Recent content by Mister Pig

well I trialed some SS electronics with the Hawthorne Trio speakers, and what I heard was quite promising. Liked the tonal balance, and presentation of dynamics with the NEW amp and H CAT pre, but lost a lot of the sound stage depth I have with the SET and transformer based passive pre. tried...

There I was killing some time browsing through Ebay listings. Gosh knows why, as I never buy anything, but its like window shopping. I came across an H-Cat 12B pre, and the opening bid was reasonable...and no one had bid...and it had 2 days to go. So I decided to do a bit of research, and find...

I am strongly considering trying a tri-amped system configuration sometime this year. Since the speakers I am using ar open baffles, it is very easy to bypass the passive crossover and get this whole thing wired up. At first I thought of using something along the line of a Mini DSP since I...

I have always wondered if a designer changes his concepts, theories, and style very often. For instance, I wonder what the differences are between long standing cartridge manufacturers products such as Dr Tonomori's Karat line from the 23R to the 17D3. yes I know the cantilever material is...

Perhaps you know the story of Mike the Headless Chicken, perhaps you do not. He is one of the folk heroes of of barn yard fame. In the 1940's Mike catapulted to national fame, only to be struck down in his youth. Here is Mike's story Mike the Headless Chicken - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia...

This last December I dipped my little piggies into open baffle waters. I bought a pair of Hawthorne Audio Trios that had Woodsage baffles. Crossovers are built with Goertz air coils, Clairty capacitors and Mills resistors. Uses the 10" Sterling Silver coax, and a pair of 10" Auggie bass drivers...

Pig paradise!

Now I would love a couple of Classe DR3 or any of the original series from Dave Reich. I think they would be worth re-capping and getting a clean bill of health for. Recently I got to spend some time with the Liberty Audio B2B-100 amplifier, and its a sweetie. This is a factory direct line...

When you are a pig living on the farm with little piglets to raise, you have to be creative in your fund raising for audio gear. Perhaps you can raid obsolete farm equipment for scrap metal, fleece the chickens for extra eggs to sell, or skim the top of the milk sales....oink snort grunt guffaw...

So I took the farmers John Deere tractor for a joyride, and I saw a sign for this place and thought I would stop in. You really shouldn't leave the door unlocked, as pigs are likely to wander in. Anyways this pig hails from Eastern Washington, and has been looking for a place to hang out ever...