immatthewj

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Vacuum Tube preamp with my KRELL KAV 250a, a no no......WHY?
Didn't the tech that told you not to do that tell you why?  
Mood
I won't go into massive detail, but I will say that what you described happens to me often.  
Time heals all wounds?
My 12 year old desk top with windows 7 (that I stubbornly keep using) does sort of the same thing.    
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Some people got what they got, and will never own a home with dedicated room. Especially now in this abysmal economy with sky high prices and 7 & 8 % interest rates. We bought our house in '91 (the Bush recession) and the rate was 8% and ev... 
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No more " jgjg123"?  
High sensitivity (99) with mid powered (50 to 100 wpc/tube) amps?
Thanks, @ditusa  , but I am having to stretch things to get into new speakers . . . an new amp is out of the question. I think, however, if something happened in my life that allowed me to start (somewhat) fresh, I'd like to go the low powered SE... 
Tracks that bring out the best of YOUR digital system
From the Norah Jones Feels Like Home SACD, I lover her cover of Tom Waits the Long Way Home. Ray LaMontagne singing Beg Borrow or Steal.    
Tracks that bring out the best of YOUR digital system
There are multiple tracks on the MFSL Cowboy Junkies Whites Off Earth Now SACD that seem almost holographic, and there are also multiple tracks on the Analog Productions Cowboy Junkies Trinity Sessions SACD; it may appear that I am a fan of The Co... 
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Sorry . . . still not buying it.  
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Sorry, but I am not buying it.  
High sensitivity (99) with mid powered (50 to 100 wpc/tube) amps?
Thank uou for your input on that part of my question, @atmasphere  .  
High sensitivity (99) with mid powered (50 to 100 wpc/tube) amps?
Thanks, @glennewdick  !  That is great input!  Seriously.  My preamp does have a lot of gain.  There is no noise that I can hear from the speakers with no music playing, but there is a very soft hum from the preamp itself.  It's not enough to bug ... 
High sensitivity (99) with mid powered (50 to 100 wpc/tube) amps?
Thanks, Mike . . . State College is a doable trip and after a few googles that seems like a helluva deal on them, but still a "tad" over my budget, and from what I read, they are "big room speakers"?  
One answer to an oft-asked question.
I used to listen a lot  to a public radio station, 91.3 WYEP, out of Pittsburgh, and they used to play a lot of great stuff and artists that were off of the beaten track.  I don't listen to music very much in my vehicle anymore, but when I do find... 
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Thanks indeed. Your behaviour here seems to almost return back to respect of others... @mahgister  , did I ever begin a post by referring to someone as a "coward liar" or an "idiot" or accuse them of "hatred"?  I can only think of one such thre...