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In Reply to: Re: Thanks to the generous host with the best ribs in town! posted by DRCope on September 14, 2003 at 11:13:54:
I was VERY much digging the Rega P3/AN you brought. Killer through the all-Bottlehead setup. Good thing Christmas and my birthday are coming...This time, I did not have speaker envy, as I preferred my 8s over all the others we heard. I think you may be onto something with your comments on the AN speakers, because I was not digging them, and I fully expect they could sound better.
Mark Hardy's hybrid headhpone amp was two thumbs up — got along famously with my FP. Plenty of gain! I potted my FP up halfway, then controlled volume through the hybrid amp. Sweet.
We forgot to mention Neo's Parabees not liking my FP/Sed/8s. THAT was weird. Dissapointed, because I really wanted to hear them.
John Lapaire, we missed you, and your copious and detailed notes. But — Cope! You da man! I was thinking afterwards, I hope someone's writing all this down. Thanks again for being "choirmaster" while I'm off in host-land. And, thanks to Jo Ann. She is, as they say, the bomb.
Now...how am I going do drink all this beer?....
Follow Ups:
I agree that there was something about the straight 8's I preferred over the other speakers and I wish I had heard them with the preamp/amp combo we were using at the end of the day.
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Well, the WannaGlows pulled amp duty most of the day, but I try to keep the factory built stuff out of the way (except for CDP's) until the end 'cause it's all about DIY. We can do it that way next time, though.I'm determined to dust off and spiff up(read: fix!) my North Dakota-built walnut FP by the next time, so I don't feel so "off the rack" among the wild custom stuff. ;-)
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