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Snell CIV woofer?
They have woofers in stock too. Maybe you talked with the wrong person at Snell. 
Snell CIV woofer?
I called Snell yesterday and they still stock original Snell drivers for the Type CIV speaker. 
Pass amps + Power Cords ??
Hello everyone. I personally own Pass Labs equipment and have great success with Bmi Cables power cables. Currently own a Bmi Hammerhead Gold mk4 power cable and using with a Pass Lab 350.5 amp. I have another Bmi Hammerhead gold Mk2 on the Pass L... 
Best Transport under $2500
Look for a used Sony SCD-777ES . Excellent all around CD player but even a greater CD transport weighing in at almost 60 pounds for great isolation and jitter resistance. 
any benefit in a double bi-wire of 8TC?
Talking with Kimber Kable they told me the best sonically sounding version 8TC speaker cable is the internal bi-wire version. They got into technical detail and says the coherent signal path is created equal which perfectly matches the impedence. 
Which is the most tubelike solid state amp around
MCINTOSH MC402 is one of the most tube like ss amps you'll ever hear. By the way it's also one of the best sounding power amps period regardless of price. 
Mcintosh or Classe
Mcintosh 402 is the one of the Best sounding power amplifiers ever designed. Does everything perfect and you will never ever be disappointed. The MC402 is the smoothest sounding power amps I've heard in the past 25 years. Fantastic dynamics and ex... 
Older PURE CLASS-A Amplifiers
Threshold SA/4e is one of the greatest ever pure class A amps. 
Mordaunt Short speakers . Tri-wire vs Single wire
Thank you both for your help. 
Pass Labs XA- ".5" ???
AudioFeil. I am Not Wrong.Read my forum. I said they were about to release the XA-.5 series for Pass Labs. When asked about the XA-160 monos about a price Peter told me it would be about $5K per amp for the upgrade "per amplifier".I said ouch ! Li... 
Pass Labs XA- ".5" ???
Yes. I talked with Peter at Pass Labs today. The XA series is about to release .5 series. So if any XA series owners I would start dumping before you take a major financial hit.To add a .5 on your XA-160 mono block amps will cost you about $5000 p... 
help identify IC's
Sounds like an early Cardas XLR cable. The early Cardas cables use to have silent terminators printed on the shrink.Just stay away from any so called "Gold" interconnects. They produce the worse sound as Jade cables does. Very bright, thinned out,... 
what are some of the best amplifiers
Brucefrederick, Moron for short.Actually I live with my grandparents in the attic and do double shifts at White Castle while listening to my Sanyo 8-track player. Divorced 7 times because find a woman to love my setup up in the attic.Joe 
what are some of the best amplifiers
Forte better than Threshold. OK I have a bridge here to sell you.You talk to Nelson Pass about that one.So a Forte Model 4a is going to outperform a Threshold SA/4e. Or Forte model 7 mono blocks are going to sound better than Threshold SA/1's or S... 
Loud Snapping when turning amp ON and OFF
No Bi0drain,Power amplifier is always "Last to turn on" and "first to turn off". Reason because of the power amp having the most electricity current.Chime in if you agree or disagree.Joe