[UntilThen]

  I'm in Hawaii and I'm up

 

David can you check on @doofalb ?  Make sure his Elise has not blown the fuse.

 

[Oskari]

Sorry about that, old age let my mind wander a bit, I see we are still talking about tubes, not ahhh  well tubes it is!

You get my point now, UT?

 

[doofalb]

  I wonder where @doofalb is? I hope he hasn't finished that bottle of red.
 
I would have expected the review to be tabled here this morning. Perhaps they sleep in, in Hawaii. 

Absolutely! We do sleep in, than we go surfing, nest is an extended breakfast and at some point we roll in to work...I wish, lol
 
I actually worked all weekend and got a total of 1 hour of listening time on the Elise...so not fair. Work always get's in the way, dammit
 
TLDR: the bottle of wine is still unopened

 

[doofalb]

Oh no, David ruined "our" reputation! 

 

 

[Oskari]

Are we number one yet?

Nah, still #2. The buggers only refresh the stats once a day. I think we'll be golden tomorrow. :rolleyes:

 

[UntilThen]

  Absolutely! We do sleep in, than we go surfing, nest is an extended breakfast and at some point we roll in to work...I wish, lol
 
I actually worked all weekend and got a total of 1 hour of listening time on the Elise...so not fair. Work always get's in the way, dammit
 
TLDR: the bottle of wine is still unopened

Ok one hour of listening on Elise. I gather no hum, no channel imbalance and it sounded like a Robin singing?
 
Oh man, I remember the Hawaiian breakfast .... it's a killer !!! And then the surf and beach bums. Take me there again.

 

[UntilThen]

You get my point now, UT?

I'm still trying to process all the posts. 

 

[mordy]

Dreaming about Hawaii.....
 

 

 
David, if you had held on to those 70's muscle cars, you would easily be able to afford this one.....
 
BTW, is your current avatar inspired by tube glow?

 

[doofalb]

  Ok one hour of listening on Elise. I gather no hum, no channel imbalance and it sounded like a Robin singing?
 
Oh man, I remember the Hawaiian breakfast .... it's a killer !!! And then the surf and beach bums. Take me there again.

Definitely no hum and I didn't notice any channel imbalance, at least not at the volume setting I was listening to with the HE650s. Is a channel imbalance noticeable at all volume levels?
 
The grass is always greener...see, I would love to have a good flat white and catch some waves in one of the non-crowded spots in OZ. Here, I'm mostly working, haven't surfed in a year or so. But, for play I get to listen to the Elise, so I can't complain 

 

[doofalb]

 
BTW, is your current avatar inspired by tube glow?

 
Haven't had the Elise on for a long time, but I think (hope!) that that lava flow was a lot hotter than any tube can get, lol

 

[UntilThen]

  Definitely no hum and I didn't notice any channel imbalance, at least not at the volume setting I was listening to with the HE650s. Is a channel imbalance noticeable at all volume levels?
 
The grass is always greener...see, I would love to have a good flat white and catch some waves in one of the non-crowded spots in OZ. Here, I'm mostly working, haven't surfed in a year or so. But, for play I get to listen to the Elise, so I can't complain 

Channel imbalance usually due to problematic tube(s). If you don't hear it at reasonable volume then you have a fine working unit and tubes. Congrats. Obviously too early for you to provide some feedback. Some impressions. Take your time. New tube amps and tubes need a reasonable amount of burn-in.
 
Non-crowded spots in Oz? You would have to get north of Sydney. Hawaii is a paradise to me the last time I was there. It's really magical.

 

[connieflyer]

I should have bought land when I was stationed there in 1964-65. Back then it was just about the Mai Tai's and the wahine's !

 

[Oskari]

I can confirm that the fuse in the Elise is T1.6AL250V ...

^230V amps.

Make sure his Elise has not blown the fuse.

Reminds me...

As far as I remember, none of you non-230V folks ever told the specs of the fuse in that part of the world. Not that it matters much (to me). Just "inquiring minds" and crap like that.

 

[doofalb]

  Channel imbalance usually due to problematic tube(s). If you don't hear it at reasonable volume then you have a fine working unit and tubes. Congrats. Obviously too early for you to provide some feedback. Some impressions. Take your time. New tube amps and tubes need a reasonable amount of burn-in.
 
Non-crowded spots in Oz? You would have to get north of Sydney. Hawaii is a paradise to me the last time I was there. It's really magical.

Thanks for the info! 
 
North of Sydney is where I went back in 2004. Not complaining about living in Hawaii, I wouldn't be here if I hated it but  it's also more fun to be here on vacation then to work. As anywhere else, lol

 

[UntilThen]

  Thanks for the info! 
 

I've always wonder what everyone's first song is on Elise. Mine would have been one of Dire Straits numbers. This one sounds particularly good to me. I have it on LP.