Cut-Throat Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 Go gettem Neo! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3085730593&category=39783 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3085628542&category=39783 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo33 Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 "it will probably be a cold day in hell before a set (Moondogs) show up used on Audiogon." (11/10/03, DeanG) There had been five set of Moondogs popping up on eBays and Audiogon in the past four months and Hell is still hot everyday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBusa Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 I just don't get it ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cut-Throat Posted March 18, 2004 Author Share Posted March 18, 2004 "I just don't get it ..." When you grow up, you will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBusa Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 I hope so! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOSValves Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 ---------------- On 3/18/2004 7:00:00 PM neo33 wrote: "it will probably be a cold day in hell before a set (Moondogs) show up used on Audiogon." (11/10/03, DeanG) There had been five set of Moondogs popping up on eBays and Audiogon in the past four months and Hell is still hot everyday! ---------------- I wonder why ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben. Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 I'm sure the sellers have been "saved" by higher power. Or they're buying DRDs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edster00 Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 Mine were one pair...I went to the 2A3 JF Lessard Horus! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cut-Throat Posted March 18, 2004 Author Share Posted March 18, 2004 I have a pair on deck..... I went to the DRD45s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo33 Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 "I have a pair on deck" Why do you still keep them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Mandaville Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 I also have a pair. But I'm gonna completely rebuild mine with new Lots-of-good-things, and then I'm going to.....keep them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo33 Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 Erik, which do you prefer? Your Parafeeds or the Moondogs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo33 Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 "I'm sure the sellers have been "saved" by higher power." Nah, they went even lower-power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cut-Throat Posted March 18, 2004 Author Share Posted March 18, 2004 "Why do you still keep them?" Inertia is a powerful force! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo33 Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 I knew it! . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Mandaville Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 Hi, Neo: I like the Moondogs because they are a very straightforward and good sounding -- rather classic -- SET amplifiers. I just have a fondness for them, and have had them and used them for a long time. The parafeed DRDs are MUCH quiter, have better and faster transient detail, use no coupling capacitors between stages, have power supply isolation because of the Ultrapath connection on the output, as well as a partial bypass on the 2A3 cathode resistor. Like Leo with his parafeed Moondogs, as well as Lessard's Horus, I have gone back and forth with the input stage cathode resistor bypass capacitor. At this point, I'm not using a capacitor in that position. Nor do I have the grid stopper resistor that is on the stock DRD amps. I like them both, but the reasons are different. The parafeed DRDs have such a low residual noise floor, and that's just a characteristic I like in an amplifier. I always wonder if Ron W. would sell the DRD kits without the OPT. One could take those savings and use it toward plate chokes and parafeed OPTs. The DRD is really the closest thing to my amps now available, and I just modeled the input stage on mine after the work done on the DRDs by Jack Eliano and Ron. W. I just built the best qualities of two amps I really liked (DRD and the Horus) into a single different design. There is really nothing left of the former Horus at this point, but it was/is an excellent amp. If you found a well-built pair of Moondogs, it wouldn't be a mistake (in my opinion) to make that investment. They would last a lifetime and still be great sounding SET amps! I'm a collector, I guess, which would also explain the 15 or so antique chiming clocks we have in the house. Our house is like a tube-driven clock shop! Sorry for the long-winded reply to your question, Neo. Make sure of the build quality, and ask for pictures of the inside of the amps if you're considering this as a possibility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Bey Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 The Moondog 2A3 is one sweet amplifier. If I had the spare jingle right now I'd snap a pair up. But I cannot bring myself to let go of the Laurels. They are just too good. Too good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cut-Throat Posted March 19, 2004 Author Share Posted March 19, 2004 Randy, When I brought my 45 amps over to your place, they were tapped for 16 Ohms for the Auris Speakers. Now that I've tapped them for 8 Ohms they are even more amazing! - The Moondogs are in mothballs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edster00 Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 My Moondogs would still be here too, but I needed the cash to buy the Horus'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klipsch RF7 Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 How would these compare to a pair of highly modified completely rebuilt, modernized Dynaco mark III's with the Triode power board mods and Orange drop caps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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