I can only guess that the inrush current to the tuner sent a pulse to the amp, which the preamp section only made stronger. Anyway, it's a wonderful preamp!

Almost a year ago, I stupidly killed my Cyrus 2 amp. I unplugged the tuner, thinking it was the turntable, and plugged it back in...while the amp was playing. Did I say "stupidly"? There was a thump, and then silence. I popped the hood to find that the heatsink was VERY hot. Dead, very...

Yeah, Laz drops in once in a while. It's been quite a while this time...

My solution was to position my Proton 300/301 table radio (with right channel speaker) on either side of my bed. It was basic near-field listening, and with comfort. These Protons, btw, are powered speakers (two-way, biamped) with attached tuner-preamp. They sound great, as well.

I was one of those few attendees, and am grateful to the library (our venue) for providing us with a nice large room to set up in. The JDS gear, some of it FREE to take home was well made, and I was especially impressed by the headphone amp. However, I was hugely impressed by a pair of Sony...

I'm picking out gear/cables/'phones/music to bring. Will there be tables there, or do we need to bring our own?

I haven't been to a meet for a while, but if Twangfest doesn't fall on the same day, I will be there. The only gear I can think of at the moment is a Cyrus 2/PSX amp I'd like people to audition with headphones, as I recapped it some time ago.

Sorry guys! I dropped the ball about having a meet, and now my wife and I are moving back to the Kansas City area. Back to Misery/Missouri...

Two posts just minutes apart after two years, and I had really forgotten about this thread! As you may know, there is a Head-Fi meet in Phoenix on the 23rd, but see about that in another thread on this sub-forum. Anybody want to have something more local, or shall we all carpool to P-town? I'm...

Laz is not sure - may make it, there are no conflicts, as I'm retired. I no longer have much amazing HP gear, having let go of my Yamaha Orthos, and my Stax. A lot of my gear is packed or getting packed for moving, so that's an issue too. We'll see...

Typical Klipsch speakers are easy to drive.  I've been using a pair of Hereseys for some time now, and am told they do well with about ten watts of tube power.  I'm using them with seventy watts of high-current power, but the bass control is incredible.  A Marantz 1030 might do very well, or...

Laz might just come over from C-bad - haven't been to a Head-Fi meet in quite a while...

I'm in Carlsbad, and have been on Head-Fi for a long time.  Used to attend meets in Lawrence, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri.  A meet in New Mexico would be cool.  

You're depending on bestbuy.com for your information?  Let your ears decide.  No, really.  

Wired up the cheap chip amp pulled from a cheap pair of computer speakers to a pair of good speakers (Mission 70), a CD player, and a 6V lantern battery.  Amazing!  Made my day, but now I'm dreaming of a REAL chip amp...