immatthewj

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I am sad
 It seems you enjoy self-identifying as a victim. That certainly reminds me of someone.  
Movie/film suggestions.
I remember a while back ago I watched Richard Jewell and I really was not expecting much, but I wound up thinking that it was a pretty good movie.  Sam Rockwell probably had a lot to do with that.  
Talk me out of buying Monoblocks and into a stereo amp instead
Again, some context here.   If you have 90db sensitivity speakers in a medium sized room, a robust 200 WPC stereo amp is more than enough.   If you have 84db 2 ohm min load large tower speakers in an extra large room, mono blocks are a practica... 
I am sad
The pain of one does not necessarily ameliorate the pain of another.   
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!