Oh dear - looks like I took it the wrong way. Gordon has a go at my hifi, my taste in music (with not a smilie in sight) and then rolls his eyes at the fun I have boxswapping ... ah well, all in a day's work on a forum!
Nice to see you here, too, Gordon. Wrong on all counts Gerry, I was doing no such thing. Maybe you should try and recognise irony when you see it. However, check out my thread on new starts. You will notice that I have apologised already for the misunderstanding. |
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Post by jandl100 on Jul 13, 2014 14:55:59 GMT
You need to use smilies more, Gordon - make it plain when humour is intended, when we don't know each other personally a lot of stuff can be taken the wrong way otherwise. |
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Post by enbee23 on Jul 13, 2014 17:02:11 GMT
I've only got one box (I think) that was built in the last ten years and it's a bit of an oddball... Most of my gear is from the '80s and '90s. That avatar looks suspiciously like an Aleph 3. I've been wanting to try one for years, mind you my Monarchy Audio Class A power amps are pretty damn good. It is an Aleph 3. Not mine in the pic but I do have one running a pair of Snell Cs at the moment. It does get pretty toasty |
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Post by Tim on Jul 13, 2014 20:10:56 GMT
I took it as a humorous post Jerry (in fact it made me chuckle), but I have got used to Gordan's (occasional) acerbic wit, which I actually enjoy - but I used to take some thing's the wrong way - one of the dangers of a keyboard and a screen, some things only work with a glass of wine in hand, a few toons playing and a wry smile Nice to see those ducks too, feels kind of soothing for some strange reason. |
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Post by jandl100 on Jul 14, 2014 6:21:13 GMT
I see that I need to tune into Gordon's wit - so he's not really a dogmatic, narrow minded audio and music fascist?
Well, that's good news!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2014 6:23:11 GMT
I took it as a humorous post Jerry (in fact it made me chuckle), but I have got used to Gordan's (occasional) acerbic wit, which I actually enjoy - but I used to take some thing's the wrong way - one of the dangers of a keyboard and a screen, some things only work with a glass of wine in hand, a few toons playing and a wry smile Asherbic, moi? Shurely shome mishtake. I'm shweetnesh pershonified  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2014 6:25:08 GMT
I see that I need to tune into Gordon's wit - so he's not really a dogmatic, narrow minded audio and music fascist?
Well, that's good news!
--- appropriate use of smilies would assist the unenlightened though. Come on, just because I can't see why anybody should want to do things in any way different to me doesn't make me a fascist. I can allow for the weaknesses of others, you should too   |
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Post by jandl100 on Jul 14, 2014 6:40:29 GMT
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