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Russian Tube Preamp, No Return, Here I go again
chackster,Interesting, thanks for the info, I thought you might be interested in his reply about Boxberry.You know I am patient, I was just curious if they got any more info than 'In Transit' on their end.Occasionally I order things direct from Ch... 
Moderately priced DIN phono cable suggestions needed
I ended up asking these people to make me a special: an rca/din cable using the long narrow din connector.https://www.ebay.com/itm/Custom-Length-Audiophile-Turntable-Phono-RCA-Cables-w-Ground-Wire-Quad-Brai...Very cooperative, just write and ask, ... 
Moderately priced DIN phono cable suggestions needed
Caution, some tonearms need LONG din connectors, small diameter barrel, https://www.google.com/shopping/product/1?q=long+narrow+din+connector&bih=648&biw=1280&r...to get in/up high enough in a narrow tonearm tube to connect. I would de... 
Speaker Cables
The essential idea is to use less powerful but preferable amp for mids and highs (much less power needs. Then use a more powerful amp dedicated for the bass.The mixture of low powered Tubes combined with a high powered SS amp for Bass fitting thi... 
Music and Gear
The habit of expecting/listening for imaging, when sitting centered is in-grained, must be overcome as you say.After your system is analytically adjusted, and a particular LP/CD/Streamed Track has been ’inspected’ regarding content and how well it... 
Turntable lid up or off?
My forced air hvac system creates a LOT of dust, I could never leave a dust cover off when not in use.UP, to avoid ’trapping’ and ’reflecting’ micro vibrations.OFF, if possible, for appearance, at least for long listening sessions, I guess I would... 
Compression Titanium Worlds finest tweet ever engineered
It is worth noting the difference/separation of the driver from the horntitanium as a material for driverstitanium material specifically for tweeters.horn loading ANY tweeterhorn loading a Titanium tweeter.Off you go 
Equalization for vinyl nirvana
Nice list of equipment, you should be in Vinyl Nirvana without additional EQ.I like adjustable preamps. I am still suspicious of your preamp settings, and now also wondering about your amp settings. Options are terrific, UNTIL they aren't.It is ea... 
30 foot long Balanced Cables to Balanced/RCA Adapters into Amp's Stereo RCA inputs?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finally,_Betty_CarterIt sounds sooooo good on the Oppo 105. I love Jazz Bass as well as Betty, the rise and decay of the bass notes is the best I ever heard them.I'm looking for this on Vinyl! The Oppo is gonna give m... 
Russian Tube Preamp, No Return, Here I go again
jondI just wrote to the seller, he gets what I get, simply 'in transit' since march 1st. He mentioned Boxberry, anyone know anything about them?"For my part, I try to constantly send requests to the Russian Post. They answer - "the package is bein... 
Russian Tube Preamp, No Return, Here I go again
just saw this interesting preamp, doo deep for my bookshelves, but thought I'd pass along the findhttps://www.ebay.com/itm/VTA-VACUUM-TUBE-AUDIO-ALL-TUBE-PREAMP-MODEL-SP9-w-BASS-TREBLE-PH-12-PHONO-S... 
What do you have on order RIGHT NOW.
Bought and just received a barely used OPPO BDP-105 blu-ray player, based on it’s highly regarded audio. (BDP-83 was returned).Direct to my Tube amp, sounds terrific. Tried long XLR cables, didn’t work out, if interested in failure:https://forum.a... 
30 foot long Balanced Cables to Balanced/RCA Adapters into Amp's Stereo RCA inputs?
Ah, the best made plans of men and mice. What I learned: How smart I am! Huh? Yes, smart enough to know a whirlpool bath combined with a mixture of 2 Naproxen and 1 Aspirin helps relieve the pain from the worthless job of hunching over in the c... 
30 foot long Balanced Cables to Balanced/RCA Adapters into Amp's Stereo RCA inputs?
Ah, the best made plans of men and mice. What I learned: How smart I am! Huh? Yes, smart enough to know a whirlpool bath combined with a mixture of 2 Naproxen and 1 Aspirin helps relieve the pain from the worthless job of hunching over in the cra... 
Russian Tube Preamp, No Return, Here I go again
roxy54i'll quote lewm"The BDP105 and the 205 are possibly the best DVD players ever made that are not astronomically expensive". that's my goal with anything.