deepak

What was your experience with tubedepot? I just ordered some tubes from them, I hope I get them before next Sunday.

The White Stripes Icky Thump SH/KG mastered vinyl. I caved in

postjizzle I don't agree with that comment about 16-bit box, IMO it's placebo. Would the box have been 30-bit, 40-bit, 50-bit box had I told you that was the redbook spec? What about being in a 1-bit box with DSD?

Is there a phone number you can complain to? Perhaps point them to this thread

2x nos Tesla PCC88 tubes

Much appreciated JB. I'll try and negotiate a lower rate with Hampton so it's not such a burden. Ian: I'm leaning towards a Sunday meet. Saturday might not be so good for me since I might not be back in NH until 3 pm-ish.

$100 is looking like the cheapest I can get for a room at a hotel (probably because the hotel is on the Bow/Concord border and not very central to most things). All the ones in Concord are between $120-150. IMO this is still sort of expensive for 4 people once we factor in food. But I'm still looking into things

Update: I can get the Hampton Inn Hotel conference room for August 11 or 12 for $100 for the entire day: http://www.hamptoninn.com/en/hp/hotels/groups.jhtml;jsessionid=4UKTFEYRTKGTECSGBIY2VCQ?ctyhocn=CCDNHHX edit: still calling around

I would do it but I don't think I'll be hanging on to the Melos for long.

Thanks. I guess I'm going to order those NOS Tesla PC88 from tubedepot. It's frustrating how fast it goes through the 6DJ8s. I don't mind the sound of the Tesla 6DJ8. Hopefully this pair will last me at least 6 months.

I have fairly small ears and the L3000 are perfect. The drivers don't physically touch any part of my outer ear. The imaging on the L3000 is one of its strong points.

Chuck Norris would take a poop on his face. Then leave riding a bull.

Keep watching for updates, I really want this meet to happen that weekend. I'll try and work something out, it shouldn't be that hard with 4 people.

Not yet, let me see about library reading rooms (Saturday) I'll add an update tomorrow.

I spoke to my dad and Sunday the 12th isn't looking good at my parents house. He's having friends over from his work. And I'm going to Niagara the first weekend of August, and the weekend of the 18th I'll be super busy

Hack the gibson and set everyone's clock ahead 2 hours.

Oh of course. I thought the two other movies were pretty bad. But I haven't seen Reloaded or Revolutions since their theater release, and watching it the second time definitely answered a lot of questions (the conversation with the architect mainly).

Last night squeezed in The Matrix Reloaded in 1080p

I wouldn't be ashamed. I had two K1000s at one point :/ Now who's going to be the guy that hunts down a green L3000

Happy birthday!

Also look into Naim gear. I don't know how it sounds outside the system I heard it in, but the Naim, SET amps and Avantgarde Duos I've heard on numerous occasions still gets my heart racing.

Single box won't always be better than a two boxer and vice versa. North Star's transport is using the Philips CD Pro 2, one of the best.

I believe you can get the turbo mod for the DAC and get all the mods for the transport. I think the superclock4 is if you're using something other than its dedicated CD Transport. Because it's for SPDIF, and the Northstar Transport uses I2s. Take this with a huge grain of salt since it's 6moons (and not 6moon's Ryan) but the reviewer said he preferred the modded North Star components to Empirical Audio's Spoiler DAC.

Eh, it's alright. I compared one side by side with my Lavry DA10 and preferred the Lavry in nearly every way. And I was able to compare my North Star with the Lavry and that really wasn't a contest.

If he can get in home auditions with his speakers that would probably be one way to determine what sort of sound he likes. At a bit over $5000 used I would keep an eye on the Emm Labs CDSD and DAC6e or DCC2.