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Mix RCA With Balanced ??
Balanced cables are useful if you are having noise and hum problems.Other than that,it shouldn't make any difference. 
Radiotechnique 12AU7/ECC82/6189 Sonics
Tubes with long plates tend to be more microphonic which can be good or bad depending on personal taste.Sometimes you can "tune" them just right with O rings or Herbie's tube dampers.If you are interested in reissue tubes at all,JAN Phillips 12au7... 
Best Power Cable for less than $100
Venom or Pangea are both very good. 
We Have Arrived
Got a Crate and Barrel catalog a few days ago that featured a nicely decorated room with a turntable on the shelving unit.But no stereo equipment or speakers.Maybe in the next catalog? 
Cheap tweaks...What would YOU reccomend?
Instead of amp stands between or behind your speakers,try this:Get a length of gray foam pipe insulation,the type that's "pipe shaped" with a slit down the length for placing around a water pipe.Cut it in 3 inch lengths and put under the amp/amps.... 
Coconut Audio $1.5 million power cord
I can't decide between the white dolphins and the hell balls.What a fun website:D 
high power tube amps vs ss
Totally agree with Grannyring.Tube amps have soul and personality that ss can't touch. 
Clear Day cables vs. Morrow Audio Cables
I recently bought Paul's shotgun cables and they are the best by far of any of the dozen or so I have tried.Compared to the Morrows they were very dynamic and open in every frequency.They will smooth out between 50 and 75 hours,so break them in be... 
Audio Kharma website
This thread has been extremely entertaining.Audio geek humor gives us a break from obsessing over our system's flaws. 
Audio Kharma website
Taters,Just having some fun!You are spot on about AK.The newest hot threads are hilarious! 
Audio Kharma website
You already have 60+ hits,I think we can do it ! 
Audio Kharma website
How about a bacon "shoot out" comparing the various brands.When consumed immediately before a listening session,which one enhances the experience? 
It's raining cats and dogs
I know my system is sounding it's best when I play a recording of my son singing and playing guitar and my dogs run around searching for him after checking behind the speakers. 
need a new web site
That is very sexist.How about spousegon. 
Loss of bass & full spectrum sound
Have you thought about the interconnects?There was another thread about a loose connection internally that was discovered by carefully twisting the connector as music played.It's worth a try.