Our thoughts and prayers go out to the people affected by the earthquake in Japan earlier today.
Stay safe!
Friday, March 11, 2011
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Raven - This Week
What component are we testing this week?
I need to give you a more thoughtful reply than " it's a secret" but, it's a secret. Until we have permission that is.....
What speaker are we pairing it with?
Full Range Towers - Quad tower speakers, MB Quart towers....
What music are we loving this week?
Music: Hmmmmm... Zucchero, Melody Gardott.
And all of the music from one of my Favorite movies ever: A Love Song for Bobby Long - like: Grayson Capps (Washboard Lisa, My Heart Was A Lonely Hunter - owww yeahhhh!!!!), Los Lobos, Trespassers William (Different Stars - love it!), Giant Drag (This Isn't It).
Anything instrumental from Nathan Larson - who did the original movie tracks on this movie and several others.
Hard to pick one.....
;^b
Dave Thomson
I need to give you a more thoughtful reply than " it's a secret" but, it's a secret. Until we have permission that is.....
What speaker are we pairing it with?
Full Range Towers - Quad tower speakers, MB Quart towers....
What music are we loving this week?
Music: Hmmmmm... Zucchero, Melody Gardott.
And all of the music from one of my Favorite movies ever: A Love Song for Bobby Long - like: Grayson Capps (Washboard Lisa, My Heart Was A Lonely Hunter - owww yeahhhh!!!!), Los Lobos, Trespassers William (Different Stars - love it!), Giant Drag (This Isn't It).
Anything instrumental from Nathan Larson - who did the original movie tracks on this movie and several others.
Hard to pick one.....
;^b
Dave Thomson
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Tubes, tubes, and more tubes
We received the tubes for the new Silhouette Monoblocks. We are installing New Old Stock, known throughout the industry as "NOS" tubes. These tubes will normally sell for well over $200 apiece if purchased separately. I found a guy in Indiana that had 16 TungSol power tubes from the 1950s and 18 from the 60s in his barn.
It was a huge investment, but nobody, and I do mean NOBODY, no other amplifier manufacturer has ever sold their amplifiers with 100% NOS tubes in them. The first ten amplifiers will each have between $1,500 and $3,000 NOS tubes apiece in them, plus the normal sets that they can purchase from New Sensor made now. The ones that are manufactured these days are copies of the old ones, but they are nowhere near the same. The older steel and tungsten from the Korean and WWII era was just better quality. One box arrived about an hour ago!
I am EXCITED about this. We have invested in and stockpiled in tubes for our new amplifiers. Purchasing that many tubes at one time from three different suppliers was such an incredible find and will more than likely never be duplicated again.
We made a conscious decision to go ahead with installing the best tubes in the world in our first ten amps - no matter the cost. It is something that we might never again be able to do. These tubes are almost gone from the world, hence their prices.
Dave
It was a huge investment, but nobody, and I do mean NOBODY, no other amplifier manufacturer has ever sold their amplifiers with 100% NOS tubes in them. The first ten amplifiers will each have between $1,500 and $3,000 NOS tubes apiece in them, plus the normal sets that they can purchase from New Sensor made now. The ones that are manufactured these days are copies of the old ones, but they are nowhere near the same. The older steel and tungsten from the Korean and WWII era was just better quality. One box arrived about an hour ago!
I am EXCITED about this. We have invested in and stockpiled in tubes for our new amplifiers. Purchasing that many tubes at one time from three different suppliers was such an incredible find and will more than likely never be duplicated again.
We made a conscious decision to go ahead with installing the best tubes in the world in our first ten amps - no matter the cost. It is something that we might never again be able to do. These tubes are almost gone from the world, hence their prices.
Dave
Monday, March 7, 2011
Raven Audio - Wine Label
Just spoke with Michael Brousard at Messina Hof Winery about the new membership, wine labels, resort
package with meals, and other advertising plans with our two companies.
Thanks for your time so far Michael. Fantastic customer relations Sir!
Sincerely,
Dave & Gabrielle Thomson
Raven Audio
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