rand129678 Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 On 23/02/2021 at 8:38 AM, Bengineer said: Need to stop, can't afford more children. Better avoid Sade and Maxwell too 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atrebs Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Been lurking for a little while. After enjoying everyone else's pictures from afar I thought I'd share my rather modest setups. (Trans)portable for work: And the time-for-bed home setup: My 10-year old custom made Grado RS2 with cocobolo wood: A bit of night vision: 7 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ehrmantraut Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 And that's endgame for me folks.......drops mic..... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 8 minutes ago, BlueOceanBoy said: And that's endgame for me folks.......drops mic..... Well done. I too agree that is endgame and you could not wish for more, in terms of Bigger Ben and HPA4 and the headphones which are my choice too .... Nice co-ordinated colour of black and blue for the whole setup too. Now just get on with enjoying music ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengineer Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 $30k worth of gear and still rocking the washing machine rubber pads Bunnings sells. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ehrmantraut Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 4 minutes ago, Bengineer said: $30k worth of gear and still rocking the washing machine rubber pads Bunnings sells. I have to make savings where I can! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengineer Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Where is the Mogwai now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ehrmantraut Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Just now, Bengineer said: Where is the Mogwai now? Back home with Hugo - he missed it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengineer Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Poor Hugo. You've led him down a tube rabbit hole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbz127 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 @BlueOceanBoy Great looking setup. How do you find the ps audio p3 and how do you get around only having 4 output sockets? Thankyou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 So what does Hugo prefer out of the 3 amps? Or does he prefer the Elekit TU-8600R lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ehrmantraut Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Just now, barbz127 said: @BlueOceanBoy Great looking setup. How do you find the ps audio p3 and how do you get around only having 4 output sockets? Thankyou The PS Audio Stellar P3 improved the overall soundstage of my gear and lowered the noise floor for my amps. I live in an old apartment block next to a transformer.....surprised I don't glow in the dark. I was skeptical that it would make a difference but I get the whole "clean" power thing now. Yes, the four outputs are not ideal. The US version has 6. We have bigger plugs apparently...sure that works for other things too! I tend to use the plugs for the input front end as that's where I feel the inherent noise is and best to stop it there first. 1 minute ago, Odyssey said: So what does Hugo prefer out of the 3 amps? Or does he prefer the Elekit TU-8600R lol. You should ask him! I have an idea though.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ehrmantraut Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 16 minutes ago, Bengineer said: $30k worth of gear and still rocking the washing machine rubber pads Bunnings sells. Check more closely my young padowan. Surely, they are Interstellar Audio's Plankton Performers Plus, are they not? Carefully crafted in Kazakhstan from the silica of the sand dunes near the Caspian Sea. Heat blasted at 5 million Kelvin in the nuclear bunkers of Almaty, it is blended with Moon rock and diamond dust. This matrix is then woven into foetal Yak hair to provide the most shock absorbent material known to man. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 1 minute ago, BlueOceanBoy said: Check more closely my young padowan. Surely, they are Interstellar Audio's Plankton Performers Plus, are they not? Carefully crafted in Kazakhstan from the silica of the sand dunes near the Caspian Sea. Heat blasted at 5 million Kelvin in the nuclear bunkers of Almaty, it is blended with Moon rock and diamond dust. This matrix is then woven into foetal Yak hair to provide the most shock absorbent material known to man. Hahahaha you should change your profession now. You can sell anything to Snow White. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengineer Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 5 minutes ago, BlueOceanBoy said: Check more closely my young padowan. Surely, they are Interstellar Audio's Plankton Performers Plus, are they not? Carefully crafted in Kazakhstan from the silica of the sand dunes near the Caspian Sea. Heat blasted at 5 million Kelvin in the nuclear bunkers of Almaty, it is blended with Moon rock and diamond dust. This matrix is then woven into foetal Yak hair to provide the most shock absorbent material known to man. I have some. Stops my washing machine from vibrating. Clothes never sounded so good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 So @Indie Hi-Fi which of the 3 amps do you prefer. I have an idea.... you told me You're a romantic EL34 lover.... honestly I love both EL34 and KT88 and all the other variants.. and I have not even sample Tung Sol 6550 from the 1960s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ehrmantraut Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 32 minutes ago, Bengineer said: I have some. Stops my washing machine from vibrating. Clothes never sounded so good. Interstellar Audio - Music that's out of this world! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indie Hi-Fi Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 1 hour ago, BlueOceanBoy said: Back home with Hugo - he missed it! Snug and sound back in the fold. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indie Hi-Fi Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 1 hour ago, Odyssey said: which of the 3 amps do you prefer. Neil and I both agreed that the quality overall was TOTL and just that each had a different flavour. So unless my tastes in sonics matches yours then a grain of salt is needed, or a demo! Objectively, Bigger Ben is for sure more nuanced and dynamic than Mogwai SE. No surprises there. Mogwai SE is still very amazing and only by A/B tests do you know there is something more to be had above it. Yes I do lean to EL34s as I love midrange and, on headphones, a concise image which the EL's excel at. For folk and rock (bulk of my listening) on headphones I would go to the Nirvana as it's developed just for the EL34s and has the slight edge in smoothness because of it. For hip hop, terchno and classical on headphones the Bigger Ben though - for dynamics and punch. Speakers obviously the Bigger Ben as Nirvana is HP only. So a do-everything amp for sure the Bigger Ben - a no comprimise HP and speaker amp that can change tone with tube changes (EL34, KT77, KT88, 6l6GC). But all that said, there's always the Ovation with 1626's for midrange, vocals AND speaker taps . 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengineer Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 On 05/02/2021 at 2:54 PM, Bengineer said: Only thing changing to my setup this year will be the addition of a Bottlehead Crack, custom height and paint/stain, bit of secret sauce, and some custom cables for these two. No more gear purchases this year. Can quote me on that. Not sure what I was smoking here. Stay tuned. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruc3 Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 My first ZMF and what a wonderful treat it is!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengineer Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Be *excellent* off the 339 too! Super nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengineer Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 (edited) Suprised packages today. Suprised with a PS5. Dope. Then after 6 weeks from the UK, some nice proper wire! 6N Silver Plated cotton cored copper wire. And 7N OCC Copper with the black tinted jacket. Was intending a 8 wire cable, but could probably make two very lightweight 4 wire ones out of this. Forza Audioworks base cable is 4x26 AWG, claire is 8x26 AWG. These are both 22AWG, somewhere between the Moon Black Dragon and the Forza entry level one. Hmmm. Edited March 5, 2021 by Bengineer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray H Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 First valve amp I have owned, so a bit of a novice in this area. It has only just been plugged in and has a pretty bad hum through the headphones at zero volume. Any ideas on what the likely issue is ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rand129678 Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 13 minutes ago, Ray H said: First valve amp I have owned, so a bit of a novice in this area. It has only just been plugged in and has a pretty bad hum through the headphones at zero volume. Any ideas on what the likely issue is ? Does the hum disappear if you touch a metal part of the amp's case (outside of the case)? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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