brownred6

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Are Harbeth Super HL5 XD right for me?
I too am  a fixed 8’ -9’ from my speakers. Ceiling is a little on the low side. Amps are Primaluna prologue 2 integrated running el34’s for my vinyl and I stream through a primaluna dialogue premium. My speakers are Harbeth 7e3’s and Harbeth Hlp5(... 
Recommendations for a vacum tube tester
I own 5 or 6 Hickok and a Jackson 648. For my own use. I cannot imagine having tube gear and not having a tube tester. FWIW, my go to testers are my 752 and my 539b. Should probably sell the rest and buy more tubes  
Tubes for a pre stage... matched NEW or unmatched identical NOS?
I’ve got a good assortment of these nos premium 12au7’s and 12ax7’s so I match them up as accurately as I can with my Hickok tester and use them that way. I really hear the difference in brand and era but not positive the matching is so critical b...