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Best interconnect burn-in method
Skin effect is something brought to this hobby it's from very high frequency transmissions ie wave guides not in wire per say. unfortunately audio band is not considered high frequency when it come to transmission so skin effect is not something w... 
Best interconnect burn-in method
You could try one of thesehttps://www.haglabs.com/collections/break-in-devices 
High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps
I'm jumping into this thread at the AudioNote AN e talk I have run them and they are wonderful. But not nearly at efficient as they claim. I sold mine and got a set of Living Voice Avatar 2's honest 94db and 6ohm load running them with 8wch 300b S... 
Speaker match for PrimaLuna Dialogue Premium HP Integrated?
any of the smaller tower (for your room size)and the stand mounted Proac speakers always sound wonderful with tubes. AudioNote speakers are very nice with tubes and designed for corner placement so giving you more room to play with.  just two off ... 
Need Amp Advice
Any thoughts on you using a multi channel amp for your whole home theater system like a Bryston 9bsst2 or something similar and then an upgraded processor to match like the Bryston SP3. there are many choices out there but the whole system approac... 
8K for a one-time listen?
For 8k you could get a really nice real to real and some master tapes and blow that record away  
Thinking of replacing my Bat spaceheater with class D, real world thoughts please
I've heard the  Jeff Rowland class D integrated driving speakers similar to mine (one up in the model chain) and was very impressed.. that coming from a SET guy.  
Primaluna dialogue premium HP tube rolling suggestions to reduce brightness
i'm with Aolmrd1241 try a different preamp Naim gear can tend to be bright  and cold imo, I went from a compete Naim system and wasn't listening to music at all to an all tube system and found musical heaven again. just saying....  
Cryogenic treatment of tubes? Anyone with experience positive or negative?
The idea of Cryo'ing the tubes is to relax the metal parts to allow the  shapes to settle sort of it also improves  the electrical properties including less electrical resistance . similarly NOS tubes that have been sitting for a long time  don't ... 
Best one step liquid record cleaner.???
good information here http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/a-very-long-primer-on-record-cleaning-fluids.58986/one more thing to add if your looking for Distilled water try looking for commercially available  battery level distilled water its part... 
Best one step liquid record cleaner.???
I used to use a simple formula 30% isopropyl alcohol 70% distilled waterfew drops of photo flow wetting agent and a cap full of non foaming detergent in a spray bottle. Sorry don’t recall the detergent I usedalso rinse with pure distilled water af... 
Tekton Pendragons - looking for low watt SET amp
oh i'm just a customer....  
Tekton Pendragons - looking for low watt SET amp
yes i did forget the dynamic range my bad. I do have a suggestion for a SET if your not set on amps. I’ve recently picked up an Integrated amp from Triode labs sister company Finale Audio both out of Toronto Canada i’ve got the F3008 300b based in... 
Attn Vinyl lovers - what CD Player do you use?
Old MSB Link 3 with Burson Audio discrete Op amp upgrade. fed from various sources.  
Would a Lamm ll2.1 deluxe slay a Parasound JC2?
go for the LAMM you can always sell it if its not to your liking and buy another Parasound as they are all over the place. the Tube pre will add so much more musicality to your system then the Parasound can. I went from all SS to Tube and never lo...