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Eliminating hum
Using cheater plugs is completely safe and often effective. 
Jazz in porn movies
How appropriate, Czarivey…really. 
Mcintosh mc275 or rogue m150/180
...or the QS Silver 88s w/KT150s (fewer tubes to deal with). 
DAC Being Impacted By Home Power Issue - Help
Dkarmeli,The APC S10 does NOT change the nature of the sound, believe me. I am as obsessed about my sound as anyone on AG, and if the APC changed it, I would not have it. Nightfall, try the APC S10, and if it doesn't solve your problem, I will eat... 
Mcintosh mc275 or rogue m150/180
And another way to look at this is that you don't see many Sixpacs for sale…Hmm. 
tube preamp with SS amp
Yep, I am listening to the Met right now on my Quicksilver pre (6922 version) paired with a SS amp, and it kicks butt. 
DAC Being Impacted By Home Power Issue - Help
APC S10. I have one, and it is AWESOME. Zero noise and it works. 
Mcintosh mc275 or rogue m150/180
If you really like the Sixpacs, enjoy them. The grass is not always greener, my friend. 
Devore or Harbeths to replace my ESL63s?
Go with the 30.1's…a no brainer. 
Hearing issues and signal attenuation
Take it from someone who has spent untold hours searching for a solution. Do this: Buy a Beringher Ultracurve Pro DEQ 2496. It is very affordable, dead quiet, and will achieve precisely what you want. It allows you to adjust in .5dB increments and... 
Thanksgiving: ......
"I give thanks for my Spendor 1/2Es, for they reproduce mids like no other speaker. I give thanks, too, for my Quicksilver pre, which is reliable, simple, and wonderful sounding. And last, I give thanks for my First Watt M2, a Nelson Pass creation... 
Quality system, make poor recordings sound better?
IMO, the ultimate goal is to find a combination of components that allows one to enjoy as many discs as possible, price be damned. Those of us who have been in this hobby long enough know this! 
Most enduring audio purchase
Fried A/3s bought in 1992 and my little NAD 7225PE from 1991…still rock the house and as strong as ever. 
R. I. P. Jack Bruce
Their Cream Reunion from RA Hall is just freakin great, and Jack Bruce's voice was still strong then thank goodness. I have watched that DVD many times, and each time I realize more just how effective a vocalist he was and how he did all the littl... 
first impressions of Pass XA30.8
If he were a bird, paragraph beaks would indeed be appropriate.