oldhvymec - I’ll be in Israel, not Iran. Same here, I kept the Sabbath & still try to as well :)
willgolf - definitely going to check out WBF, thanks! But I’m not ready to start over at this time. Maybe in a while though.
gregm - once settled in & if and when I get the itch, I’ll check it out. VAT is 17% and have to see what import fees are too.
They say, bring what makes you happy. It helps to have familiar things when you are trying to acclimate to a new country and culture and I’ll have a lot on my plate, so I don’t want to start over and be spending time researching & buying new used audio gear. Ive been changing gear a lot over the past few years, especially with the pandemic, and I’m trying to be over it.
Sure, do I love trying different flavors of sound from different audio gear - yes! Do I get bored looking at the same audio objects and want different looking ones? Yes! But with all that’s going on, I’m trying not have the bug.
A friend offered to allow me to audition a bunch of gear in my home for an extended time. Normally, I’d jump at the chance too... but too much going on now & don’t want to be spending time on this now.
Another friend recently acquired Krell MDA300s, a ML 26S, Theta digital and Wilson Watt/Puppies, soon to be all sold and passed up the opportunity to hear it all last week, just because I don’t want to be enticed, same reason the recovering alcoholic stays away from bars :)
Thanks for all the comments and suggestions though.
Any recommendations on Step Up Transformers? The one I got with the 220V Meridian 504 tuner hums and gets quite warm. It’s a Phlimore ST-500. I know very little about them. Thanks!
willgolf - definitely going to check out WBF, thanks! But I’m not ready to start over at this time. Maybe in a while though.
gregm - once settled in & if and when I get the itch, I’ll check it out. VAT is 17% and have to see what import fees are too.
They say, bring what makes you happy. It helps to have familiar things when you are trying to acclimate to a new country and culture and I’ll have a lot on my plate, so I don’t want to start over and be spending time researching & buying new used audio gear. Ive been changing gear a lot over the past few years, especially with the pandemic, and I’m trying to be over it.
Sure, do I love trying different flavors of sound from different audio gear - yes! Do I get bored looking at the same audio objects and want different looking ones? Yes! But with all that’s going on, I’m trying not have the bug.
A friend offered to allow me to audition a bunch of gear in my home for an extended time. Normally, I’d jump at the chance too... but too much going on now & don’t want to be spending time on this now.
Another friend recently acquired Krell MDA300s, a ML 26S, Theta digital and Wilson Watt/Puppies, soon to be all sold and passed up the opportunity to hear it all last week, just because I don’t want to be enticed, same reason the recovering alcoholic stays away from bars :)
Thanks for all the comments and suggestions though.
Any recommendations on Step Up Transformers? The one I got with the 220V Meridian 504 tuner hums and gets quite warm. It’s a Phlimore ST-500. I know very little about them. Thanks!