immatthewj

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Are Their any Tube Preamp with Home Theater Bypass?
The Cary SLP 05 also has a HT bypass.   
Sad songs- We love them- We need them
From the "Human Remains" CD, "Little Sandy"  Terry Allen  
Sad songs- We love them- We need them
"Everybody Hurts"  REM  
Sad songs- We love them- We need them
@switzer145 another vote for "Sweet Old World"! Yes! However, as much as I like Emmy Lou’s cover of it, I am prejudiced and I love the original by Lucinda Williams.    
Sad songs- We love them- We need them
Although "Daniel" from "Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only The Piano Player" is the saddest-for-me Elton John Song (possibly due to personal family events we were experiencing back then), "Blues For Baby And Me" off the same album always stuck me as melanch... 
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"Accidentally Like A Martyr" Warren Zevon (The hurt gets worse and the heart gets harder) "I Feel Like A Bullet (In The Gun Of Robert Ford)" Elton John/Bernie Taupin  
Viva Tubes
Going back to 2017 I bought a dozen EL34s & a pair of 6922s from them & there were no issues.  It was a telephone order.  Based on that experience, I would probably buy from them again, although, more recently, I bought a dozen EL34s from ... 
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"Daniel"  Elton John/Bernie Taupin  
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From back in my days of high school angst, Nazareth's version of "Love Hurts."  (Although I don't think it would have an effect on me any longer.) "The Ghost Of Phil Sinclair" by Chip Taylor still evokes an emotional response (of sorts) from me.  
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From Lucinda William's "Sweet Old World" CD, the song "Sweet Old World" and also from that DC, "Pineola." I really liked the covers that Emmy Lou did of "Sweet Old World," and also her cover of Steve Earle's "Goodbye."   
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"Hurt" by Nine Inch Nails as opposed to the cover of it that Johnny Cash did.  
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"Gloom, Despair, And Agony On Me"  Hee Haw "The Ballad Of Dwight Fry"  Alice Cooper  
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"Carmelita"  as performed by Warren Zevon or as covered by Linda Ronstadt  
Sad songs- We love them- We need them
"Lonelier Than This" Steve Earle "Me And Bobby McGee" whether performed by Kris Kristofferson or covered by Janis Joplin "The Last Resort" The Eagles    
Upgrade path question. Upgrade analog or turn to digital?
If it was me, and I had a pretty decent analogue playback and a lot of LPs, I would just keep building and adding to that. I say that because I have a pretty decent digital playback & an awful lot of CDs, and as tempting as it has been to del...