The panic selling of tube audio had begun.

God Bless you @grislybutter , I can only imagine your pain. I’m Volga German and our people were run out of the Volga area in the late 1890’s. Many that didn’t flee died in work camps when WW I started. My wife and I were at the biggest park in our city Sunday. The local Ukrainian church was holding a prayer event with live music. Many people were dressed in traditional clothing. The flowered shirts and blouses were only surpassed in beauty by the people who wore them. At one point the music switched from hymns to traditional folk music in your native language. As we don’t speak the language we just watched. I looked over at my wife and we both stood there holding hands as the tears streamed down our cheeks. We worry about feeding our stereos while baby’s starve and good people are killed. Thank you for sharing the truth and putting this in perspective for us. My nephew’s in the Army and was deployed to Poland. My daughter’s fiancé is a fighter pilot and has been told to stay within 100 miles of the base on his days off. I pray that it ends soon and that the US does much more than we have. I have the luxury of a blanket and a warm meal 24/7, and the obligation of donating to the relief effort, which I have. God Bless you and your people. 

@rickdoesaudio - Correct me if I'm mistaken, but I believe that's "The price of meat has just gone up and your old lady has just gone down...."

I couldn’t get a Russian-made product knowing that some portion of the purchase price contributes to the Russian kleptocracy that is behind these ongoing human rights violations.   

@dekay You need to buy new not used.

@larsman

Yes "meat"...not "me". Yet in today’s world "me" seems more appropriate. I guess back in the day that is what I heard in my lower fidelity system. :-)

....and/or I am getting old and memory fails me? I’ll have to fact check myself in the future.

Thanks, bro