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richieb

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  1. I've read and spoke with a dealer that dropped the Cambridge line about their reliability. I have no personal experience and it may be heresay, just passin' what I've learned. NAD's been around a long, long time.
  2. Back to Moonshine, I had a good customer, plant manager in NE Tennessee who always had some very goog 'shine handy. He lived on a small lake where after work would invite me out on his pontoon to relax. One fine evening a jug of 'shine was aboard and we had a few, a waaay too many few. The next morning a small boat approached, his wife, looking for her husband and me as the plant had called wondering where he was as he had missed his usual 6:30am arrival. We had both passed out, luckily with life jackets on, and were floating on this small lake in an un-piloted pontoon boat. The pontoon had crested a small log which more or less kept us contained to a small area. For that night the term Moonshine certainly fit. My final and last adventure with Tennessee 'shine.
  3. Nice speaks. Are those Fastlane horns? What x-overs?
  4. Coytee, it's people like you that give hope not all is lost. It's people that shot the pup makes one aware of the cruelty around us. May the ones responsible find their own bullet.
  5. Nothin' but CD here. Great quality player/transport makes for a tuneful rig. I have been looking at adding some way to stream music from the interweb but have yet to find an acceptable solution I can comprehend.
  6. I bitche and moan having to Drive 10-12 miles in snow ): I'll save my bike ridin' for Tera Firma, thank you --
  7. Once upon a time I kind of favored cream corn - I think I'll pass at this point! As she seems an intellectual I think she was just showing the boys how their vodka was made - with corn of course, a little water, sugar and she provided distilling kettle): A great lesson taught ---
  8. Oh my, that's a prickly situation --
  9. Good Lord - no wonder people leave this forum. Sorry I asked such a "political" question. JPMaxx - you owe everyone an apology for such a moronic comment. Make that comment about my daughter and her LEO husband and LEO brother will come for a visit.
  10. Well you are right there Jim. No axe to grind, no ulterior motive just curious as to why VRD has a following. When I owned mine I spoke to Craig several times, seemed an ok fella to me. Met him at a Klipsch open house in Indy I believe, maybe opinionated but a nice guy. But Jim you should know the most innocent question here can bring the words/opinion/accusations flying. Maybe that's why Craig himself left; with all the "expert opinions" here I can see why. I guess I'll just crawl back in my hole and listen to my inferior rig as I hope an informed expert can show me the way. What is your rig ? Can you share Sure, its a real simple system. Klipschorns with Fastlane top hat - Selenium D220 tweeter/horn, Elliptrac 280HZ mid horn/K55 ALK extreme slope xovers for a change of pace Zu Essence; Merlin TSM MMM stand mounts CD - CEC 51xl belt drive Amp(s) - Almarro single ended 18 watts 6c33 output tubes - Dennis Had KT66/88 single ended - Forte Threshold Model 7, 75 watt Class A mono blocks - Valve Audio Predator hybrid integrated, 4x 6922/MOSFET - Peter Daniels 50 watt gainclone Nelson Pass First Watt B1 buffered preamp Audioquest Columbia IC's / DNM IC's / Grover IC's / Bogdan IC's Belden copper speaker cable
  11. I'll take 'em! PPal accepted? Lucky for you everyone has just explained how great they are?!
  12. Well you are right there Jim. No axe to grind, no ulterior motive just curious as to why VRD has a following. When I owned mine I spoke to Craig several times, seemed an ok fella to me. Met him at a Klipsch open house in Indy I believe, maybe opinionated but a nice guy. But Jim you should know the most innocent question here can bring the words/opinion/accusations flying. Maybe that's why Craig himself left; with all the "expert opinions" here I can see why. I guess I'll just crawl back in my hole and listen to my inferior rig as I hope an informed expert can show me the way.
  13. Would that be akin to 10lbs. of shite in a 5lb. bag??
  14. This place cracks me up. A simple question to the pros/cons of the Forum favorite VRD turns, as always, into a pissssin' contest. Like who's stream sounds most like a horse pisssin' a flat rock. I don't need be told about "truth" or '"a better source" is the answer. I've been in the game long enough to know from where I speak but thanks for the advice. Run amps at 100% - that's simple enough, Class A SS. Running full out the moment they turn on. Don't believe it - check your power bill. Got a pair of 'em, love 'em. So does Westar energy. Continue on --
  15. Josh, I've been through a lot of gear but I followed forum policy, using a JM Blueberry I believe. I've also had a JM Merlin which I thought was quieter than the 'berry. Best tube preamp I've owned - First Sound - a real masterpiece and to my ears far better than JM. Another post asked about tube brands and I have no idea going that far back. I can say that I currently use new Gold Lion KT88's in my small Dennis Had SE. For my Almarro SE I get my NOS Russian military 6c33b shipped from Russia.
  16. Silicon for the masses? That's a little short sighted I'd venture to say. You mean Best Buy masses then yes. Which is why many Asian tube amps have have flourished, cheaper prices for the masses. Military use for tubes, you are correct. My favorite tubes amps have all used the Russian 6c33 power tubes, a brute of a triode. Used in Russian MIG jets, Russian missile guidance, etc. Why? Because they are not prone to radiation pulse failure like SS components are. BUT - and I know this is asking a lot in this forum - can we keep this on discussing the topic - VRD amps!?
  17. For their lofty reputation within this community whos reputations i respected. I didnt have room/unlimited funds to add endlessly to my collection so they were sold for another piece that was also let go. And on, and on -----. I actually gave thought to buying USN's for another try but looked at the half dozen amps sitting in front of me and thought the wiser. And don't take this post wrong, I just wonder the greatness most everyone hears in these amps. Whereas I thought they were ok, nothing more, nothing less.
  18. I have thought about this for some time and now that all members have sold their VRD amps and no toes to be stepped on I think it safe to open this question. What is everyone's infatuation with VRD amps, whether mono or stereo? Is it a loyalty to Craig and his love for Klipsch? For me this falls back to the recent thread on tube vs. SS and the sound each offers. Yes I owned VRDs several years ago, with Corns and Belles I believe. At the time I thought they were good, not great and presented a very SS like presentation. I suppose if I go tubes it's SE rather than PP/Ultralinear which is what the tube amps I've kept/own are, SE. Please enlighten me although I have feeling this question is sacrilegious with this forum but its something I've wondered for a time.
  19. You guys and your Starbucks, Nesspresso makers etc. way over my head. I walk into an airport Starbucks where the menu board looks like Latin to me. Ah," can I have a cup of coffee please, black". The server looks at me like I just dropped in from Saturn. While I read CCC several times a day I guess I'm too busy drinking 8-10 cups of black coffee from my GE percolator that I have little time to post. And since Cables is part of the thread I'm just listening to some new Audioquest Columbia interconnect cables I just got. Yes there is a difference in how a cable influences your system and these sound sound pretty darn good. A Good Day to ya'
  20. Not overly surprised I mean really, have look at Elway, a horse face if ever there was one. Sounds like he May have been sharing a growth hormone developed for, yeah you guessed it, equines? Broncos, horses, Elway, Peyty - I rest my case.
  21. richieb

    Good one...

    Dave, it would have been simpler to use a fly swatter or a shoe to smash the critter. To light a roach on fire while on a speaker is a questioable method of killing ------ ???!
  22. For me, at the point of not hearing any sonic difference between tube amp A and SS amp B, why bother with tubes? Keep it simple and go with SS. I have several amps both tube and SS and I believe I can appreciate the different presentations each one offers. So for now I keep them all. If to my ears and listening environment a tube amp and SS amp sound the same I will sell the tube amp. I don't think anyone can argue maintaining SS is an easier proposition. I would never feel the need to keep a tube amp because "it's a tube amp" and its perceived "cool" factor. I have no one to impress.
  23. KC to Chicago for Belles KC to north Iowa for Cornwalls Best deal, best speakers - Fastlane modified/ALK KHorns delivered to KC from St. Louis carried in and set up downstairs Another good deal - my friend Zim delivered LaScallas from north KC to south KC All in a good days work and well worth it
  24. Please don't advertise it. We horn guys would rather the direct/radiator or planar guys not know what kind of fun we're really having. We prefer them to think we're all listening to And we're not? I thought I had finally become ammune to it and actually enjoy it! Honk on ---
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