I'm sure a lot has changed, several times over to boot. What a wonderful addiction we all have !

Thanks for the invite, we'll see what time permits.

bryhifi February 02, 2007 16:09

Bruce, great to hear from you. I've been wondering how you were doing. Yeah, there've been a lot of changes from the time I bought the Krell from you.

When are you coming out to Wisc for a listening session???

Take care!

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nrchy February 02, 2007 00:13

Yo Nate,
It's been a long time for me around here, but I'm kinda getting back into things again. Your bike looks Sweet ! Nice job. Oh yeah, system looks Awesome too !
Bruce

bryhifi January 30, 2007 22:50

I make 'em, but you never pick them up!!!

nrchy January 29, 2007 15:13

Liar, you never made me a malt even though I've asked you many times.

albertporter January 28, 2007 00:50

all over your chin!

nrchy January 27, 2007 22:44

Where's the malt?

albertporter January 27, 2007 22:17

System edited: I will do a review of the new Cosmos when time allows, but anyone with a series II or III needs to seriously consider this upgrade. It makes the Cosmos on of the best tables money can buy, at a reasonable (comparitively) price.

nrchy January 27, 2007 21:55

Or maybe it would take you for a spin :^|.

nrchy December 15, 2006 16:50

I wish I could, I would take that big bike of yours out for a spin :^).

albertporter December 15, 2006 00:34

Vetterone and I has talked about doing that trip again. I think it's hard for Cello to get away, and mostly (or totally) made the previous trip for our friend Lugnut! I'd do it, but we have to hit that record shop in FW!

When are you gonna come up here and help me set up this turntable???

nrchy December 14, 2006 20:26

Where's the beef?

The beef is you have not visited here in a long time and I want you to make plans to do so.

If possible, bring Cello, Vetterone and any other audiophiles you can get to make the trip.

albertporter December 14, 2006 02:26

Well,the turntable is back! Sota has made several substantial upgrades (more to follow) over the Cosmos series III. I have the only series V in existance! All of the complaints people have had in the past have been adressed, and compatibility issues are no longer an issue.

Unfortuantely I don't have speakers. The Caravelles are not back yet (it's my fault), but I hope they don't take as long as the Sota...

Since the only speakers I had lying around have huge chunks of surround foam missing, I am unable to finish setting up the Cosmos. The general setup is done, but tuning by ear is impossible...

nrchy December 13, 2006 18:18

Okay, now I don't have any system. The turntable is coming this week, but the speakers are going back to Harmnic Precision. Something doesn't sound quite right. I talked to Robert at RMAF and he suggested sending them back. I'll get whatever upgrades have been implimented since I bought them too.

Will there be music by Christmas??? Hhhhmmmmm.

nrchy December 06, 2006 18:12

Favorite room at RMAF? That's a good question. There were more extremes this year than I remember from last year. I don't recall having to leave any rooms last year because the sound literally hurt my ears, but this year there were three or four of them that drove me out... The Boulder/Wilson room was awful, but it was better than the Boulder/Avalon room last year, but for different reasons. After a few minutes I told Steve I had to leave...

The best rooms IME were AW Akoustik, MBL, the room with the Berning amp, and Lloyd Walkers room. The Tron gear in the first room has me seriously considering a phono stage change, along with a TT change, but again for different reasons. I won't get into that now. The new Teres table are a real improvement IMO, it'll be fun to see how they are received.

How was Italia? My wife and son are in Paris right now.

Gregadd most of the changes from stock, I did myself. The alterations to come will require a professional hand.

nrchy November 04, 2006 15:28

Did you ride get pimped? I wish they had a show like that for audiophiles!

gregadd November 04, 2006 14:14

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Nate,
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We be back.....had a great time !
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How was RMAF ? Your favorite room ?
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Rgds,
Larry
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cello November 04, 2006 05:09

Larry! Are you home? Boy, I got that a couple of years ago, but just like every system here, it's a work in progress... : (

nrchy November 03, 2006 15:42

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Nate,
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Great photo of your bike. When did you get this one......looks terrific.
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Rgds,
Larry
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cello October 29, 2006 12:52

System edited: Okay Albert here it is... that's a much better look! Thanks! See you next week in Denver. RMAF...

nrchy October 13, 2006 15:10

Nate, when are you going to post the photo I retouched for you. Car is gone, sign is gone and the motorcycle never looked better.

Get with it man!

albertporter October 13, 2006 04:47

Well, I can see where you have been spending your time and money since you lost your SOTA. Good lookn' ride Nate!
So which hobby costs more...playing dirty biker or wannabe audiophile?

vetterone October 12, 2006 18:35

System edited: The only update is a new picture of my bike. i've been spending more time with it than my system since I still don't have a turntable...

nrchy October 10, 2006 20:47

Wow Doug, Paul must be pretty handy! Can't those super powers be used for good??? It seems like you need to do something with the mass of knowledge you have aquired.

Best of luck on the interview merry-go-round!

nrchy July 05, 2006 17:01

Nate,

Sorry. I'm a cad. A frustrated cad, but a still a cad.

It took us from November to May to isolate our speed problem. Paul finally decided to make a diagnostic strobe disc. He spent 3-4 hours in a CAD program and came out with a disc that measures not only the normal 33.33 rpm, but also 33.03 and 33.64 rpm (1% slow, 1% fast). We then spent several evenings recording results in various operating modes to give CB some hard data. He then used Paul's disc and reproduced our results, so now it's down to trouble-shooting.

The only non-Nordost wires we've tried were Rives Audio (terrible in our system) and another brand I've forgotten (leant to us by Cello). That one closely matched our Blue Heavens but it sold for 8x the price. That convinced us to stay with the Nordost line. We do have a special problem in that our speaker positions require a flat cable than can be run across a doorway beneath the carpet. Limits our choices, but maybe that's a good thing!

My feet are still in mid-air. They're loping madly in a forward direction, but the shoes aren't making much traction yet. 1 interview per 50 applications seems to be the rule. :-(

dougdeacon June 13, 2006 15:10