The Friday Chuckle

Captn Dave · 26th September 2008, 04:57 PM

THIS can be yours for only $4000, but sorry, out of stock!

HollowState · 26th September 2008, 09:29 PM

Funny

wicked1 · 26th September 2008, 11:54 PM

"smooths over distortion"
Umm.. my low quality mp3's sound worse than ever through my tube amp.
lossless files are another story tho

Ty_Bower · 27th September 2008, 12:24 AM

You laugh... but this whole iPod / tube-amp business appears to be lucrative. Or is it ludicrous?

http://www.fat-man.co.uk/

planet10 · 27th September 2008, 06:39 AM

That kit is actually quite interesting... and probably in-line prrice wise with a lot of other gear. Seems to be OTL with custom built high-impedance speakers.

And i'm sure that there are a lot of people out there with so much money they have no qalms choosing something based on "what is the most expensive thing i can buy"

Apple makes more monet on iPod licencing than on actual iPod sales... tells you something about the size of the iPod axxesories industry.

And now with the Wadia iTransport, a really good DAC and lossless files (my iPod has never seen an MP3) , the iPod befomes a world-class digital source.

dave

planet10 · 27th September 2008, 06:41 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ty_Bower
You laugh... but this whole iPod / tube-amp business appears to be lucrative. Or is it ludicrous?

http://www.fat-man.co.uk/

Speaking specifically of this one...

http://www.fat-man.co.uk/docs/produc...alveDock.shtml

someone should take them to task... this is a 13W chipamp with a tube buffer, not a valve amplifier.

Made in Korea by HCT it is a fairly reasonable piece of kit.

dave

poynton · 27th September 2008, 07:43 AM

I like the way the ad says "unexpectedly sold out"

At that price, I bet they were surprised to sell even one (which maybe all they had)

Andy

planet10 · 27th September 2008, 07:55 AM

Here is the manufacturers site

http://www.goldster-audio.com/concer...roduct.en.html

dave

kevinkr · 27th September 2008, 04:44 PM

Reputedly this thing actually sounds fairly good...

bigwill · 27th September 2008, 04:52 PM

Looks nicely made too, with 6AS7 output tubes. I'm guessing the speaker boxes have transformers in them

http://www.goldster-audio.com/downlo...tech_72dpi.jpg

26th September 2008, 04:57 PM	#1
Captn Dave diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2008	The Friday Chuckle THIS can be yours for only $4000, but sorry, out of stock!

27th September 2008, 06:39 AM	#5
planet10 frugal-phile(tm) diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Victoria, BC, NA, Sol III Blog Entries: 4	That kit is actually quite interesting... and probably in-line prrice wise with a lot of other gear. Seems to be OTL with custom built high-impedance speakers. And i'm sure that there are a lot of people out there with so much money they have no qalms choosing something based on "what is the most expensive thing i can buy" Apple makes more monet on iPod licencing than on actual iPod sales... tells you something about the size of the iPod axxesories industry. And now with the Wadia iTransport, a really good DAC and lossless files (my iPod has never seen an MP3) , the iPod befomes a world-class digital source. dave __________________ community sites t-linespeakers.org, frugal-horn.com ........ commercial site planet10-HiFi p10-hifi forum here at diyA

27th September 2008, 07:43 AM	#7
poynton Magneto the Gravity Man diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: A life on the ocean waves when I'm not at home in N. Wales (but I'm not Welsh so no sheep jokes!)	I like the way the ad says "unexpectedly sold out" At that price, I bet they were surprised to sell even one (which maybe all they had) Andy __________________ If it ain't broke, break it !! Then fix it again. It's called DIY !

27th September 2008, 07:55 AM	#8
planet10 frugal-phile(tm) diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Victoria, BC, NA, Sol III Blog Entries: 4	Here is the manufacturers site http://www.goldster-audio.com/concer...roduct.en.html dave __________________ community sites t-linespeakers.org, frugal-horn.com ........ commercial site planet10-HiFi p10-hifi forum here at diyA

27th September 2008, 04:44 PM	#9
kevinkr diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Blog Entries: 6	Reputedly this thing actually sounds fairly good... __________________ www.kta-hifi.net

26th September 2008, 11:54 PM	#3
wicked1 diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2008	"smooths over distortion" Umm.. my low quality mp3's sound worse than ever through my tube amp. lossless files are another story tho

27th September 2008, 12:24 AM	#4
Ty_Bower diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Newark, DE	You laugh... but this whole iPod / tube-amp business appears to be lucrative. Or is it ludicrous? http://www.fat-man.co.uk/

27th September 2008, 04:52 PM	#10
bigwill diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: UK	Looks nicely made too, with 6AS7 output tubes. I'm guessing the speaker boxes have transformers in them http://www.goldster-audio.com/downlo...tech_72dpi.jpg

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