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I'm humbled... I brought my €260 Denon micro system downstairs and hooked it up to my 1972 Heresies. Thought my €3,000 Leben CS300 tube amp would be the easy winner of this 'battle', but the Denon holds firm ground! The Denon's 40 wpc made my son come downstairs to turn down the volume. It wasn't even half open. He said his bed was shaking!!!! 😂😂😂 Of course, the Heresies are the shining stars here! PS The Denon is soooo much better than my similarly priced Marantz PM5005 entry level amplifier. So now, let's spin some vinyl!

Holy guacamole! Heard the mailman throw down a box on the porch yesterday. Checked on it last night and this box was huge. Yup, the $150 BBA box set had arrived. The box set was in a box INSIDE of an outer box and it must weigh 10#. lol Just unzipped the box and figured it was time for a tease. FINALLY a box set that's worth the money. Two double gatefolds of each show, a very nice bound book w/tons of info, a poster and an unbound book full of pics and more info. Gonna throw 'em down in a bit but I'm salivating. Here we go and I'm gonna savor the moment! Two killer shows! Better jump cause the price is gonna go up. Gonna grab a second one and just leave it sealed. Beans & weiners for another month! 😂💪

Wellllllll, look at you guys go! The only thing I can tell ya is it'll be a cold day before I'm sittin on the floor again. There was a time though when a couple fems and I sat cross legged on the floor totally nekkie laffin at each other. Sure was a rough time gettin up and changin albums though. 😂

So far I was not spinning in here so maybe first try. Lately it's my wifes favourite record.

These are some pics of the new 300B amplifier that Aric Kimball (Aric Audio) has been building for me. It is burning in right now and is scheduled to ship out to me on Monday. Very excited.

Finally the powercord, I ordered two weeks ago, arrived today! Finally stuff can move into it´s shelves. The shelve itself is still an ongoing project. But now the TT and amp are off the floor at least!

Just to let ya know that I´m alive ☺️

Here is the second Miles Davis, it's a double LP, Gatefold cover from Sony Music Entertainment/Columbia Records for Get On Down, the 2 vinyls are opaque yellow to match the cover! It's a double live from 1982, the reissue is from 2022 https://www.discogs.com/fr/release/23918612-Miles-Davis-We-Want-Miles Edit: Marcus Miller's bass on the 15" Klipsch 😜 😄

I started a thread in tubes last week about the impending arrival. Well it landed yesterday and it deserves a new thread. I was a little apprehensive about 8 watts. I've never owned anything so measly. Well I couldn't have been more wrong about that. This thing has balls for days along with the delicacy that the 300B is known for. I only got to listen for about an hour last night, but wow, very impressive. I'm sure much of this performance can be attributed to Aric's design and his overbuilt power supply. Glad to be in the DHT camp now. I will post more about how it compares to the PP EL84 amp I have been using after I've had more listening time. In the pic below, the PS is on the rack behind the amp, tethered with two umbilical cables.

Picked these up from https://paducahhometheater.com/ at a great discount. About $3500 to my door. So far, the sound has impressed me. I do like the metal grill as that makes them cat proof.

Mono up.

Not counting some sardines the other day went small mouth bass fishing labor day weekend with some friends in Montana- filet up and beer battered pretty damn tasty!

Second LP from the LP/LD exchange: https://www.discogs.com/release/371966-Queen-A-Night-At-The-Opera Side two is a little roughed up, I guess we all know why, right? First Queen vinyl in my collection, the prices asked for, what is imho junk, is just to high, that´s why I didn´t get any so far. This one´s not bad and it didn´t cost much.

Good evening / morning friends! Just winding down to listen to some music on the UTurn and system from Denmark. So, brought up some LP's from the library. Right now, it is YES. Side A begins.....

Goals brother, gotta have goals. Then you too can have piles! 💪 😂 😂😂😂

To quote Ash:" Oh my god, it´s growing!"

I read of a resent health scare to this artist, so I am spinning a record to send out good vibes Artist - Santana Title - Borboletta Album ID - https://www.discogs.com/release/13424605-Santana-Borboletta

"It is easier to fool someone than it is to convince them they've been fooled". Mark Twain

https://www.discogs.com/release/1915367-April-Wine-First-Glance

The third and final Miles Davis in this package is the double LP Get Up With It from 1974, this reissue is a MOV/Columbia from 2016, Gatefold cover. https://www.discogs.com/fr/release/8048962-Miles-Davis-Get-Up-With-It My list is getting more and more fun and GREEN 🤣

....and that beautiful gold metalflake vinyl.... Music Hall afternoon vibe.......

First post, new here Second owner. These have been sitting in an unoccupied house since mid 1980. All were face down when stored. Brought them home, tested and then cleaned them up. Transported by trailer to a party spot and rocked the shoreline at the lake all day (Great Day For Sure). They absolutley are the real deal. Almost 100 percent sure that everything is original with no mods. I made the logo plates on front of bass bins and added the casters. Was limited on pics here so just two at this point ( I have more). One of speaks and one on lake day. I really want to keep but no room in 2 car garage lol. Was really hoping that they would go to a old school band or some venue that would keep them alive for what they are. $4500 obo Located Central Coast of California 805-712-2917 Text (Ray) Not posted anywhere else at this point, wanted to keep in the Klipsch family......

Getting my prog fix for the week Artist - Genesis Title - Selling England By The Pound Album ID - https://www.discogs.com/release/7596896-Genesis-Selling-England-By-The-Pound

Last side skips... Goes back for another one... https://www.discogs.com/release/28250377-The-Flower-Kings-Look-At-You-Now Edit: Closer inspection, using a magnifying-glass, revealed a piece of dirt that didn´t wash away. All clean now and playing sweet!!

Back in service:

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You see Ivan ..the little Mini Utopia were manufacured in 1999 and they´re vintage speakers now , at that time they cost 14.000 German Mark ( approx 7,5 K € today ) and they reproduce a soundimage and a stage three times bigger than their optical size. Those´re brilliant Speakers and we got so much fun with my electronic audio gear.

Here's a piece I love to listen to on a Sunday morning: Schuberts Trout Quintet. (For the more religious audiomaniacs, I'd advise Vivaldi's Gloria)

Now on to side B.......closeup of the Ortofon Blue... Heading to bed after this one. More tomorrow.......have a good evening.

ALL I can say is holy sheet this is the TOTAL package! On side 1 of the Japan tour starts off w/"Superstition" and just keeps rollin. Freaking great already and Beck's' slayin it. Haven't jumped into who's doing what yet but I'm sittin here shaking my head. Soooo darn clean and tight, amazing soundstage and runnin 70-80db's consistantly. Amazeballs at just how perfectly this has been done. Crazy good. Double thumbs up for sure so ya better jump all over it. Now Beck's just runnin those high notes slayin it. Yea, it's perfection and time to flip to side 2. MORE goodness! I'm done & you better get huntin if you haven't ordered it. Thank me later! F it forget the weiners buy 2 and be done w/it! It just doesn't stop! When they're gone they're gone! Forget the weiners!

https://www.discogs.com/release/14823349-Ozzy-Osbourne-Ordinary-Man

My chili came in 2nd place. Not bad for being the spiciest of the bunch.

Ah yes! Alternative facts. I have heard that somewhere, I believe it was coined by an inveterate liar. Because, right wait, I remember another saying that the truth isn't the truth. Relativism at its logical extreme leads the ignorant down the path of total confusion resulting in the complete maleability of their minds. Critical thinking is the first casualty, and studies have shown that one cannot change others opinions through the exposition of facts. We are living Orwell's nightmare of mind control through the bastardization of language.

Off to my 50th class reunion manana..this is gonna be a trip

If you have the chance, watch this docu about Syd Barrett. A lot of original footage and first witness accounts.

If you can’t hear a difference, consider yourself money ahead and just relax and enjoy the cheapest one and sell anything else. As for me, I can hear it and have long since lost my way in the rabbit hole. There’s no hope for me, so save yourself……

https://www.discogs.com/release/17957410-Electric-Light-Orchestra-Discovery

I used to pay Mike to measure things for me, now I have to pay to make him stop.

https://www.discogs.com/release/1647868-Deep-Purple-Come-Taste-The-Band

Hi, I just received the three Miles Davis LPs that I ordered earlier this week Crystal LP is very Beautyfull https://www.discogs.com/fr/release/23918480-Miles-Davis-The-Man-With-The-Horn 😍

https://www.discogs.com/release/4920229-April-Wine-The-Nature-Of-The-Beast

Another sign of life from me , have brought part of my equipment to my good friend with whom I currently live. To his Mini Utopia and his Transrotor " FatBob " we have connected my external MI / MM / MC Trichord phono stage, my DYNACO PAS 4 tube preamplifier, my Cayin tube monos, my Marantz PM11-S3 SS , my Marantz SA11-S3 CDP and optionally my GoldNote M 9 Class D monos. We have also wired the entire system with my power- rca as well as speaker cables . The French Mini Utopia sound really great and have even for this size a fantastic bass foundation. We have what the music listening is really fun 😊 We´re playing with the gear and listen to music a lot .

I can't tell ya how shocked I was, hearing that an audiophile who can afford the wieners part....... BTW nice catch there!

...Meanwhile, a LAZY Sunday afternoon here, with storms and rain and CLOSE lightning etc. So, after things calmed down, I got my glass of Cab. vino, and am listening to this one, not heard in a long while.

Today, out of nothing, I changed the gain setting of my iFi Zen Phono preamp to mm (see Pic). It had been on Mc high ever since I bought it. Although I have an mm cartridge, back then, I thought the Mc high setting sounded louder and therefore better. But today, after setting it to mm, I realise I was wrong all along. Set to mm, it sounds slightly less loud, but it is so much more well balanced, the highs and the lows I mean, and there is so much more subtleness to the recordings. I listened to Daft Punk's RAM, side 1 up to 4, Charly Hunter's Bing Bing Bing (jazz), and some obscure but excellent JS Bach harmonia Mundi record by Kuijken/Leonhardt, and the subtleness increase is present in all genres.

One sign there might be a problem is when a company does not supply ANY specs on performance. Instead of saying " Better sound through science" it should say "Better sound through Marketing".

Well I did, first with my vintage Onkyo TT with a generic €24 stylus, and then - see Pic with my Project tt with a OM10 stylus. This one is much better sounding. The album I'm listening to is Dire Straits, Communiqué. This simple setup is excellent for close listening to vinyl! Note: the TubeCube is loaded with a Gold Lion preamp tube and the power tubes are NOS Sovtek EL84 tubes. These are high-end tubes...

What!?!?!?!?! According to the official Klipsch blog, one MUST put your gear on the floor for the best sound quality!!! Just look at this screenshot! Just joking, of course. This blog entry has spiked my interest, because I own the gear in the picture. The Tubecube 3.5wpc amp, the RP160M speakers, and of course a turntable. Maybe I should set it up tonight. Gonna use my Zen Phono Pre.

no Really? I did to you exactly same as you did to Dave post. Picked only part of his statement that makes it opposite sense to what someone said or even senseless. I see you do it a lot like that in here. What is a point? Are you in type of those new activists that try to cancel not only those who don't agree with them but also those who dare to ask a questions? Klipsch's products are good enough to speak for themselves, they don't need someone who chases everyone with baseball bat.

This is one of best sound quality records in my "collection". Musically I like it too and Jarrett is not moaning too much during the play.