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2 Questions on tube replacement
@yogiboy covered the important points just be careful with the lower gain 5751's -- don't mix them with standard gain 12ax7's, or you may get weird imbalances in the circuitry btw, i have many many nice old stock 12ax7's collected over the decad... 
Klipsch RP-600M II
i have these lil klipsches in a bedroom in our country home they are ok for casual listening, they can get raspy when pushed but certainly have a lively sound, and are efficient, so one can use a smallish amp  
Why Don’t You Post Your System on Your Profile?
@nonoise with respect, i would remind you (and all of us) that trolls, like the ones on this thread, live off the oxygen that others give them i know it is hard to not do tit for tat with these sad, unconstructive folk, but i do think it is bes... 
Why Don’t You Post Your System on Your Profile?
i am glad the mods have done some clean up on aisle 3 thank u tammy and team  
Where to insert tubes while running a Luxman SS integrated
i do agree that if the intent is change speakers from kef to tannoy then i would hold off on any upstream changes until the new speakers are in house, then evaluate all upstream gear to make the speakers work properly in the listening room  
AGD Audion GaN Class D In The House
For all you AGD Audion mkII owners out there, what power cords have you found that get the best out of the monoblocks? The included pair is decent, but I think they can be bettered, so looking for real tried and true suggestions. 😉 i tried vari... 
Chord Qutest——>No difference
What can I tell you, I didn’t hear the difference, and any improvement I hear now may be a function of loudness. My wife says the sound is bigger and fills the room. I agree, whatever the cause. no worries, don't sweat it, just enjoy the music  
The most dynamic speaker you've heard...
revived thread from 2012... wow!    
Where to insert tubes while running a Luxman SS integrated
@yogiboy 's comment is salient in that it raises the question of which source might be prioritized... turntable and digital front ends... each leg can be injected with some tube goodness and magic... or it can be done at the linestage (the juncti... 
Pre-amp with solid state/passive AND tube modes (Like Schiit Freya+)
op congrats on the arc linestage - an excellent choice! get a fresh set of tubes and forget about tube wear worry less and just enjoy!!!   
Where to insert tubes while running a Luxman SS integrated
i understand the need now... luxman solid state into kef r3 will take no prisoners with poorly recorded music -- treble lives close to the bleeding edge try to find one of these units on the used sites (the links are to already sold listings), th... 
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@vonhelmholtz , you got it going man! +1 lovely system overall, and, i might add, great taste in record players 🤣  (see mine lol!) love the paintings too! 👍 well done!!!    
External DAC?
@moose89 i think the fw j2 will allow you to hear differences in sound among dacs (ares vs node etc) than the cary, which will tend to homogenize the delta and promote it’s own sonic nature regarding dac upgrades, over the longer term, i think ... 
Where to insert tubes while running a Luxman SS integrated
Hard to say without knowing the rest of your system. this...    
Returning to audiophilism after 20 years: a little guidance would be nice :-)
pieter i will join the chorus of voices welcoming you back to this lovely passion of musical enjoyment also i will add a word of thanks for your posting here to start this lovely discussion, which, thankfully, has stayed remarkably free of the d...