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China built tube amps
this topic/thread reminds me of the experience i had with a local singapore hifi shop owner selling out of beach road (not adelphi where 97% of all high end audio is sold in singapore), AV something something was the shop wanted an audition of a ... 
Use of a super tweeter worth the investement ?
i experimented with adding pair of cheap ribbons blu tak'ed to the back of my speakers, a 0.47uf cap each  and while i cannot directly hear anything coming from the ribbons the soundstage just opened, the air, my god the air spacious like all g... 
I'm confused - Different music...different speakers?
every demo in every shop of every metal dome tweetered speaker i ever heard - this is what i recall when i read OP wonder why audiophile recordings tend to be either trad jazz or small scale classical almost exclusively? (a few jazz rock coryell ... 
What music do you use to assess your system?
i once heard gil shaham's bach partitas and sonatas for solo violin over an all burmester system that sounded truly horrible. on mine the recording sounds life like, even from another room through closed doors i use recordings i like that i m fa... 
Projects, rebuilds and or modifications….
from last year modding the caps and now the resistors of my super cheap chinese 6p1 amp initially i used an adapter to use 6aq5s in place of the 6p1. brimar, great change. also mullard ef95s, would the sound be too cuddly? not if you clean the t... 
Products you added to your system in 2021 that made most impact to your music enjoyment
over 2020-2021 been experimenting with the DIY tweak called 'battery ground tweak' (attributed to 'uncle stu' over at audio asylum), adding it to nearly every thing - computer, dac, pre, power, speakers transforms the system, totally.  modding t...