SteveFord 471 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 See, it's not just newbies who smell bad so take heart. Balok recently wrote me to tell me that BluesPower had passed away so I wanted to drop in and offer my condolances. I'm not 100% sure but I think I sold him a Sonic Frontiers preamp that blew up his speakers many years and he was happy to return it to me in exchange for a big box of CDs. I still have that preamp here in constant use, I forgot to tell him the shut down sequence so that surprised both him and his girlfriend with the fireworks... I tried to log in but saw I was Retired so figured I must have gotten banned somewhere along the line but nope, just a forum change. Nice look to it, by the way. This site has really come a long way! Then I was bored and got sucked into a thread on audiocircle about what gear do you miss and I thought about that Sonic Frontiers preamp (got that back) and then these big VTL monoblocks which I sold to a forum member here and when he switched them both on at the same time they shut down his house! I got those back, too, and used them today. Starting to see a pattern here... Then I got to thinking boy, I really miss my old WooAudio WA6 headphone amp, I just loved that thing. It was just so solidly built and once it finally warmed up it just sounded so good... So, I went onto eBay and there's one, same color, put in an offer and sold! Happy Day. It gets better - that's my old unit which I sold to a member here, Mark, many years ago. I'm even getting the spare tubes back. What are the odds of that? I couldn't pry my old DT-880s away from his son so I snagged a pair of Beyerdynamic Amiron headphones to keep me entertained while I work at home 75 hours/week. The source will be a Harman Kardon CD player which was a Karma winning from yet ANOTHER member here! There are a lot of really good people on this site. At any rate, that's how I wandered back in here. Everybody likes pictures so here's the headphone amp that's in a box somewhere on a truck. 6 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Nahash5150 7,801 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 For those that may not know, @SteveFord is an ORIGINAL Carversite member. So don't mess with him...he is your senior. 5 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Community Admin Sk1Bum 8,616 Posted February 21 Community Admin Share Posted February 21 Welcome back Steve. It's good to have you onboard! 2 Link to post Share on other sites
SteveFord 471 Posted February 21 Author Share Posted February 21 I am getting up there in years... Just ask my wife, she'll be happy to tell you. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Maddmaster 805 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Nice for you to drop back in Steve. That was me that gave you the HK CD Player Karma. Nice to know it's still working. I had just recently thought about that player. Welcome back. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
SteveFord 471 Posted February 21 Author Share Posted February 21 Thank you, I'll try to be active here. I don't know what I can bring to the table other than background noise. It's been mostly motorcycles and Gibson guitars (like crazy) recently but I AM putting together a new midget stereo system so that might be of interest to the members here. I haven't upgraded stuff in a very long time so this will be an adventure. New speakers, amps, preamp, probably a BluRay player and sub. Nothing really exotic but things have really come a long way over the years. It seems like you don't have to spend a fortune to get really good sound (I'm hoping). Maddmaster, you're still here? Good deal! I imagine you've gone through 43 cars by now... That HK still works flawlessly. I picked up a little cheapie DAC for it (DI/O) which has worked well. I'll try it with and without when that WA6 shows up. I don't have much spare time but today is a 7.5 hour day SO time to listen to two albums which showed up a few weeks ago: an old Root Boy Slim which I've never heard and a PJ Harvey rerelease. Link to post Share on other sites
Maddmaster 805 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 5 minutes ago, SteveFord said: Thank you, I'll try to be active here. I don't know what I can bring to the table other than background noise. It's been mostly motorcycles and Gibson guitars (like crazy) recently but I AM putting together a new midget stereo system so that might be of interest to the members here. I haven't upgraded stuff in a very long time so this will be an adventure. New speakers, amps, preamp, probably a BluRay player and sub. Nothing really exotic but things have really come a long way over the years. It seems like you don't have to spend a fortune to get really good sound (I'm hoping). Maddmaster, you're still here? Good deal! I imagine you've gone through 43 cars by now... That HK still works flawlessly. I picked up a little cheapie DAC for it (DI/O) which has worked well. I'll try it with and without when that WA6 shows up. I don't have much spare time but today is a 7.5 hour day SO time to listen to two albums which showed up a few weeks ago: an old Root Boy Slim which I've never heard and a PJ Harvey rerelease. I have to laugh that you remembered how much I was into cars and swapping them. That continued through the years. I think I've finally slowed that roll with my last one. I think I've been through 4 or five since I met up at Hunt Valley for the hand off of the HK. Link to post Share on other sites
AndrewJohn 4,454 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Welcome back, @SteveFord. Love some of your epic posts of the past..., and some images that push the limits..., 😉 The more things change, the more they stay the same! Glad you're back. Link to post Share on other sites
Daddyjt 6,287 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Welcome back Steve! I’m glad your eBay handle is so similar to your Carversite handle. When I saw the WA6 sell on eBay, I immediately noticed your handle, and figured “what are the odds”? Turns out, pretty good! Glad to have you back - we were running short on ornery old guys🤣 Link to post Share on other sites
SteveFord 471 Posted February 22 Author Share Posted February 22 (edited) I posted risque photos? I recall there was a best looking woman thread years ago but then it just kind of wound up being The Drunken Women Of Wal-Mart before it was finally killed off for just being too stupid for words. That was around the same time they had guess this component's guts and Kevin always won because he found some program to cheat with. Let me poke around this site some and see what's here. Just for the fun of it, here's probably my final guitar purchase (maybe), a 2008 Gibson ES-345. No, the house isn't sloping, I just can't manage to ever take a straight picture. Edited February 22 by SteveFord 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites
BluesMan57 1,021 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Welcome back Steve..... 1 Link to post Share on other sites
BarryG 2,211 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 (edited) Welcome back Steve @SteveFord! IIRC.; You had some very entertaining posts on here. I too venture through audio circle. I read a lot on open baffle speakers, GR Research and Spatial Audio as well as other circles. My handle there is BarryG443. I have even posted in your Frank Zappa vinlyl thread! I recently purchased a Spatial Audio M3 Turbo Master set of open baffle speakers! Good to see an old friend return, Have a great day! Barry Edited February 22 by BarryG Link to post Share on other sites
Daddyjt 6,287 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 I wanna see a pic of those two ladies in your setup - you know, the Maggies 😎. Some of the coolest looking speakers I’ve ever seen... 2 Link to post Share on other sites
SteveFord 471 Posted February 22 Author Share Posted February 22 (edited) Here we have the downstairs and a visit from my mother-in-law... Edited February 22 by SteveFord 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites
SteveFord 471 Posted February 22 Author Share Posted February 22 (edited) I tried 20.7s in the living room but they were just too big but here's a shot from when I had them. The sound quality was just amazing but I needed another 6' in width and depth so off they went. If you've got the room for them, though, do it. You will have the sound of a live performance at your fingertips. I acutally found myself wondering how much it would cost to expand the house, ha, ha. I probably didn't express myself clearly; when I say a live performance I don't just mean volume. It's close your eyes and it sounds like the performers are actually standing in the room with you. They are THERE. I've never heard anything like them (they're a different construction than the lesser models so they sound considerably different). Edited February 22 by SteveFord 2 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites
SteveFord 471 Posted February 22 Author Share Posted February 22 Here's the upstairs which sounds really good, everything is sized just right. You don't have the ribbons with the 1.7s so you lose some resolution but you can't have everything. The SVS passive sub was listed here under Found Deals many years ago and it came with two little wall mount Magnepans which I hung up but never plugged into anything. Why, who knows. That sub really did the trick. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Daddyjt 6,287 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 I did not realize you moved on from the 20.7... I would LOVE to hear a pair of those some day - I’ve never even SEEN a pair in person... Those SVS cylindrical subs are damn near unbeatable for the performance/cost ratio. And they are easy to hide in a room.... Link to post Share on other sites
Rob 2,226 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Welcome back @SteveFord Hope ya stick around. It truly is a wonderful site with great people. Link to post Share on other sites
BarryG 2,211 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Last year, the DC HIFI group had a demo at a Maggie dealer with 30.7’s it was quite impressive. It was at Overture Audio in Delaware. @SteveFord next time we have a local carver group get together I’ll send you an invite. Your still in PA right. I am between Baltimore and Washington just east of Columbia. Also I usually work as a volunteer at Capital Audiofest. I am hoping things settle down so it happens this year! Barry Link to post Share on other sites
SteveFord 471 Posted February 22 Author Share Posted February 22 Yes, the 20.7s were just too big. What I didn't realize was that the panel starts about 18" off of the floor so to get far enough back I'd have to either sit in the kitchen or get up in the air on a barstool. There was also way too much bass for the area. As Wendall put it, a trombone in a phone booth. Let me know about Capital Audiofest, I'd like to hit that. I purposely avoided the 30.7 tour, why torture yourself? I did my best to try and get Magnepan to make a smaller version of the 20.7 but they weren't interested in doing a $10,000 speaker. Last I heard they were working on something north of 30K before the pandemic shut everything down. I do have a set of the new LRS on order for the upcoming Midget System. They're only $780 to my door but delivery time is 14-16 weeks out. Link to post Share on other sites
B-Man 3,356 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Hot Damn !!! Did I go to sleep and wake up on December 25th ? Welcome back Steve !! It is GREAT to see you posting here again. Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie 15,816 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Welcome back Steve! Link to post Share on other sites
Dennis47 579 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 (edited) WELCOME back @SteveFord! Good to see ya posting again. I bought a Carver 4000t from you several years ago (for a steal!). One of my better acquisitions....Thank You! Edited February 22 by Dennis47 Link to post Share on other sites
RodH 4,406 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Well, look what the python dragged in! Nice to see you Steve. Link to post Share on other sites
Balok 1,151 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Ladies and Gentleman......... SteveFord. Hey Steve, I would like to see some close up and sloped pictures of your Sonic Frontiers and deHavilland preamps.. Link to post Share on other sites
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