Voltron

Kinda like Gene except with massive amounts of alcohol instead of freezing temps and improper gear.

Happy birthday Salty! Have good fun.

Well, the sad truth is that I got a very short listen to the completed setup but I am very happy with the initial results. The Doshi fit right in very nicely and add some welcome warmth and sophistication to the rig. The EMM Labs direct certainly sounded good but didn't have as much character and tended to a harsher edge. As far as the very limited listening I have done, the Doshi is very quiet and the sound is nicely detailed and dynamic. The mids are going to be in my dreams tonight. Wut can I say, toobs r gud. The Ayre really has an amazing sound and I am sure that it would have some benefits over the Doshi. The really sick thing would be to use the Doshi as a phono stage and then have the Ayre serving preamp duties. I mentioned that to JP#s at one point and he nearly passed out. The Ayre really drives my imagination and it has a remote, but I am going to stick with this setup for now. The Doshi does have a separate power supply that is in the full rig picture on the lower right next to the KGSS DX. It is solid state and built like a tank. It has a ground lift and an on/off switch. That is it. It is connected to the preamp section by an XLR cable and a power cable with multiple pins that screws down (like the Woo Audio 5). There is also a ground pin that plugs into both ends. The phono section uses a total of 6 tubes. All tubes right now are JJ gold pins. The 4 on the right are ECC83, and 12AX7 are substitutes I will try at some point. The 2 in the middle are ECC81, and substitutes are 12AT7s. Lastly, the line stage tubes are ECC99s, and 12BH7s are the primary substitutes. There are other variations that are acceptable, but right now I don't have the manual with them all listed. I may have some more info about the internals in the Casino at some point. More when I am able to listen more. I desperately wish it was right now.

The Unicorn Lives!!! And it is rocking my world. I have played Bill Evans, Steely Dan, and Dave Alvin on SACD and LP and all have been awesome. I was also fixing the Reks curse which struck my HT amp by popping some fuses while I was taking stuff apart. Anyway, more thoughts later, but my family is waiting for me and I am running 8 directions at once. Pics, with a proper Voltron Lion at the end for Nate. Woo Hoo!

Don't ban me bro! Two boxes just now arrived and I do not hear large objects rolling around inside them. Stay tuned!

Wait, maybe UPS tried to use non-virgins to ship it to me! Dammit, I knew there was a hitch! And thanks for the well-wishes Dreadhead.

I agree with JP's scoring, but those Watt Puppys were really amazing in certain respects such as bass depth and definition as mentioned perviously. That whole system was really nice but the ATC 50s manage to split the difference between the too cold and detailed Puppys and the too warm and bloated Sonus Fabers. I am awaiting the return of the Unicorn today, which is very exciting. I think that its introduction into the system will improve dramatically over the EMM Labs direct to ATCs, plus the Doshi phono stage is said to be extraordinary. Will post more pics and thoughts later. Wish me luck on a safe delivery this time...

Obviously separated at birth: Well, except for the fact that the second one appears to have been aborted.

Don't you listen to the Shane Co. ads? Tom Shane always say Antwerp is the diamond capital you twerp.

Happy birthday young squire.

Deepak's fancy cee-dee cast-offs: John Lennon -- Imagine (CP32 Japan first pressing) The Doors -- The Doors DCC Gold Miles Davis -- Tribute to Jack Johnson Japan DSD Master Sound Miles Davis -- Bitch's Brew (Sony/CBS Japan original mix)

So did it snow yet or are you just being optimistic?

Jay is slowly making his way down the off-topic forum. Maybe he will reach his own HBD thread soon.

^^life imitates art.

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If a Furry falls in the forest and there is nobody to hear it, does it still make you sick that they dress up like stuffed animals to fuck?

SD--the Slow Forum thread in the Off Topic forum is where you post this type of stuff on Head-Case

Understatement of the week. Music Matters Rulez!

That could be dangerous. Lambda Pro = Black Lambda Sig = Brown Not sure on Nova

Nice prose. Sorry about the vomit to sleep ratio at home.

I am not a tube expert at all, but some of your tubes are wanted for amps: Tung-Sol 5U4-GB/RCA 5U4-GB -- good rectifiers RCA OD3 -- regulator RCA EL34 [box] -- definitely useful and common as output tube; could be sought after because RCA did not make its own EL34s so they can truly be Mullards, Amperex, Sylvania. Somebody who can identify tubes could tell you who actually made them. Tung-Sol 12AU7A -- gain tube commonly used 3M 12AX7A -- gain tube commonly used

Hey Carl, and welcome to Head-Case. Glad you found your way over and hope you don't have too thin a skin. Didn't seem that way in Tampa given that you hung in there through it all and never seemed phased. Enjoy.

Maybe if you guys didn't stop by and waste his time he could get something done! j/k but Craig sure can drag out a development cycle, god love him.

"Bah mah craptacular Denon shit-cans, they arr moar betta then Arrr-10s!"

I've got a couple random boxes of random tubes from my father in law and other spots. I really should figure out what is in there.... Have fun with it Knuckles