| Originally Posted by tyrion By the way, the meet festivities started tonight. Stevieo arrived and dragged me out my house for a drink. |
| Originally Posted by agile_one So Grandpa showed? I was about to pm the rounder to be sure he was coming, but no need now. I trust you made him pay? btw the jug of Lagavulin 16 is safely packed with the amps and cans, so don't ruin your tastebuds before you get to Oz's tomorrow.
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| Originally Posted by agile_one Raul ... we love unfinished amps - let the sparks fly
If you are willing, it would be fun to listen to your 650's + Zu out of my GCHA right along side of my 650's + balanced Equinox out of the Blockhead, with both driven from the Accuphase DP-77. Sort of a balanced vs single ended cage match. 
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| Originally Posted by Wmcmanus I guess you can attribute it to anything you want to attribute it to, just like everyone else at Head-Fi does. The NOS CV181 tubes do make a quite a big difference in the Egmont relative to standard issue 6SN7 tubes, which is about all I have at the moment. |
| Originally Posted by mikeg Wayne - Sorry, but I guess that I put my foot in my mouth on this one. Didn't really mean to piss you off. What I'm really anxious to do is to identify an amp. that approximates the outstanding sound of the HEV90, but that's easier, and less expensive to get. Since it's really rare to have opportunities for direct A/B comparisons of electrostatic headphone amps, and since these opportunities are mostly restricted to meets, I'm really anxious that amps that we compare are performing at their best, or at nearly at their best. That's why I hope that the tubes in the Egmont will be adequate to permit a meaningful comparison of the amps. Again, sorry if I offended. |
| Originally Posted by solbergg Hey all, Wow, time flies by very quickly. I've been very busy lately, so I haven't had as much time to log onto the site, but I am very excited for the meet. I need one favor though - could someone point me to the thread page that has all of the event information, or just repost it? I am aware of the LTBS event tonight, but I don't know where the actual meet is tomorrow. Thanks! |
| Originally Posted by Wmcmanus If I knew of a tube dealer in the Miami / Ft. Lauderdale area, I'd be tempted to make a journey there this afternoon to pick up a pair. |
| Originally Posted by Wmcmanus snip ... What I've found is that a lot of people who have never heard the Egmont Signature have somehow dismissed it as a serious contender for Stax phones (it's really not designed for the HE90's, but can work with them). Why, I'm not sure. Maybe it's simply because Rudi Stor is in Italy so very few of them have been sold to the US market. But I think it also has to do with some bad press that he got on Head-Fi some time ago that I didn't feel was deserved. At least not based on sound quality. But the people who criticized his work (design and implmentation-wise) did so with all sorts of technical arguments that are beyond me. It was quite clear that the principal antogonist had a bone to pick with Rudi, as he does with everyone who doesn't bow at his alter. All I know is that I've now heard at least 4 different KGSS variants at various meets I've attended, and not one of them sounded as good as the Egmont Signature. ... snip |
| Originally Posted by agile_one ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Mike - nice to know the important things are taken care of.
I'm sure John will bring some Corona light, some Silver Bullets, and Mich Ultra - you know how he likes those manly brews.
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