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jond

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Ever Hear a Tube CD player?
I used to have a Tube Technology Fusion 64 tubed CD player it was totally fantastic I love it. It died one day and replaced it with a tubed Dac now I stream. 
Questions that Never Die
I want to get into streaming but I am too lazy to read the 1500 threads on the exact same issue posted in the last 3 years please help me! 
Bias adjustment for the CARY SLI-80 Integrated Amp
Cary is still going strong why not give them a call or send an email? 
Bass Driver Size - how much better is an extra inch?
I went from two way monitors with a 6" woofer to two way monitors with a 8" woofer. Not only is there more bass but the quality of the bass changed. It seems more tuneful and resonant for lack of a better description.  
Best Amp and Pre-amp with silver transformers and silver wiring
Kondo aka Audio Note Japan.  
My "audiophile" weakness(es)...ie: how the item looks, and you?.
@hilde45  haha awesome I'm sure the hamster loves your lava lamp! 
My "audiophile" weakness(es)...ie: how the item looks, and you?.
I love good industrial design but I find great sound combined with great industrial design costs big dollars usually. So I have what I would call "plain Jane" components that sound great. They were what I could afford and I feel blessed to have th... 
The CJ Premiere 12 was the best vintage tube amplifier ever.
Erik, vintage the c-j 12 is from the 90s are we calling 90s amps vintage now?If we are then ever means ever so you're now covering all eras, classic Marantz, esoteric stuff from the 90s like Kondo and Wavac, classic McIntosh, I mean the list goes ... 
Newbie, need advice.
You are right no output voltage specs at all I checked the specs on the website and reviews no dice. However if you have the Benchmark and Luxman there on hand can't you just try it and see how it sounds? 
Tung Sol KT 170
Dear lord its like the receiver wars of the 70s more and more power. 
Building Tube Amplifier Kits in Bloomberg Business Week 10/26 issue.
JFC MillerCarbon give it a rest already no one cares about your politics or wants them polluting every single thread.And very cool that Bloomberg did that piece lots of interest in kits these days and pursuits like listening to music, One nice sid... 
Negotiate good price
This strikes me as trolling the OP signed up here today and posted on the systems page a boombox. The system post was amusing in isolation but combined with this post seems like he's just here to troll. 
High end stereo preamp vs mc preamp?
The answer is no there is no multi-channel HT preamp that's going to sound as good as a stereo preamp. You could get a really good stereo preamp with a HT bypass and do multi-channel that way giving you the best of both worlds. 
So, I just played this song, and..........
Great song indeed and great band! 
Please identify these NOS 6550s
Obviously one of those tubes is a GE that's the brand. I am not sure on the other tube. If you're trying to assemble a matched quad you need to get them tested and see how closely their parameters match.