909

don't assume... i've heard them on a few different occasions, not my cup of tea, but some folks like them.

happy b-day!

AudiogoN ForSale: Audio Technica ATH-W5000 $450 seems like a deal to me, but then i don't follow these cans.

Laser Engraving on Wood Services at Northeast Laser & Electropolish grado wood

AudiogoN ForSale: Tannoy Churchill Widebands

Electrovoice Patrician 800 speakers Excellent condition - eBay (item 190288185892 end time Mar-01-09 19:00:00 PST) Pair Early Altec 604 in 605A speakers,restored original - eBay (item 370161894767 end time Feb-25-09 19:38:59 PST) SONY PS-8750 Stereo Turntable-Audiophile's Choice-Rare - eBay (item 150327940061 end time Mar-01-09 17:28:34 PST)

missed this one, happy belated b-day!

welcome!

EMI/Parlophone vinyl pressing from the Bealtes blue box collection

i bought that for my wife on vinyl and it sounds really good. vinyl (the whest ps.30r is a revelation)

is that photoshopped as her neck looks a little disturbing to me?

a while back i did a quick and dirty listen at CD trader on Ventura Blvd, but couldn't bring myself to buy the Fox Confessor Brings The Flood, yet i am itching to hear it again because of the online chatter. the first few times i heard Newsom i couldn't understand all the fuss and chuckled i could never listen to that, but after getting the Ys CD and then the LP i am hooked. well at least to this album... vinyl

vinyl

vinyl & L3000s

vinyl i've been spinning today with my new phonostage and using the cicadas... original pressing bethlehem lp

in hindsight i shouldn't have lifted part of a private discussion i had, even though, i thought it applicable to the discussion at hand and hoped it would clear up some misinformation (tango), but in fact it opened a can of worms. it didn't dawn on me in the slightest that custom, off the shelf or somewhere in between would even be a contentious issue and potentially snowball into a somewhat heated topic. if i did, i wouldn't have touched it with a ten foot pole as i am trying to avoid controversy. i had believed and still do to a certain extent that the info i provided was factual and have no reason not to believe my source. and in the big picture at least for me, the two main things i tend to care most about are sound quality and price to performance ratio. i pulled this from Todd's description of the 307A... "All of the transformers are custom wound by hand in the USA by one of the finest audio transformer producers in the world, and were designed specifically for this amplifier." if it is the case that anyone can order this transformer, i can see how one could find it suspect or even disingenuous. but i certainly can still respect your position as it also makes sense. this whole situation seems a bit like making a mountain out of a molehill to me, but then again i don't think it such a big deal.

fair enough and certainly you're definitely entitled to view it as you see fit it makes little difference as it isn't really such an important thing, at least to me.

in this hobby, it's virtual impossible to avoid having some sort of conflict of interest from time to time. imo, the issue here isn't the source, but whether the information provided is accurate. it appeared that the tango comment, which led to this discussion was more likely than not erroneous and the info i provided about the iron and boards manufacturer was likely right. the primary issue being hashed out in my mind regarding this subject is how broadly or narrowly one wants to apply the term custom to a particular part...

possibly because i never offered my own opinion on the subject, yet yours seems to have as much validity and persuasiveness as my other friend plus i tend to trust both of you since you know more than me about this stuff, though, certainly one of you has a lot more experience and expertise building amps. it isn't such a big deal, at least to me, that both of you view the description on pretty polar opposite ends of the spectrum. that being said, i am really excited to hear this amp at CJ09, likely more so than anything else, and will judge the amp on sonics.

reiterating what i heard about the transformers and tight/selling-lips. it's just another perspective from someone after reading the 307A product description, mind you not mine, but someone who really knows his stuff.

a little birdie told me... all the iron in the ttvj 307A amp -- power transformer, inductor, input transformers, and output transformers are made by electra-print and are available to anyone to buy off his site. even the current source boards are bought from tent labs. only the chassis is custom.

happy b-day!

the only metallica LP i am really happy with. it is quiet and sounds excellent. it's the only 45 i got.

vinyl

it's probably because not only Pete, but Todd needs to get their points on the product -- everyone gets their cut, right? i've had a loaner ec-ss and the ttvj (phonostage mind you) chassis just seems overall less expensive to make.