L > R: Peerless MT225, Altec 3000H and Realistic 40-1375
Although I prefer listening to my Altec 755Asneat like a double shot of fine aged single malt, for certain well-recorded music, I hanker for richer harmonic overtones from the better spec'd Altec 755Cs.
While I was relishing a pair of Altec 32C horns in the attic during the late aughts, unbeknownst to me, my stateside audio comrades, Dave V. and Joe Roberts, were praising the same horn's virtues in audio forums. When these veteran audio hobbyists consider the Western Electric 124 one of the finest-sounding amps they've ever heard, I listen.
It's been an unusually bitter cold winter. Typically, I could build a chassis or do simple woodworking in the garage but the frigid temperatures this season were prohibitive. So I postponed a stereo amp project and decided to revisit the 5687 and WE396A. These are tubes which have a loyal following but failed to excite me musically in the past.
Not much has changed in the man cave since my last update. At any rate, here's a mini-tour to a tune celebrating the holiday season by the Vince Guaraldi Trio.
Last summer, I attended a gathering of audio DIYers and my friend Mark S. brought his neatly refurbished Rek O Kut B12GH with a 12" Jelco tonearm sporting an unusual but veryfamiliar-looking phono cartridge.
To my Manila-based readers - it's that time of the year again!
Lots of LP/CD vendors and an abundance of rooms filled with turntables, digital players/streamers, DACs, solid-state and vacuum tube amps, speakers + a special section for DIYers.
As always, entrance is FREE!
Mark your calendars!
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