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Do you listen alone or with guest s
Interesting. It is probably 50/50 for me. people love to listen to my system and are usually taken back by the quality of sound. I will ask for a request and put it on. Friends and visitors often say that they have never heard “x song” sound like ... 
Transmission Line Bass
intersting comment about the wool. Pat McGinty of Meadowlark used 5/8" wool felt in his front bass firing ports. he also tuned each speaker's ports with instrumentation as the final step before shipping. 
Transmission Line Bass
I have had a pair of Meadowlark Blue heron 2's for over 4 years now. They are time coherent, use first-order crossovers, and are transmission-line-loaded bass. I am not skilled in the art of audiophile bs and I have not owned that many speakers. I... 
End to All Power Problems
this is a decade away 
Cat Stevens Tea for the Tillerman LP's
i reinforce Rwwear's recommendation. i have one of tom's copies (a brown label) and it shreds all 8 or 10 other copies i have, including the uhqr. 
Sweet sounds of
something is wrong here... why can't she party down there? my stereo is a wild party machine. 
Gamut L5 fried speakers
try scan speak directly 
How do I improve a room with a low ceiling?
consider not installing sheetrock to the ceiling joists, exposing the joists. then the true ceiling plane will be a foot or more higher, depending upon what depth joist you have. i have an 8.5" hight to the bottom of my wood trusses. i took the sh... 
Which Beach Boys LP after Pet Sounds
"surfs up" and then "smile" 
which el 84 amp or integrated
the tom evans linear a is a an el84 hybrid. it is rated at 25 watts/channel. i have always thought this would be a great amp for klipschorns. a great amp. 
Hum...ZYX with Tom Evans Groove Need suggestions
that is great. congratulations. i wonder what generation Lithos power filtering you have in your unit. you can email tom evans with the serial number and he can tell you. 
Are Dust Covers a MUST
i fabricated a sliding cover for my turntable. the cover slides on rails attached to my 5 or 600lb rack. the turntable sits on a HRS M3 isolation platform which sits on a spiked shelf. the cover is usually open while playing but gets closed when t... 
Hum...ZYX with Tom Evans Groove Need suggestions
can you move your amps further away from the rack? 
Stainless Steel columns for speaker stands
or you can buy 4" diam stainless steel tubing at a metal supply house. It does cut more difficultly than carbon steel but not a big deal. just order cut lengths. there will be options on the wall thickness. 
Can the glass on a tube be repaired???
if the vacuum is lost, i would venture that the tube is shot.