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In Reply to: RE: The cab driver wasn't wrong posted by Luminator on January 15, 2021 at 12:58:52
Sounds like you're a life long west coaster. I've been in the east coast/NY for mine - and chuckled at the cab driver's answer, why would he leave paradise and visit a concrete jungle like Manhattan.
We have friends we like to visit from time to time in Sacremento. For us east coasters, the west is such a different world!
Thanks for the nostalgia pic of the RSC Master IC's. After seeing your pic, I finally realized that I have also have them, but in balanced config - the RSC Master Gen2. Nothing wrong with them and so never felt the need to upgrade. Had been a fan of Tara Labs, but am considering Nordost in the future.
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During the Winter and Spring 1975 quarters, my dad worked in Washington, DC. We lived in what a neighbor called a "gulag" apartment building. I was still 2 then, and my earliest recollections are actually of DC/VA, not my native San Francisco. Early '75, snow was on the ground, and for the first time, highs were going to hit the 50s. I lay on my back in the snow, looked up at the sun, and, man, that was the hottest 50 degrees I've ever experienced!
The employer asked my dad to stay and continue working, but my mom was pregnant. So, at the end of the Spring '75 quarter, we moved back to SF. In July, my only sibling, a brother was born.
In late-winter/early-spring 1980, we returned to the east coast, hitting not just DC/VA, but Philadelphia, Buffalo, and Toronto. Carter was President, and John Lennon was still alive. We stayed at a family friend's house in Arlington. And I thought that Billy Joel's imagery in his then-new "All For Leyna" was hilarious.
And that was the last time I've ever been east of Vegas or Phoenix! A couple years ago, my present family planned to go to DC for Spring Break, but with the possibility of government shutdowns, we canceled.
My brother went to UC Davis, which is just west of Sacramento. In fact, he now lives just south of Sacramento. His in-laws are from there. They have been joined by waves of former Bay Area residents, who were priced out of real estate as expensive as NYC's.
There's just something really fun, about the CAL Delta. The Delta allows us to play around with powercords, digital cables, and even fuses. And if you lose the remote, you can still find some on the used market, or get the codes, and program them.
Since the March 2020 SIP orders, I've only done drive-bys, with other audiophiles, mostly to exchange cables. When the pandemic is over, an east coast trip is high on my to-do list.
We had plans for a Yellowstone trip last year but then COVID happened. When this plague is over we definitely have plans for a trip to the west.
For my Delta/Alpha, besides the mentioned Tara Labs cable between them I am also using a pair of MIT (also 'vintage', well not at the time when I got them) power cables. I wished it had balanced outs, but perhaps with a new CD player after amp upgrade one of these years.
For the Delta, do you know if a replacement belt is still available? There are times when I open the transport drawer it closes immediately. I have to pull at it the 2nd time and then it stays open. It doesn't happen all the time, just every now and then. Thanks.
On the CAL Delta, we have tried MIT's Z-Cord, Z-Cord II, and Shotgun AC2 powercords. If you like or are okay with the throwaway OEM powercords, then the MIT Z-Cord and Z-Cord II maintain that, without screwing things up. They then make the Delta sound not as hazy and grainy. And then the music itself isn't as micronized.
We still have MIT's Digital Reference S/PDIF cable. Coming out of the CAL Delta, the Digital Reference seemed to work best with Theta's DACs. There, the DR made everything sound kind of like L.A. Guns' Cocked & Loaded .
We might have to search on EBay, for replacement belts.
Great pics and great taste in Music- Lummy.
Thanks Lummy.
I'm not sure if I like the sound from the Alpha to be like 'Cocked and Loaded';P
But yes, for both the Delta and Alpha I have the MIT Z-Cord II's. Not a big fan of MIT otherwise, but have a couple pairs of their IC's - they are like anchors putting a strain on the RCA plugs, as my system is on a rack. Those boxes on the Z-Cord II's are even heavier.
I'll dig around on fleabay to see if replacement belts are available. Wish there was info like belt diameter and circumference so we can find generics, without having to remove the one installed (knowing my luck, it will probably snap on me).
My audiodharma Cable Cooker has seen at least a dozen MIT Z-Cord IIs, but those were before we acquired the Ground Breaker adapter, which treats all three legs. The more modern Z-Cord II samples had new AC plugs.
Quite a few audiophiles tell me that they like the way their systems sound, with the stock OEM throwaway powercords. They say that many after-market powercords mess up the sound. So for these users, a Z-Cord II might work, not messing up the fundamental sound, but also reducing haze and grain.
In late 1989, while a college freshman, I came home to San Francisco. My then-girlfriend KJ and I went to an L.A. Guns concert at The Warfield. Tora Tora opened, and were quite good. L.A. Guns were actually straight-forward and professional. Steve Riley's Tama drums had a combination of POP and punch, which rocked!
In 1994-95, I briefly tried the Tara Labs RSC Master Gen 2 RCA digital coax. For AES/EBU, I liked Tara Labs' Air 110 between the CAL Delta and Alpha.
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