09-15-2009, 06:16 AM
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Originally Posted by immtbiker
Over the weekend, it started drizzling and I was carrying in my chair, my HD800's, a copy of Stereophile (wouldn't want that to get wet, now, would we)?. I was also carrying my prized Amphora possession (did I mention that it was a prized possession?)
...and lo and behold, I dropped the Amphora right on the door jamb threshold (4' drop) and performed some irreparable damage.
Besides damage to the finish, it has since become more of a parallelogram than a rectangle.
I am in a deep funk and every time that I look at it, I think of a MGD 64 commercial.
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Lemons to Lemonade. Time to re-case it in a hammond box and make it a real portable.
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09-15-2009, 06:24 AM
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Originally Posted by immtbiker
Over the weekend, it started drizzling and I was carrying in my chair, my HD800's, a copy of Stereophile (wouldn't want that to get wet, now, would we)?. I was also carrying my prized Amphora possession (did I mention that it was a prized possession?)
...and lo and behold, I dropped the Amphora right on the door jamb threshold (4' drop) and performed some irreparable damage.
Besides damage to the finish, it has since become more of a parallelogram than a rectangle.
I am in a deep funk and every time that I look at it, I think of a MGD 64 commercial.
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No worries brother! send that baby back to me I will operate! I can not promise you anything concrete but will give it a go..
Ken
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09-15-2009, 06:27 AM
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Well... i guess you can say it has personality now. I think I would drop the magazine in the future. Sorry about your luck.
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09-15-2009, 06:42 AM
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Lemons to Lemonade. Time to re-case it in a hammond box and make it a real portable.
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I was thinking of using a shoe box, leaving the top open, and making a diorama out if it 
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Originally Posted by KB
No worries brother! send that baby back to me I will operate! I can not promise you anything concrete but will give it a go.
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Seriously Ken? Wow, that's awfully generous of you. I think that it's property line needs to go from a quarter of an acre to a 1/5. It should get better gas mileage now, though.  , less coefficient of friction and all that!
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09-15-2009, 07:44 AM
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Originally Posted by immtbiker
...and lo and behold, I dropped the Amphora right on the door jamb threshold (4' drop) and performed some irreparable damage.
Besides damage to the finish, it has since become more of a parallelogram than a rectangle.
I am in a deep funk and every time that I look at it ...
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As a fellow Amphora owner, when I read the above, I felt a sharp pain straight up my spinal column just thinking about it. I wish you the best with what you decide to do with that gem. Ken's giving its restoration "a go" seems to me to be worth a whole lot more than the concrete promises of many. I can't quite put my finger on it, but there's something very satisfying to me about the shoe box idea as well.....
I'm with you in feeling the pain of the damage to such an object of beauty. I wish you the best in figuring out in what direction you want to take its repair: an attempt at restoration or an opportunity for transformation.
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09-15-2009, 02:37 PM
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And if it needs some re-wiring help after Ken works on it, Ken will send it my way and I'll take care of that part for you, Aaron 
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09-15-2009, 02:48 PM
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That is excellent customer service, as always !!!!!!!
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09-16-2009, 01:26 AM
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And if it needs some re-wiring help after Ken works on it, Ken will send it my way and I'll take care of that part for you, Aaron |
See he will not let me touch the guts of his baby
Thanks Vinnie I will get the enclosure and hardware all rectified and send it your way, at least I hope... will see how bad the patient is.
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09-16-2009, 01:49 AM
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See he will not let me touch the guts of his baby
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09-16-2009, 09:11 PM
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Aaron I feel your pain! that really sucks. But look at the excellent custormer service you will be getting. Great going Ken and Vinnie.
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09-17-2009, 12:30 AM
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If you guys were girls, I'd...well...you know 
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09-17-2009, 12:58 AM
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Aaron,
I noticed in your post describing the accident that you mentioned carrying in your HD800's. There's been a lot of discussion about what kind of ampage it takes to make the HD800 worth getting. So, I'm interested in your take on the HD800 and the Amphora. Have you posted somewhere on how the Amphora and HD800 work together? If so, I'll find it with the Search function, so a yes or no will give me all I need.
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Computer Rig: Creative Emu 1212m (IeGO 70530 PC) -> Glass Toslink-> Same downstream as Offline Rig
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09-17-2009, 01:13 AM
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Aaron,
I noticed in your post describing the accident that you mentioned carrying in your HD800's. There's been a lot of discussion about what kind of ampage it takes to make the HD800 worth getting. So, I'm interested in your take on the HD800 and the Amphora. Have you posted somewhere on how the Amphora and HD800 work together? If so, I'll find it with the Search function, so a yes or no will give me all I need.
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I have the isabellina hpa which has the amphora headphone amp in it. It drives my hd800 to loud levels easily. They sound very good through this amp as well. I believe ipoddj stated he thought the hd800 sounded pretty good with the amphoria and there is some posts in the isabellina hpa threads about how it does with the hd800 also.
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09-17-2009, 02:32 AM
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I have the isabellina hpa which has the amphora headphone amp in it. It drives my hd800 to loud levels easily. They sound very good through this amp as well. I believe ipoddj stated he thought the hd800 sounded pretty good with the amphoria and there is some posts in the isabellina hpa threads about how it does with the hd800 also.
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See:
red wine audio isabellina hpa
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09-17-2009, 03:57 AM
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Originally Posted by sbulack
Aaron,
I noticed in your post describing the accident that you mentioned carrying in your HD800's. There's been a lot of discussion about what kind of ampage it takes to make the HD800 worth getting. So, I'm interested in your take on the HD800 and the Amphora. Have you posted somewhere on how the Amphora and HD800 work together? If so, I'll find it with the Search function, so a yes or no will give me all I need.
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I feel that the HD800/Amphora combo needs a little more gain. Even in Hi gain, I am at the last 25% of the volume switch to properly amp the Senns.
B4 my unfortunate incident, I was going to ask Vinnie if he could increase the gain for "hi gain mode", by 2 or 3 just for the 800's. It drives everything else with the greatest of ease.
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