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RIP Magneplanar Inventor Jim Winey (1934-2024)
The interview is a tedious boring waste of 58 minutes!   
Are there any issues with connecting speaker wire in this manner?
Doubling the 14 guage wire as you plan is inconsequential. For a typical setup 14 guage is fine! Now if you want to run 50-100 feet ...  
Are there any issues with connecting speaker wire in this manner?
Wrapping the wire around the amp posts is a real kludge! Get some good banana plugs instead!  
2a3 ?
I have both! A Will Vincent custom- built 45 SET using Emcron output trannies; a 2A3 Sanei 560A with Tango power, choke and trannies from Japan. Neither in use because I sold my vintage Heresy's - the only speakers on hand capable of use with low ... 
EAR 834P - Sale or try and repair...
Could be an aging tube in that channel. Try swapping tubes!  
Best Vintage Speakers for Classical & Jazz music
@pdreher : Bolero's, Santana 1's, Segovia's and Stonehenge 1's. Previously had Valencia's.  
Best Vintage Speakers for Classical & Jazz music
Good choice of a TT, arm and cartridge! I have the same setup as one of my vinyl playback systems!  
Best Vintage Speakers for Classical & Jazz music
Quad 57's have a following when nicely restored. I have various Altec's but I will sell those before I part with my two pairs of 57's!  
What to do with dead equipment
Too bad BAT won't take it as a partial trade for a new preamp. They built it so they should be able to fix it and resell it!  
Willsenton R8 gets muddy When Too Much Sub Bass is Present
@dekay : Nothing wrong with using the Pioneer SC-85 as a preamp!  
Willsenton R8 gets muddy When Too Much Sub Bass is Present
The R8 also has a much higher output impedance than the X2. The higher the output impedance the lower the damping factor and the ability to control the motion of a big woofer like in the Heresy.  
Willsenton R8 gets muddy When Too Much Sub Bass is Present
Output transformer cores are rated for the amount of current that can be passed before saturation. That is why it has always been difficult to build high-wattage tube amps. The bigger the output transformer the lower the high frequencies it can pa... 
Willsenton R8 gets muddy When Too Much Sub Bass is Present
Soon someone will chime in and say to try a different power cord. LOL!  
Willsenton R8 gets muddy When Too Much Sub Bass is Present
The R8 output transformers have a lot of hysterisis distortion in the bass frequencies when they have to pass more current at higher volume. The solution is bigger output transformers with higher current rating. Those are much more expensive. You ... 
Altec "Stonehenge III" speakers from 1977 - Any Good?
I have the Stonehenge II's. They certainly aren't worth $2800 - $5000 - that's nuts! I paid a few hundred for the II's. The Altec Stonehenge series are very good rock/jazz speakers. Comparable to JBL.