tom_hankins

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Would this work? No idea about quality. Ocean Matrix ASW4X1 4x1 Balanced Audio Passive Switcher OMX-ASW4X1 - SJ Media Systems

MINGUS (x5) vinyl

Thanks Everyone for the positive comments.

Got home from having a golfball size tumor removed from deep in my throat behind my ear. Got to go back tomorrow and have the nasty tubes removed from my neck. Its benign, (thank God for that) On the brighter side have lots of new records to listen to since I'm off work for at least two weeks.

I was spinning it this morning and was suprised how good it sound.

Tom Waits "Glitter & Doom" Shelby Lynne "A Little Bit of Lovin" 15 bucks for new vinyl thats good, & well recorded.

Worked, bought a bunch of new vinyl, and ordered some new tubes overnight. Go in for surgery at 5:30 A.M. and I'll be down for at least two weeks. This way have new vinyl and tubes to play with during my down time. )

The two things I end up doing whenever my wife and i go to Boston are Buy Records and eat lots of good food.

Thats how i took your post. Sorry if mine came across different than it was intended. My reply was mainly to Mike about the differences in sound and presentation.

Mike if the 5i falls through I found you a deal another BAT Balanced Audio BAT REX For Sale | AudiogoN

Good Luck, Hope you get it!

These two sound very different. The Aesthetix is brighter and airier and tipped from the lower midrange up in balance, with a little better soundstage depth. The BAT will be a little darker and have a fuller, bigger, more fleshed out sound, with some of the best bass out there but not as resolving up top. The BAT is MUCH quieter than the Aesthetix. I had both here for close to a month and sent the Aesthetix (calypso) back and kept the 31SE. This is not to say the Aesthetix is bright or the BAT dark, just in comparison to each other.

Go with the BAT. They sound great, have a fairly low output so they match up with a variety of amps, and very reliable. If you can hold out I like the 31SE alot and they pop up around your price range. They are a little more flexible as far as inputs and outputs than the 5i. The 5i seem to resell faster though, in case you dont want to keep it. Plus they sound great with cheap tubes.

Spyro Gyra "Fast Forward" The Fabulous Thunderbirds "Girls go Wild"

Get ready, before long you will be overrun by thousands of records, and no where to put them.

Buddy Guy & Junior Wells "Going Back To Acoustic"

Ray Charles "Genius loves Company"

Throw in a couple hours of vinyl a day, and i can live a long and semi-productive life.

Horace Parlan "On the Spur of the Moment" Ray Lamontagne "Till the Sun turns Black"

Tubes & Harbeths are the cure.

I really dont want to buy any more used gear, but still tried to get the last one on Agon at his asking price, then he wanted more than his asking price? I cant afford a new Manley at $7500.00, so yes I guess i have given up. The BAT is working out pretty good, got 5 years warranty, I'm happy.

SONNY ROLLINS (BN 45rpm)

Tom Waits "Blue Valentine" Lyle Lovett "Pontiac"

Alison Kraus "So Long So Wrong"