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That is sapele pommele.

Pre-ban Brazilian rosewood.

Scratch built from Baltic birch. Veneered in waterfall Bubinga.

My love for audio combined with my love of wood working.

Wow another year and a half fly by. I have added a second turntable (Maplenoll), added the Lounge phono pre, replaced the pre with a Sonic Euphoria, replaced the dac with a Auralic Aries Mini and built a new stand.

While not for sale yet. I did get a list of items they plan on selling. There are some pretty cool things and even a couple holy grail Western Electric items. Neat to see some of the very vintage pieces of gear that Paul Klipsch collected over the years...

Always a pleasure to listen to our system.

SAE amps are not designed to handle the high impedance of an electrostatic speaker. As the frequency goes up, the ohms go down and the impedance increases.This makes for a difficult load and high current draw. The SAE amps were not built to go below 4 ohms and we're their happiest at 8 ohms.

I use it to decorate the wall.

Mike's meet is later this month. There are some guys in Dallas and Denton that want to come down. I will try and put something together for June or July.

They are DIY. Altec 511B horn with 802-8G drivers, JBL 077 tweeter and JBL 2235H woofers.

Wow, that is just plain cool. I envy you being able to spend time with your Dad. My Father passed away at the young age of 54.

It has been a few years since I updated this thread. Here is the latest picture of my 2-channel rig.

That is a Tascam BR-20 1/2 track machine. It has all the magic of analog without the noise of vinyl. The tapes are from The Tape Project and are direct copies of the master tapes. It just doesn't get any better.

Here they are.