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Audio Research - should I replace the valves?
" No sweat, @cey . anyway, the last time I bought output tubes was a couple of years ago; I bought a dozen of the reissued Tungsol EL34s from Jim McShane to replace a dozen of the reissued Mullards that I bought from Uncle Kevin that didn’t last... 
Audio Research - should I replace the valves?
  hey there @immatthewj thanks for catchin that so quick! i just re-read my emails and revisited the website. im mistaken. seems even tho theyre sellin tubes again they never took down their "we paused out tube selling" page.  thank you my fri... 
Audio Research - should I replace the valves?
  if u want NOS, try the top 3 dealers: jim mcshane, brent jessee or andy at vintage tube services unless u need new stock. jim carries a good bit of new stock, but i dont know if he carries what ur usin.  
JBL model L150 woofer cone color question
BTW, asking price is too high w/0 128H aquaplz coated woofers.  i have a pair of L150s, and man! they are fantasic.   
JBL model L150 woofer cone color question
@rocky1313 the black128-H-1 woofers are JBLs official replacement for the aquaplaz-coated 128H, which are white. its likely a current recone kit was used. so, the cones could be legit, even if theyre black. JBL stopped makin the aquzplaz recone ki... 
Sansui AU-717
@chocaholic recap for audio electronics is like oil change and spark plugs for car. ur car may not have ever broken down, but but u still give it an oil change and new spark plugs when its time to do so. man id luv to have one a them 717s. happy... 
Dedicated circuits
thanks mike @ditusa   
Dedicated circuits
man, thats cool. i been thinkin of doing that for a good while. i wont have the time any soon, but hopefully  ill get around to it next year.   
LaScala dac with telefunken tubes
@designsfx  ah ok. i missed that part.   
LaScala dac with telefunken tubes
@tomcy6  ah ok. i assumed we were talkin about old TFs. i reckon those Ei from the 70s or 80s are as close to TF as it gets--they were made with TF tooling. ive never used em, but id like to.   
Nearly all manufacturers do not advertise/exhibit their product measurements? Why?
man, i really dont like the refusal to publish measurements. i really dislike it, especially with the turntables. a few companies that dont publish specs have sent em to me when i asked.  i can believe that some cables sound better than others. ... 
LaScala dac with telefunken tubes
gotta say this is the first time i come across anyone whos listened to TFs to say that they prefer new production gold lion to TF (smooth plates? ribbed?) but hey someone eventually was gonna make a circuit where gold lion was at the top of the th... 
Cable burn in
wow i experienced exactly that with morrow audio cables. now its settled in the middle and things sound pretty smooth.   
Viva Tubes
jims the man, but his selection has shrunken. i very happily bought from him a month or two ago.  his service is fantastic. dealing with him earns a deep trust that ur dealin an expert and a stand-up guy.   
Does creating a loom in cables in a system make a significant difference?
@styleman   im the same way, havin a variety of good ICs i got t a decent price. i decided to do one system in all the same cables, so i got my desktop system, which nearly all tube also, in morrow audio. was gonna do another system in all blue je...