I went on a minor shopping spree in the last couple of weeks. Here's the list:

1. 2 Reconditioned Hitachi 14.4V cordless drills
   
2. 1 pair size 9 Keen Newport H2 Sandals
   
3. 1 pair size 9.5 Keen Aruba Sandals
   
4. 1 pair size 9 OluKai Rabbit Kekai slides
   
5. 1 Microsoft Natural Keyboard Elite
   
6. 3 sets of replacement batteries for Vtec wireless phones
   

That should hold me until Xmas. We, except for new music.

Shoot, forgot the most expensive recent purchase. The batteries in my old Sonicare finally were down to only holding enough for about 4-5 brushes between between charges. Did some research and bought this at Costco:

AKG K701, "NOS" style at serial #1399 (or thereabouts). Will complete my trifecta of first-batch K701s (no serial numbers past 3500) - stock cord, SAA Equinox, and APureSound V3.

Oh you guys know I'm going to do a review since I'm collecting these... (and if anyone wants to call dibs on buying the Equinox and V3 ones later, feel free to send a PM)

The trifecta of toiletcans

Well I like the K701, they're good cans, I'm just seeking out the best cable to use with them. My favorite is still the AD2000 tho.

Nike + iPod kit.

Mother 1+2 for GBA out of nostalgia.

Jacob's photopod

NHT Power 2 amp

Speakers yay

Now I need to find a tube preamp. I'm thinking Kondo KSL clone.

You guys always get such good stuff.... I had to settle for this e-bay amp and my Woo3 to use my old 1996 Polk satellites as computer speakers.....

USG

Mother 1+2 for GBA out of nostalgia.

fucking sweet. can you read japanese? I can't so I haven't yet played mother 3 but the english translation is probably only a month or so out from being completed and released. I'm chomping at the bit.

[2] Avel Lindberg trafos for the Buffalo

[1] Teko Enclosure for the Buffalo

[2] Avel Lindberg trafos for the Buffalo

Oh sweet!

[1] Teko Enclosure for the Buffalo

Unfamiliar with that case, any links?

fucking sweet. can you read japanese? I can't so I haven't yet played mother 3 but the english translation is probably only a month or so out from being completed and released. I'm chomping at the bit.

I'm a transplanted Japanese so I can read Japanese. Mother was one of my favorite game when I was a wee little kid in Japan. I'm kicking myself for not picking up a copy of Mother 3 when it was still readily available. Now none of the import companies I use have it in stock so I may just have to bite the bullet and get one off fleeBay.

Unfamiliar with that case, any links?

The story as I've heard it is that Teko is actually the manufacturer for the Hifi2000 line of cases, which I'm sure you've seen. I have no idea if that's true or not, doesn't matter much to me who's the OEM. But someone posted a link to the US distributor of the cases a while back on HF and while it doesn't save you much over ordering from Italy it does at least give you an English speaking rep to yell at if something goes wrong and cuts the wait time way down. I'll post the link in this thread as soon as I can find it again.

http://www.tekoenclosures.com/

That's it, they have a ton of different stuff but the line I was picking from is the 19" line - http://www.tekoenclosures.com/enclosures/19.htm - which looks pretty much exactly like Hifi2000's cases to me.

Edited October 10, 200817 yr by n_maher

I didn't realize there was an American distributor for these. Mucho thanks, I've bookmarked them!

They don't carry some stuff that I'd like them to but I'm hopeful, based on the conversation that I had with them today that they might be able to get non-stocked items direct from Italy. I've never felt comfortable ordering direct given the potential for damage on a journey that long.

New battery for cordless phone.

New wrist rest for keyboard

Organic BBQ sauce.

Organic mustard.

A epic quantity of energy drinks.

I just bought swt61's Thorens TD 160 MkII turntable. I really psyched to give it a listen.

KOB 50th anniversary set

KOB 50th anniversary set

Damn, I feel compelled to buy that too even though I already have a beautiful Classic Records vinyl version and an SACD as well. This is very tempting, though.

Wii Fit, groceries, and some loose tea.

Case of wine, two cases of mixed microbrews, Plymouth gin, Balvenie Doublewood. If the world's gonna end, I want some decent booze in-house.

that blue vinyl is sexy on the KOB set.

Mine only has 2-channels though

^ where from and how much, if I might ask?

I purchased it from:

Dale Manquen at MANCO

1694 Calle Zocalo

Thousand Oaks, CA 91360

(805) 529-2496

[email protected]

M A N Q U E N . N E T

It was $250 + shipping. Although that's expensive, according to Craig, it is the equal of the RK-50 at less than half its price.

/me shudders at the thought of a 4ch version...