Special THANKS to our KEIKO

boston1450
boston1450 Posts: 7,673
edited May 2014 in The Clubhouse
I would like to thank Mike. Within 4 days i received the Yaqin Cd2 with a box full of tubes including Mullard M8100's. He also included some items to install them correctly & some cd's which i will enjoy. Very well packaged. It took no time for me to hook it up & listened to it Before & After installed. Makes the Adcom sound smooth & detailed. For such a little unit. I was surprised it sounded pleasing to my ears. I am very pleased with it & will enjoy it alot. Thank you Mike for the beautiful unit & speedy delivery. Ya made my day :smile:
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  • trav0810
    trav0810 Posts: 1,056
    edited May 2014
    Congrats! Those little Yaqins really are a surprigingly good piece for the money.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,694
    edited May 2014
    you got the holy grail of 6ak5 tubes there. Mike is good people all day everyday. If you decide to do any rolling hit me up I still have some tubes from My CD2. Old Tungsol,seimens and some Voskhod's which are just wonderful tubes for that.
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  • NJPOLKER
    NJPOLKER Posts: 3,474
    edited May 2014
    What a nice family we have here.

    Congratulations

    Your a good guy as Mike is too !!
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,014
    edited May 2014
    Yep...Mikey is a great guy, great member, all around nice dude. I do have an ongoing beef with him though....he keeps posting beautiful pics of his locale while the rest of us are under the dark gloomy haze of winter.

    Congrats on the CD2....Kinda takes the edge off a tad eh ?
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  • Polkie2009
    Polkie2009 Posts: 3,834
    edited May 2014
    Yep, Big Mike is a wonderful CP member, what I call "Top Of The Mark", a class act. Always nice to see his posts around here.
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  • TNHNDYMAN
    TNHNDYMAN Posts: 2,145
    edited May 2014
    Congrats boston, I'm glad you got it and are enjoying it. That was a great lot of tubes thrown in for the price.
    2-ch System: Parasound P/LD 2000 pre, Parasound HCA-1000 amp, Parasound T/DQ Tuner, Phase Technology PC-100 Tower speakers, Technics SL-1600 Turntable, Denon 2910 SACD/CD player, Peachtree DAC iT and X1asynchorus USB converter, HSU VTF-3 subwoofer.

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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,464
    edited May 2014
    Keiko is top notch all the way, and the PIE is amazing! :lol:
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,596
    edited May 2014
    Keiko wrote: »
    Attachment not found.

    Forgot to add this, per your request. :wink:

    Glad you're happy with it, Randy. Njoy!

    Mike.... I expect better from you :wink:...
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,673
    edited May 2014
    I was hoping to see her pop out of the box :smile: Love the unit Thanks again Mike
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,132
    edited May 2014
    Keiko no need to be humble pretty good gesture on your behalf. Randy enjoy.
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,673
    edited May 2014
    Enjoy Mike. Made some circles around CP & happy listeners :smile:
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  • daboyz
    daboyz Posts: 5,207
    edited May 2014
    Mike's the real deal people. If you haven't had the pleasure then you are missing out. I know when I go to Hawaii one of my stops will be to see him and Janey.
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,673
    edited May 2014
    Keiko wrote: »
    How'd ya like those vinyl rips? The Lonnie Mack w/Stevie Ray Vaughn is one of my faves. Oreo Cookie Blues.

    :wink:
    All i can say is HOLY CRAP that cd RRRRR ROCKS . Never heard that before. Just noticed your post & had to listen to it twice in awe. Thats some good stuff. Steve was right on target :smile: felt like i was in the studio with the SDA's jamming. Thank god i have SHAZAM on iphone to tell me name of songs. Just still in awe.....
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,341
    edited May 2014
    Mike rocks! The vinyl rip master!
    Carl

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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,673
    edited May 2014
    Thanks Mike. I was listening to the Rush one & drifted off to some other world :) Oh yeah by the way i like Johnny Cash too. Those came out very well BTW. Ive never heard cd's that were done from albums before. Can i use my Audio Technica to do same ? Do you personally find the quality to be as good/better than albums ? DO i hook it to a laptop ?
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,673
    edited May 2014
    Wow. I guess i gotta get some read on-to do this. Lately ive been using the AT tt & i already noticed i need a upgrade on cart/needle as it has the stock one on it. It has been used less than 30 albums. Ive been researching the upgrades. Just havent pulled the trigger yet. I will order one asap & read the sites you posted above. Ive been recording cd-to-tape & was going to use the AT for LP-to-R2R (AT plugged right into the input on the TEAC R2R) & i think i need to give LP ripping a try. Those sound very good. It will take a bit of time but i will 'get er done' im learning in this hobby it doesnt happen over night. In the last 2-4 years ive came a long way. Thanks to you & people on CP. Thanks for info Mike
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,673
    edited May 2014
    Mike i have the 120 also. I picked it up for just that. Like i stated above i need to upgrade the cart. Any suggestions? I read up on it a month ago on different carts BUT got kinda overwhelmed with not sure which one to go with. I have used the 120 & ripped some vinyl onto tape with it (just experiencing around :) & the tapes came out good. I need to get the R2R speed adjusted properly, so i did a few vinyl to cassette ones with great results. But i am very interested in LP to cd
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,673
    edited May 2014
    Cart
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,673
    edited May 2014
    Thanks. I was looking at the Shure & it seems as though there were alot of people using them with good reaults. Ive been using the other tables for listening & only got so many plays on the AT120 id have to look at my notebooki keep track of each play on. The stock one works ok. At least for a person that is just getting into recording like me
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,673
    edited May 2014
    +1 i know what your talking about. Id rather use my own cables. Cheesy isnt the work for it. I had a technics SLBD-22 & i liked how you use your own cables better.. I got a fairly good deal on it. Otherwise i probably wouldnt have bought it. A guy i know who flips gear bought it new. Used it 1 time (3 songs) then traded me a small Denon receiver-Klipsch bookshelfs i had 125.00 into them. So i jumped on it. Just for recording was the plan. I havent had time to look into using it on devices either. Hopefully soon
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