AH! The sweet sound of Hi-Fidelity
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Jstas
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In my cubicle at work!
I didn't want to bring this setup in but security bitched about the microphone ports in the BSR EQ and Onkyo pre-amp so I had to bring in the Behringer parametric EQ and the Carver C-1. Guess I'll have to lock them up in one of the ovehead bins.
Anyway, I now have a steady stream of people stopping by to "see" what it was making such wonderful sounds!
What they are looking at and listening to is:
KLH Model 22's (from Troy)
Mintek DVD-1600 DVD/CD/MP3 player
Carver C-1 pre-amp (from Troy)
Behringer TUBE ULTRA-Q T1951
Heathkit 2 x 10W tube amp (my dad built it when he was 16)
I still have to bring in the Onkyo tuner and an antenna and a 5 inch monitor to get the menu display for the DVD player.
The DVD player, at 50 bucks isn't most spectacular for watching DVDs but for audio purposes, it works very well! I imagine that the equipment its hooked up to helps that out alot but boy is it sweet sounding!
Best part is, my cubincle has the warm, tube glow and the smell of old transformers and tubes just baking away!
Tubes at home, tubes at work and if only I had the money, I'd have tubes in my car too!
I didn't want to bring this setup in but security bitched about the microphone ports in the BSR EQ and Onkyo pre-amp so I had to bring in the Behringer parametric EQ and the Carver C-1. Guess I'll have to lock them up in one of the ovehead bins.
Anyway, I now have a steady stream of people stopping by to "see" what it was making such wonderful sounds!
What they are looking at and listening to is:
KLH Model 22's (from Troy)
Mintek DVD-1600 DVD/CD/MP3 player
Carver C-1 pre-amp (from Troy)
Behringer TUBE ULTRA-Q T1951
Heathkit 2 x 10W tube amp (my dad built it when he was 16)
I still have to bring in the Onkyo tuner and an antenna and a 5 inch monitor to get the menu display for the DVD player.
The DVD player, at 50 bucks isn't most spectacular for watching DVDs but for audio purposes, it works very well! I imagine that the equipment its hooked up to helps that out alot but boy is it sweet sounding!
Best part is, my cubincle has the warm, tube glow and the smell of old transformers and tubes just baking away!
Tubes at home, tubes at work and if only I had the money, I'd have tubes in my car too!
Expert Moron Extraordinaire
You're just jealous 'cause the voices don't talk to you!
You're just jealous 'cause the voices don't talk to you!
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Sounds like a cool rig. I fortunately got my paws on a(nother) pair of KLH 17's recently, and am continually blown away by how friggin good they sound.
We bought the Mintek for my wife's home office / workout room - and it does a FINE job on music. The only downside so far has been the lack of a front display. It sounds as good or better than the HK and Yammie 5 disc changers I have sitting around, and for a lot less money.
I can imagine it being a real giant-killer if you hooked up an external DAC.
Cheers,
RussCheck your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service. -
The KLH Model 17's I got from George are hooked up to the 8W x 2 tube amp kit from AES. The have the Onkyo pre-amp, BSR EQ-3000P, a dbx cd player and an old Onkyo tuner which seems to have a memory problem. With only 8 watts per channel, those KLH's sound amazing! Incredibly efficient speakers and very impressive considering they are 10 years older than I am!Expert Moron Extraordinaire
You're just jealous 'cause the voices don't talk to you! -
That's good to know, I've been considering them for use in a 2ch tube amp rig - but wasn't sure 8-9 would cut it.
Cheers,
RussCheck your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service. -
Oh, it will drive them just fine. It won't be mind numbingly loud but they will be clean and clear. Besides, the 17's are so smooth that I barely ever turn the volume past 1/3rd full volume before its loud enough to hear well and those 10 inch woofers start shaking thing all over the room.
I don't think it could be pulled of easily with a solid state amp though. You'd need at least 20 watts per channel at a minimum to get anything decent out of them.Expert Moron Extraordinaire
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Wow! The imaging is amazing! The sweet spot is dead center in the middle of my cubicle!Expert Moron Extraordinaire
You're just jealous 'cause the voices don't talk to you!
