immatthewj

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Send in the Clowns
There is a contingent on Audio Asylum (and probably here) that will tell you that all amps sound the same and only the speakers matter, so for them even the measurements don't matter.  
Movie/film suggestions.
Rewatched "Capote" recently. We lost a great actor in Philip Seymour Hoffman. Agreed, @slaw . I liked him in most everything I’ve seen him in. Almost Famous and The Ides Of March immediately came to my mind, but there are so many others.  
Movie/film suggestions.
Yes, it was a serious question. I ask because I read an article that said he finds a way to dance in most movie’s he’s been in. He’s quite good. Okay, @thecarpathian , I was not aware of that, and I will look for that from now on. As I typed,... 
Movie/film suggestions.
Speaking of Steve Carrel....check out Foxcatcher. I totally agree, @slaw ! Foxcatcher was one of my previous picks. Besides Steve Carrel’s excellent portrayal of the increasingly unhinged heir to the Dupont family fortune, Mark Ruffalo and Chan... 
Question for Atma-sphere, will expensive power cables improve your amplifiers?
solid core wire for a power cord is illegal and for a good reason!  @atmasphere , this is a stupid question I am sure, but since I don't know the answer I have to ask it.  Why is solid core wire illegal in a power cord?  Thanks.    
Movie/film suggestions.
Did Sam Rockwell dance in that movie? If he did, @thecarpathian , I do not remember that part. Did he have a famous dancing scene in another movie he was in, or was that a not serious question?  (I am not super familiar with most of his movies... 
Movie/film suggestions.
Speaking of Sam Rockwell, I watched The Way Way Back some time ago and I really enjoyed it.   It urns out to be a feel food drama with some moments of comedy woven in.  Sam Rockwell of course plays a laid back protagonist, but the role I was reall... 
No sound
(I didn’t know a switch could break in) Maybe the volume pot?  
Buying used audio equipment in peron in Canada
 If you don't declare it, it is a federal crime but clearly not a problem for many forum members.   Well, I guess if a convicted felon is your role model. . . .  
If anyone is still looking for a SLP-98
@billpete , a few posts or so ago I referred to an email I sent to a benefactor who had blessed me with a literal plethora of vintage pairs of 6sn7s. I really wanted to do something nice for someone who had turned me on to so many tubes either at ... 
If anyone is still looking for a SLP-98
@harpo75 ,  interesting read on adjusting the trim pots on the SLP-05.  That sounds like it would be a lot of work to roll tubes.  And I guess to perform the procedure the preamp would have to be setting on some type of open support box so that it... 
If anyone is still looking for a SLP-98
A friend of mine sent me a Moscode preamp and it is called a hybrid. Well, as I typed, I may have been mistaken about that part.   You’re well ahead of me on this stuff. I wouldn’t say that at all, @billpete .   When people start talkin... 
If anyone is still looking for a SLP-98
So, having Hexfred rectifiers, does that make the SLP 98 a hybrid? @billpete , I make no claims to be an electronics or tube guru, but I’d say that a piece of tube gear that  utilizes solid state rectification is NOT a hybrid. From what I have ... 
JBL 4349 at low listening levels.
For 50-55 db, get some hifiman headphones.. or get some niche in-ear earphones and stick it in your ear (small drivers/associated impulse response, clarity, detail, etc should work well for 50-55 dB sleeping levels). One thing to watch out for is... 
If anyone is still looking for a SLP-98
Seems to me that Brent Jessee speaks well of the EH and JJ's but I may be mixing him up with another tube site that I go to. Hmmm . . . I think that you may be mixing him up with another site.