Preamp Deal of the Century

You were fortunate Grant. That volume surge you experienced is the equivalent of having your volume knob turned all the way up.

Asa meant to address the Virtual Dynamics comment to Fiddler.I'm jumping into this thread so I can follow it for awhile. This is all very interesting.

I find it interesting that the subject of line conditioners was brought up as I as considering the "balanced power" route. I have been reading some positive things from current owners about the transformer-type isolation devices. See website www.b-p-t.com for more info. I am assuming that Asa is referring to this technology in his description of transformer-type isolation devices. I have also been reading that others like Bwhite and Asa have found that most "line conditioners" in general do tend to filter out some of the music as well as the noise. But I would like to get more feedback from others who have compared the best conditioners with isolation balanced-type units, and who else might agree with Bwhite in fine-tuning good power cords into their system.

It's probably Auricap,not Quricap.

I've got a pair of V-cap 2uf TFTF teflons for sale here if anyone is interested:

http://cgi.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cl.pl?accstwek&1190168049&item

Fiddler, I'm curious how many hours of break-in you have on those V-caps. I have read that between 300 and 400 hours, they start sounding so good that you had better hold onto your socks.

Ouch, Grant! Did any of the speaker drivers get damaged?

Blindman,
Here's a separate thread regarding the Joe Chow preamp:

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?aamps&1142509250&read&keyw&zzaudio=horizons

Those older late 50's,early 60's Mullard rectifier tubes have a certain magic to them that is truly musical. Legend has it that they were made by Elves in the Black Forest. Those same Elves today are making Keebler cookies. (O: