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Preamp Deal of the Century
Hello Brian and Jazzdude. The early 6L6G[shoulder shaped bottle] are very good and quite a bit better than the later GB's or GC'c types in my syrah. Brian.....Email me off line regarding the WE 350b's. Cheers David. 
Preamp Deal of the Century
My tube compliment mirrors slowhands exactly, except for the regulation tubes. I use western electric 350b's in place of the tung sol 5881. 
Jadis Defy 7 vs Antique Sound Lab Hurricane
Hello Lisbon. Pretty tough call. The Jadis is one fabulous sounding amplifier. If it is burning out cathode resistors perodically, I think it would be time to retube if you are getting any run away bias. Definitely more economical to retube than t... 
Speakers for low level listening
"Nothing" can touch the old quad 57 esl at low volume levels! 
What Equipment Remains In Your System Long Term?
To this day, all of my equipment decisions have been based around an early 80's melco turntable,sumiko THE ARM, and Koestsu rosewood with either the ARC sp-10 or mfa luminesence preamp as my reference.Kept my otl servo amps from the original acous... 
Preamp Deal of the Century
Hey Gang. I'd take bets the Syrah 4 sale here doesn't last the weekend. 
Best value speakers available
Hello guys. i'm assuming we are talking about previously enjoyed speakers here. I see many very good suggestions at various price points.However.... at the $1K mark,given the proper room and set up,and when recreating the illusion of real music in... 
Dylan - The Greatest Remasters Ever
An outstanding review Ben. Arguably the greatest songwriter of the 20th century.An Icon in American History to be sure! 
Do I turn off my tubed components during burn-in?
Hello Marco. After re-reading your post. I will shamelessly take the pair of A2900's off your hands. Please Email me with details.Cheers 
Do I turn off my tubed components during burn-in?
Kursula.... Thank you for your kind words!You are the first person to ever call me a genius. Obviously, mathematics wasn't one of your stronger subjects.A couple of dozen preamps? Would that be 24?, where did you hear that!I have owned 10 or so "p... 
Do I turn off my tubed components during burn-in?
Hello Meech. Just turning on your preamp is simply a waste of electricity if you want to run in your vacuum tubes. Your preamp uses small signal tubes that traditionally have a life expectancy of 3000-4000 hours[that is years of listening time]. I... 
People who are Irrationally Afraid of tube amps
Tubegroover. Very well put. 
People who are Irrationally Afraid of tube amps
Hi Gang. For those poor souls that suffer with Popatube-aphobia! Calm down... its OK. There is nothing to be ashamed of.Try 5cc's of valium about an hour before turning on the system.Hell...I have a mild phobia about big solid state amps.... I'm n... 
Electronic crossover recommendations
Top Shelf crossovers......Bryston 10b is very good for the money and on par with the Krell.Neither of those compare to the original Mark Levinson LNP-1 and for the cost of a new car... the FM acoustics is in another league again. 
VPI Scout...ET2 tonearm or JMW9
Hello Alun.The dimensions for mounting an ET-2 can be found in the back of the manual...simple math.Once familiar with the set up proceedure..it is a relatively easy task.Not the least bit finicky in my opinion. On a suspension type table,great ca...