Thanks for all the help. Are there any opinions on using the 2SJ109s vs pairs of LSJ74s? It looks like the cost is about equal. 

You might find this to be of interest http://afrotechmods.com/tutorials/2011/11/27/oscilloscope-tutorials/

I recently moved and found myself staring at an old Kevin Gilmore Dan Gardner Dynalo PCB I've had sitting on my bookcase, oh, for the past 7 years. I want to assemble the Dynalo and am finding it hard to source some components. The situation is so bad that some of the common substitutions for...

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I bought it a few years ago. Prices seem to have gone up since then :-/ I *just* bought the 505 though. It's unfortunate when a company gains a bad reputation from it's low end products. Perhaps that's why so many AT carts were rebranded?

For cheap, I'd grab an old Technics table and a decent receiver. Many old receivers drive the headphone jack from the speaker outputs and work quite well as a headphone amp. For the table, you want to make sure that it doesn't take P-mount carts... some of the newer technics belt drive models...

I have to say, I have been nothing but impressed with my stanton cartridges. I own an older 681eee and a 505 skII. I have auditioned the 681 on both a Technics SL-23 and a cheap MCS turntable; I have only auditioned the 505 on the SL-23. Both sound exceptional for the price imo. I paid $9...

Jimmy Buffet's Songs You Know By Heart on vinyl It's my Dad's in mint condition.

Jurassic Park when I was 5 or 6 (I thought I had a raptor in my closet) Jaws about the same time, though it didn't affect me nearly as much as Jurassic Park

Quote: Originally Posted by sagekoala In middle school I started off on the trumpet in concert band. In 7th grade I joined the Jazz band and played it through my junior year (we won state state year). I Also played my trumpet in all of my high school years for marching band. In my...

I got my ATs from audiocubes.

Quote: Originally Posted by mateo05 I started off on trumpet, switched to F horn for high school, and picked up trombone for jazz in high school. Now it's all about the mello for college marching band. I've found that, for me, band is all about the people and the experience, so I...

Someone should send him monopoly money

Quote: Originally Posted by donunus But for classical??? Why not the ad900 instead I've never heard the AD900s, but the A900s sound great for classical and amazing for jazz.

ATH-A900. They're easy to drive and efficient.

Quote: Originally Posted by nabwong Great to know other trumpet players on head-fi. I would love to get the Mount Vernon but i think it's not worth the cost. Metal deteriorates afterall. So i'm concentrating on getting a really good new one. Hope to visit the Bach factory one day to pick...

Quote: and it has some Stax plasma drivers. lmao

"War Buddies" - Harvey Danger

We can still call him... maybe he wants a private sale? lol.

Quote: Originally Posted by DevilDog I'm a band director and my instrument is trumpet. I play a Bach 37 Bb, 229 C with a 25H lead pipe, and an MF301 Holton. The Bach are late 70s and the MF Horn is early 70s. I'd love to get a Mount Vernon Bach Strad, but they don't give them away. I...

Hey, atleast he's trying to get the story straight Quote: I believe they are the BOSE ones. It might me the Stax, I heard that name before. But I'm pretty sure they are the Bose.

"Kick out the jams" - Rage Against The Machine on vinyl

Quote: Originally Posted by bahamaman I've been playing keyboards since I was five, professionally for a time. Of all the various keyboards I've owned and played, only a Yamaha C-3 and Hammond B-3 (+ 2 Leslies) have managed to hang around. Check my avatar. I have an M-3 with the...

Quote: What drivers did you upgrade these with? If you have the Stax plasma drivers in these, that would be awesome! lets see how he replies...

I guess this includes any kind of instrument I play Trumpet & F. Horn in my high school wind ensemble. I find that being part of a band influences how you listen to music, especially instrumental music in my case. Here's my old trumpet: It was a 1947 Olds Super Recording. It played very...