[jaywillin]

  I am not positive, but I think Jay may be able to comment, I think he owned this amp.

 
 

Thanks, looks like I am going to give one a shot, the price was too good to pass up.

yep, had it, its a great little amp, fun too, you can roll a lot of tubes
i never was able to listen to the ps1k with the mkiii, but the rs1i, and the 225e were great 

 

[Wildcatsare1]

   
 
yep, had it, its a great little amp, fun too, you can roll a lot of tubes
i never was able to listen to the ps1k with the mkiii, but the rs1i, and the 225e were great 

Thanks Jay, the one I have coming is set up with Voskhods, I have it for a "trial" to see if I like the amp. I am looking forward to trying it out with the PS1k and K7XX's.

 

[jaywillin]

Thanks Jay, the one I have coming is set up with Voskhods, I have it for a "trial" to see if I like the amp. I am looking forward to trying it out with the PS1k and K7XX's.

those Russian tubes a some of the best

 

[whirlwind]

 

  haha. I think most of us are old farts! I might be the youngest from this elite group of mischiefs and I'm 38! Also, it helps when you've been around for awhile accumulating gear. I think many folks have at least $2000 - $3000 worth of gear and it comes a point when they decide to sell many gears in favor of a few pieces of nicer gear.

I'm 52.  Today!
 
(and sometimes I wish I only had 2 to 3K in my gear.  Wait a minute.....naaaah.  Never mind)

Happy birthday, Scott.
 
I hear you.....i think i have spent about $900 in the last couple of months on tubes  

 
My biggest fear is that I will die and my wife will sell all of my gear for what i told her i have in it!  

 

                                            

                                          

 

[Wildcatsare1]

Happy birthday, Scott.

I hear you.....i think i have spent about $900 in the last couple of months on tubes  

My biggest fear is that I will die and my wife will sell all of my gear for what i told her i have in it!  :eek:

                                                                                       

Will you give me a heads up when you aren't feeling well?

 

[swspiers]

  Happy birthday, Scott.
 
I hear you.....i think i have spent about $900 in the last couple of months on tubes  

 
My biggest fear is that I will die and my wife will sell all of my gear for what i told her i have in it!  

 

                                            

                                          

 
 

Will you give me a heads up when you aren't feeling well?

That was so wrong, it's right!

 

[wormsdriver]

Been listening to this album the last few days...




it's been streaming here for about a week now: http://www.npr.org/2015/05/10/404672919/first-listen-faith-no-more-sol-invictus

 

[wormsdriver]

 

  haha. I think most of us are old farts! I might be the youngest from this elite group of mischiefs and I'm 38! Also, it helps when you've been around for awhile accumulating gear. I think many folks have at least $2000 - $3000 worth of gear and it comes a point when they decide to sell many gears in favor of a few pieces of nicer gear.

I'm 52.  Today!
 
(and sometimes I wish I only had 2 to 3K in my gear.  Wait a minute.....naaaah.  Never mind)

 
 

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

 
 

54, had big equipment, divorced, didn't have much left, remarried to an Angel, and rebuilding my system.

Somebody on another thread (yes I have a wandering eye) recommended this site on the loudness wars and compression.
http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list/3

Listening to Paul Simon's Graceland on my PS1k, a fantastically recorded album, and I am finally old enough to understand what Paul is singing about (yes a slow learner)!

 
I went through a divorce also some years ago. Hell, I didn't realize how unhappy I was that last year of that relationship. I didn't even realize I had stop listening to music altogether, that was pretty bad!
 
On another note, I started listening to Paul Simon recently, really great stuff! I love this track (especially the intro)

Originally Posted by whirlwind /img/forum/go_quote.gif
 
 
I hear you.....i think i have spent about $900 in the last couple of months on tubes  

 
My biggest fear is that I will die and my wife will sell all of my gear for what i told her i have in it!  

 

                                            

                                          

haha!
 
I recently got in a big discussion over this with the missus. I think she saw one of my little lists I left laying around where I tallied up some gear and what I was looking to sell it for. She brought up the whole "what if you die and I have to sell your stuff!! I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT'S WORTH!!!?

"

 

[Krutsch]

  I think volume has a lot to do with it as well.  The GS series seems to be designed for low to moderate volume.  I personally found they sounded best under 80 dB, with 75dB being a sweet spot.  Louder than that, and things got wonky with them.

 
Hmmm... I have to ask, what were you powering the GS1K with when you came to that conclusion? When I last auditioned a GS1000e, I was using my NAD D 1050 and I cranked it up - LOUD - and it sounded absolutely fantastic. So much so, that the GS1Ke tops my short-list of next set of cans.
 
Just curious...

 

[wormsdriver]

As far as volume goes, I do think I do tend to have a general sweet spot for each headphone, fortunatelly Grados don't need really high volumes to sound their best. For example the Beyer T1 is a headphone that I always gravitate to very high volume (their sweet spot) and while they are very enjoyable, I come out of a listening session fatigued and like I should take a break for a couple of days!

 

[stacker45]

54, had big equipment, divorced, didn't have much left, remarried to an Angel, and rebuilding my system.

Somebody on another thread (yes I have a wandering eye) recommended this site on the loudness wars and compression.
http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list/3

Listening to Paul Simon's Graceland on my PS1k, a fantastically recorded album, and I am finally old enough to understand what Paul is singing about (yes a slow learner)!

 
It might iterrest you to know that the Devil can take many forms, including the form of an Angel, ask me how I know.

 

[Textfeud]

Sorry guys, soon I will be leaving the Grado Fan Club although I maintain a fan. Have to sell my Grado RS1i and Mad Ear + HD Purist to fund other stuff. 

 

[whirlwind]

 

Happy birthday, Scott.

I hear you.....i think i have spent about $900 in the last couple of months on tubes  

My biggest fear is that I will die and my wife will sell all of my gear for what i told her i have in it!  

                                            

                                          

Will you give me a heads up when you aren't feeling well?

Ha!  
 
Only on head-fi would a guy get so much support  

 

[whirlwind]

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

Quote:

Originally Posted b

  Quote:y wormsdriver /img/forum/go_quote.gif

  haha. I think most of us are old farts! I might be the youngest from this elite group of mischiefs and I'm 38! Also, it helps when you've been around for awhile accumulating gear. I think many folks have at least $2000 - $3000 worth of gear and it comes a point when they decide to sell many gears in favor of a few pieces of nicer gear.

I'm 52.  Today!
 
(and sometimes I wish I only had 2 to 3K in my gear.  Wait a minute.....naaaah.  Never mind)

 
 

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

 
 

54, had big equipment, divorced, didn't have much left, remarried to an Angel, and rebuilding my system.

Somebody on another thread (yes I have a wandering eye) recommended this site on the loudness wars and compression.
http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list/3

Listening to Paul Simon's Graceland on my PS1k, a fantastically recorded album, and I am finally old enough to understand what Paul is singing about (yes a slow learner)!

 
I went through a divorce also some years ago. Hell, I didn't realize how unhappy I was that last year of that relationship. I didn't even realize I had stop listening to music altogether, that was pretty bad!
 
On another note, I started listening to Paul Simon recently, really great stuff! I love this track (especially the intro)

 

Originally Posted by whirlwind /img/forum/go_quote.gif
 
 
I hear you.....i think i have spent about $900 in the last couple of months on tubes  

 
My biggest fear is that I will die and my wife will sell all of my gear for what i told her i have in it!  

 

                                            

                                          

haha!
 
I recently got in a big discussion over this with the missus. I think she saw one of my little lists I left laying around where I tallied up some gear and what I was looking to sell it for. She brought up the whole "what if you die and I have to sell your stuff!! I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT'S WORTH!!!?

"

If it makes you feel any better, my wife opened the box that I bought from you a couple of weeks ago.
 
I came home from work and there sat the headphones on the table......opened.

 

[wormsdriver]

  If it makes you feel any better, my wife opened the box that I bought from you a couple of weeks ago.
 
I came home from work and there sat the headphones on the table......opened.

hahaha, oh man I'm glad my wife hasn't done that to me in a long time! I do catch some looks from her sometimes. She can spot a different (new) headphone on my head from a mile away!
 
Btw, that little list I had tallied up was over $4k. That wasn't including what I plan to keep, like the Ps1k, Rs1, GS-1, Mad Ear+ and the Concero HP!