Musta cut out all the drivers to make then into point source with trapezoidish containers, because otherwise, unless one ONLY wants baroque cathedral surround warm-poo… <shudder> Different strokes for different folks… First time I hear em. Was like COOL. Then my friend was like, “Hey, lets go...

Doonesbury for the win

Indeed, and much appreciated. I showed Gerri the wood and she loved what we (jointly agreed upon)…. Let’s save the choice for the unveiling… ;)

Ah Julian… ever and always tone deaf

What I really remember was arguing with folks that were CONVINCED they had the best and most realistic sound of any speaker. I would always say, close your eyes, and point to the first violin, or the flute soloist… and watch their arms flail about… finally falling back on “well,I like the way...

Wait til you do the inspection and, wait for it, the registration/sticker at freaking HEB while you buy your food, wine/beer, and lowest price gasoline around. They literally print your window sticker at the local freaking grocery store. THAT part of Texas is perfect!

Good to hear!

Love the pattern! Tortoise’s are cool. We had an annual visitor, Phred we named him, the 8 years I lived in Tucson… loved bits of fruit…

Cretin alert on aisle Schiittalk

So all this Vali 3 “tube talk” has me wondering… My Kara (via pre-out, or via it’s separate headphone jack) is driving my Koss ESP950 energizer just fine… but… Would Vali work as well? I figure I could take one of the SE Pre-outs from Kara into it and play the “balance” the two volume pots for...

Anyone not appreciating EH Taylor is a cretin… jes sayin’

Based on my (limited to date, but growing daily) experience, I think that is clearly going to depend on your speakers; at this level I think synergies are critical. E.g. I LOVE what I’m hearing via Yggy A1/OG Level 3 into my Apogees; there is a natural synergy there. Would I *like* to hear/know...

Only good use I ever found for sorbothane was as a footer under a particularly noisy aquarium filter/pump…. Aka, good for Fisch-Schiit.

Yeah, see “not priced like a new Lexus LS”… Had I those funds, i might check them “in home”… but, nope…

Know any tubes that can drive Apogees? Yeah, see that’s the issue for me. They are literally the ONLY reason I don’t have any current tube amp/gear… but a good tube pre could easily change that. Alas, I’m not likely to ever find any tube amp that could remotely drive them, at least not at less...