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6922 recommendations for ARC PH7
the key to understanding tube production and sales is to understand that there were unavoidable and significant variances in how the innards of any tube (but especially a small signal tube) were assembled, thus affecting their performance ... (of ... 
Class D amps that are superior to all or most?
ej sarmento at wyred 4 sound was an early mover in employing ice modules in his st series amp, with his nice discrete input stage driving the modules... his amps are as described below... laid back (even a little too smooth) with excellent bassexc... 
Tekton versus Klipsch
just like animal house food flight... 
Selling my hubby's estate--B&W 805 D3: Speakers or Loudspeakers??
@nosualc very nice of you to come here and say this  
Class D amps that are superior to all or most?
i have not pursued sampling all purported good class d amps, by a long shotbest i have heard in my system is devialet, which is some sort of hybrid 
Another Node2i Question
mine works fine on wifii have ok, not great wifi speeds from the provideri use a mesh system to get good coveragea separate issue is competing devices within the house on wifi all asking for bandwidth - e.g. teens streaming videos, spouse on zoom ... 
6922 recommendations for ARC PH7
the ’sq’ designation on old stock philips/amperex tubes was a labelling signifying highly screened tubes, with linear, strong gain and quietness of operation -- sq stands for ’special quality’, thus sold as premium tubesit is NOT a location of man... 
Why is science just a starting point and not an end point?
in case you haven’t noticed, science fails to fully explain many important things in life, in the universe - man is smart, but there is still a very long ways to go to explain everything that we desire to understand 
Half speed masters. Are they worth the extra scratch?
hilariouswhy does mark knofler’s voice sound so deep honey??? 
Pure analog system with high power
@adversam willsenton is made in china too ... why would you consider? otoh - odyssey is ’made’ in indiana, usa but using china made components, casing, wiring, transformer, is that better?best wishes on your search, hope you find what pleases you.... 
Bookshelf speakers for small room
harbeth p3’s work great nearfield, and at modest volumes, as do the larger modelsalso consider smaller proacs, classic spendors, and fritzesgood luck 
Does a Tube Dac make sense?
@pauly corollary......life is short... don’t waste time arguing with nameless strangers you couldn't care less about on the internet who have nothing better to do... 👌 
Why Do So Many Audiophiles Reject Blind Testing Of Audio Components?
five pages of meandering postsin my view, the simple and honest answer to the op’s titled question is 1, it takes alot of effort (and involvement of more than one person) to run a proper blind test2. many don’t want to know the real answers that s... 
This is very timely...
lyric was its own enemy, they deserve what they gotgood shops in good areas with wealth that respect customers still do fine, as tough as conditions have beencovid has certainly given the industry a revival of sorts, which is good for all of us wh... 
Magicos!
the knock on the original spendor d7 and d9 designed and voiced by terry miles was that the excitable, edgy treble got in the way of the overall quality/balance/goodness of the speaker, especially with solid state amplification ...  the improvemen...