Pete Riggle has been outed: The always amazing Pete Riggle (he is amazing!) Cc'd me on a message to vacuum tube electronics designer extraordinaire Kara Chaffee of deHavilland Electric Amplifier Company, in which he told Kara about his new audio diary webpage on the VTAF/Woody web site.

Pete's most recent diary post briefly discusses listening to a one-off deHavilland Chaffee Engineering Model 222 tape-head/phono amp that Kara made for Pete:

"Listened last night to Grace Bumbry singing Carmen Jones, Heliodor HS-25046, 12" LP. Oh my goodness!!! Recommended. I'm so darned happy with the 12 inch Woody and DL103 I'm playing here in the shop. The combo of this arm and cartridge, the deHavilland Chaffee Engineering Model 222 tape-head/phono amp, and the DEQX driven horn system, has me in complete delight, wanting for nothing more. I've used a number of phono stages, including a Herron and a home improved version of the Jolida JD-9, neither of which is a slouch. The Chaffee 222 blows the other phono stages I've heard out of the water. And it has enough gain to play moving coil cartridges. This one-off prototype phono stage addition to the Model 222 Tape Head Amplifer is the only phono stage Kara has implemented. I think folks should be beating down Kara's door to get her to offer a version of the Model 222 with the phono stage. For anyone who plays tape, having the phono stage added would be a super bonus. For anyone playing vinyl, having the tape stage would be a super bonus. Kara Chaffee's telephone: 360 891 6570. Kara Chaffe email: [email protected]."

 I'm going to ask Pete if I can give His system a listen, and maybe give the one-off deHavilland Chaffee Engineering Model 222 tape-head/phono amp a listen in my system too, if that's possible.

If I can make arrangements for that, expect a follow-up post with more details on the one-off deHavilland Chaffee Engineering Model 222 tape-head/phono amp, and what's been happening with the 'outed Pete' lately.

More to come. I hope!