Tarheel

Young & strong Hollywood son in the early morning light this star fell down on Sunset Boulevard......... Natalie Merchant on River Phoenix

A lot of you older guys are going the Gold Bond/unsalted butter route. These days its all done with ballbearings and WD-40.

A moment of silence for bluesboy's beloved Seahawks.........

No way.....what an unbelieveable present. I am almost speechless and they are not even mine! You won the lottery bud..... Do I even need to say enjoy?

Feliz Navidad back to you nomad02rider[<)]

Merry Christmas guys[<)]

Merry Christmas guys[<)]

Merry Christmas Duke, Oldbuckster, Stewman and to all my forum buds. I raise this glass of Makers Mark to all of you. Cheers[D]

$250.00 pick up only in Corte Madera, California. Owner inherited from his father-in-law. First day on Audiogon. No affiliation.

Duh......May want to turn the brightness up on the monitor a bit[] Great pictures Rob.

Oldtimer....if it starts to rain would you throw a cover over bluesboy's Pioneer reel to reel? He is out looking for his two young daughters. They have been gone for about three days. Thanks

Merry Christmas back to you Dtelsbabygirl. Tell Mr.&Mrs.Dtel that Tarheel said hey. Arky...give that dog a pat on the head for me.....and Merry Christmas to you. Pretty tree BL[]

Only real to some of us with vivid imaginations. Max from Greece is the proprietor and everyone is welcome. Tell us your experience there and how you enjoyed the local fare and btw...welcome to the forum.

Nine hours later I am back. Her name is Gabriella. She quietly slipped from beneath the sheets, kissing my cheek and giving me a gentle squeeze. Tired, hungover, yet invigorated I dressed and made my way back to the bar. A portion of the lamb was still resting on the spit over warm coals and I helped myself. Travis must be part Greek. I finished my beer and went off to search for Gabriella.....

I guess its just the two of us.....wusses all for breaking up the party before sunrise. Marty has left the Chuck Brown cd on auto repeat and this must be the tenth spin. Guess we should go sleep it off and get ready for tommorow night. So its off I go.....wait...not so fast...where did she come from.....a real beauty of tender years....a bit more Sicilian than Greek.....and those eyes.....and lips..................

Pretty pic Amy....no snow here...62 and windy.....suppose to drop to the 30s tonight.

Bar keep....if you please...another vodka for my buddy Maron....put it on my tab. You aren't driving tonight are you bud?

Johnny Lang or John Lee Hooker.....after the Stones please. I smell smoke.....hey someone keep an eye on the drunken lawyer....the lamp is burning! I can offer my tubed Harmon Kardon to power those Cornwalls. To drink....how about three fingers of that Dalmore Cigar Malt up on the top shelf.....want to join me Gretchen?

As Duke said.....Jolida 100 For a very good review go to sixmoons.com. Click on archives library then on digital sources. Scroll down to cd players and then to Jolida vacumn tube player. Enjoy!

Any time Oldtimer. Thank you Craig for your take on the gain issue. Man....we are all so polite on this thread[]

Oldtimer.....if I may give you a link you can read the review in its entirety. I think what Mike is saying is that with really efficient speakers the first watt is the most important and where too many amps generate the most distortion and noise. I interpret this as the hum when your amp is on and no music playing (audible on most amps) Its not that they require low levels rather that it takes fewer watts with horns so make the first watt very clean. Not a tecnician here so without further rambling let me direct you to the site. It is really an interesting article. Go to quicksilveraudio.com. Click on product offerings and then on horn monos. Two quotes from stereophile magazine will come up and click on those. That takes you to Stereophile site. Upper lefthand corner click on tube amps. Then go to page two.

LOL.....and right you are. Bout went blind reading the Jube thread and the Tull thread last night. Just had to get a dig in on Craig[]

Yes I have read the review numerous times and again last night. I know Stereophile presents the positive side on most components (though not on the Paladin mono blocks and a few cartridges here and there). I was offering a third opinion since ours differ somewhat. No problem here. I remember when Nu2toobs got his amps he said they arrived with a broken tube hence the question about damage. I would be interested in your take on the18 db less gain employed on the monos than on QS standard amps. This appraoch was to avoid noise and gain problems that normally appear when using horn speakers. "The horn mono is designed to sound good at very low levels that horn speakers require". " It has extremely low noise and distortion at low levels" "Many amplifiers actually have higher distortion at these levels" BTW.....Mike Sanders designed the horn monos for his personal use with his La Scalas. Friends heard them and asked that he build some for them hence the HM going into production. In the end it always comes back to a matter of what sounds good to your ears. Sorta like some folks like Jubes....some don't[]

Better check those monos out. Sounds like they may have been damaged during shipping. Had mine for over two years and warm and fuzzy would not come to mind in describing the sound. You may want to read the Stereophile link on the QS website and read what John Atkinson and Robert Deutsch had to say. Their impression of the sound and build is very favorable and rather than fuzzy they called the monos "accurate". Atkinson stated " I was frankly astonished by the measured performance of the Quicksilver Horn Mono".

I have Quicksilver Audio Horn Monos and LS with Altec 511/902 horn/driver and ALK xovers. That combo pleases me. Using JJ KT-77 for output tubes. I think if this is your first foray into tubes Quicksilver will be reliable and you can try different tubes. Let us know what you decide and how you like the results.