OK. I'm sure there might be some upset people. Please take the time to read and consider, the circumstances. First of all. I was in the right place, at the right time. It happens. I got lucky.
I had contacted Alan about the list. I know he's got a lot of time consuming projects going and I'm trying to plan my finances, which is tough to do, when you don't have an income. Alan had some wood, that he thought was too green and not hard enough to hold up. Because of quality standards, it therefore wasn't available for sale. It was part of Alan's (large) personal collection and he wanted someone to perform durability testing to see if he should make more units from that wood.
It is a wood called Sumac. This wood, while considered a "hard wood", just barely qualifies (if you look on a wood scale, its barely over the minimum req). With a crack and a dent above the power plug, this was at the least, a blem. Alan has been working on some other things, he needed tested. So he asked if I would beta test what he would send me. I offered to pay whatever he thought was fair. We came to an agreement.
BTW, I've been vaked out of my freakin' mind for 4 straight days now.
It also, didn't come with a vv... so I've had a more than a few flame ups (usually when I'm switching between glass). The beta product, will work much better with the vv also. I'm excited to try it... once I have the ability to turn down this little juggernaut.
I hope there aren't any hard feelings. I know on first glance, it appears to be a jump in line. However, I still intend to wait for my place to buy a non-blem and true hardwood HI. If it were my place in line... I wouldn't ask for wood that might be too green, too soft, is cracked and dented. As Alan said... I'm doing an endurance test on the Sumac also.
A video I did for mom (explains the music, though I think it adds to the video), as I've asked her advice how to broach the subject and she wanted to see it in action. The humor in this, is everything I'm doing BEFORE I take a pull. I was so medicated by this point, I wasn't really sure... but I loved the take, so I kept it.
HD 1080
thanks boobs...what's the voltage on your plain one?
Mine runs about the same as bOObs (non vv).