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Anyone using a Little Dot I or Little Dot II?
I bought a Little Dot II a year ago and the mini input socket went bad In one week.. tried to make contact with e-bay seller and he never returned e-mail. So it's been setting on a shelf ever since with me unable to fix it..Beware.. 
Anyone here using vintage speakers?
I still have a pair of ESS Heil speaker that I bought back in 1971 still sound wonderful.. 
Sharing tube experiences with Cayin TA30/PrimaLuna
I talked to paul and he told me that 12AX7 sockets can be change to 12AT7 or 12AU7 the two 12AU7 Sockets should always stay 12AU7's. You can useEL-34 Biased to 35. KT-88, KT 90. 6550 Biased to 40-45 
Adcom monster amps
I have a Adcom 5802 and with it's 300 watts into 8 ohms does a great job for me with a modwright 9.0 Se preamp and a set of Salk HT3 speakers. 
Cayin TA30 -- Anyone Ever Run in SE Triode?
Dmanson,I have run my TA 30 in pentode mode which sounds quite good. You have to remove two tubes and adjust the bias to 700. I do for a fact know that you can use a KT88 with a bias adjustment to 400. I'm not sure about any of the other tubes men... 
GFP-750 - blue v. red circuit boards
I also have a GFP 750 and my results are the same as Elizabeth.. I looked throught the top vent holes in my unit and the board is Blue. 
CIA D200's Vs. Odyssey Stratos Extreme Monos ?
Why can't you elaborate at this time you have left us in a quantry. 
ESS speakers synergise with valves?
I have an old pair of ESS speakers that I have had since 1971 I re did the surround on the woofer a few years ago and they are still playing every day. These speakers really sound good whith a Bottlehead foreplay tube pre amp and a solid state amp. 
Compare: Salk Sound, Silverline, Tyler, Zu
Aktchi,I have the Salk Veracity HT'3 speakers and love them. I can't comment on the Linbrook but the ribbin tweeters in the Salk HT3 and fantastic. If you want futher information on the QW from salk follow this link http://www.salksound.com/VQW.html 
REVIEW: Salk Sound Veracity HT3
I have the Salk Veracitys HT3's and I just love them. I have had them for about 6 Mo. now and they just seem to sound better each day. 
Prologue 2 Integrated Work Well With Axiom M80Tis?
Leroyc33,I have a Cayin TA 30 tube amp. that is 35 watts it looks almost identical to the primaluna amps.in fact I think that the only difference basically is that you have to Bias the Cayin by hand and the primaluna has a auto biasing. The Cayin ... 
Salk HT3 vs VAS VR4jr
I have the HT3 Salk Signature Veracity and just love them They do sound real good with both a 35 watt tube amp and a 300 watt power amp with pre amp. I can't comment on the jr's. 
Carver Vs. Adcom
I have a adcom GFA 5802 300 Watt Power Amp. a GPF 750 Pre Amp. Running a pair of SAlk HT3 Veracity's and they are a match made for each other. 
m & k subs ?
Flognam,I have a M&K MX 100 that I bought probaly 15 years ago that the amp went out on and I called M&K to see if they had a replacement amp. they told me to take off the amp and ship it to them and they would check it out. A week later t... 
ESS speakers "Translinear" Transstatic
I have a pair of Ess speakers that I purchased back in 1972, I still play them everyday. I had to redo the rounds on the woofer but a side from that they sound as good as ever