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6550 Tube Blew - A Few Questions
Blown bias resistor would prevent tube or pair of tubes(for push-pull amp) to turn on. 
6550 Tube Blew - A Few Questions
Did you ID the bias resistor as mentioned above?I believe that you have 2 tubes per channel and bias resistor is shared between two tubes. It's realy not hard to ID low-resistance resistor and test it for open circuit. 
Amplifier distortion help please
Speaker is the load to your amp and speaker components tend to go old especially the voice coil, looses flexibility, expands so much that it's in friction with magnet just like joints that may catch later on arthritis. Depending on stress it may o... 
500 Greatest Albums of all Times
Not too many cuz don't give a single snap at all weather the album is included there or not. Their criteria and mine on judging the top album more likely completely opposite.Didn't find any word about Zappa there WTF? Count me out. 
The finest Cable Elevators you ever auditioned?
Actually I've recently discovered that some digested substances may increase audible frequency range. I'm planning to launch production of such vials that will be FDA approved and purchased with no RX. There are different formulas for different st... 
1988 Sound Labs electrostatic model A3 pair
It could vary depending on location, but I guess somewhere in low hundreds if in good condition. 
Amplifier distortion help please
Counting backwards Speaker -> speaker wire -> amp -> interconnect wire -> preamp if any -> interconnect wire -> source.Check each interconnect and speaker wire for solid termination first. What termination you're using on your sp... 
The finest Cable Elevators you ever auditioned?
Wow never knew about it. Can you post some links for info? 
Learned a valuable lesson about ambient noise
...and certainly closed back headphones. 
Learned a valuable lesson about ambient noise
I guess that Heaven has minimal ambient noise 
matching amps input voltage to source output volta
Bring your player as high as possible and your amp's input sensitivity as low as possible without eve going to the details for direct to amp setup. 
Experiences w/ Lampizator level 2?
"makes you want to stop trying to evaluate the sound and just listen to the music"Is it substance to digest?I have probably larger list of such: One would want you just to listen 5...6 hours straight non-stop. Even if you have things to do such a... 
Opinions on Magnepans sales/marketing approach to
Bryon I believe that boy's dreams should go away after 18 I guess. 
Tivo Dumb.
Thought of Tivo being able to work instead of cable box and decode HD channels with no subscription just like a regular cable box that you don't have to pay a rent of $9/mo for, but only paying for cable card $2 and that's precisely what I've aske... 
Tivo Dumb.
I don't care about DVR at all at any time. What Tivo states that you can't decode HD channels with no subscription or activation 'n that's what everybody spell at Tivo community.