What did you do to your stereo rig today?

audioluvr

GlennDog wrote: »

Is the rifle for answering the neighbors question, “can ya turn that down?” ? 🤣

I notice you have the Rogue 180 Monoblocks. I was looking at a pair of those before I found this Belles amp. They were really nice but I was worried about the space they would take up as they wouldn't work inside my stereo cabinet (too much heat).

joecoulson

SKS is a fun rifle.

audioluvr

I picked a couple Russian ones up back in the day when they were $90 each. I should have bought a thousand of them. They are hugely popular and not cheap any more. They are not a good long range rifle but at 100 yards or less they get the job done and ammo is ridiculously cheap.

GlennDog

audioluvr wrote: »

I notice you have the Rogue 180 Monoblocks. They were really nice but I was worried about the space they would take up as they wouldn't work inside my stereo cabinet (too much heat).

These don’t seem to give off that much heat, but then again Ive never had them inside cabinetry. One criticism however, is that the tubes are in the back of the unit and so is the bias meter. No problem if you got a very spacious listening area, but I don’t. So the monos are in an open rack on the top shelf, sitting sideways for easy access to the bias meter and the glowing tubes 🥳

btw, I check the Gon pretty regularly. Ya know, “just look’n” ... i’d really like to mate the 180s with an RP-7 or RP-9 pre-amp. They’re far and few of em. Going on 5 yrs now and I’m pretty happy with them. Plenty of clean power.
Also, going to roll a pair of Telefunken 12AX7s in tomorrow 🤩

audioluvr wrote: »

.... and ammo is ridiculously cheap.

I haven’t found anything in the sport/hobby to be remotely cheap (these days). Glade you found low cost ammo

TEAforONE

halo wrote: »

Testing out the ELAC Debut Reference DBR62 bookshelf speakers now. Very nice so far! Way better than the UB5's and UF5's I tried out in my last apartment (but that was on different gear and in a different listening environment/room).

Beautiful rig!

halo

TEAforONE wrote: »

halo wrote: »

Testing out the ELAC Debut Reference DBR62 bookshelf speakers now. Very nice so far! Way better than the UB5's and UF5's I tried out in my last apartment (but that was on different gear and in a different listening environment/room).

Beautiful rig!

Thank you sir! Once I get the wire management down I’ll be content

Mike Reeter

TEAforONE wrote: »

halo wrote: »

Testing out the ELAC Debut Reference DBR62 bookshelf speakers now. Very nice so far! Way better than the UB5's and UF5's I tried out in my last apartment (but that was on different gear and in a different listening environment/room).

Beautiful rig!

And it sounds very good as well!

tratliff

Wife left for brunch so I can turn it up!

Got my lights setup. They are working great. Puts good light directly on turntables without turning up the full room lights. All lights are also remote controlled. Each set having a different dimmer.




Picked up this Analogue Productions copy of Humble Pie yesterday. It’s delicious 😋

Milito

Got that one from the early 70's along with Rockin' the Fillmore album.

halo

Mike Reeter wrote: »

And it sounds very good as well!

Thanks Mike!

halo

I swapped out the DBR62's for the LSiM703's:

joecoulson

tratliff wrote: »

Wife left for brunch so I can turn it up!

Got my lights setup. They are working great. Puts good light directly on turntables without turning up the full room lights. All lights are also remote controlled. Each set having a different dimmer.

Beautiful setup. Simply stunning.

jbreezy5

Listened to some “sappy” music today on the multi-purpose room system.



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mhardy6647

The sap is just starting to run in the sugarbush around here...

motorstereo

mhardy6647 wrote: »

The sap is just starting to run in the sugarbush around here...

Warm days and cold nights; it's almost time to tap those haaadd maples ;

treitz3

@jbreezy5, if you have not been welcomed to the forum before? Please allow me to offer you a very warm welcome to Club Polk.

How are you liking the PrimaLuna?

Tom

mhardy6647

motorstereo wrote: »

mhardy6647 wrote: »

The sap is just starting to run in the sugarbush around here...

Warm days and cold nights; it's almost time to tap those haaadd maples ;

The local big (relatively speaking) syrup producer has a little standalone reverse osmosis "plant" alongside the road that's down the hill from us; it was runnin' yesterday. It was 40 here yesterday. They get every drop they can -- that stuff is valuable.

jbreezy5

treitz3 wrote: »

@jbreezy5, if you have not been welcomed to the forum before? Please allow me to offer you a very warm welcome to Club Polk.

How are you liking the PrimaLuna?

Tom

Hi Tom, thanks for the warm welcome!

The PrimaLuna is a lot of fun! I got it NOS from Upscale Audio about a year ago. It came with KT88s, which I prefer to EL34s for deeper bass. I consider the amp’s midrange a little forward sounding with speakers that have a relatively flat frequency response.

Pairing the Prologue Five with the Jolida TubeDac III (two current production Tung-Sol 12ax7s in the output stage and no op amps) results in a liquid, smooth and textural presentation.

The speakers are Acoustic Energy Aegis Evo IIIs. These tend to sound recessed in the midrange with solid-state amps, and therefore, neutral with the PL amp for a synergistic match. The bass has a good balance of depth/body/speed, and the treble is sweet and detailed with the Vifa tweeter.

-Justin-

treitz3

Man, I have to admit. I love folks that join in like you! You roll tubes, talk about your experiences, are not ashamed to talk smack about what you hear....

I look forward to your 10,000th post.

I may have a 12Ax7 for you for that Jolida...if you are not happy? Speak up.

Tom

steveinaz

Great rig Justin. I like your equipment choices.

jbreezy5

I definitely don’t think all gear sounds the same. I can’t imagine a forum like this could exist if it did, there’d be nothing to say.

I’m all ears about the 12ax7 recommendation.

joecoulson

Welcome bro!

halo

Very nice setup you have there @jbreezy5!

Looks like a lot of fun!

treitz3

Butterbean, it may have lowered your noise floor offering you more of the actual music and less "noise".

Tom

Jazzhead

I'm listening to some new power cables - VH Audio recipe "Flavor 4's" that I built as the DIY version. They're 9 gauge positive and neutral with a counter-spiraled 10 gauge ground with Furutech F-11 gold connectors:

https://www.vhaudio.com/flavor4.html

I put one on the CD player and one on each monoblock amp. They're nowhere near broken in yet, but have added much resolution, weight and "meat on the bones" to what I am hearing. I'm surprised that the CD player responded in such a positive way. I like success. Also, I have no affiliation with VH Audio - I'm just a happy customer.

ZLTFUL

Currently warming up the VTLs with some Rob Zombie and Rammstein for some later tonight focused listening...

Jazzhead

Rammstein will get the electrons flowing!

audioluvr

ZLTFUL wrote: »

To compete with Dave you need to get some more colorful socks!

ZLTFUL

audioluvr wrote: »

ZLTFUL wrote: »

To compete with Dave you need to get some more colorful socks!

Be careful what you ask for... @lightman1 and @EndersShadow have seen my sock options.

nooshinjohn

ZLTFUL wrote: »

Currently warming up the VTLs with some Rob Zombie and Rammstein for some later tonight focused listening...

Just wondering how you can do any focused listening with those stinky feet...