Hashimoto Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Got them yesterday. Very nice. These'll be with me for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hashimoto Posted May 25, 2009 Author Share Posted May 25, 2009 The other one. S/N 143292494-5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesV Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Very cool they look beautiful, Congrats on the new speakers. Are they your first Klipsch speakers? I seen that you had questions about your room size before you got them. I know you just had them one day but what do you think about them in your room? James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Congrats, looks like you have a couple of diy tube amps, hope they sound great to your likeing, look nice by the way. nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brac Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Hey are those amps? did you build them? what are they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hashimoto Posted May 25, 2009 Author Share Posted May 25, 2009 Yes, my first Klipsches. 35 years ago in high school, my best friend's father had a Macintosh amp, Dual TT and Heresies in his basement. We would rock out. Once I got the toe-in in the ballpark, they came together very nicely. Good recordings are wonderful, especially recently remastered stuff. Older CDs can be a bit hard. For example: Beatles White Album on CD, "Blackbird" was terrific. I have never heard the separation of Paul's voice and whoever sings with him in the chorus so clearly before. "Back in the USSR" had me scrambling to turn it down, hard and screechy. So a bit Jekyll and Hyde, mostly Jekyll. I'll listen for a while but I'm already thinking crossover upgrade, constant impedance ones like the ALKs as I'm using SET amps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hashimoto Posted May 25, 2009 Author Share Posted May 25, 2009 Hey are those amps? did you build them? what are they? Modified Bottlehead Parabees. Constant current DC filament supplies for the 300Bs. Shunt regulated CCS loaded driver stage. I also integrated them, i.e. they have stepped attenuators at the input. It wouldn't all fit into the original tiny chassis so they're on breadboards for now. Source is an ARC CD3 balanced out into Burson balanced in single-ended out buffer into the amps. Have some IT coupled SETs half-finished on the bench. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seti Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 Congrats on the Belles. Best system I have owned was Canary Audio SET CA301 George Wright Preamp and Belles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerolW Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 Nice Belles. 09/09/09 is the release date for the new Beatle remasters. jerol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Robin Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 Congrats on the New Belle's. They look great and should sound outstanding. In the other thread you stated that they were a little pricey. Sure hope you got a deal and did not pay thru the roof for them. Rebuilt crossovers made a big difference; been wanting to try some ALK's or DeanG crossovers but have not made the move yet. Later Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 beautiful... jealous here. I love the bread boards to, perhaps someday I can afford something like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VacuumTube1954 Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 Congrats Hashimoto on your new Belles. I would love to have a pair. Nice set-up also. Enjoy ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Thump Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 Those are beauties Hashimoto...Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 Nice, I enjoy me some Belles as well, pretty ain't they..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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