I haven’t logged on since some time in 2011. 9 freakin years.
Hmm, what’s new with me? I moved to North Carolina after a brief 5 year stint in Pennsylvania. I put down my wrenches and picked up a set of micrometers. Becoming a Machinist has been a wild ride.
I bought my first house last year. That has been a hell of an experience.
At any rate on to my current audio state.
My current list of jun.. equipment includes:
Preamplifier:
Linn Pretek (not running, power supply issues)
Linn Kairn (runs intermittently, bad voltage regulator)
Hafler DH110, currently in use.
Heathkit AA-141 (needs to have a few tube sockets tightened up, a couple tubes in the Phono section replaced, and some new coupling caps here and there.
Power Amplifier:
Not one, but TWO Heathkit AA-121s. This is the amp that brought me here in 2010
Hafler XL600 (The largest and most powerful amp ever made by David Hafler.)
Two Hafler XL-280s
Turntables:
Thorens TD-160
Revolver with Linn tonearm
Sansui SE-7 10 band (I think) EQ
Pioneer RT-707 tape deck
Speakers:
Klipsch Forte
WTB Klipsch La Scala (cash in hand....)
Polk M10’s
That’s about it for the stuff that is currently in rotation.
An interesting thing of note: I recently noticed a patent number on the back of the Heathkit 121 amps. I pulled the patent, and it was for the ultralinear AB1 amplifier circuit, designed by David Hafler, before he formed Dynaco, which he later sold to found Hafler. Who’d have thunk it?
Hmm, what’s new with me? I moved to North Carolina after a brief 5 year stint in Pennsylvania. I put down my wrenches and picked up a set of micrometers. Becoming a Machinist has been a wild ride.
I bought my first house last year. That has been a hell of an experience.
At any rate on to my current audio state.
My current list of jun.. equipment includes:
Preamplifier:
Linn Pretek (not running, power supply issues)
Linn Kairn (runs intermittently, bad voltage regulator)
Hafler DH110, currently in use.
Heathkit AA-141 (needs to have a few tube sockets tightened up, a couple tubes in the Phono section replaced, and some new coupling caps here and there.
Power Amplifier:
Not one, but TWO Heathkit AA-121s. This is the amp that brought me here in 2010
Hafler XL600 (The largest and most powerful amp ever made by David Hafler.)
Two Hafler XL-280s
Turntables:
Thorens TD-160
Revolver with Linn tonearm
Sansui SE-7 10 band (I think) EQ
Pioneer RT-707 tape deck
Speakers:
Klipsch Forte
WTB Klipsch La Scala (cash in hand....)
Polk M10’s
That’s about it for the stuff that is currently in rotation.
An interesting thing of note: I recently noticed a patent number on the back of the Heathkit 121 amps. I pulled the patent, and it was for the ultralinear AB1 amplifier circuit, designed by David Hafler, before he formed Dynaco, which he later sold to found Hafler. Who’d have thunk it?
