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| When is Wish You Were Here going to be SACD Be careful with "new" SACD releases of rock/pop albums! Many use a 16 bit digital master, so you are essentially buying a regular redbook CD encoded in bit stream SACD! The best sounding WYWH that I have heard is the copy from the "Shine On" box s... | |
| Big caps v Little caps What do you consider small vs. large capacitors in mili-farads? | |
| appearance of burn on 7308 Amperex tube Herman is correct. If you see that there is no "burn area" or if it looks like swiss cheese, with bubbles of clear glass, the you probably have a problem! Depending on the tube, this getter flash can appear on the top, side, or bottom of the tube ... | |
| Tube Amplifier & Speaker Matching? What is your price range for the amp, and the speakers? | |
| Tubes for Mcintosh MR71 What are you using for your "new tubes" and where did you get them from? | |
| Superbowl on High Definition Hi-Def, or Standard broadcast, the Pats are going to whoop some butt in Houston. Carolina is a great up and coming team, but they don't stand a chance in this year's Superbowl! | |
| What is the theory behind Digital Power cords? Marketing, money, and profit! | |
| can't remember his name Actually, Synthfreek, I have the LP, and back in my radio DJ days (way, WAY back), this song was on my personal "heavy rotation" playlist, for a time! | |
| can't remember his name Les Dudek is his name! Your misery is over. | |
| Best Cheap acoustic wall treatments? Make sure that any foam that you use is fire resistant or fire retardant. Coming from New England, those pictures of the Warwick nightclub fire (100 horrible deaths, many more additional horrific injuries) will haunt me forever! | |
| Steely Dan's Aja The Japanese vinyl pressing is to die for! | |
| Stress relief for a power amp ? look advise, tks What amp, and what speakers are you using? | |
| Does the length of an interconnect degrade the sou If you have truly balanced (XLR) in's and out's, 30 feet is nothing!! If you are using unbalanced RCA's you will probably have some signal quality loss. | |
| Smooth jazz recommendations Big, Sweet 'N Blue, with Norris Turney on Alto Sax. With Larry Willis, Walter Booker, and Jimmy Cobb. This CD is on the Mapleshade label, and sonics are marvelous. Smoother than 150 year old Grand Marnier! | |
| Tube substitution in VTL amps Some amps that use EL 34's will also accept 6L6's. CHECK WITH THE MANUFACTURER FOR COMPATIBILITY! |