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 20:49

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 20:34

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 22:01

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 21:59

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 20:36

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

marshamk September 20, 2005 18:23

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 23:52

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 05:22

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 04:44

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 18:58

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

artg July 30, 2005 20:30

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 18:02

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 17:23

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 16:02

Is she cute?

nrchy July 23, 2005 20:27

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 19:39

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 19:03

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

nrchy July 07, 2005 17:55

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 06:23

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 21:59

Raggy I haven't settled on anything for speakers yet. I have no idea where I will end up for speakers. I'd still like to find a pair of Perregrin X with the right stands, but...

nrchy June 18, 2005 16:10

Nate, you didn't tell me about the Talons--how are they? Have you settled on these for a monitor? (hauntingly familiar speakers in that one pic btw--my, you must have good taste ;)

dirtyragamuffin June 18, 2005 09:52

Yeah, virtually everyone is on a budget. Some just arent as tight, and I'm fairly certain that if I had a $90,000.00 cap it would still be a budget (or a house for poor little me). Good Logic

slyle May 27, 2005 18:17

When I started it was a budget system. See what happens when a poor fool finds AudiogoN! I guess if I have the stuff though it must have fit into my budget?!?

nrchy May 26, 2005 23:11

Hi Nrchy - It is hilarious that your system is listed in the "budget" category. I hate to think what it might look like when you get really serious. Good luck on pulling everything together. It sounds like you are in the midst of many changes. Remember, in this hobby it has to be about the journey rather than the destination.

skushino May 26, 2005 22:42