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Who makes blue-ray w/universal player ?
Sony PS3John C. 
$8oo dollar budget
ST-70 or MkIII.John C. 
6L6 tube recommendations requested
Original winged C's are very close to Mullards. John C. 
Blackburn Micro Tech Tubes no longer?
Have ANY of these new tubes made it into circulation? 
Decware ZCP tubed CD player
The tube stage would be bypased if you continue to use your current DAC. John C 
which output from SONOS to outboard DAC?
I'm running Sonos--->Genesis Digital Lens--->AN 3.1X Signiture. The difference of adding the Lens was a major improvement. I suspect that reclocking the Sonos internaly would be as well, but the Lens was less money than the mod, and allows m... 
Some ideas to a 12v custom noice filter.
One of the problems in a car if you're going to be running a DAC is that you'll need a preamp as well because a DAC has no volume control. What are you planning to use for amplifiers?What have you used for speakers?What are you doing to control th... 
Amp damping factor?
http://homepage.mac.com/tlinespeakers/vaughn/downloads/Damping-Factor.pdfAn interesting article on damping factor. John C. 
Help data codes on tube
GA is tube type ECC88. C is the change code.7 is Philips, Endhoven Radio valve lab. Physics group. Hitachi, Japan.4 is 1950, E is May. John C. 
Tubes - How close to be a 'matched' pair?
No, to me thats not matched, but it shouldn't make a difference. But if you realy do need matched tubes they should be tested at the same operating point as in your amp, and with the same load impedance.Even if you had tubes that matched perfectly... 
Acoustic resonators in place of room treatment
When I see Rives selling these little cups, or similar I'll believe it. That he does not speaks volumes.You are all of course free to believe what you will.John C. 
Will my Dynaco MKII power My Magnepan MGII's?
I have a pair of Mk III's driving MG 20's. However, they are highpassed 24dB @80Hz, with the bottom end going to a DD-18.Plenty loud and dynamic. John C. 
one large cap, or a few added up?
Isn't there additional phase change from using multiple caps?John C. 
question about installation of 20 amp wall plug
If the outlet was wired backwards could the amp feed line voltage through the RCA connectors ground wire?John C. 
Is Phase and polarity the same thing?
To reverse phase you reverse the connections to one speaker. To reverse polarity you reverse both. John C.