Recent content by Br1ck

I got mine by chance. There is a very funky used stereo store I cruise every once in a while. I always checking out tables. One day there was a hideous black brush painted plinth that was an old butler's tray turned over, and the cover was a scratched up plexi quarter inch thick glued together...

In about 1974 I sat in the second row to see a band a friend was interested in. I had not heard of them nor did I listen to anything by them prior to the concert. It was Weather Report. Mind blowing for sure.

I've been chasing my other passion, acoustic guitars and performing. Sorry to those who have PMed me. Had one from February. Anyway, along the way I had a computer change and all that entails. Suffice to say, I never stopped listening. Are we still obsessing??

AR XA all day long. Do as much or as little to it as you want. Fastest way to $1000+ sound.

An XA will do very nicely while you save up for a Thorens 124, then you have a killer back up. Seriously, I have an XA in my console that performs incredibly well day in and day out. If you spend a total of $400 on it you will not be sorry. They play very well with Grados.

Bob Dylan- Nashville Skyline

I find myself all analog these days. I don't have a CD player in any system I have, but a DAC is very good for streaming audio from a computer. I have several radio stations I listen to via the net, and I used to be a MOG subscriber, may it RIP, and a stand alone DAC is far better than the...

With that kind of budget, I'd get one of Bob Latino's amps assembled, and either a Latino pre amp or a Conrad Johnson. If you prefer vintage, a Harmon Kardon Citation II that has been rebuilt would do the trick. With your budget the choices are many.

Finish my W5M rebuilds and my SET mono blocks. Sell what I don't need to support my acoustic guitar habit. Deciding what I don't need is hard.

The Triodes sound great.

What I'm trying to do is hark back to the time where I had not built anything. I started building guitar effects pedals then worked my way up to a tweed Champ before building an ST 70 kit. If the OP wants to learn to solder and build a kit, it can certainly be done and I would not discourage...

It would be if put into my Triode build, but the Triode has a big upgraded power transformer and PS board. The Triode driver board is no slouch. It's a tie. The VTA has some sweet PIO caps.

My unit had a bad 2A3, so was down for a while. I was having a good time with my Fisher 500C and modded ST 70, but when put back into the main system, I realized just how attached I am to the SET sound. Man, those 2A3s just sing.

Crash course Dynaco ST 70 101. Your not knowing what bias is, and that's ok, everyone starts somewhere, would lead me to advise you to either get a unit refurbished already, or a working unit and budget around $200 for a tech to go through it and make it safe and reliable. Around here...

A Scott LK 72 is a great sounding integrated. It is very warm and relaxed. Great for those old jazz records. You can't go wrong with a Scott or Fisher that has been rebuilt, and it will not go down in value.