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curiousjim

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KT 150 failure
Monophonic noise is the Bane of tubes. What does Upscale say??  
Why are there so many wooden box speakers out there?
Cheap and easy to work with. I’ve built several over the years.  
Whats playing on your system today?
And tonight     
Whats playing on your system today?
Canned Heat    
Whats playing on your system today?
   
Whats playing on your system today?
Tony Bennett & Diana Krall, Love is here to stay in HR And for something completely different, Robyn Hitchcock, Shufflemania The first cut might be the only weak link. Steely Dan, Can’t But A Thrill  
Break In Failed
What kind of speakers are you talking about?   
My first tube integrated: which one to get?
Seeing as you have mono blocks, I’d suggest you look at getting a tube.preamp. You can get the best of both worlds. The tube sound without the heat from the output tubes. I have a pair of tube amps, each have 4 output tubes and they’ heat up the 1... 
New Grandinote Mach 9 Loudspeakers: Holy Grail ?!
Are they available in the US yet?  
ATC P1 Pro amp vs. Parasound JC-5 amp
You might consider a Hegel H390. Class A/B, 250 watts into 8 ohms.It’s neutral to slightly warm sounding. $6500 It’s what I currently have. 😁  
New Western Electric 91E 300B Tube Integrated Amp REVIEW !
Always wanted to hear a Western Electric 300B amp.  They are supposed to be incredible with their 300B tubes. Having said that, I’d bet the 91E integrated is no slouch! I’m kind of surprised there’s a phono section in it.    
Cornwall IV or La Scala vs the big boys
@ebm  At $185,000 a pair for the M6’s, I’d hope they’d blow away the Cornwall’s or any speaker Klispch makes. 😆  
Power conditions for Integrated Amps
Whether this is correct or not, I don’t know, but I was told that if you plug everything into a conditioner, you run the risk of not having enough power for a loud or  dynamic passage. The same idea for using a larger gauge power cord. I have an ... 
Jazz for aficionados
Snarky Puppy-Empire Central     
Whats playing on your system today?
Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac.  Deluxe Edition.