What New Stuff Have You Bought? If You Care To Share Thead! :)

[j_garcia]

Bought tix:

An Evening with Steven Wilson

• Lineup:
• Steven Wilson

May 11, 2018 Fri 9:00 PM PDT
The Fillmore in San Francisco, California

 

[Mikado463]

just added a pair of Pass Labs X260.8's to drive my Revel Studio II's ......

 

[speakerman39]

just added a pair of Pass Labs X260.8's to drive my Revel Studio II's ......View attachment 22379

Holy smokes! Impressive! Congrats man! That has got to sound really good. It hurts my wallet just looking at your pics......LOL!!!!


Cheers,

Phil

 

[Mikado463]

Holy smokes! Impressive! Congrats man! That has got to sound really good. It hurts my wallet just looking at your pics......LOL!!!!


Cheers,

Phil

Thanks Phil, actually the wallet survived Ok but my back took a day or two to recover !

Dave

 

[speakerman39]

Thanks Phil, actually the wallet survived Ok but my back took a day or two to recover !

Dave

I bet. There is no telling what the towers weigh? The mono blocks don't look too light either......LOL!!!! Very nice man. I would be so proud. Is this a 2.0 setup? Bet it sounds absolutely amazing. Feel free to post more pics. We ALL love those!


Cheers,

Phil

 

[Mikado463]

I bet. There is no telling what the towers weigh? The mono blocks don't look too light either......LOL!!!! Very nice man. I would be so proud. Is this a 2.0 setup? Bet it sounds absolutely amazing. Feel free to post more pics. We ALL love those!


Cheers,

Phil

actually Phil it's a 2.1 set up, as for the speakers , yeah they are a bit heavy as well (125# each). As for the rest of the set up here you go ..........

 

[speakerman39]

actually Phil it's a 2.1 set up, as for the speakers , yeah they are a bit heavy as well (125# each). As for the rest of the set up here you go ..........

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Amazing! Utterly speechless here. Just top notch if you ask me. Wow! Nice job! BTW, being speechless does NOT happen too often.....LOL!!!!!


Cheers,

Phil

 

[lovinthehd]

actually Phil it's a 2.1 set up, as for the speakers , yeah they are a bit heavy as well (125# each). As for the rest of the set up here you go ..........

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Hopefully someday you can afford a rack for that stuff on the floor

 

[KenM10759]

What a beautiful setup! Is that a VPI turntable? Which cartridge and phono amp with it?

 

[Mikado463]

What a beautiful setup! Is that a VPI turntable? Which cartridge and phono amp with it?

Yes Ken, Aries III, cartridge is a Benz Micro 'Glider', phono pre is a Fosgate signature.

 

[Mikado463]

Hopefully someday you can afford a rack for that stuff on the floor

LOL .......still saving my 'pennies' !

 

[lovinthehd]

Bought tix:

An Evening with Steven Wilson

• Lineup:
• Steven Wilson

May 11, 2018 Fri 9:00 PM PDT
The Fillmore in San Francisco, California

Now that's advance planning....I miss the good ol' days when this quality was happening all week every week in the bay area. Might have to drive down to attend this if it ain't already sold out!

 

[j_garcia]

Now that's advance planning....I miss the good ol' days when this quality was happening all week every week in the bay area. Might have to drive down to attend this if it ain't already sold out!

I knew when the album came out he would have a tour to support it. I mean, he toured to support 4 1/2 which is pretty much an EP. General admission! Get a ticket and we can meet up. They sent me the "artist alert" email because I attended previous shows of his.

 

[lovinthehd]

I knew when the album came out he would have a tour to support it. I mean, he toured to support 4 1/2 which is pretty much an EP. General admission! Get a ticket and we can meet up. They sent me the "artist alert" email because I attended previous shows of his.

LOL tempted but probably not going to drive down that far even for SW...enjoy the show and give us a full report!

 

[NINaudio]

I bought a new tire yesterday because there was a nail stuck in the shoulder of my old one.

 

[j_garcia]

I bought a new tire yesterday because there was a nail stuck in the shoulder of my old one.

That sucks. Mine were pretty well worn and for me that means I end up buying a whole set due to AWD. I clipped one on a curb in a poorly lit area and it ripped the chord in the sidewall so the tire bulged a bit - same as a nail in the sidewall, can't be fixed.

 

[NINaudio]

That sucks. Mine were pretty well worn and for me that means I end up buying a whole set due to AWD. I clipped one on a curb in a poorly lit area and it ripped the chord in the sidewall so the tire bulged a bit - same as a nail in the sidewall, can't be fixed.

Ugh, yeah, that stinks. This set only had about 15k on them, so one new one will be a little ahead for now. I'll just keep it in the front during rotations until it catches up to the wear on the others. lol

 

[2channel lover]

Our 2nd Kureig coffee maker broke about a month ago. We decided not to even bother returning it a 3rd time. We just pulled out the old Bunn residential coffee maker we've had for years.

Spoiled by the single serve convenience we started looking into Bunn single serve coffee makers and recently bought the MCU model.

We've had it about a month now and tried k-cups, tea bags, loose tee and fresh ground coffee.

The Kureig is more quiet, and quicker because the water storage tank supplies water immediately, but the Bunn is a more substantial machine...the water is piping hot and freshly ground coffee tastes awesome, as well as the k-cups. We don't know about longevity yet, but out of the box, it's a nice coffee maker.

$160 incl all 4 trays.

 

[lovinthehd]

Our 2nd Kureig coffee maker broke about a month ago. We decided not to even bother returning it a 3rd time. We just pulled out the old Bunn residential coffee maker we've had for years.

Spoiled by the single serve convenience we started looking into Bunn single serve coffee makers and recently bought the MCU model.

We've had it about a month now and tried k-cups, tea bags, loose tee and fresh ground coffee.

The Kureig is more quiet, and quicker because the water storage tank supplies water immediately, but the Bunn is a more substantial machine...the water is piping hot and freshly ground coffee tastes awesome, as well as the k-cups. We don't know about longevity yet, but out of the box, it's a nice coffee maker.

$160 incl all 4 trays.

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Best single cup maker I know of is the $ 30 Aeropress....but a bit more manual than a maker.

 

[2channel lover]

Best single cup maker I know of is the $ 30 Aeropress....but a bit more manual than a maker.

Interesting...manual wouldn't get the wife too excited though. The Bunn requires water for each cup and she's just getting used to that.