New to some; pain in the arse to others!

[BlazeES]

Saw some of the interesting threads over here and decided to join the party.

 

[orange]

Ah, hell. All the other arse pain inducers moved here too, let's party,

 

[jbeckva]

Wasabi!!! Good to see you here. Your zoo cage is two isles over, next to Stu's (yeah, the "pink" one... ) Make yourself at home!

 

[stuwee]

TONY !!!!! Don't rattle my cage too hard !!!

Nice ta have you here buddy

Craig

 

[Fairchild]

Good to see ya,

I'm Jim Eck at ST.

 

[Fast Forward]

Welcome to the Party

 

[Web Police]

Welcome.

 

[Elite-ist]

Hello Tony. It's wonderful to have you join our forum. This man knows his Sony ES gear! I missed not talking to you in a forum format.

Nando.

 

[stuwee]

It's great to have another perspective from a gear standpoint that isn't Pioneer

We like pics Tony, let's see what ya got!!

 

[BlazeES]

Thanks for the warm welcome guys!

Be nice on the Pioneer Elite front there Stumeister. When it comes to home theater, Pioneer Elite is my gear of choice apart from a Sony 55" inch LED panel. Back in the day the choice was hard between the ES and Elite lines but I made the choice for audio and I'm glad I did. That's not a bad reflection on Pioneer Elite by any means, I know folks that went that direction and those components have solidly stood the test of time - just like Sony ES gear. I still may spring for an Elite tape deck one of these days but it will have to be the right one - at the right price.

I've added a Maverick Audio headphone amp back in the spring and a low-hour TC-K870ES to the deck stack of my existing ES ensemble. Other than that the ES library is still the same as it has been for 20+ years; 2000ESD processor, ST-S730ES tuner, two mono blocked TA-N55ES amps and a two top-tier ES compact disk players. Denon DPL 62 for LPs and B&W speakers and subwooder to round things out. On the deck front I've got too many to mention but my favorite is still by far the 870ES.

I've been enjoying a pair of Ultrasone cans going on nearly 2 years now and can't say enough good things about them, they are super comfortable and mimic open air speaker listening even though they are closed cans. They get a lot of use.

I'm not one to post up a lot of pictures but I'll throw a few up in the coming days since you asked.

 

[styx]

Saw some of the interesting threads over here and decided to join the party.

Hey Blaze....good to see ya over here. I responded to your message on AK. How's things?

 

[BlazeES]

Saw some of the interesting threads over here and decided to join the party.

Hey Blaze....good to see ya over here. I responded to your message on AK. How's things?

Hey buddy....same here! I got your AK reply, thx. Things are good, can't complain. Love that photo of your current setup; looks cozy. Dig those Klipsch towers too; I considered getting those for my HT setup but space was an issue. How you liking them? Are those horns too much for you? I hear (no pun intended) that they are an acquired taste.

 

[styx]

I like horns....might be bright for some but I enjoy the clarity and detail they have. I've become a Klipsch fan. I'm glad things are well with you....welcome aboard!

 

[rtp_burnsville]

Hi Tony,

Welcome to the forum.....

Robert

 

[laatsch55]

Welcome Blaze.