mjg Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 philodox. Since you are sacrificing yourself on sovkillers defense. I'm going to focus on you now. Stop being his lawyer. It's not our fault you live in canada, stop taking it out on us... Go smoke some bacon and chill in your log cabin or whatever you wacky canadians do. If you want to be with him so bad, invite him over to the cabin. You guys could be chums. HAHAHAH take that! ; ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philodox Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 Since you are sacrificing yourself on sovkillers defense. I'm going to focus on you now. Stop being his lawyer. It's not our fault you live in canada, stop taking it out on us... Go smoke some bacon and chill in your log cabin or whatever you wacky canadians do. If you want to be with him so bad, invite him over to the cabin. You guys could be chums.Well, someone has to... I dislike mobs. I have a theory. You Yankees aren't allowed to swear in movies or on TV most of the time and as everyone knows people want what they can't have. In Canada we aren't as restricted and as a result we don't feel the need to overdo it when we get the chance. It's sort of like underage drinking. Kids don't have drinking problems [or at least not as much] in France because you can drink as soon as you have money and know how to open the door to the bar. They don't grow up with alcohol on a pedestal like people do in North America. Or maybe I just don't see the need to act all tough online just because I can. I treat people with respect in real life and on the Internet until they do something that causes me to loose my respect for them. And though Sov might have made some mistakes and misunderstood some things here, he has done nothing to deserve all the grief he has been getting. Please don't think that I am offended by swearing... it's not that... it is just irritating. Pretty much on par with something like this: "You're, like, so totally out of nail polish? What-EVER!" Oh, and we smoke pot and eat bacon, get it right. We also have trees up here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotoriousBIG_PJ Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 His name is Alberto. His name is Alberto. His name is... Biggie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patu Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 It looks nice, but it's a little early to call it awesome unless you've heard it already. Nice to see another option in the balanced area though. No it's not. RudiStor is teh best forevah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xand1x Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Well, someone has to... I dislike mobs. I have a theory. You Yankees aren't allowed to swear in movies or on TV most of the time and as everyone knows people want what they can't have. In Canada we aren't as restricted and as a result we don't feel the need to overdo it when we get the chance. It's sort of like underage drinking. Kids don't have drinking problems [or at least not as much] in France because you can drink as soon as you have money and know how to open the door to the bar. They don't grow up with alcohol on a pedestal like people do in North America. Or maybe I just don't see the need to act all tough online just because I can. I treat people with respect in real life and on the Internet until they do something that causes me to loose my respect for them. And though Sov might have made some mistakes and misunderstood some things here, he has done nothing to deserve all the grief he has been getting. Please don't think that I am offended by swearing... it's not that... it is just irritating. Pretty much on par with something like this: "You're, like, so totally out of nail polish? What-EVER!" Oh, and we smoke pot and eat bacon, get it right. We also have trees up here. Touche Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiWire Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 I thought this was a thread about amp-porn? Entertaining... I like this place. I hope there aren't any net-nazis coming to mess with our fun. Pretzels, anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltron Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 That was not mine, was from a movie, not sure which now???.... "Nigger, you just fucked with the wrong bull" comes from the most disturbing scene I have ever watched on film, which is in the movie American History X. This lovely line is uttered the moment before neo-nazi Ed Norton makes the guy bite the curb and smashes his head in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltron Posted March 28, 2006 Report Share Posted March 28, 2006 just for the sake of clarity, Derek Vinyard is the neo-nazi, not Edward Norton. Thanks for the clarification. Derek Vineyard is the fictional character played by Edward Norton, who is not a nazi to my knowledge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Post Posted March 28, 2006 Report Share Posted March 28, 2006 what the heck is going on? this is the FIRST time i've come into this thread and i missed all the action? all i see are alot of sovkiller's self-edited threads, and eric's soft attempt at a Fanny Hill. what gives? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Post Posted March 28, 2006 Report Share Posted March 28, 2006 well there was that bit of a flurry of folks reporting about it on head-fi, but so far no 1st hand accounts on a listen, so i'll reserve judgement either way till i hear it - it'll be at the nat meet i think! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Post Posted April 24, 2006 Report Share Posted April 24, 2006 let us know how you like it. Hello, I had the chance to hear it, and it actually made me enjoy the balanced HD650, no joke. Even more so than the balanced HD650 from the RSA B-52 (although the PS-1 was the big winner in that amp - BASS.) Maybe it's just my leanings toward tube hybrids, but this thing really hit the spot for me in terms of tube warmth and smoothness weight behind notes and solid state impact and speed. I noticed the unbalanced headphone jack there too, but I didn't have my HP-2s on me to give it a spin. Uh, it sounds better than my Melos, at least in meet conditions. I think Rudi has a nice flagship amp on his hands, based purely on sound (i'm a dunce when it comes to DIY/engineering as you know!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yikes Posted April 24, 2006 Report Share Posted April 24, 2006 This is a seriously nice amp. Sounded very good driving my SA5000's. If it retailed in the $3000 to $5000 range it would be a contender. I don't remember exactly what it sells for but I believe that it is north of $10,000. at that price it is seriously over-priced. Still it does sound very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt Peanuts Posted April 24, 2006 Report Share Posted April 24, 2006 This is a seriously nice amp. Sounded very good driving my SA5000's. If it retailed in the $3000 to $5000 range it would be a contender. I don't remember exactly what it sells for but I believe that it is north of $10,000. at that price it is seriously over-priced. Still it does sound very good. Um, that's not a typo on the price, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hirsch Posted April 24, 2006 Report Share Posted April 24, 2006 Not a typo on the price. The big ALPS potentiometers alone cost around $500 each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt Peanuts Posted April 24, 2006 Report Share Posted April 24, 2006 Not a typo on the price. The big ALPS potentiometers alone cost around $500 each. Oh yeah, I forgot that there are two RK50's in there. Man, cost of $1000 just on pots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin gilmore Posted April 24, 2006 Report Share Posted April 24, 2006 Those pots are less than that if you know where to buy them. The pots are still the most expensive item. Figure about $1600 in total parts. So a multiplier of about 6. Same multiplier ray uses. The noise duality is a far better deal for only $8000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hungrych Posted April 24, 2006 Report Share Posted April 24, 2006 10k for that? I dunno... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiberian Posted April 24, 2006 Report Share Posted April 24, 2006 with 10k i can get a wadia 27ix and drive my senns directly out of it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkam Posted April 24, 2006 Report Share Posted April 24, 2006 If I was going to waste 10k I'd get two of these: http://www.tvauthority.com/DLP-TV-HDTV/Samsung-HL-R6768W.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt Peanuts Posted April 24, 2006 Report Share Posted April 24, 2006 If I was going to waste 10k I'd get two of these: http://www.tvauthority.com/DLP-TV-HDTV/Samsung-HL-R6768W.asp Mmmmm, HDTV goodness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Gramain Posted April 24, 2006 Report Share Posted April 24, 2006 It's very pretty inside. Can the LCD displays show up little programmable messages too? That would be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin gilmore Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 you really want one of these... http://www.abtelectronics.com/product/20213.html In about 2 months it will have the led backlights instead. Then i'll buy it and put the gx45u in the basement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yikes Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 Those pots are less than that if you know where to buy them. The pots are still the most expensive item. Figure about $1600 in total parts. So a multiplier of about 6. Same multiplier ray uses. The noise duality is a far better deal for only $8000 The standard manufacturing to retail formula for audio is 1 to 5. That?s to normal retail, i.e. dealer sales. The ratio for direct sales should normally be on the order of 1 to 3. A manufacturer can use whatever ratio they feel their customers will accept. Actually now that I think of it the formula that I mentioned tends to include labor as well as parts cost. I?m not in the habit of dissecting what the components of a product cost, but I find it difficult to imagine that a Raptor?s parts cost and labor comes to only $210. I?m not a Ray FanBoy, but I also tend to take most of the Ray bashing on this site with a grain of salt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin gilmore Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 Actually ray's raptor parts cost add up to about $250. His multiplier for this one is slightly on the low side. Parts and labor for the hornet are a little over $55. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patu Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 There's a price now on RudiStor website. 10,500EUR which is little over 13,000USD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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