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Bottlehead Kits => Legacy Kit Products => Quickie => Topic started by: earwaxxer on July 23, 2012, 04:06:33 PM

Title: trauma in Quickie land.
Post by: earwaxxer on July 23, 2012, 04:06:33 PM

Ok, I was sans Quickie for awhile. We broke up. It was miserable. I was questioning everything that we had in common. I was going it alone. Using the Transporter as a preamp. Direct to my Emotiva. It was miserable. I put my love in a drawer. Pulled the tubes. Even yanked the NIMH heater batteries. Thinking of 'better' uses. Shit. What have I come to...

I mean, the Transporter sounds damn good as a pre. I even went back to read about how good it sounds. It was after all my first love. Why not? I moved the jumpers down to -30. Using the digital volume control in the -10db to 0db range. How could that be wrong? Thats what I thought anyway.

It was good for awhile. No nastiness. Palatable. Agreeable. Whats there not to like. Crank it up. Not bad. After all I remember reading a review that compared the Transporter as a pre vs. an EMM preamp and the Transporter came out on top. Shes a looker.

I dont know, it just wasnt 'there' for me. Hard to put my finger on it. Too sterile? Maybe. Too clean? Staging was good. Big stuff with the new JPS cables. Shit I hate changes. Why cant everything be the same? Good, but the same. Maybe there is a drug for that? Ok, thats a different problem.

Anyway we are back together. Better terms now. I wont feed her signal that is too much. Start slow. We are at -20db on the Transporter jumpers. Very nice and relaxed. She has some breathing room. So do I. She can amplify on a more relaxed schedule.

Ok for the record --- The Quickie definitively sounds better than the Transporter used as a pre. Just go easy on her.

Title: Re: trauma in Quickie land.
Post by: 4krow on July 24, 2012, 09:02:06 AM

how dare you....HOW DARE! YOU

Title: Re: trauma in Quickie land.
Post by: earwaxxer on July 24, 2012, 02:22:15 PM

I know, I know... Sometimes I think I loose touch. Its good though. Brings 'perspective'. I'm ok now.

Title: Re: trauma in Quickie land.
Post by: John Roman on July 26, 2012, 04:05:26 AM

Yeah you're OK but still on the edge ;D
John

Title: Re: trauma in Quickie land.
Post by: Grainger49 on July 26, 2012, 05:36:14 AM

Meet On The Ledge!

Title: Re: trauma in Quickie land.
Post by: earwaxxer on July 26, 2012, 05:56:25 AM

LOL!!!!!

Title: Re: trauma in Quickie land.
Post by: Noskipallwd on July 26, 2012, 06:45:29 AM

...serenity now, serenity now, serenity now....

Cheers,
Shawn