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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,077
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    It is Ken, but you won't see one north of the 49th until you take Bieber back.
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  • BackertLabs
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    Indyhawg will be the next demo recipient... then, it's on to Moose68Bash. Whee!
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  • Moose68Bash
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    @BackertLabs,

    Andy,

    What's an approximate ETA for me?

    Thanks,

    Phil
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  • BackertLabs
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    It could go like this:
    Gets from Washington state to Indiana by this Friday. Then it would leave Indiana for your neck of the woods on the next Friday, March 18. And maybe arrive at your doorstep on Tuesday March 22.

    Or, there could be delays of up to a few days?
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  • Moose68Bash
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    That's, perhaps, over the Easter weekend.

    My daughter the violinist will be here that weekend, and she has a very good pair of ears!

    Looking forward to it!
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  • breal74
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    The Rhumba has been sent and it will be delivered by Friday. WOW, that was not cheep!

    Enjoy indyhawg!
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,699
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    Yeah, it's expensive..........worth it for a demo, but I was surprised as well. With insurance it was $64 for me to ship. It's getting crazy what they charge for shipping. The still have a huge fuel surcharge even though the cost of fuel has gone way down........just like the airlines.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | Galion TS P75 Pre | Holo Audio Cyan 2 Dac | MIT Shotgun S1 | Puritan Audio PSM136 Pwr Condtioner & Classic PC's | Legend L600 | Roon Nucleus 1 w/LPS - Tubes add soul!
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  • breal74
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    $64...... I would have killed for that!!! With insurance and delivery by Friday UPS charged $205. For Tuesday delivery it would have been $135. I guess that's the price you pay to have your sack blown back as Tony would say.

    At least I know indyhawg will have a nice weekend of listening coming up and that the package will not be bouncing around in a truck across the country.

    I need to find someone with a business account with a carrier!
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  • BackertLabs
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    Whoa... that's expensive. We use Fed Ex but I know the prices are not very different. I am sorry to hear it was that much! We have to figure out how to reimburse you for part of that.
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  • breal74
    breal74 Posts: 324
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    Not a problem. I am of the mindset that everything works out in the end. Thanks for your generosity!
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,077
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    200 bucks to ship ?? That's crazy....

    Where do you live....at the bottom of the Grand Canyon ?? lol
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  • breal74
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    I live at the west end of the Columbia River Gorge and 70 miles from the ocean. Does that count?

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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 9,101
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    nbrowser wrote: »
    breal74 wrote: »
    I live at the west end of the Columbia River Gorge and 70 miles from the ocean. Does that count?

    Sounds like a nice unit.

    I'm offended...

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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,077
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    breal74 wrote: »
    I live at the west end of the Columbia River Gorge and 70 miles from the ocean. Does that count?


    I'd say so....

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    Beautiful place pal.
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  • indyhawg
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    Preamp arrived here this afternoon.
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  • tonyb
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    indyhawg wrote: »
    Preamp arrived here this afternoon.

    What ??......and no review yet ? lol

    Just yankin' your chain.....let us know when you know....what you know.
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  • indyhawg
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    tonyb wrote: »
    indyhawg wrote: »
    Preamp arrived here this afternoon.

    What ??......and no review yet ? lol

    Just yankin' your chain.....let us know when you know....what you know.

    I unpacked it and set it up. Great packaging. I took pictures so I can remember how it all goes back together. LOL. Everything works as it should. So it survived UPS and the long trek from Colorado. Unit sounds great, very detailed. I did not want to get up out of my listening chair. I have a busy weekend with the Scouts, so I probably will not get a lot of listening done the next few days. But I am looking forward to spending some quality time over the next week with this preamp in my system.

    Like you Tony, the first tune I listened to was from Dire Straits and Wow was my first thought. I will get a detailed review out next week.
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  • EndersShadow
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    @indyhawg

    When we gonna get together with some folks to put our ears on this puppy :smile:
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  • trav0810
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    I should have gotten on the list for this baby. I could have picked it up from Hawg and shipped it on.
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  • indyhawg
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    The preamp has left the building and is on its way to Moose68Bash. I will get a review up later this evening.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,699
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    Still waiting for Toolfan66 review?

    Tony you are slacking, you were/are up my **** about it, fair is fair....... :p

    H9
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  • tonyb
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    Chill Brock, I got Cathy waiting in the wings to beat it out of Larry and Indy. She hasn't beaten anyone up in awhile so she's chompin' at the bit.
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  • heiney9
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    That's should scare them into a review.....lol :D
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | Galion TS P75 Pre | Holo Audio Cyan 2 Dac | MIT Shotgun S1 | Puritan Audio PSM136 Pwr Condtioner & Classic PC's | Legend L600 | Roon Nucleus 1 w/LPS - Tubes add soul!
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  • Moose68Bash
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    indyhawg wrote: »
    The preamp has left the building and is on its way to Moose68Bash. I will get a review up later this evening.

    @indyhawg,

    Great news!

    Can you give me tracking information? I want to be "standing ready" to receive it.
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  • Moose68Bash
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    @indyhawg,

    Never mind the above post.

    I got the PM.
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  • indyhawg
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    trav0810 wrote: »
    I should have gotten on the list for this baby. I could have picked it up from Hawg and shipped it on.

    You should have gotten in on this Travis. I wish you could have least made it over here to at least check it out.
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  • tonyb
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    Moose,

    Did you receive this yet ?
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  • Moose68Bash
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    @tonyb & @BackertLabs,

    Got it yesterday, and hooked it up this morning.

    I have it playing to give it a good warm up period before I start listening seriously.

    First impression: The sound is extremely clear and precise at relatively low volume levels v. what I'm used to. Transients are also clear and precise.

    I was struck immediately by the difference this preamp makes in my "exercise area" system. I decided to put it in this rig first because I have to spend at least a couple of hours there today, and it was very easy for me to install it in this rig as compared to my main rig.

    I can say right off the bat that this is an excellent preamp. The highs and mids are very clean with exceptionally good timbre, and the bass seems very powerful and well controlled.

    I started listening with "Don't Ever Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down" from the Opus 3 30th Anniversary Celebration Album, and the sound quality of the double bass, for example, is extraordinary. With a double bass I love to hear the vibration of the strings and the particular timbre of the wood. The Rhumba 1.1 really brings these details out -- even at low volume.

    I'm already very favorably impressed.

    I should say that this is the first piece of tube equipment I've had in one of my systems for years. i wonder whether a lot of the difference I' hearing is the difference between tube and SS?

    I did hear a touch of tube hiss, which my wife asked about immediately, but it is not at all problem when the music is playing.

    My wife also "accused" me of having the volume turned way up, and when I showed her that, in fact it was very low on the volume control, she was surprised.
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  • Moose68Bash
    Moose68Bash Posts: 3,843
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    Does anybody know the reason that this thread no longer shows up in the "Recent Discussions" category?

    Edit: As soon as I posted this post, it appeared in "Recent Discussions," again.

    It had only appeared in the "2 Channel" category.

    Are there criteria for when a thread gets dropped from "Recent Discussions?"
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