Recent content by rhom

On a lighter note, I have two Gen Y sons, both of whom have been exposed to my ML system for a few years. Both love listening to my system, but think that Dad went over-board with regard to his hobby. Both have moved out of the house and have been investigating the purchase of their own...

Tubes are literally not cool! First, it's way too hot here during Sacramento summers already. The cost of the extra A/C cooling is expensive. On top of all this, all of the A/C'd air blowing around the listening room adds to the background noise and disrupts the sound field in front of my MLs...

Hey Tom, Aren't ladies supposed to change clothes behind these things? :D That's what they look like to me! Best, Rick

Hi Dennis, Thanks for being such a super host yesterday. Very sweet system! Next time that I see Toto live, I'll probably think that they don't sound as good as your rig! Terrific bass out of those Ascents. Now you've got me wanting a MS750!!!! :devil: Thank you again! Rick

Hi Dennis, Like Tom, I'm looking forward to our get-together, too! See you later today. Best, Rick

We have 15 year old a Bose Lifestyle audio system that was given to us. At the time, these were $1K. They sound like trash. My wife loves it, however, because it does everything she wants with only one simple remote. Bleah! :mad: I once had an interesting experience years ago with a set of...

Opportunity knocked with a very favorable deal from a local seller, so I bought his MR71. It looks to be in good condition and it sounds good. I don't know if this unit is in optimal alignment, etc., so it is not really fair to compare it to my recently serviced MR74. Right now, I would...

Hi All, Just a followup to this thread from some months ago. A few months ago I heard a vintage Mcintosh MR-74 (SS) tuner owned by a friend. Its sound was similar to my memories of several vintage tuners. I found that Macs of this vintage were much more affordable than Marantz 10Bs (just...

Wouldn't it be fun to be left alone to play with all of these toys for a week! Rick

Works for me. Rick

Hey Tom, Actually, SWMBO (She Who Must Be Obeyed) is one of the sweetest girls ever. However, I do like my Logans and want to keep adding to my system!!!:D Come to think of it though, the conversation probably would be exactly like you wrote! Hey Dennis, The proposed Saturday, 2/21...

Hi Dennis, Thanks for volunteering for a future get-together. February 14 or 15 is out for me, my wife would kill me! :eek: No problem if these dates work out for the rest of the guys, I'll just catch all of you another time. Best, Rick

For the past 17 years; Business Manager, UC Davis Medical Group Primary Care Network and Associate Professor (Infectious Diseases), UC Davis School of Medicine. Formerly, I was educated with your tax dollars as a microbiology/infectious disease laboratory resident at the National Centers for...

57 and happy! ML Vantages

My upgrades for this past year: 1. Wadia i170 iPod docking station 2. Switched from 4th gen iPod Photo to iPod Classic (160 GB) for i170 compatibility. 3. Listened to a number of <$2K Dacs, ended up with a pre-owned McCormack DAC-1 for the above Wadia setup 4. Wonderlink for Wadia to DAC-1...