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45 tubes for Yamamoto A-08s
Hey chakster, I got some EML from Jac van de walle in Germany, he has pretty good stocks of tubes, even Russians, and he is very knowledgeable, the 45 is allegedly the best tube ever made for music, I am trying to get some NOS too, will let you kn... 
Atma-sphere MP-3 Mk III vs Alnic L-10000 OTL linestage + Allnic phono aotl
I had an atmasphere mp-3 over a year and then upgraded to an mp-1, For the money it is hard to find something better than an mp-3 for both analog and linestage, excellent preamp, the phono stage if you have RF around your place or EMI sources and ... 
16 ohm speakers: any amp sounds better with more resolution. speaker cables less critical.
So I heard Raul and I don't disagree. Practically for a speaker you will need quite a few Vishays per channel which will make it more expensive and more bulkier to install but yeah if you have the money Vishays are supposed to be great and Mills g... 
16 ohm speakers: any amp sounds better with more resolution. speaker cables less critical.
If you want to add a single resistor to replace the L pad and adjust brilliance (like Lew suggested) Mills are great, those are the ones I use on my speaker and are very transparent, 12W BTW 28 ohms in my case. Edit: in your case of course you mig... 
16 ohm speakers: any amp sounds better with more resolution. speaker cables less critical.
and used cable with plenty of conductor to do the job. @atmasphere by plenty you mean AWG correct?  
Acoustic Sounds Series
@alexberger I hear you about the classic brother, is D2D too much to ask? @knollbrent will look intothe QRP thanksListening to digital today, jazz at the pawnshop 24 bit My digital is very good and silent, I am hearing the waiters gathering glasse... 
16 ohm speakers: any amp sounds better with more resolution. speaker cables less critical.
I didn't remember you had Sound labs Lew, wow, that is something I would love to listen to, my speakers made by Duke are very good but he is / was a Sound labs dealer dealer some eons ago and he still praises the sound  
16 ohm speakers: any amp sounds better with more resolution. speaker cables less critical.
For the OP, if you have some small stand mounts Elacs B6 or such, attach these in parallel with your mains and let us know what happens to resolution of the mains, I have done it with both tubes and SS and in both cases lowers resolution and incre... 
16 ohm speakers: any amp sounds better with more resolution. speaker cables less critical.
+1 @atmasphere and@lewm Impedance matters on the load presented to the Amp, as Lew said there is no free lunch, the autorformers yes work if you have the problem but it is best to avoid it.As @charles1dad explained and he is very fond of low power... 
Life After Technics SL1200 Mk5
What @chakster said 
Aftermarket umbilical cords
@highstream did you ever got to upgrade the umbilicals? Chardonnay has 2 or 1? 
Fidelity Research FR64s Headshell dilemma
I was obviously not familiar with the underhung tonearm concept (being a noob with vinyl related topics, not like most of you anyway) but Lew's post it is very interesting conceptually and to me especially with the description of forces (which aga... 
Great Experience with Feickert Protractor
The Feickert on flea bay listed for almost half the price from China is a knockoff right? 
Great Experience with Feickert Protractor
Correction when I mentioned Lofgren before I meant Baerwald