Justin & Jerry's Hifi Blog

[cyclopse]

Hi Timothy - well, you are more than welcome to pop in, but I do understand that it's a fair old trip from Indiana.

Yes, the MBLs are well worth a listen, very special speakers.

I used to do the full 'boxswap thing' changing a component every month or so, including speakers. But I've had the MBLs well over 5 years now and they are here for the duration as far as I am concerned.
Other hifi items continue to come and go, though. I just like to try different things.

Sounds like you have settled on a desert island speaker there.

[jandl100]

Yup, they do what I want.

[Frazeur1]

Yes it would be a bit of a long row over, someday maybe! Isn't it nice when you can reach that point-especially in a speaker where you can just leave well enough alone for the most part? Or anything really for that matter! I love speakers, they are my one real "problem" area, yet have resisted swapping my Larsens out in general since I bought them 3 years ago. Yes, I have flirted with other things, but nothing has been more constant speaker wise. Now with the Shahinian Larcs, I do have something else to play about with every now and then, but at some point, they will probably end up in the bedroom, maybe. I guess I feel pretty content overall with the system and setup. Fun to play though!

[jandl100]

Dave's comment uplifted from Macca's blog ...

Jerry was going to try a Crown D-60 and supposedly bought one, but he's never mentioned it since so I suspect he didn't like it.

Ah, no.
It arrived and looked tatty, as expected. So I took it along to my current hifi fixer and left it with him to check over before I hooked it up in my system. Phone call a few days later - it's been completely trashed inside by a bodger - completely non-economic to fix. So I dumped it in the recycling.

[DSJR]

Dave's comment uplifted from Macca's blog ...



Ah, no.
It arrived and looked tatty, as expected. So I took it along to my current hifi fixer and left it with him to check over before I hooked it up in my system. Phone call a few days later - it's been completely trashed inside by a bodger - completely non-economic to fix. So I dumped it in the recycling.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I needed a proper top cover (my headphone D-60 has a D75 cover shoehorned into place) and a couple of spare knobs would have been to advantage as the pots are narrow shaft......... A spare set of caps and selected/matched transistors from the main board would have been nice as well.....

See, even a botched one has some kind of value to someone...

[jandl100]

My room is moderately tidy at the moment, for some reason. So a good opportunity for a room-system-shot with the current setup.
Nice dim lighting.

[Firebottle]

Looking good Jerry.

Any chance of trying my AIR power amp on your maggies at some time?

[jandl100]

The Maggies are in mid-Wales, which may make things tricky?

Above are the MBLs in Glos.

[Firebottle]

The Maggies are in mid-Wales, which may make things tricky?

Yes I hadn't forgotten, will have to visit there

[jollyfix]

Those MBLs look the business Jerry. Very nice indeed.