Have I lost it? Am I no longer....

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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited January 2006
    Line starts to the left.....BEHIND me. ;)

    BDT
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  • scottyf
    scottyf Posts: 129
    edited January 2006
    Let me rephrase....

    If the Sha-1 has enough inputs, perhaps we can work a trade plus cash, Sha-1 for Sha-Gold with remote.

    I hope I'm in the right line....

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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited January 2006
    Let ME rephrase,

    That SHA-1 will be in one of two places. Russ's house or mine. There ain't no third option.

    BDT ;)
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2006
    scotty, you have no chance, so quit rerailing the thread, OK?

    If shack's isn't the post of the year, it's the derail of the year...
    More later,
    Tour...
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited January 2006
    Russ stop taking your meds and this remote thing will pass, they are downing you out to much.

    RT1
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  • HBombToo
    HBombToo Posts: 5,256
    edited January 2006
    pjdami wrote:
    Russ,
    Another option is to keep the Melos and just get a cd player with a volume control (like the Cal Audio CL-15 that I have).

    I have a CL-20 that I would be willing to part with. Rio messed up bad when they discontinued the Cal product lines!

    HBomb
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited January 2006
    Russ, I feel you on the remote. I wouldn't use them for years, but after getting my MF A3CR pre, I like being able to control the volume from my couch.

    Maybe when I have a $30,000 system I'll worry about a remotes impact on my sound...
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited January 2006
    I have no problem with a remote so long as it is the motorized sort which only turns the control. Although, I guess even the control isn't at its best unless it is a stepped attenuator. I wonder if anyone makes a motorized stepped attenuator? That would be awesome!
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited January 2006
    madmax wrote:
    I wonder if anyone makes a motorized stepped attenuator? That would be awesome!
    madmax
    Yes, there is such a thing available.
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,500
    edited January 2006
    BlueMDPicker wrote:
    Yes, there is such a thing available.

    They did offer a less expensive one for $105 but you only got one choice of an impedance range, 50K. I'm still looking for a less expensive alternative in the 100k range. If your pot has a stub out the back, you only need the motor/remote.
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited January 2006
    I almost ordered the $105 kit, but I don't recall it coming with a stepped attenuator. I believe it came with an Alps 50K tapered pot. It was interesting because it could grab voltage off either a 6 or 12 volt rail in a tube circuit (versus the external wall wart in the newer model), and could be controlled by about any universal (the RC didn't come with it.)
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,500
    edited January 2006
    I believe you are right. I asked McAlister to look into a remote for his pre amp. One way or another, mine will eventually have one.
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited January 2006
    Don't overlook this listed feature of the DACT kit:

    "Allows you to gain 10-20lbs due to lack of exercise. (results may vary)" ;)
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,500
    edited January 2006
    shacks remote is better then. You could burn some calories off with it.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited January 2006
    Russ,

    I know that we had agreed to trade the SHA-1 straight up for my Onkyo P-301.

    Been thinking though, the SHA doesn't have a phono stage, right? You might have to kick in a few extra bones so I can get a phono pre. I was thinking the Onk and a Ben Franklin?

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited January 2006
    I don't want the 301 man. Got a top loader?

    In my living will, Mark gets one, you get the other, period, end of story. If you both are dead, one goes to the bottom of ocean with Mark's CTC, the other gets dropped off at a thrift store.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited January 2006
    Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • beardog03
    beardog03 Posts: 5,550
    edited January 2006
    TroyD wrote:
    Russ,

    I know that we had agreed to trade the SHA-1 straight up for my Onkyo P-301.

    Been thinking though, the SHA doesn't have a phono stage, right? You might have to kick in a few extra bones so I can get a phono pre. I was thinking the Onk and a Ben Franklin?

    BDT

    maybe the onk and a Charlton Heston..!!
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,616
    edited January 2006
    TroyD wrote:
    Let ME rephrase,

    That SHA-1 will be in one of two places. Russ's house or mine. There ain't no third option.

    BDT ;)

    That's a double negative BDT - In other words: there is a third option :)
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  • pjdami
    pjdami Posts: 1,894
    edited January 2006
    HBombToo wrote:
    I have a CL-20 that I would be willing to part with.

    HBomb

    You're kidding right? How could you sell your beloved CL-20? My CL-15 ain't going nowhere anytime soon. I might just get another one. No preamp needed with this bad boy (single source). I'll start another thread with my recent findings.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited December 2007
    *bumpage*

    One of my fave threads.....and, btw, that other Melos DID make it to my place.

    scottyf, wherever you are...SUCK IT!

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,068
    edited December 2007
    RuSsMaN wrote: »
    ...a hardcore purist?

    I really want some damn remote volume control. Already started window shopping tonight. Big deal, right? Get some remote linestages. Therein lies the problem. I have MELOS SHA-1's. What did The Absolute Sound say about them? I'll tell you what they said - they said 'I doubt one could do substantially better, at any price.' Why do you think I have two of them?

    Maybe I should do some reading up on Telekenisis, and moving **** with my brain. Maybe I won't need a remote afterall. This is going to keep me up at night.

    Cheers,
    Russ

    That's the first sign that old age is sneaking up on you. Welcome to the club!! Next up is your AARP card.
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited December 2007
    TroyD wrote: »
    *bumpage*

    One of my fave threads.....and, btw, that other Melos DID make it to my place.

    scottyf, wherever you are...SUCK IT!

    BDT

    Shack-daddy's remote "cure" reminds me that he is a quiet man, that carries a big stick...LOL
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,194
    edited December 2007
    Ok,
    I wanna get this straight. So you want a remote to control your 2 channel rig correct? But you feel it's like going to the dark side owning such a thing... Well I think it's like being a modern day Audiophile. Is it really pure or old school? This is the question you gotta ask yourself. Then and only then will you know the way.

    Dan
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,194
    edited December 2007
    Or Get a SHACK REMOTE....... Hell yeah!!!
    Dan
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  • Yashu
    Yashu Posts: 772
    edited December 2007
    The curse of the audiophile... removing useful controls for the sake of trying to prove how hardcore your gear is.

    You are not a true audiophile until you have to get up out of your seat to change the volume or to switch CDs in your single disc CDP. You are hardcore when you have to spend 10 minutes cleaning, and then clamping every record to your meticulously setup turntable, where... you still have to get up and change the volume over the course of the 20 minutes per side.

    You are not a true audiophile if you even think about using tone controls... hit that tone defeat button buddy, before your license to be an audio snob is revoked! Balance knobs... screw that, remote? Forget it! The remote circuit better have it's own PSU or you should put your head down in shame as you walk by your superiors that toil for that 20 minutes of bliss.

    In other words... get a pre with a remote... you will thank yourself later.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited December 2007
    Point.........................................................................................................Yashu

    BDT
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,967
    edited December 2007
    Remotes,,??? Thats why we had kids,damn expensive ones at that.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited December 2007
    TroyD wrote: »
    Point.........................................................................................................Yashu

    BDT

    Ed Zachry.
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • nms
    nms Posts: 671
    edited December 2007
    RuSsMaN wrote: »
    Ed Zachry.

    You heard the joke about Ed Zachary disease?
    My system

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