Islander Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 On 7/25/2023 at 8:33 AM, the real Duke Spinner said: Nikko. .. Had a Beta ...before my ex-wife made it dissapear. 🤬 Exes are exes for a reason, or several reasons in some cases. In those cases, just thinking about the time spent/wasted with them can cause gnashing of teeth, loudly spoken or forcefully muttered expletives, or even a manly tear or two (but not more than two, since then you're drifting into less manly categories). More than two manly tears are reserved for things like the last few minutes of Easy Rider or Vanishing Point, or the scene in Saving Private Ryan on D-Day where the soldiers are being slaughtered on the beach by heavy machine guns, and even diving into the water gives no shelter from the heavy-caliber bullets. Your personal tear triggers may vary, of course. Those are just a few scenes that are hard for me to watch. For you, it might be the sight of your favourite team being eliminated from the Championship in the last minute of the game. You get what I mean. Duke, I hope you were able to replace your Beta with something even better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the real Duke Spinner Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 2 hours ago, Islander said: Exes are exes for a reason, or several reasons in some cases. In those cases, just thinking about the time spent/wasted with them can cause gnashing of teeth, loudly spoken or forcefully muttered expletives, or even a manly tear or two (but not more than two, since then you're drifting into less manly categories). More than two manly tears are reserved for things like the last few minutes of Easy Rider or Vanishing Point, or the scene in Saving Private Ryan on D-Day where the soldiers are being slaughtered on the beach by heavy machine guns, and even diving into the water gives no shelter from the heavy-caliber bullets. Your personal tear triggers may vary, of course. Those are just a few scenes that are hard for me to watch. For you, it might be the sight of your favourite team being eliminated from the Championship in the last minute of the game. You get what I mean. Duke, I hope you were able to replace your Beta with something even better. Went all Crown .. Straight Line into MacroTech. 🙂 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the real Duke Spinner Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 2 minutes ago, the real Duke Spinner said: Went all Crown .. Straight Line into MacroTech. 🙂 No way to replace the other stuff at my age. 🙄 Especially the residence on Conesus Lake. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Grammer Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 On 7/25/2023 at 11:43 AM, henry4841 said: Pictures of amps would be appreciated in the tube section under the title "Pictures of your Tube amps." I finally put up the pictures you asked for. Check out the "Pictures of your tube amplifiers" section. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnclarkbrost Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 I have an Aegir pushing two KLF 10s in a relatively large room - 12' x 30' basement rec room. I purchased the KLF 10s when I was very young...just a kid with his first decent paycheck. They were sitting in my basement until I purchased an Aegir, Saga+, and Modius DAC. The volume is just sufficient. It sounds good but if I push the Saga+ preamp volume past 3/4....which is just loud enough for comfortable listening......the Aegir goes into protection mode. I keep a laptop cooling fan under the Aegir which seems to help dissapate the heat. Any less power and I would probably be dissapointed. All that being said, with the lossless files on Tidal....you get a taste of that in the room feeling. But now...having had whif of HiFi...and having heard Magnepan LRS speakers......Im in the conundrum. Do I just get the new Vidar and pair with the LRS? OR........do I go for broke....get a Kara or Freya + along with another Aegir....and run as mono blocs....trying to push the Magnepans.....??????? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Travis In Austin Posted September 17, 2023 Moderators Share Posted September 17, 2023 1 hour ago, johnclarkbrost said: I have an Aegir pushing two KLF 10s in a relatively large room - 12' x 30' basement rec room. I purchased the KLF 10s when I was very young...just a kid with his first decent paycheck. They were sitting in my basement until I purchased an Aegir, Saga+, and Modius DAC. The volume is just sufficient. It sounds good but if I push the Saga+ preamp volume past 3/4....which is just loud enough for comfortable listening......the Aegir goes into protection mode. I keep a laptop cooling fan under the Aegir which seems to help dissapate the heat. Any less power and I would probably be dissapointed. All that being said, with the lossless files on Tidal....you get a taste of that in the room feeling. But now...having had whif of HiFi...and having heard Magnepan LRS speakers......Im in the conundrum. Do I just get the new Vidar and pair with the LRS? OR........do I go for broke....get a Kara or Freya + along with another Aegir....and run as mono blocs....trying to push the Magnepans.....??????? Welcome to the Forum. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the real Duke Spinner Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 On 7/27/2023 at 12:05 PM, Islander said: Exes are exes for a reason, or several reasons in some cases. In those cases, just thinking about the time spent/wasted with them can cause gnashing of teeth, loudly spoken or forcefully muttered expletives, or even a manly tear or two (but not more than two, since then you're drifting into less manly categories). More than two manly tears are reserved for things like the last few minutes of Easy Rider or Vanishing Point, or the scene in Saving Private Ryan on D-Day where the soldiers are being slaughtered on the beach by heavy machine guns, and even diving into the water gives no shelter from the heavy-caliber bullets. Your personal tear triggers may vary, of course. Those are just a few scenes that are hard for me to watch. For you, it might be the sight of your favourite team being eliminated from the Championship in the last minute of the game. You get what I mean. Duke, I hope you were able to replace your Beta with something even better. All Crown at this point . Jolida CD is exceptional. 🙂 Running A/B speaker setup JBL 4430,and Klipsch KLF 30. 🙂 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmytamp Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 DAC: Schiit Bifrost Amp: Bob Latino’s VTA ST-120 Pre-Amp: Tubes4hifi VTA SP-12 Speakers: Klipsch Cornwall 1 (1981) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 Still going strong and I am still VERY happy... But I might be moving towards Lampizator sometime in the future. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwynn Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 I'm using a Yamaha RX-V6A as DAC and pre-amp and switch up between 2 amps. The GLOW Audio Two for 15 watts of 2 channel goodness or an Integra ADM 2.1 for 100 watts of HT thump. Both going into 1977 Cornwalls. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba_Buoy Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 DAC - Denafrips Ares 2 Preamp - Emotiva XSP-1 Amp - Rogue Audio Medusa w/ NOS (1963) Mullards Speakers - Chorus 2 w/ titanium tweeters and re-capped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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