Balanced Audio Technology VK-120 Tube Monoblocks

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  • blakeh
    blakeh Posts: 491
    edited March 2009
    Some photos of Heiney9 and a few other friends setting up the amps at a friend's house (since my rig has either been sold off or packed away in anticipation of a move to a new house).

    Audio Meet at Rob's House (03/13/09)

    Thanks to Ted for the speedy shipping and for answering a few questions once they got here!
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited March 2009
    blakeh wrote: »
    Some photos of Heiney9 and a few other friends setting up the amps at a friend's house (since my rig has either been sold off or packed away in anticipation of a move to a new house).

    Audio Meet at Rob's House (03/13/09)

    Thanks to Ted for the speedy shipping and for answering a few questions once they got here!

    Notice how I didn't make into the pics until the 3rd page. The whole "too many cooks in the kitchen thing" :p. Mostly Blake and our friend Aaron (not a_mattison a different Aaron) setting 'em and installing the tubes in the pics.

    I wish Ted would have sent along a couple snorts of whatever RUM he was drinking that evening when he answered the phone......lol :p:D

    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 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • Midnite Mick
    Midnite Mick Posts: 1,591
    edited March 2009
    Nothing but smiles....good to see.

    Congrats.

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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited March 2009
    blakeh wrote: »
    Some photos of Heiney9 and a few other friends setting up the amps at a friend's house (since my rig has either been sold off or packed away in anticipation of a move to a new house).

    Audio Meet at Rob's House (03/13/09)

    Thanks to Ted for the speedy shipping and for answering a few questions once they got here!

    Nice pics Blake and congrats on those beauties.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,967
    edited March 2009
    Congrats on the new toy,if I wasn't going away soon,I might have beat you to them.These types of deals don't come around too often.Enjoy!!
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited March 2009
    Well it was nice to see everyone smiling and having a good time getting the amps going. I am glad things made it to Blake without serious incident.

    I got my own groove on last Friday with PolkClyde as we enjoyed the Shed Rig.

    I would be lying if I said I did not have some seller's remorse in letting this pair of BAT amps go.

    Enjoy them Blake and the RAS, maybe one day I can make it up your way.

    RT1--I can see Brock grimacing a bit as that sound washes over him gives him a woody as then he realizes its not a Pass design.........oh yea, and Brock, nice Princess sippy cup........
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  • blakeh
    blakeh Posts: 491
    edited March 2009
    I can see why you'd have some seller's remorse! I am really looking forward to getting these in my main system for some extended listening. I was blown away by the way they sounded with Rob's setup. I'm already poking around looking for some extra tubes so that if one ever goes out, I don't have to wait to have another one shipped!

    Thanks for the great deal Ted, and I too hope you can make it up here one day to hear them! :D

    P.S. Brock did an awful lot of "supervising" that night -- didn't want to get his hands too dirty!
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  • Lowell_M
    Lowell_M Posts: 1,660
    edited March 2009
    reeltrouble1 wrote: »
    ........oh yea, and Brock, nice Princess sippy cup........

    Plus... They made him sit on his hands so that he didn't break anything. Too much glass with the tubes and all.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited March 2009
    reeltrouble1 wrote: »
    Well it was nice to see everyone smiling and having a good time getting the amps going. I am glad things made it to Blake without serious incident.

    I got my own groove on last Friday with PolkClyde as we enjoyed the Shed Rig.

    I would be lying if I said I did not have some seller's remorse in letting this pair of BAT amps go.

    Enjoy them Blake and the RAS, maybe one day I can make it up your way.

    RT1--I can see Brock grimacing a bit as that sound washes over him gives him a woody as then he realizes its not a Pass design.........oh yea, and Brock, nice Princess sippy cup........

    It's what's in the cup..........not the cup itself that is important :D. If Blake sells I get first dibs and these will be offered here first..............I doubt they will be FS for quite sometime...but you never know!
    a_mattison wrote: »
    Plus... They made him sit on his hands so that he didn't break anything. Too much glass with the tubes and all.

    I was sitting on my hands..........because at like your place there should have been a remote control in my hands.........but no one seems to believe in using those these days, even if they are part of the package......some leave them in the box which is stored in the attic ;):p

    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 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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