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DarTzeel’s new direction
Well who are any of us to argue with Grandpa? Just as easy to spot people who worked their entire lives and have nothing. Let people buy what they want as you have no idea of their motivation nor economic status. Jealousy is much uglier than what ... 
DarTzeel’s new direction
I think they are beautiful.  
Recommended tubes for LTA Preamp
The VT231 is the military version of a 6SN7GT.   
What exactly is PRaT???
PRaT is just another stupid subjective term.   
power cable tryout High fidelity cables has me wondering..... need suggestions now
Why mention two as female?   
Anyone Try a Mutech Hayabusa MC Cartridge with a Channel D Lino C Phono Stage
I have no experience with the preamp, but love my Hyabusa. Using it with a Zesto Reference phono.  
Do you Know a Trusted Seller of Chinese Vacuum Tubes?
immathew thanks. Yes it was meant to be hearsay.  Problem with extra testing is that these procedures take time and often buyers are not willing to spend the extra money. New production tubes are considered, often, just a commodity.   
Devore O/96 with Luxman 88uc
I agree with you on the DeVore Orang. series. Havent heard his other line enough to comment. Not impressed with Tekton and havent heard the GR stuff.    
Do you Know a Trusted Seller of Chinese Vacuum Tubes?
Some JJ power tubes had serious problems ranging from premature death to pin size issues. This is heresay.  If you buy NOS tubes in the future you need to get them from a seller that tests for noise and microphonics with a guarantee. The only pre... 
Do you Know a Trusted Seller of Chinese Vacuum Tubes?
Why limit yourself to Chinese? Still a great many old stock preamp tubes available from numerous reliable sellers.   
YouTube Indicates What the Future is For Audiophiles - Interesting Demographics.
Not enough money to be made to attempt a campaign of any sort to enlighten the youngsters.  Hey squared80, I would agree with you if you were right. Please tell us about your numerous comparisons between cables which prompted this opinion. Scien... 
What's my best upgrade options
The real question is if squared comments are based on experience or conjecture. My guess is that he has no actual basis for this opinion.   
ZOTL40 Reference + Amplifier
A major advantage to the Berning designs is that arent nearly as discriminating as OTLs (Bernings are not OTLs) in regards to the speaker load. David Berning is one of the top designers in audio. Has been for some time. I think the Berning would ... 
Aliexpress Marketplace practices, be for warned.
Just what I was wondering.  
need to purchase a calibrated , small signal tube tester-why so difficult?!
The biggest problem exists with emissions only testers. They really kind of suck, can damage small signal tubes and can have a very spastic leakage test. Transconductance is a better way to test a tube and much more accurately duplicates the deman...