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Audio Research and Acme Audio Labs fuse
https://audioresearch.com/contact/please do tell us how it goes !!! 
Help! I Need An Amp Purchase Option Other Than PayPal
i have a well built bridge to nowhere...  🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ 
Why so many tubes?
@jpwarren58 Not a troll thread at all. Seems like a complicated way to reproduce music.please enlighten us, what would be a simpler way?So some of tubes are the same as the power transformers?https://splice.com/blog/vacuum-tubes-in-music/https://w... 
Krell K-300i (with its optional DAC) vs. McIntosh MA7200 (with DA1) vs. ? (including DAC)
opI won’t comment on the new Krell integrated, it might well be a very fine piece. Krells of the day had high variability in sound quality, despite always being built like tanks.I heartily recommend the Hegel H390 or 590. No phono stage on board t... 
My Experience With Tekton
well guys c’mon, whats the problem?the mona lisa is just a piece of parchment with some oil stains on itsurprised it might be worth more than wheelbarrow full of dead leaves... sheesh...it is THE jason bourne schooling us here.... 
How hot is too hot?
Turn it off when not listening, solid state warms up very quickly. I get home and fire up the stereo and it's ready for listening within 15 minutes.wise advice imoor use the standby mode if the unit has one 
Which Harbeths?
@yogiboy and @arafiq are good heads, well known participants, credible contributors herei would just say here, that my experience is opposite from theirs, i prefer the compact 7 to the mon 30... it’s possible i hadn’t set up the mon 30s in their i... 
My Experience With Tekton
@ghasley well said, agree completely@three_easy_payments you’ve been around long enough to know that there is value in this forum, if not in this threadlike going through the daily mail delivery... lotsa junk, some treasures in there too, worth ch... 
Why so many tubes?
if the op is seriously asking the question, the answer is quite different from preamps and power ampseach has reasons, different reasons, to use few vs multiple tubes  
Vintage speaker suggestions
even with older speakers, it is important to specify what kind of sonic presentation on prefers from a chosen pair of speakers, and the kind of music one listens to 
Step by Step How to Use a Digital Multimeter / Oscilloscope for Azimuth Adjustments
https://store.acousticsounds.com/d/65758/Musical_Surroundings-The_Fozgometer_Azimuth_Range_Meter-Tur.... 
How long do good speakers last?
depends on the speaker and their construction, most last quite a long time if not damagedas the poster above mentioned, worse come to worse, mids and woofers may need surrounds to be redone 
Which Harbeths?
opsome further points to you1. what you are hearing is real, but i think perhaps for a different reason than you are surmising... apparent midrange clarity is sometimes reduced when a speaker has a warmer more forward midbass response - your littl... 
DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend
i agree w scottchord hugo tt2 needs accompanying m scaler for it to be completely grain and glare free 
Class A into Class AB
@larry5729 maybe arcam has made some sweet sounding amps in their history, but after owning 3-4 arcams over the years, for various purposes, i have yet to experience one