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best speaker wire for buck
Timrhu has good advice. 
Can the glass on a tube be repaired???
Worse yet it could have been a NOS Western Electric 300B. 
TV power cords; Money well spent, or money wasted?
My Sony XBR flat panel didn't come with any rabbit ears or 99¢loop antenna to modify.Maybe its time for them to upgrade the warranty info. 
Soliloquy 5.3 Driver Replacements
Maybe trying a Google search Soliloquy #xxx of off the back of the driver.Adding USA Canada may give you more results. 
Refurbish a classic amp or replace it?
I would pass on the refurbish.Keep it,or sell it and upgrade to something newer.The part that isn't replaced may fail too. 
Asylum Powercord. Has anyone tried this power cord
Hubbell makes good product too.Link>>[http://www.hubbellcatalog.com/wiring/catalogpages/section-i.pdf] 
Is active speaker the future?
Besides personal component matching,one major problem would be vibration isolation.Tube and solid state amplifier components have microphonic problems from vibration.That is one reason Wilson Audio,Orpheus,along with other speaker manufacturers us... 
Soliloquy 5.3 Driver Replacements
Above link>>[http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1144825&highlight=soliloquy] 
Asylum Powercord. Has anyone tried this power cord
I like Deoxit products,but I wouldn't use it on any power cord connections.If you make your own,I would leave the Deoxit out since it may leave a residue. 
Direct Drive turntables
The disco days most likely help encourage the direct drive turn tables.The DJ's could back cue.You could manually rotate the platter backwards without worrying about damaging the drive system.Doing that on a belt,or idler drive could cause damage ... 
Is active speaker the future?
Hopefully not. 
tuner better than turntable ? thread.
Another shootout link>>[http://www.fmtunerinfo.com/standings.html#41] 
tuner better than turntable ? thread.
Here are interesting tuner info links.>>[http://www.fmtunerinfo.com/standings.html#41][http://www.fmtunerinfo.com/] 
Dedicated lines- need break in?
Those molecules have to learn how to play 60 hertz. 
tuner better than turntable ? thread.
Hi Jimpcn,The fm stereo broadcast system is limited to 15khz the engineers chose when they designed it. The frequency's above 15khz aren't there to listen to.There may be noise above the 15khz in a lot of records that you hear on vinyl that wouldn...