Hi guys,
   In my continuing effort to de-clutter the audio stuff and parts
stored in my garage, I plan to bring stuff to the Saturday meeting.
This should include Allen-Bradley type carbon resistors, some 9 pin
ceramic tube sockets from Western Electric. These are pulls from a
Telco tear out I was involved in circa 1988. Glass Audio and Sound
Practices mags. Various knobs, switches, pots, transformers, etc. All
the above are freebies. The plus includes some things for sale cheap.
Some Klipsch home theater speakers. L+R and center, Heathkit chassis
and transformers, Huge rebuilt/reworked electrically and cosmetically
Sony turntable.
jim...

Look forward to seeing everyone there! Does anyone have the start time
for this meeting?

Blair

I was told 10:30 All answers can be revealed here...
http://lonestarbottleheads.org/  jim...
--- In dallasaudioclub@yahoogroups.com, "blrchapman" <blair_4@...>
wrote:
>
> Look forward to seeing everyone there! Does anyone have the start
time
> for this meeting?
>
> Blair
>

So, it is not appropriate to show up at the door at 6:00 am with line
arrays playing 110db? ;) That is fine. Terrell is a little drive
anyway. If I can con Paul Stewart into bringing his new arrays, it will
take an hour or so to load them anyway. 240lbs each!

Thanks,

Blair

Hi guys,
In my continuing effort to de-clutter the audio stuff and parts
stored in my garage, I plan to bring stuff to the Saturday meeting.
This should include Allen-Bradley type carbon resistors, some 9 pin
ceramic tube sockets from Western Electric. These are pulls from a
Telco tear out I was involved in circa 1988. Glass Audio and Sound
Practices mags. Various knobs, switches, pots, transformers, etc. All
the above are freebies. The plus includes some things for sale cheap.
Some Klipsch home theater speakers. L+R and center, Heathkit chassis
and transformers, Huge rebuilt/reworked electrically and cosmetically
Sony turntable.
jim...

Turntable? What turntable? The Sony mentioned has no arm. Plus I
was "reminded" by phone today that I had promised it months ago to a
friend in Nashville. Sorry Tim.
--- In dallasaudioclub@yahoogroups.com, tim nickerson
<tim_j_nickerson@...> wrote:
>
> Jim
>
> What are the details on turntable??
>
> I thought you had gotten rid of all your turntables.
>
> Does "Huge rebuilt" mean BIG??
>
> Tim
>
> jimrivers3 <jim@...> wrote:                             Hi guys,
>    In my continuing effort to de-clutter the audio stuff and parts
>  stored in my garage, I plan to bring stuff to the Saturday
meeting.
>  This should include Allen-Bradley type carbon resistors, some 9
pin
>  ceramic tube sockets from Western Electric. These are pulls from a
>  Telco tear out I was involved in circa 1988. Glass Audio and Sound
>  Practices mags. Various knobs, switches, pots, transformers, etc.
All
>  the above are freebies. The plus includes some things for sale
cheap.
>  Some Klipsch home theater speakers. L+R and center, Heathkit
chassis
>  and transformers, Huge rebuilt/reworked electrically and
cosmetically
>  Sony turntable.
>  jim...
>

Jim

Hey dude did you have soup tonight?

Johnny
--- jimrivers3 <jim@...> wrote:

> Turntable? What turntable? The Sony mentioned has no
> arm. Plus I
> was "reminded" by phone today that I had promised it
> months ago to a
> friend in Nashville. Sorry Tim.
> --- In dallasaudioclub@yahoogroups.com, tim
> nickerson
> <tim_j_nickerson@...> wrote:
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > What are the details on turntable??
> >
> > I thought you had gotten rid of all your
> turntables.
> >
> > Does "Huge rebuilt" mean BIG??
> >
> > Tim
> >
> > jimrivers3 <jim@...> wrote:
>      Hi guys,
> >    In my continuing effort to de-clutter the audio
> stuff and parts
> >  stored in my garage, I plan to bring stuff to the
> Saturday
> meeting.
> >  This should include Allen-Bradley type carbon
> resistors, some 9
> pin
> >  ceramic tube sockets from Western Electric. These
> are pulls from a
> >  Telco tear out I was involved in circa 1988.
> Glass Audio and Sound
> >  Practices mags. Various knobs, switches, pots,
> transformers, etc.
> All
> >  the above are freebies. The plus includes some
> things for sale
> cheap.
> >  Some Klipsch home theater speakers. L+R and
> center, Heathkit
> chassis
> >  and transformers, Huge rebuilt/reworked
> electrically and
> cosmetically
> >  Sony turntable.
> >  jim...
> >
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>     (Yahoo! ID required)
>
> mailto:dallasaudioclub-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com
>
>
>

Well yes brother,I did. But not THAT soup. We had hearty tomato soup. jim...

--- In dallasaudioclub@yahoogroups.com, john summit <txslxs@...> wrote:
>
> Jim
>
> Hey dude did you have soup tonight?
>
> Johnny
> --- jimrivers3 jim@... wrote:
>
> > Turntable? What turntable? The Sony mentioned has no
> > arm. Plus I
> > was "reminded" by phone today that I had promised it
> > months ago to a
> > friend in Nashville. Sorry Tim.
> > --- In dallasaudioclub@yahoogroups.com, tim
> > nickerson
> > tim_j_nickerson@ wrote:
> > >
> > > Jim
> > >
> > > What are the details on turntable??
> > >
> > > I thought you had gotten rid of all your
> > turntables.
> > >
> > > Does "Huge rebuilt" mean BIG??
> > >
> > > Tim
> > >
> > > jimrivers3 jim@ wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> > > In my continuing effort to de-clutter the audio
> > stuff and parts
> > > stored in my garage, I plan to bring stuff to the
> > Saturday
> > meeting.
> > > This should include Allen-Bradley type carbon
> > resistors, some 9
> > pin
> > > ceramic tube sockets from Western Electric. These
> > are pulls from a
> > > Telco tear out I was involved in circa 1988.
> > Glass Audio and Sound
> > > Practices mags. Various knobs, switches, pots,
> > transformers, etc.
> > All
> > > the above are freebies. The plus includes some
> > things for sale
> > cheap.
> > > Some Klipsch home theater speakers. L+R and
> > center, Heathkit
> > chassis
> > > and transformers, Huge rebuilt/reworked
> > electrically and
> > cosmetically
> > > Sony turntable.
> > > jim...
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> > (Yahoo! ID required)
> >
> > mailto:dallasaudioclub-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com
> >
> >
> >
>

I'll help load them, but there is no way the focal towers will fit with
those arrays. We will not be able to close the tailgate with the arrays
either. Hope Terrell is flat where Paul lives. Lots of railroad tracks!

Blair

Hey Guys

  Come on over anytime after 10:30am. Hey Paul S., I have a fairly
large living room on the ground floor so don't hesitate to bring
those big ol monster speakers over.  I'm sure we can scrounge a few
(or several) Bottleheads up to help carry them in.

Paul



--- In dallasaudioclub@yahoogroups.com, Paul Stewart
<musicman32150@...> wrote:
>
> You help load them, I will bring them. The Focal towers too if you
have room in your truck.
>
>
>
> To: dallasaudioclub@yahoogroups.com
> From: blair_4@...
> Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:06:11 +0000
> Subject: [dallasaudioclub] Re: Freebies at the Bottlehead
gathering plus...
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>             So, it is not appropriate to show up at the door at
6:00 am with line
>
> arrays playing 110db? ;) That is fine. Terrell is a little drive
>
> anyway. If I can con Paul Stewart into bringing his new arrays, it
will
>
> take an hour or so to load them anyway. 240lbs each!
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Blair
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> _________________________________________________________________
> Get more from your digital life.  Find out how.
> http://www.windowslive.com/default.html?
ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Home2_082008
>

Guy,

More Freebies, courtesy of John Semrad, a box full of PIO capacitors,
varies values.
I'll be bringing them in for him.

Ka

I've got some tubes that I want to test.  Anyone know of stores in the
DFW that have tube testers and will let you use them.  I live near
Plano.  I think they have one at Charlie's Guitar Shop in Dallas.  Any
other tube testers near Plano that are available on weekends?

Thanks,
Lev

Many thanks to Paul and family for putting up with all us nutz this
afternoon.  Had a great time with some great peeps.  Thanks again for
everything.

Hey Guys

Come on over anytime after 10:30am. Hey Paul S., I have a fairly
large living room on the ground floor so don't hesitate to bring
those big ol monster speakers over. I'm sure we can scrounge a few
(or several) Bottleheads up to help carry them in.

Paul

I'll second this. It was a feel good meeting. Good music, good food and
great hosting! Thanks to Paul and his family. jim...
--- In dallasaudioclub@yahoogroups.com, "loneloborh" <ronh@...> wrote:
>
> Many thanks to Paul and family for putting up with all us nutz this
> afternoon.  Had a great time with some great peeps.  Thanks again for
> everything.
>

Hello everyone,

I have the following items for sale. If you are interested in any of
them, you can send me an email at blair_4 at msn.com. Too much
equipment and looking to downsize a bit. I can provide details and
pictures upon request, but it may be monday before you get them unless
internet is connected at my new house.

Parasound PHP-850 with original box and manual: $250 obo.

PP KT88 amplifier based on the DIYTUBE driver boards. This is a stereo
version in a single chassis using a large toroid cased in curly malple
and aian rosewood. $550 obo.

SE KT88/6550 amplifier. Cases in semi-figured black walnut. Very nice
looking stereo amplifier. About 10W  $500 obo.

Pair of aluminum chassis with 800vct trannys (I have the tranny
schematic written out somewhere). Includes one Hammond Choke IIRC, it
is a 193J. Includes IEC with filters, and binding posts. Chassis are
drilled for a single octal tube and a noval tube. Was a pair of monos.
I can include sockets with assembled SE circuits if you are interested.
$150 for the pair obo.

Thanks for looking. If anyone is near McKinney and would like to hear
any of this (minus the chassis:P), call me at (972) 832-9169.

Blair

The info on the 800 vct Blair mentions is a Photos foldar
titled "Blair Transformer ". jim...
--- In dallasaudioclub@yahoogroups.com, "blrchapman" <blair_4@...>
wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I have the following items for sale. If you are interested in any
of
> them, you can send me an email at blair_4 at msn.com. Too much
> equipment and looking to downsize a bit. I can provide details and
> pictures upon request, but it may be monday before you get them
unless
> internet is connected at my new house.
>
> Parasound PHP-850 with original box and manual: $250 obo.
>
> PP KT88 amplifier based on the DIYTUBE driver boards. This is a
stereo
> version in a single chassis using a large toroid cased in curly
malple
> and aian rosewood. $550 obo.
>
> SE KT88/6550 amplifier. Cases in semi-figured black walnut. Very
nice
> looking stereo amplifier. About 10W  $500 obo.
>
> Pair of aluminum chassis with 800vct trannys (I have the tranny
> schematic written out somewhere). Includes one Hammond Choke IIRC,
it
> is a 193J. Includes IEC with filters, and binding posts. Chassis
are
> drilled for a single octal tube and a noval tube. Was a pair of
monos.
> I can include sockets with assembled SE circuits if you are
interested.
> $150 for the pair obo.
>
> Thanks for looking. If anyone is near McKinney and would like to
hear
> any of this (minus the chassis:P), call me at (972) 832-9169.
>
> Blair
>

Gain Clone
Hexfred diodes
Toroidal power transformer
Nichicon and Wima capacitors
Caddock resistors
Hammond cast aluminum chassis (2)
Gold plated / Teflon RCA jacks
$150 + shipping or pickup in Austin

Single Driver Full Range Speakers
Visaton B200 drivers with Solen / Caddock compensation network
MDF box with (2) Scan-Speak vario vents
http://estore.websitepros.com/1736754/Detail.bok?no=461
$450 + shipping or pickup in Austin

Both items recently seen and heard at the Bottlehead met.

Can provide pictures if interested.

Thanks.

Price reduced on the SE KT88 amp and pictures posted if you are
interested. Look under Blair's pictures and you will see pics of the
SE KT88 amp and the chassis with trannys. I'm asking $450obo for the
SE amplifier.

Blair

--- In dallasaudioclub@yahoogroups.com, "blrchapman" <blair_4@...>
wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I have the following items for sale. If you are interested in any
of
> them, you can send me an email at blair_4 at msn.com. Too much
> equipment and looking to downsize a bit. I can provide details and
> pictures upon request, but it may be monday before you get them
unless
> internet is connected at my new house.
>
> Parasound PHP-850 with original box and manual: $250 obo.
>
> PP KT88 amplifier based on the DIYTUBE driver boards. This is a
stereo
> version in a single chassis using a large toroid cased in curly
malple
> and aian rosewood. $550 obo.
>
> SE KT88/6550 amplifier. Cases in semi-figured black walnut. Very
nice
> looking stereo amplifier. About 10W  $500 obo.
>
> Pair of aluminum chassis with 800vct trannys (I have the tranny
> schematic written out somewhere). Includes one Hammond Choke IIRC,
it
> is a 193J. Includes IEC with filters, and binding posts. Chassis
are
> drilled for a single octal tube and a noval tube. Was a pair of
monos.
> I can include sockets with assembled SE circuits if you are
interested.
> $150 for the pair obo.
>
> Thanks for looking. If anyone is near McKinney and would like to
hear
> any of this (minus the chassis:P), call me at (972) 832-9169.
>
> Blair
>

This is kind of funny regarding the SE amplifier I had for sale.
Anyone want to try to better this story, go for it. I sold this item
to a guy that watched it lapse on ebay for $299 plus shipping! I
needed to clean house badly. It was very nice looking and sounded
great though the few DAC memebers tht heard it only heard it for a
few minutes due to a bad diode.

Anyway, I tossed in a pair of EH KT90s, Sovtek 6550WAs, and a pair of
Shuguang 6l6GCs(surprisingly sounded very nice). I also included an
old Mullard made Amperex 12AU7 that had about 10 hours on it. Several
power cords and a variety of nice by pass caps etc....

I kept checking the Fedex site and entering the tracking number, but
it stopped on the 24th of last month. The guy who bought it was a
good faith kind of guy and kept telling me not to worry because it
would eventually get there, but after a week and three days past the
ETA, I called claims and the lady on the phone told me in the fedex
truck my item was on burst into flames while driving and all content
was lost. It was quite a mixture of emotions. Part of me wanted to
laugh hysterically because the chances of this happening are slim to
none, and part of me was about as aggravated as a person can get
thinking about all the time and money I put into it. Just crazy! As
it stands right now, there is a claim with my name on it sitting in
Fedex Dallas. They guy who bought the amp has been very good with the
news, but I can't help but feel sorry for the guy. It was a really
nice looking amp! He asked if I could rebuid it for him, but it would
be impossible for the $299 he paid for it.

Anyone able to top that one? Just for consoling purposes...LOL!!

Blair

Maybe whatever the FEDEX guy was smoking caused something to burst into flames! 8:-( jim...

--- In dallasaudioclub@yahoogroups.com, "blrchapman" <blair_4@...> wrote:
>
> This is kind of funny regarding the SE amplifier I had for sale.
> Anyone want to try to better this story, go for it. I sold this item
> to a guy that watched it lapse on ebay for $299 plus shipping! I
> needed to clean house badly. It was very nice looking and sounded
> great though the few DAC memebers tht heard it only heard it for a
> few minutes due to a bad diode.
>
> Anyway, I tossed in a pair of EH KT90s, Sovtek 6550WAs, and a pair of
> Shuguang 6l6GCs(surprisingly sounded very nice). I also included an
> old Mullard made Amperex 12AU7 that had about 10 hours on it. Several
> power cords and a variety of nice by pass caps etc....
>
> I kept checking the Fedex site and entering the tracking number, but
> it stopped on the 24th of last month. The guy who bought it was a
> good faith kind of guy and kept telling me not to worry because it
> would eventually get there, but after a week and three days past the
> ETA, I called claims and the lady on the phone told me in the fedex
> truck my item was on burst into flames while driving and all content
> was lost. It was quite a mixture of emotions. Part of me wanted to
> laugh hysterically because the chances of this happening are slim to
> none, and part of me was about as aggravated as a person can get
> thinking about all the time and money I put into it. Just crazy! As
> it stands right now, there is a claim with my name on it sitting in
> Fedex Dallas. They guy who bought the amp has been very good with the
> news, but I can't help but feel sorry for the guy. It was a really
> nice looking amp! He asked if I could rebuid it for him, but it would
> be impossible for the $299 he paid for it.
>
> Anyone able to top that one? Just for consoling purposes...LOL!!
>
> Blair
>

----- Original Message -----

From: jimrivers3

To: dallasaudioclub@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 6:14 PM

Subject: [dallasaudioclub] Re: Some stuff for sale

Maybe whatever the FEDEX guy was smoking caused something to burst into flames! 8:-( jim...

--- In dallasaudioclub@yahoogroups.com, "blrchapman" <blair_4@...> wrote:
>
> This is kind of funny regarding the SE amplifier I had for sale.
> Anyone want to try to better this story, go for it. I sold this item
> to a guy that watched it lapse on ebay for $299 plus shipping! I
> needed to clean house badly. It was very nice looking and sounded
> great though the few DAC memebers tht heard it only heard it for a
> few minutes due to a bad diode.
>
> Anyway, I tossed in a pair of EH KT90s, Sovtek 6550WAs, and a pair of
> Shuguang 6l6GCs(surprisingly sounded very nice). I also included an
> old Mullard made Amperex 12AU7 that had about 10 hours on it. Several
> power cords and a variety of nice by pass caps etc....
>
> I kept checking the Fedex site and entering the tracking number, but
> it stopped on the 24th of last month. The guy who bought it was a
> good faith kind of guy and kept telling me not to worry because it
> would eventually get there, but after a week and three days past the
> ETA, I called claims and the lady on the phone told me in the fedex
> truck my item was on burst into flames while driving and all content
> was lost. It was quite a mixture of emotions. Part of me wanted to
> laugh hysterically because the chances of this happening are slim to
> none, and part of me was about as aggravated as a person can get
> thinking about all the time and money I put into it. Just crazy! As
> it stands right now, there is a claim with my name on it sitting in
> Fedex Dallas. They guy who bought the amp has been very good with the
> news, but I can't help but feel sorry for the guy. It was a really
> nice looking amp! He asked if I could rebuid it for him, but it would
> be impossible for the $299 he paid for it.
>
> Anyone able to top that one? Just for consoling purposes...LOL!!
>
> Blair
>

----- Original Message -----

From: blrchapman

To: dallasaudioclub@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 11:32 AM

Subject: [dallasaudioclub] Re: Some stuff for sale

This is kind of funny regarding the SE amplifier I had for sale.
Anyone want to try to better this story, go for it. I sold this item
to a guy that watched it lapse on ebay for $299 plus shipping! I
needed to clean house badly. It was very nice looking and sounded
great though the few DAC memebers tht heard it only heard it for a
few minutes due to a bad diode.

Anyway, I tossed in a pair of EH KT90s, Sovtek 6550WAs, and a pair of
Shuguang 6l6GCs(surprisingly sounded very nice). I also included an
old Mullard made Amperex 12AU7 that had about 10 hours on it. Several
power cords and a variety of nice by pass caps etc....

I kept checking the Fedex site and entering the tracking number, but
it stopped on the 24th of last month. The guy who bought it was a
good faith kind of guy and kept telling me not to worry because it
would eventually get there, but after a week and three days past the
ETA, I called claims and the lady on the phone told me in the fedex
truck my item was on burst into flames while driving and all content
was lost. It was quite a mixture of emotions. Part of me wanted to
laugh hysterically because the chances of this happening are slim to
none, and part of me was about as aggravated as a person can get
thinking about all the time and money I put into it. Just crazy! As
it stands right now, there is a claim with my name on it sitting in
Fedex Dallas. They guy who bought the amp has been very good with the
news, but I can't help but feel sorry for the guy. It was a really
nice looking amp! He asked if I could rebuid it for him, but it would
be impossible for the $299 he paid for it.

Anyone able to top that one? Just for consoling purposes...LOL!!

Blair

I will add a bit more to the capacitor topic below.

I am a power supply engineer and swollen capacitors are aren't always
the fault of the manufacturer. The biggest problem I have found has
been the misuse of an electrolytic by the design engineer. Ususally
it is the result of the ripple current in the capacitor being too
high. This causes the internal temperature to rise inside the cap.

Check the spec on the capacitor then use a current probe to verify
the ripple current into the cap. Pay attention to the frequency that
the capacitor is seeing. If it is to large then add a film cap across
it and then check the leg on the cap again. The film cap will have a
lower ESR and shunt some of the current off the Aluminum
Electrolytic. Be sure and test the leg of each capacitor and don't
exceed the manufacturers published spec.

Tony

--- In dallasaudioclub@yahoogroups.com, Paul Stewart
<musicman32150@...> wrote:
>
>
> Good info!
>
> To: dallasaudioclub@yahoogroups.com
> From: jim@...
> Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:13:47 +0000
> Subject: [dallasaudioclub] Electrolytic capacitor info for you
DIY'ers
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>             Hi guys,
>
>   Below is a copy and paste post from my FM tuner group. OH LOOK!
My
>
> favorite brand,Panasonic,was not part of the problem.
>
> 8:-) jim...
>
>
>
> Re: Upgrade or Replace Caps
>
>
>
> Yes Tom,
>
>
>
> Right on target.
>
>
>
> That bad formula made their way into just about every Taiwanese,
>
> Chinese, and Korean electrolytic cap manufacturer.
>
> Very quickly, the cap manufacturers who chased after the cheap
>
> formula became identified, as the first products to fail were
>
> computer motherboards, requiring stable capacitors.
>
> Those computer motherboards using (good for the Japanese - they
still
>
> have a conscience about quality) Panasonic, United ChemiCon or
>
> Nichicon Capacitors were remarkably trouble-free. It became
perfectly
>
> obvious which cap manufacturers were NOT using the bad formula,
>
>
>
> http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=195
>
>
>
> http://www.siliconchip.com.au/cms/A_30328/article.html
>
>
>
> Even today, after a couple of years, since the bad formula problem
>
> was supposed to have passed, we still see Luxon, Rubycon, and many
>
> other types of caps, swollen, and leaking electrolyte.
>
>
>
> For that reason alone, we use only Panasonic, Nichicon or United
>
> ChemiCon electrolytics.
>
> BTW, Vishay's electrolytic caps are just too expensive to find
their
>
> way into the computer motherboard market, but rest assured that
their
>
> caps (Roderstein, Sprague, BCComponents, Philips) are probably the
>
> most reliable and longest life caps available today.
>
>
>
> And we never touch NOS (New Old Stock) capacitors.
>
>
>
> I personally don't like Tantalums, because when they fail, they
>
> SHORT, with disastrous results for hard-to-find tubes, and
>
> semiconductors.
>
> All other capacitors, when they fail, (barring any extraneous
>
> circumstances) they will fail OPEN!
>
>
>
> But Tantalums are DIRT CHEAP, so you will find them in many
>
> applications today, where the emphasis is on profits, and not
quality.
>
>
>
> We had a well-known manufacturer who was very keen for us to start
>
> using their Tantalums.
>
> We finally gave in and said, OK, send us 100 samples for
evaluation.
>
> After testing, it turned out that although all 100 were within the
>
> specified 5% capacitance tolerance, only 6 of the 100 were within
ESR
>
> limits. 94 failed the tolerance test.
>
>
>
> And that was supposed to be from a cherry-picked batch, in order to
>
> convince us to buy production quantities! We gently informed the
>
> manufacturer that we wouldn't be buying their tantalums.
>
>
>
> Anyway, you can draw your own conclusions as to why today's
>
> electronic products have such a short lifetime.
>
>
>
> I prefer Wima MKS2 MPE capacitors, instead of Tantalums - in the
>
> order of x100's more stable, and compact footprints with up to 15uF
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> currently available - in fact, they are probably the most compact
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Howdy all,

I'm selling much of my A/V gear due to our moving to a smaller house last Spring. I was hoping to use it in the new place, but limited space won't allow it, not to mention my wife. So before I list these items on Audiogon, I thought I'd let members of HAS & DAC have first crack at them. All the equipment is in excellent condition, with the exception of the Shunyata power cord, which has a frayed shrink wrap at one of the ends, and deserves a good home.

Basis Debut Signature Gold Standard Mk III turntable – in excellent condition. Includes Graham 1.5 tonearm with tungsten side-weights and ZYX Airy 2 cartridge. TT was set-up by Albert Porter. Wish I could keep this one, but it's too wide for my rack. TT without arm or cart originally sold for over $12k. Asking $3,800 including arm, cart, record clamp and original packing. A tremendous table at a steal of a price.

Here's a stock photo of table with linear tracking arm. My table has a graham unipivot arm instead, but different arms may be used with appropriate armboard. You may have to cut & paste this link to your browser to view this photo.

http://home.c2i.net/jantoresvart/turntables/basisgold.jpg

VPI HW 17F Record Cleaning Machine – Works great. The only issue is the switch lettering is wearing off. Sells for $1,295 new, asking $600.

http://www.vpiindustries.com/products_17.htm

Thiel PowerPoint Speakers v1.0 – pair of Thiel's highly regarded on-ceiling/wall speakers in white. Originally sold for $1,300 each, asking $900 for both. http://www.thielaudio.com/THIEL_Site05/Pages/models/Current_Models/PowerPoint/pwrpt.html

Enlightened Audio Design (EAD) PowerMaster 2000 - 5-channel amp capable of delivering 400 watts per channel into 8 ohms, all channels driven 20–20,000hz. The casework is black. EAD is no longer in business, but their equipment is still being serviced and modified by Noble Electronics.

http://www.nobleelectronics.net/

EAD TheaterMaster 8800 HT Processor (black) – a complimentary piece to go with the amp. In addition to DTS & Dolby Digital 7.1 processing, it also has an 8-channel analog bypass for multi-ch SACD's and the new uncompressed Blu-Ray codecs, DTS HD-Master Audio & Dolby Ture-HD. The newer Blu-Ray players can decode these formats and output them to the 7.1 analog inputs of this processor. Comes with pre-programmed Marantz (Pronto) touch-screen remote. Sold for 5K new, asking $1,000. If I didn't have to go to a receiver for space considerations, I'd keep this one.

Sound Applications Reference Linestage Power Conditioner – currently listed on Agon. http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?powrcond&1231360843&/Sound-Application-Reference-Li

I also have several high-end power cords available, including a Shunyata King Cobra, and Elrod EPS-2 & EPS-3 Signature with 20 amp iec.

E-mail me with any questions or offers. Thanks.

Ken Leibowitz - Dallas Audio Club