Quality Time

Skeptic1

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How do you spend your spare time?
 

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High end audio. And shooting at stuff.

Nice setup.

What you running? Looks like a couple of monoblocks and a couple of tube pres? One dedicated for phono? Hard to tell from the pic but the phono player looks like a maybe a Rega?

Those custom made horns?

And some attention to room treatments...very nice!
 
Nice setup.

What you running? Looks like a couple of monoblocks and a couple of tube pres? One dedicated for phono? Hard to tell from the pic but the phono player looks like a maybe a Rega?

Those custom made horns?

And some attention to room treatments...very nice!

The amps are Altec 1570's modded and improved by a master. Rated at 165 watts p/ch but we measured them and they didnt clip til 193. The tube preamp and phono stage are custom built by the guy who modded the amps. All point to point wiring. The horns are custom made replicas of the old RCA 9462 bass cabinets aka 'Ubangis'. The horns are reproduction Altec 1505's built by a Cuban guy from Tilia wood and all natural glues and shellacs. The turntable is a Linn Sondek but now I use a Technics SP 10 Mk II. Im PMing you a link.
 
High end audio. And shooting at stuff.


Wow, you're really good. So do you just eyeball it down that rail, or wut? Minute of Maggot, right? I'd suggest getting back to hitting the only thing you're capable of, and no Liberace Breath, not Siegfried and Roy, but the Bong.

BTW, you still got that pic of when you were like Speaker Boy of the Month? I do. ;)
 
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I want a Marantz tube amp something fierce!
Heheh good luck, they tend to sell high, if you can even find them. If you do snag one, horde bulk lots of the NOS tubes, because resellers snap em up quickly, and mark em up to ridiculous levels.
 
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WTF is spare time? I haven't had spare time since the old man passed and left me a shit storm of poorly planned non-estate financial stuff (business & co-owned with his brother) that went to a legal battle with my greedy as $$@# first cousins.
 
Work on my property, wrench on my 3 old ass almost 300k mile toyotas (all 3...) and remodel my house. None of which are fast with limited budget and limited time and limited energy. 2.5 years to remodel my master bathroom, but its magazine worthy, if id just crown moulding and baseboard it.
 
The amps are Altec 1570's modded and improved by a master. Rated at 165 watts p/ch but we measured them and they didnt clip til 193. The tube preamp and phono stage are custom built by the guy who modded the amps. All point to point wiring. The horns are custom made replicas of the old RCA 9462 bass cabinets aka 'Ubangis'. The horns are reproduction Altec 1505's built by a Cuban guy from Tilia wood and all natural glues and shellacs. The turntable is a Linn Sondek but now I use a Technics SP 10 Mk II. Im PMing you a link.

What is Eddie Van Halen's home system? The others will us whatever he figured out.
 
Well, I'm retired so my time will be different from when I was working. But, hunting, fishing, shooting, reloading, casting bullets, and attending the Grandkids ball games, gymnastic meets and trap shoots. We also take a few beercations a year. Usually Asheville in late Spring, Denver in the early Fall. We do a NW Arkansas trip and a trip to Abita Springs LA once a year. We are planning a trip in a new direction soon. I also travel to Prairie Dog hunt in the Spring. In the evenings I'll sit out in the shop door and sip on a beer and watch the hot soccer moms walk by. Usually a buddy or two will stop by.