System edited: All the recent changes have been recorded. The Sota Cosmos, TriPlanar VII, and the ZYX Airy 3X sb have enough time on them to sound wonderful. The Purist Dominus IC and PCs are getting close to being broken in, so things sound pretty good right now. If only I could iron out the speaker wrinkle...

nrchy October 11, 2005 12:45

The system has been running constantly for several days now. The cable is starting to settle down but all of the new pieces have a long way to go time wise.

The Cardas LP comes in handy, but time is still the biggest factor.

It sure is fun to listen to vinyl again.

nrchy September 26, 2005 15:44

Albert - big changes today. The Purist Dominus IC and PCs arrived today. That was one of the four boxes that got dropped on my stoop. Two packages arrived from Sota and one from TriPlanar.

It took a few hours to get everything up and running. I'm sure looking forward to doing some serious listening, or having some serious fun! I'll be running the Cardas burn-in disc for a few hours tonight.

Albert, if you need to get out of Dallas, let me know.

nrchy September 23, 2005 22:33

Yea, that pirate's pretty cute isn't she? Truth is, she has a thing for the parrot with the blonde wig, but I'm not bothered by it.

albertporter September 21, 2005 22:55

Albert, I wasn't going to say anything about those. The cat's outta the bag now. Does your wife know about them, and what about the pirate that was in your office?

nrchy September 21, 2005 21:09

Nrchy,

You mean the bit with the school girl, a parrot with a blonde wig and the possum in a bucket?

albertporter September 21, 2005 18:49

Hey Albert - the cheques in the mail! : )

I hope Jim Aud and family are out of harms way. You better board up your windows too. If the neighbors see what's going on inside your house...

nrchy September 21, 2005 18:34

On a serious note, your Purist Dominus order is supposed to ship from the factory today.

Good thing too, it appears Rita is headed for South Texas.

albertporter September 20, 2005 20:01

I prefer it be called

"What Nate's Famous Cheeseburgers Built"

Later on you could do a smaller HT system and title it:

"What Nate's Famous French Fries Built"

albertporter September 20, 2005 19:59

It all depends on your budget. Anything a person pays for is in their budget. What would you prefer to label the system?

nrchy September 20, 2005 18:36

in what conceivable universe is this considered a "budget" system?

marshamk September 20, 2005 16:23

Albert I haven't completely dispaired of life yet, but I'll be much relieved when the whole process is over, and I can spin those big black frisbees again.

I have at least fifty LPs I've purchased in or since Dallas that I would like to hear.

When Vetterone was here, we were getting close, but the set up would not get where it should have been.

nrchy September 14, 2005 21:52

Sorry for your problems with the TriPlanar and SOTA. Bet it will be worth it when it returns and is working properly.

Hang in there Nate.

albertporter September 14, 2005 03:22

Yesterday I boxed up the Sota, TriPlanar, and the Zyx to send them all back to Sota. The set-up was not working and I was tired of messing with it. Sota shows the Cosmos with a TriPlanar arm, so I know they work together, I just couldn't make it happen.

I sold the long run of Purist Venustus and bought Dominus. The old cable is gone and the new has not yet arrived, so I have nothing to listen to except my system at work. It's been four days so far, and I'm coping okay, BUT the voices are starting...

nrchy September 14, 2005 02:44

System edited: The Pass Labs XOno arrived a couple of weeks ago, but sat sadly on the rack till the Cosmos, TriPlanar, and Zyx arrived last week. I'm still working on the setup, but the potential is there!

nrchy September 05, 2005 16:58

Cool indeed. If he's ever in Minneapolis again, I would love to see some of his stuff. Thanks

artg July 30, 2005 18:30

That is a ceramic pot made by Tom Krueger. That one is about 18" tall. It is one of his earlier landscapes. His stuff is absolutely gorgeous. I have seven of his pots and one painting.

A shoulder injury caused him to decrease the size of his work for a number of years, but when I talked to him a couple of weeks ago the shoulder was back and he is making things upward of 24" which are spectacular simply based on their size, but the new landscapes are a great progression. His did a series a couple of years ago that incorporated some gold streaks which he called "northern lights."

Two of my favorites are pointed bottoms that are supported on exotic hardwood. Three sticks are attached to the side with black waxed string, and copper bands. The strings are terminated with hand made beads. I can ask Tom if he's got a website, but I doubt it. He is an interesting fellow! He is a fulltime artist who makes his living at it.

I forgot it about that till just now, but I helped him pour the foundation for his house. That was fun!

I know he travels around the country doing art shows. He has been in New Orleans, Chicago, and Minneapolis recently. If you have any more questions about his stuff let me know. I will be talking to him soon. He's making some pots right now that I'm going to be looking at. I might need another one. I try to buy one a year, so far it's working well. I gave one to my brother for his birthday, and another to a friend for a wedding present.

nrchy July 30, 2005 16:02

Very nice system! Tell us about the listenign room art work. How big is it (scale?), what's it made of, who is the artist. I love that thing!

artg July 30, 2005 15:23

I talked to Kirk from Sota a few weeks ago about upgrading from the Star to the Cosmos. The price for improved performance with a refurbished table seemed reasonable so I agreed to the deal.
He called a couple of days ago to let me know that he was going to be starting my table. Somehow we got talking and by the end of the conversation I agreed to geting a brand new Cosmos instead of the refurbished table. The new table has a better motor and chassis assembly.
With the new TriPlanar arm and the new Zyx cartridge, I should be good for several weeks...
I hope to have it home by the 19th of August. Should be a party, or listening session shortly thereafter.

nrchy July 28, 2005 14:02

Is she cute?

nrchy July 23, 2005 18:27

I heard that the buyer was really just going to send his aunt Sue over to smack you around a little.

dirtyragamuffin July 23, 2005 17:39

System edited: I had to drop the Kharma title since the buyer threatened to sue. He was gonna have pbb handle the case. I knew I would win, but I'd have to go to court with pbb and that wasn't worth the effort.

nrchy July 23, 2005 17:03

System edited: Hang on to your unterhosen, we're at it again!

nrchy July 07, 2005 15:55

Very nice! I am starting to get to the point where my up-grade path is ending and I cant wait to only want MUSIC!
By the way I really like your equipment rack!

chadnliz June 19, 2005 04:23

Have you heard the demo Talon Ravens down at SoundWorld? Not the panache of the PerregrineXs but a good price at any rate. I actually went to hear them last winter and they refused to "set them up" (aka plug cables into them) for me...as a result, I will never buy anything besides record fluid from them ever again...but I digress...you don't have dreads so they might actually let you hear them.

dirtyragamuffin June 18, 2005 19:59