Dirk Diggler Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 95% complete. Picking up furniture this weekend in VA. A few holes to patch and wires to hide but 100% functional. I could not be happier with the results. It is time to sit back and enjoy 6 months of work and a couple of dollars spent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Diggler Posted February 3, 2006 Author Share Posted February 3, 2006 Projector and Rear Heresy in the wall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Diggler Posted February 3, 2006 Author Share Posted February 3, 2006 Split LS with 511B Horn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Diggler Posted February 3, 2006 Author Share Posted February 3, 2006 Right 511B LS and other half of center. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbsl Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 Sweet!!! Time for a major super bowl party to show it off and enjoy all the work. I bet at least 1000 of us off the forum could make it to your place by kickoff on Sunday! I noticed you have one of Paul's TAD 150 tube preamps that must sound great with that Mac tube amp. I bought my Cayin from Paul and tried the TAD 60 stereo tube amp but returned it cause I liked the Cayin better. Well enjoy the party and I'm going with the Seahawks cause they have never won a SB and I'm a Dallas Cowboys fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Diggler Posted February 4, 2006 Author Share Posted February 4, 2006 The Mac, TAD, and La Scala combo is a winner for my ears. Paul is a great guy and makes some great value equipment. Can't feel too sorry for a Cowboys fan from Austin after the Vince Young show for the title. I want to see Bill Cowher get his credit for being a great coach. He played at NC State where I went to school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyT Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 Very nice setup. Should be a great superbowl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbsl Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 I figure this time next year the prices on 50 inch plasmas should drop down enough to get one. Yeah the boys got their 3 rings back in the 90's so I would like to see more teams in the superbowl that have never gone. That is the major reason I want the Seahawks to win. I wanted to try the TAD 150 but I own a Ground Grid tube preamp and tried the Merlin tube preamp and I was not blown away. I think I heard so much about how great tube preamps are that when I tried them I had unrealistic ideas about how they would sound. They sounded okay but just did not sound as good or better than my Luxman. When I got the Cayin TA 30 tube amp I could definitely hear the improvements but not so with the tube preamps. I guess I'm doing the opposite of what most people say to do, tube preamp with SS amp. So I ended up with a SS preamp and tube amp but it worked for me. Well enjoy the game!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbsl Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 Dirk can you tell me what you feel the Ah! SuperTjoeb 4000 w/ Upsampler does good and are there any areas that it might be lacking in? I came damn close to ordering one last night but for now I need to pay some more bills first. I have the preamp I want and the Cayin works really good with the Luxman so don't feel the need to try something new there but I do want to try the Ah! SuperTjoeb 4000 w/ Upsampler and after that a pair of VRDs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ygmn Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Around here the local ABC HDTV tower is down form Katrina...so no HD SB.....wahhhhh and the local temp transmitter stinksssssss....old fashioned analog signal stnks.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Diggler Posted February 5, 2006 Author Share Posted February 5, 2006 When I was finishing my attic, my 4 year old broke one of my power tubes. While it was down, I used the NAD receiver with the TAD and it warmed up the sound considerably. Everyone is different and alot of tube/SS combos sound sweet, especially with horns. I need to update my profile. I spent a little too much money on fishing my room and had to dump a component or two. The Monarchys and the AH! had to go. It is a very sweet sounding player WITH the upsampler. I honestly was not blown away with the player without the upsampler. To my ears, in my system, the Sony ES player was very, very close to the unit with the upsampler and I like it better than the AH! without it. The Ah! 4000 is an awesome value and is a very detailed player that sounds great. Even though I sold it, it was due to cash flow issues and not performance. I just went a little nuts. Go Steelers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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