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Audio Research REF 750 pre July 4 FIRE WORKS. TUBE ARC.
Sorry to hear about your trouble.  I had a REF 5se that had problems with the mute function (sound bleeding through the right channel) and also blew the 6550 in the power supply.  That took out a a good bit of the board around that tube.  This was... 
Tube preamp options
Hello, I had an ARC 5se, paired with an ARC Ref 75se driving Kharma CRM 3.2fe speakers.  Its power supply blew up, and I had other repair problems with it.  And it sounded so bright, especially with classical music.  I replaced it with an RP-7.  ... 
Power Cord for DAC
Essential Sound Products MusicCord Pro ES.  I use these throughout my system.  
Favorite religious song
Beethoven Missa Solemnis  
Old Amps that can still Kick Butt
Conrad-Johnson Sonographe SA-400 
Favorite cable brand.
Interconnects and speaker--AudiencePower--Essential Sound Products  
Suggest one obsure album we all should hear
Daryl Hall--"Sacred Songs" 
is this the greatest live band of all time?
John Hiatt's bands with Ry Cooder or Sonny Landreth. 
What is the most memorable concert that you had attended so far?
Monteverdi Vespers.  John Eliot Gardiner conducting the English Baroque Soloists and Monteverdi Choir at Carnegie Hall, April 2014 
Greatest Rock Drummers
Incorporating all of the above by reference, I concur with Jim Keltner (on my favorite rock (kinda) album, John Hiatt's "Bring the Family") and add Brady Blade (whose brother ain't too bad, either). 
I need some advise on a shipping disaster.
The Audiogon rep's advice was right on and was solved my problem when my purchase went very bad:  contact Tammy at Audiogon.I bought a pair of amps from a dealer in Florida--my first Audiogon transaction. Not only did he ship me the wrong amps, bu...