slowGEEZR
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OK! Sunday it is. Motor, I don't see why Mike and I can't come by and pick you up. I noticed you only gave a street name address, but no street number!
San Antonio/Austin area gathering?
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sebrof2000
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I'm in. Steve - We'll work out pickup time and all that, and we can swing by and pick up MT on the way in.
It's gonna be a great day:music:
It's gonna be a great day:music:
MotorToad
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I didn't include it because I didn't know it. It's 5 digits, and that's just too much for me after memorizing the ZIP code! :-D It's a complex of town homes so I don't think the number's as important as the phone number, since there are seven other identical units off the same sidewalk. 
Anyway, it's 13436. See ya Sunday! w00t.
Anyway, it's 13436. See ya Sunday! w00t.
MotorToad
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I just saw the map, I'm 7 miles away. That shouldn't be too bad.
slowGEEZR
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Luther, thanks for the hospitality! I had a great time listening to all the different amps and speakers and meeting other audio nuts. Thanks for inviting us into your beautiful home.
Wardsweb
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It was a great afternoon with fellow audio junkies. Here are some pics: http://lonestarbottleheads.org/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=45
sebrof2000
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Same here, Luther. Great of you to have us over, I had a great time.
I had the pleasure of hearing Steve's system in the morning, your systems in the afternoon. All were very impressive and a pleasure to listen to.
The company was't bad either.
Good group of guys.
MotorToad
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Indeed! Thanks a lot, Luther, for the hospitality. I had a great time and really wasn't tired of listening yet. I just wish I'd been hungrier, there was so much food! I'm really astonished that I was able to listen to horn-loaded speakers for most of the day, too; I mentioned it there, but I'm really sensitive to that harshness that horns usually have to them. That speaks volumes (lolpun) about how well built those are.
I was really hoping to hear that 6W light bulb amp on the CLSs, though.
I'm really astonished that I was able to listen to horn-loaded speakers for most of the day, too; I mentioned it there, but I'm really sensitive to that harshness that horns usually have to them. That speaks volumes (lolpun) about how well built those are. I was really hoping to hear that 6W light bulb amp on the CLSs, though.
Wardsweb
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The pleasure was all mine. It isn't often I get to share my passion for music with others that appreciate it.
Thanks for all who came out. I had a really great time. Let me know anytime you want to do it again.
Thanks for all who came out. I had a really great time. Let me know anytime you want to do it again.
MotorToad
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Wardsweb
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As an aside, I'd misspoke the name of an amp I'd complained about last weekend. Crown Macro-Tech 2400. It's very, very powerful, and sounds very, very bad.
What shall I do for a cheap amp that plays loud on one of the most difficult loads in history without giving me headaches?
Please define difficult load: one ohm, two ohms, 85dB efficient? Also define cheap: less than $1000 or less than $100?
MotorToad
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I'll define it as very early Sequels.
As for cheap, that's been a different definition every month for me.
I first used my old NAD 2100 which I'd thought would play any speaker I wanted as loud as I'd want to hear, but it didn't have the stones for the Sequels. Then a Carver receiver off ebay which didn't last a month, and then the TFM-42 which was wonderful until it started making noises in the right channel. I've been thinking of sending it to one of the eleventy-one Carver specialists on the internet to get upgraded/repaired/blessed but I could get another ebay amp for about the same money and I'm at a loss for whom I distrust least between fleabay and internet amp repair specialists.
Other things I've thought about are ADCOM, which I'd probably put on any box speaker and be thrilled but I don't think they'd match well with ESLs. B&K, I dearly love my Pro-5 preamp and I think I'd love one of their amps, but they seem to be either too small, too expensive for a used amp that's old enough to vote, or sold.
I think what I'd most like to do is build a tube amp from a design, not from a kit.
As for cheap, that's been a different definition every month for me.
I first used my old NAD 2100 which I'd thought would play any speaker I wanted as loud as I'd want to hear, but it didn't have the stones for the Sequels. Then a Carver receiver off ebay which didn't last a month, and then the TFM-42 which was wonderful until it started making noises in the right channel. I've been thinking of sending it to one of the eleventy-one Carver specialists on the internet to get upgraded/repaired/blessed but I could get another ebay amp for about the same money and I'm at a loss for whom I distrust least between fleabay and internet amp repair specialists.
Other things I've thought about are ADCOM, which I'd probably put on any box speaker and be thrilled but I don't think they'd match well with ESLs. B&K, I dearly love my Pro-5 preamp and I think I'd love one of their amps, but they seem to be either too small, too expensive for a used amp that's old enough to vote, or sold.
I think what I'd most like to do is build a tube amp from a design, not from a kit.
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