Preamp Deal of the Century

Hi Slowhand and Cello, That hard rock maple alone works very well!I had a local wood mill make my equiptment stand. Its a three shelf butcher block vertical grain slabs 42" wide by 24" deep by 2" thick.The shelves are fixed in place with 1" doweling tapped through 4 by 4 legs.I need to get some adjustable feet for it to finish it off,can't use cones,we have soft wood plank floors.I will be in contact with Kevin in the new year.Slowhand you say it works is good enough for me. Larry thats interesting having the roller blocks cryoed .I bought cryoed bx wire and recepticals for dedicated lines a couple of years ago.Theres something to it alright.I'll let Kevin know you two sent me. Regards Mark

Kgturner,
Did you get your Malbecs yet?

maril555:

the malbecs arrived last week just before x-mas. unfortunately, there was an intermittent pop/crackle in one of the amps. i discussed it with mick and we did not believe it was a tube issue. i've shipped the one crackling malbec to kevin covi in new york. he should have it by wednesday due to the holidays.

with just one malbec, i've decided to wait until the other one returns to do any serious listening as i want them to break in together. i have listened to the one malbec i have and it sounds very promising. however, with just one amp, i want to hold off any discussion of the sound until i receive the other malbec back and allow them time to break in properly.

not quite the report i'm sure everybody wanted, but that's where i stand. i will say that mick has been great throughout all the problems and he is super quick at replying to emails, often replying several times in the same day.

Hello Ooslik,

Were you able to change your order with Mick?

Happy New Years to everyone!

Tom

Anyone out there besides Kgturner that has Malbecs ordered?