Redboy told me about this place, so here I am.
I started caring about stereo equipment and participating in forums about it around 2008. I had a lot of questions about the Marantz 2235B I’d just bought from a yard sale. I didn’t know a thing about stereos or circuits, but I remembered my dad’s old Pioneer and how great it sounded through a pair of KLH 17s, which I’d been carting around with me moving around for school and jobs.
I chose “watt” as my username not because I had an inkling then that I’d eventually like low-powered tubes, but because it’s the title of one of Samuel Beckett’s novels (I was writing a dissertation at the time). That’s about as much as I knew.
Which isn’t to say that I know a whole lot more now, but I’ve met--both virtually and actually—a lot of people who have helped me out. My main speakers, for example, are Altec 605s in cabinets built by Wardsweb from AK. I got interested in old broadcast and idler turntables because Redboy talked them up so much. JohnVF got me to listen to a whole bunch of great speakers. So it’s nice to find a forum that feels fun and friendly like that.
After moving around so much, I’m pretty happy in this particular house. (It's hard to move around and have a bunch of equipment.) But my room doesn’t make for good wide-angle shots, so here’s a selection of up-close ones.
Bogen/Lenco in a Paperstone plinth, Fidelity Research FR-24. Juicy Music Tercel and Altec 15095A SUT hiding below. Line Magnetic 210ia on the right.
One of the Altec 605B in cabinets built by Wardsweb. Markwart crossovers.
Thorens 121 with a Roksan Nima and Musical Fidelity A300 (summer amp ).
Listening friend.
See you all around the boards. Thanks for having me.
I started caring about stereo equipment and participating in forums about it around 2008. I had a lot of questions about the Marantz 2235B I’d just bought from a yard sale. I didn’t know a thing about stereos or circuits, but I remembered my dad’s old Pioneer and how great it sounded through a pair of KLH 17s, which I’d been carting around with me moving around for school and jobs.
I chose “watt” as my username not because I had an inkling then that I’d eventually like low-powered tubes, but because it’s the title of one of Samuel Beckett’s novels (I was writing a dissertation at the time). That’s about as much as I knew.
Which isn’t to say that I know a whole lot more now, but I’ve met--both virtually and actually—a lot of people who have helped me out. My main speakers, for example, are Altec 605s in cabinets built by Wardsweb from AK. I got interested in old broadcast and idler turntables because Redboy talked them up so much. JohnVF got me to listen to a whole bunch of great speakers. So it’s nice to find a forum that feels fun and friendly like that.
After moving around so much, I’m pretty happy in this particular house. (It's hard to move around and have a bunch of equipment.) But my room doesn’t make for good wide-angle shots, so here’s a selection of up-close ones.
Bogen/Lenco in a Paperstone plinth, Fidelity Research FR-24. Juicy Music Tercel and Altec 15095A SUT hiding below. Line Magnetic 210ia on the right.
One of the Altec 605B in cabinets built by Wardsweb. Markwart crossovers.
Thorens 121 with a Roksan Nima and Musical Fidelity A300 (summer amp ).
Listening friend.
See you all around the boards. Thanks for having me.