scramman

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New Prima Luna Amp In Distress / Me Too
Tell me more about the blue glow? I know this is an old thread.I want to see it. 
tubes for tektron and primaluna
I'm a new PrimaLuna Five owner. There are some PL owners on the Steve Hoffman Forum that gave me some good tips on tubes. Try changing the 12AX7, 12AU7 before changing the output tubes. 
Budget USB DAC
May 2008 review of BC USB Thingee.http://www.goodsound.com/equipment/blue_circle_usb_thingee.htm 
Time Windows grill replacement
You can purchase replacement foam from McMaster-Carr. Mine do not have any foam on them at all. I have the TW 1's.One of the best purchases I have made here on Agon, well worth the money.Now if I could only find some TW 3 or 7's.... 
Warm Preamp
I like my tubed Anthem Pre 1L from Sonic Frontiers. Has a matched quad of Bugle Boys in it. 
Speakers better than the MMGs?
I own SMG's, got them used on CL. I also have a pair of DCM TimeWindow 1's. Awesome speakers for the money. The widest soundfield I've ever heard. Better bass, and high end than the SMG's, and more efficient. 
Best Cheap Speakers - New or Old
Update - I have a pair of DCM TimeWindow 1's. Pictures here: (and 1 on my virtual system here on Agon)http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=162450Check the thread, there is a pair of TW 3's owned by a former co-worker that look to be i... 
Any bluegrass fans?
Saw Bryon Sutton last summer when he was touring with Chris Thile. Awesome player, wonder why Chris changed up his current touring group? 
Review: DCM TimeWindow 1 Speaker
Whats the key to the versioning? 1, 1a, 7. From what I have read the 7 is a 3-way design? The others are 2 way?If this deal comes through I will have a pair from 1980 next week.I missed out on a pair of 7's last week (if my thoughts about driver# ... 
Any bluegrass fans?
Another thread that should not die ... how about Railroad Earth?Anyone going to Telluride for the 35th? Here's a quick run-down:Ricky SkaggsJerry DouglasDrew Emmitt (Leftover Salmon) and Bill Nershi (String Cheese Incident)Peter RowanJohn Cowan Ba... 
Best Cheap Speakers - New or Old
Great thread ... I am in the vintage category so here goes:- Magnepan SMG any model, there are a few here on Agon.- Dahlquist DQ-10 with mirror image and cap mods, there are 2 pair on CL in the Chicago area.- DCM Time Windows (not Time Frame), 2 p... 
Live infectious funk jams....quality recordings
Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk ... see them this summer 2008 at all the major festivals. Any Agon'ers going to any festivalllls? Thats the way they say it at High Sierra.I'm way to old for some of these things. Having a bed is more important to me th... 
Live infectious funk jams....quality recordings
Deep Banana Blackout ... Funk/Jam band from the early 90's. Jen Durkin (vocals) will be touring with the Mickey Hart Band this summer (2008). Lot's of P-Funk, James Brown influences here. "Release the Grease Live". Puts Ian Anderson to shame. 
Live infectious funk jams....quality recordings
Shadorne .. you mean you get out of your listening chair and dance? OMG. Big smiles here. I see a lot of shows in the summer, I know the feeling.The new Black Crowes "Warpaint" has a lot of soul to it. Luther Dickenson from North Mississippi All S... 
Live infectious funk jams....quality recordings
Henry you have good taste in music, and I bet it sounds fantastic on the systems you have listed.I hear that Les Claypool is touring this spring and has Skerik and Mike Dillon in his group this time around. I saw both Skerik and Dillon with Charli...