immatthewj

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I am sad
Everyone has their own breaking point.  
Which is best, using balanced or non-balanced connection?
Here is a quite recent discussion on that topic: https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/more-on-xlr-vs-rca-considerations  
I am sad
I can relate to the feelings that OP is expressing. I have frequently formed personal  relationships with inanimate objects.  
300 Watt Tube Monoblocks
I remember a telephone conversation I once had a long time ago with Andy from Michigan (Vintage Tubes); he spoke in an almost orgasmic tone of voice about the sound of 200 watts of class A power . . . he was telling me about an amp he had just reb... 
Talk me out of buying Monoblocks and into a stereo amp instead
Mono blocks are for very demanding speakers in very large rooms.  You are talking about a practical way to deliver massive quantity, not necessarily quality.   Not necessarily.  I know that there are, and have been, some way low powered SET mon... 
Talk me out of buying Monoblocks and into a stereo amp instead
I kind of wish I hadn't sold my mono blocks.    
PrimaLuna EVO 400 v Cary SLI-100
I believe that Prima Luna is a Dutch company that farms out manufacturing to China, and I m pretty sure that the Cary would still be built in North Carolina. If everything else was equal, that would be a factor that I would consider to be in favor... 
More on XLR vs RCA considerations?
Thanks @atmasphere , I am pretty stupid when it comes to understanding circuit toplology.  I was always associating SET with amps, and I was also unaware that SET amps did not normally have balanced circuits that would connect right up to the bala... 
Movie/film suggestions.
I thought that Black Hawk Down was a pretty intense movie.  
any members in Montana
Oh yeah, right--now you'e serious, @grislybutter . . . sure thing, man.    
any members in Montana
Amps?  We don't need no stinking amps!  
Movie/film suggestions.
LOL!  Nope.  And I am not going to be the one to send it into loony canyon.    
System advice
And there are those who swear that the front end doesn't matter. . . . Thanks for the followup!      
This Might Not Exist, Any reasonably priced, smaller speakers with 100db Sensitivity?
Very helpful to know, thanks! Tells me this is truly workable. Based on this, I have just purchased a pair of 95db Omega Compact Alnico monitors. I will also be pairing them with a sub.  @nightfall , I just spent some time Omega's site; their s... 
Movie/film suggestions.
Ha ha!  Nope.  And I am not going to put it out there and be the one who drives this thread over the cliff.