Whats on your turntable tonight?

2-06-2006 Montepilot

I just acquired my first set of tube monoblock amplifiers from Israel Bloom at Coincident and a Manley Shrimp linestage. It is all beautifully sitting in place like someone all dressed up with nowhere to go. I am still waiting for some long enough inteconnect I ordered to finalize the connections. So for now it all sits in silence. Until the interconnect arrives my stack of vinyl is anxiously waiting in the wings for me to relish and hopefully contribute to these threads. This entire segment has been thoroughly enjoyable reading. I send my warmest regards to all of you.

Fellow audiophile,

montepilot

Montepilot, I look forward to your contributions once you're up and running!

Foster (R_F_Sayles), your comments about the Claudel/Rodin exhibition caused me to go look at the DIA web site. That was one we'd have enjoyed seeing, too! Now you've got me thinking about a visit to the Rodin Museum here in Philadelphia...

Regards,

montepilot, 2-07-2006
Thanks Rushton,

I have enjoyed all of your postings. I am now on the hunt for the Tallis Scholars performance of the Allegri Miserere and the Bach Peasant and Coffee Cantatas you have written about. After some intense internet searching I have come up with zilch. Anyway the cables arrived today. After a proper burn-in period of the new equipment I will be ready for some serious auditioning.

I am currently using a VPI basic scout with no upgrades and have followed slipknot1's upgrading strategy on his VPI with great interest. I may wish to tap into some of his experience later as I seek to improve my phono performance.

Kind regards to all,

Montepilot,

The Tallis Scholars performance of the Allegri Miserere is not particularly rare and I see it show up from time to time. You might consider monitoring the monthly fixed price sale lists from Mikrokosmos and Ars Nova.

And thanks for your kind comments about my posts.
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montepilot,
Looking forward to you joining the fray. It's always nice to have another vinyl enthusiast along. I’m driving Coincident Total Eclipses (with tubes) and employ Israel Blume’s IC’s and TRS speaker cables with great success. No less than two hundred hours of break in were needed though. Ouch!

Rushton,
That was my only regret in visiting your splendid hometown to see a Paul Cézanne exhibit in 1996. I spotted, but then didn't have time to see the Rodin Museum and do it justice.
Hey, I haven't heard comment from you on the result of the amp stands the two of you were auditioning some weeks back. Did they prove out, are they keepers?
Happy Listening!