Know any tubes that can drive Apogees? Yeah, see that’s the issue for me. They are literally the ONLY reason I don’t have any current tube amp/gear… but a good tube pre could easily change that. Alas, I’m not likely to ever find any tube amp that could remotely drive them, at least not at less...

I’m certain it wasn’t distortion, it was just loud enough (for her taste) to bother her and she called me on it. I’ve had it louder for much intrinsically brighter material (e.g. Peter Gabriel’s So, for all it’s merits is a bit “hot/tizzy” even on LP) and it didn’t bother ME. She really thinks...

I hear you. I went through my tube phase earlier. For about two years I was Oracle with Koetsu, via SME 309 arm, into an OG ARC SP-3A. I came THIS close to replacing with either SP6 or 11, but, since by then I’d fallen in love with the Apogees, I decided to optimize around them… evaluated...

Ditto sir, ditto. We old, worldly, sophisticated, catholic (lower-case c) curmudgeons of the world have a key civilizational role to play, after all! So many tunes to listen to and share, so much bourbon and whiskey to taste and compare, so much wood to work and enjoy, so much Schiit to use, so...

Can’t resist (I blame @sixergixer and his devilish bourbon), but… Classe’ w/o David Reich is… Class B… Jes’ sayin. I would KILL for a pair of DR3’s for my Duetta’s…

Those are gorgeous. What is that deep brown wood in center wide strip of the board on the right? Walnut? Love that. So “warm”. So just shared all the dialogs with Wifey. It’s official, Gerri thinks all ya’ll (and me) are crazy. She’s blown away that I re-connected with an old listening buddy...

Well, I’m sure wifey would approve, but only if it were to match the Red Oak flooring; she’s still miffed at them holes I hadda drill (the floors were all new when we moved in). I’m working on a few spare pieces to make a visual “plug” for the hole, but hadn’t thought yet about experimenting...

Correct, not rebuilt. Scared Schiit-less (really) of WHEN that becomes required…. I’ve babied the hell out of them… every move was me personally packing, loading, and driving… including to and from Texas. Never in too high or low temps… But, I must admit I’m driving with Classe’ not Krell; me...

Yeah, well… a nod to @bcowen there one supposes… more seriously, when I did the recent move the amp under the floor thing… it strained the wires just enough that I needed to insure no shorts. Decorative wood would obviously be the ticket. I recently borrowed ZMF Bokeh and there was a temptation...

Yep… My IRL name is Dave Wagner… me clearly must have crossed paths… you?

Do we KNOW each other and were you in MY listening sessions with friends when we originally got/built these cables of mine? Because you are literally describing what I built (Using Stratus Computer chassis ground cable… lots of strands, flexible, white sheath… 2guage… right down to the pure...

Ask, and ye shall receive…..:beerchug:

Excellent, and it perfectly will fit my approach. I have (from back before life intervened with funding from startup pulled, two family deaths, selling house and moving cross-country; ultimately back again 4 years later). A reasonably high-end full size PC tower, with 4TB of disk (in RAID), and...

Know that exact place, can’t remember the name. Last I knew I think Watch City Brewing is in that location now (I stopped working in Waltham in 2007; moving to Texas in 2018). Last at Il Cappricio would have been in 2007. Took a Gartner Analyst to dinner after we did an in depth briefing...

Goals are simple really. I’m pretty much out of space for physical media, but still want to expand my horizons. CD’s when I can… even LP’s when I can, but have to be selective there. For example, there are huge gaps in my Jazz collection on LP because I started too late, and similar with CD’s...