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Hales? MIA or what
Hales is gone forever. As noted above Paul Hales has been enticed to QSC to develop Pro Audio gear. Paul supposedly has a lucritive conract and the latitude to develop his ideas in the Pro Audio world. In the Stereophile news it is stated that QSC... 
c-j Premier 9 DAC and 6GK5's tubes.
Call Kevin Deal at upscale audio. He should be able to point you in the right direction. I believe he prefers the Mullard tube. http://www.upscaleaudio.com/index-2.htm 
C J 11a VS 12s does the 12s sound better
I owned a pair of 12's and have heard the 11A. In my opinion the 12's sound much better. The added power seems to work magic. It may be the fact that I like my music a bit bass heavy but the 12's do satisfy. CJ 12's on female vocals are hard to be... 
Conrad johnson vs. Mccormack
I believe that C-J bought out McCormack so they both should sound very simialar. 
What's up with the conrad-johnson 11amp
I agree with you that Conrad Johnson amps have a very satisfying sound. The Premier 11A is relatively low powered putting out 70 watts per channel into 4 ohms. I believe that it puts out 50 to 60 watts per channel into an 8 ohm load. That is reall... 
Recomendations for shipping
I shipped some Infinity RS-1B's From Georgia to Kali. I used Watkins movers. They came to my house and picked up the speakers. They fabricated the shipping crates and shipped the speakers to California. Unfortunately, I do not know what they charg... 
6550 vs KT88 vs KT90
Hello, According to Kevin deal and others the KT-90 By EI seems to be the premiere output tube. The Svetlana 6550 is a solid tube and seems to be preferred over the Sovtek KT-88. I am interested to see a review of the New Svetlana KT-88. http://ww...