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Preamp Deal of the Century
Hello,Just to chime in on the hum issue, my Cabernet hardly makes any noise at all at my listening level. Unless cranked up to a very high level, there's hardly any hum at all. I run all stock tubes except for two Ken-rad black 6sn7.A question abo... 
You might be an audiophile if...
...you stop inviting friends and relatives over for fear of them questioning you sanity, once they saw what you've done to the living room....you swear you can hear the difference between an object 1/4 once vs 1/2 once placed on top of your compon... 
Anyone tried new VH Audio Air Sine Cable?
I have tried several of Chris' cables and have found them to be exceptional value for the money. Out of curiosity, has anyone compared the Airsine to the Elrod statement or Electraglide Epiphany? 
Preamp Deal of the Century
Hello,My remote control isn't working. Mick says the volume pot needs to be centered. Can someone go into details as to how I would do this? I've opened up the preamp but having no luck centering the volume pot. Thanks. 
Preamp Deal of the Century
Slowhand, the tubes have quiet down a lot since the first night. The noise was probably also in part due to the regulator tube not being seated properly. The norm setting with volume all the way up now seems to work for me too, thanks.The soundsta... 
Preamp Deal of the Century
I received my Cabernet yesterday. Even in the first two hours, I couldn't help but grinned and thought how wonderful this preamp is. I will reserve from going into details, but simply put it brings life to the music and exceeds all my expectations... 
Good Quality Led Zepplin CD's do they even exist?
I have seen some mini-lp style cds that were imported from Canada? Can anyone shed some light on this? 
Music you didn't like at first... but now?
My Bloody Valentine, especially their Loveless album. This album was a headache and somewhat annoying at first, but slowly over time became a "classic" and yielded hours of sonic bliss. 
Best Tweak???
Another vote for the Neuance shelves. They work wonders especially under power conditioners. Another tweak would be to separate all your cables and lift your speaker cables off the ground. 
Blind Power Cord Test & results
I've tried various pc in the past and most do change the sound one way or another. A/B doesn't work for me, it usually requires atleast 3-4 days for the differences to by fully noticeable. I have just in the past month went through three different... 
A "Unique" Voice...
Nina Simone, the best woman-man's voice, and Chet Baker (sans teeth). Definitely an acquired taste. 
Powercord to tame brightness and add musicality
Nickt,If it hasn't already been done, I would definitely look into room treatment first. In my system, most of the brightness were gone after a couple of diy projects. The remaining flutter echo was taken care of by some well placed objects along ... 
Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better?
Audio_girl, that was a joke? Sounds more like a cheap shot. Not a very gouda one, I might add.  
What's Going On?? Sound changes every night
Sorry to chime in late, been busy with work. I used to think there was something wrong with my hearing, or mood swings, and came to think of my system as unreliable and inconsistent. The BPT plc works really well, and completely alleviates this pr... 
Who's got the best user name?
Nice, Albert. Where were you when I was enrolled in exploratory writing classes?