shallbehealed
New Head-Fier
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- Mar 14, 2008
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Initial impression:
Time is 9:30 pm, a Saturday.
The setting: Man walks up to his front door after spending all day building speakers at a buddy's house. (a pair of 1/2 Chang's from the frugal horn site)
"Package at the doorstep, must be my wife's." Man bends over peering closely. "Oh, it has my name on it and it’s from some dude in Florida"
With both hands full, man pushes the package inside the door with his foot. Man disappears.
Time is 10:00pm
Man has now cleaned up and is wearing pinstriped pajamas.
Man opens up the USPS “shoe box” and pulls out a white, unlabeled box. The unlabeled box is then opened, inside some blue bubble wrap and some small white boxes can be seen. One is face up. It is labeled “amperex.”
Man speaks to himself;
"Was this a present my wife bought me?
Did some random online seller send me a package by mistake?
Who is Mike?
and most importantly:
What's in the bubble wrap?"
The spool of bubble wrap is unraveled revealing a stock hammond silver case with two tube holes cut in it. Man flips it to see the faceplate. "TTVJ Hybrid Phono Preamp". Man laughs.
You see, I had seen Todd post some things for sale in his "cleaning out the closet thread" that had been resurrected. I emailed him, and after a couple of weeks I had received no response. I assumed that the item had sold, but I went back and posted in the thread anyhow. That’s when I saw the announcement for a loaner program. I'm always keen to listen to new gear, so I shot off an email. This time I got a response;
"Just let me know your information and I will get you put on the list! Thank you for contacting us about the loaner program. We look forward to working with you! Thanks again and have a great day!”
Brynn
My response read;
Brynn,
I'm not sure what other information you need?
My address is:
xxxx
I'll be connecting to a Sonographe SG-3 turntable with an AT 440MLa cartridge via both an Adcom 535 and a pair of Audiosector Gainclone Monoblocks. My speakers are Klipsch towers. If the loan is more than a month out, a set of BVR's using the Fostex 166 will be in place.
Also, my original message asked about the demo Blue Note Bellavista turntable. Is it still available?
Doug
That was April 17th. Since then I hadn’t heard anything. I also ashamed to admit that my BVR’s aren’t finished either. Funny thing how summer slips by like that. I just assumed that since I’m not really a rabid head-fier that I hadn’t made “the cut”. I also assumed that they’d be wanting a little more about me (like say, a CC numero), before they ship off $1k in gear to me.
But here was the package, and my turntable was in pieces on the dining room table. (This place sure seems to fall apart quick when the wife and the baby are gone for a few days.) I just installed a new Rega tonearm, but Rega, in their infinite generosity, didn’t include a hex wrench for their stock counterweight or any shims for their lowrider. I picked up some washers at Home Depot but didn’t remember the hex wrench. I’m not quite sure how the HD washers compare to the Rega branded washers, but I paid $2.40 for four. Compared to $15 each for the “brand-name” washers. But, I digress. Another trip to the hardware store and I’ll have it set up, balanced, and a cartridge mounted by this afternoon. Over the next couple of weeks (The loan is for two weeks, right?) I’ll be inviting a series of stereo geeks over for a listen. We’ll be comparing the TTVJ Phono Preamp to my Pass Pearl, a PSE Studio One, and whatever else happens to show up randomly on my doorstep.
-Doug
Time is 9:30 pm, a Saturday.
The setting: Man walks up to his front door after spending all day building speakers at a buddy's house. (a pair of 1/2 Chang's from the frugal horn site)
"Package at the doorstep, must be my wife's." Man bends over peering closely. "Oh, it has my name on it and it’s from some dude in Florida"
With both hands full, man pushes the package inside the door with his foot. Man disappears.
Time is 10:00pm
Man has now cleaned up and is wearing pinstriped pajamas.
Man opens up the USPS “shoe box” and pulls out a white, unlabeled box. The unlabeled box is then opened, inside some blue bubble wrap and some small white boxes can be seen. One is face up. It is labeled “amperex.”
Man speaks to himself;
"Was this a present my wife bought me?
Did some random online seller send me a package by mistake?
Who is Mike?
and most importantly:
What's in the bubble wrap?"
The spool of bubble wrap is unraveled revealing a stock hammond silver case with two tube holes cut in it. Man flips it to see the faceplate. "TTVJ Hybrid Phono Preamp". Man laughs.
You see, I had seen Todd post some things for sale in his "cleaning out the closet thread" that had been resurrected. I emailed him, and after a couple of weeks I had received no response. I assumed that the item had sold, but I went back and posted in the thread anyhow. That’s when I saw the announcement for a loaner program. I'm always keen to listen to new gear, so I shot off an email. This time I got a response;
"Just let me know your information and I will get you put on the list! Thank you for contacting us about the loaner program. We look forward to working with you! Thanks again and have a great day!”
Brynn
My response read;
Brynn,
I'm not sure what other information you need?
My address is:
xxxx
I'll be connecting to a Sonographe SG-3 turntable with an AT 440MLa cartridge via both an Adcom 535 and a pair of Audiosector Gainclone Monoblocks. My speakers are Klipsch towers. If the loan is more than a month out, a set of BVR's using the Fostex 166 will be in place.
Also, my original message asked about the demo Blue Note Bellavista turntable. Is it still available?
Doug
That was April 17th. Since then I hadn’t heard anything. I also ashamed to admit that my BVR’s aren’t finished either. Funny thing how summer slips by like that. I just assumed that since I’m not really a rabid head-fier that I hadn’t made “the cut”. I also assumed that they’d be wanting a little more about me (like say, a CC numero), before they ship off $1k in gear to me.
But here was the package, and my turntable was in pieces on the dining room table. (This place sure seems to fall apart quick when the wife and the baby are gone for a few days.) I just installed a new Rega tonearm, but Rega, in their infinite generosity, didn’t include a hex wrench for their stock counterweight or any shims for their lowrider. I picked up some washers at Home Depot but didn’t remember the hex wrench. I’m not quite sure how the HD washers compare to the Rega branded washers, but I paid $2.40 for four. Compared to $15 each for the “brand-name” washers. But, I digress. Another trip to the hardware store and I’ll have it set up, balanced, and a cartridge mounted by this afternoon. Over the next couple of weeks (The loan is for two weeks, right?) I’ll be inviting a series of stereo geeks over for a listen. We’ll be comparing the TTVJ Phono Preamp to my Pass Pearl, a PSE Studio One, and whatever else happens to show up randomly on my doorstep.
-Doug