Sander deWaal wrote:

"Arny Krueger" said:

Don't you own a CJ tube preamp, by your own admission?

Sure. But I didn't pay a sucker's price for it. A previous owner took care
of that for me. And I don't deify it. It just gets the job done.

Well, you could do a lot worse than CJ. Congrats!

As another owner of a CJ preamp, I have to agree.

Oh yes - I didn't buy mine new either. And I certainly didn't overpay for it.



BTW, I don't "deify" my stuff either.
Because I'm a DIY-er, I get my stuff for next to nothing.
I take pride in what I made, though.
Don't you call that "Constructor's Ear" or something? g


I envy your knowledge of schematics and/or construction skills. Actually, my
first amplifier was a DIY'er, many years ago, when at the ripe old age of 17, I
built an H.H. Scott integrated amplifier. However, it was part of a kit
designed for those with less than an electronics expert's knowledge. Sadly,
very few kits seem available today, although they'd certainly be easier to
build than the old Scott, which had all point to point wiring.

You've got to love sending a bunch of wires to each tube socket. LOT'S.

However, at the end of many tedious, careful hours, when I finally plugged it
in and saw the glow of the tubes (with no fires - lol), and found out it
actually worked, the pride of accomplishment was pretty good for a 17-year-old
audio neophyte (relatively speaking).

I'd be tempted to try another project like this if it were reasonably priced
and compatible with my components - but the instructions would need to be
decent - lol.

Scott *did* do an excellent job re. instructions, full-color diagrams, parts
lists, basic advice on soldering, etc.






Don't you own a turntable "for transcription use"?

Sure. But I don't deify it, and I didn't pay a sucker's price for it,
either. It just gets the job done.

Same here, and since I've built it myself (except the bearing and
platter), it cost me about $100 or so (cartridge excepted).

Doesn't Pinkerton have a Michell Gyrodeck with AT-OC9?

Sure. But he doesn't deify it, and I don think he paid a sucker's price
for it, either.

I wouldn't know, but it wouldn't surprise me if he paid just the going
price for it.
And why not? Vinyl is music as well, and it deserves good
reproduction.

What does that make you dudes?

Smart guys who know when we are walking down memory lane.

But what does it make me?
I object to being called a "tube- and vinyl bigot" just because I
happen to play LPs once in a while and use tubes in my audio gear.

Then again, I'm probably not your everyday "audiophyle" either.

Quit dumping garbage on your turntables and enjoy the music!

I was kinda under the impression that vinyl in good shape (which is all I
*dump* on my TT) wasn't garbage...

Then you know that LP playback has certain properties that makes it
possible to enjoy music just as well as playing through CD/DVD
players, computers etc.

That's my point. You go around calling everyone tube and vinyl bigots
while you don't even know for what purpose they use their gear.
Do you really thing that Bruce, Marc, George, Art, Scott and others
worship their analog players as deities? Come on now. They just play
music on it. They even might prefer the sound of it compared to other
media. They even might state that opinion in rec.audio.OPINION.
Is that reason enough to call them "vinyl- and tube bigots"?

I play LPs, CDs, even cassettes, MP3s, and every once in a while I
drag my TEAC X2000R into the room to enjoy some master tapes I made
back when I played in bands.

The point is, it's all about the music. The format doesn't matter one
bit.
To me, the purpose is to enjoy music. I suspect the same goes for the
"usual suspects", as you so aptly call them.


Well, was that a reasonable post or not? I *knew* I could do it! :-)
I'll let you guys know as soon as I'm off the meds again.

--
Sander deWaal
"SOA of a KT88? Sufficient."









Bruce J. Richman