Recent content by mike_p

I would never disrespect Klaus or his handiwork. I love the Kismet Monos.

Roseann Cash, The River snd the Thread

Oops. JC-2 pre, not JC-1 power.

Flim & the BB’s ‘This is a Recording’ on Snell E-II’s

Getting ready to move with 90% of my stuff on consignment. The consignee didn’t want the Odyssey Kismet monos that Klaus stuffed in my ancient Khartago cases. Found a JC-1 pre in very good shape, got a Topping E70 Velvet for $343, pulled out the old Oppo 93, borrowed my girlfriend’s Technics...

A work of art. Great composition!

Sir Pouncealot

Here’s one vote for the Shure SS35C ( the one with the blue stylus body with white lettering).

Well, shucks. The tube sockets pins and the controls were cleaned, and the pre-out to amplifier-in jumpers rewired with solid copper. That seemed to work for a while. I didn't try different tubes because they were all brand new JJ's. My mistake. I swapped out the new 9 pin tubes with old and...

Thanks for that. It looks promising.

Gadget, I'd be grateful if you could reverse engineer this (beautiful) rats nest. I can't even see the pins on most of the small triode tube sockets . . .

R 12AX7

L 12ax7

R 12AU7