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How long do high quality speakers "last"
I've had my Thors 18 yrs,, no issues, except the foam diaphrams in the Millennium's diintergrtaed,, so replaced,, still my tech guy tested them, and suggested replacing at $300/each,, the speakers were not  is use but 8 of the 18,,and not loud, no... 
Mundorf Spremes vs Spremes EVO OIl vs EVO OIl
Mundorf's aluminum caps will sound different from the Silver Caps, = a  cap is nota  cap,. If you can afford the Supreme  Silver EVO , go for it, If space is a constraint, go for the smaller version, the EVO OIl Silver. In bass sections go Supreme... 
Mundorf Spremes vs Spremes EVO OIl vs EVO OIl
Ok as promised a  new YT vid showing off 1) Mundorf supreme caps/EVO Oil caps2) Seas Thors3) navships silver copper cables runninga s power cords on all 3 units, speaker cables, cables inside speakers, and inter connects. all navships high  tech s... 
Dedicated lines wire choice
Dont really matter 120 is 120, But you will have the outlets exactly where you want them = no power cords running all over the room = nice movehowever you might want to look at my newest power cords, ~~~~~navships silver plated copper 16 gague wit... 
Newproduction power tubes: Reliablity
My problem is right now i have a pair of Sovtek 6922's in the cayin cd player and have muffed the sonics,, This is with my new Seas Thor xovers.. A pair of EH6922's arrive today and will find out just how the new Svet 6550's sound with new xovers,... 
Newproduction power tubes: Reliablity
Tell ya what, Just read some of this review,,, read down,, eh655 vs eh88He prefers the EH88 vs EH6550so tahts what i will do, instead of getting the 6550 EH I'll buy the EH88 vs the Svet 6550.Only 1 set will remain.as i say in this topic, the 6550... 
Newproduction power tubes: Reliablity
Mullards are a bit warmer sounding ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Thats how me and  1 other  audiophile(quote: *I just didn't care for the GL's*, end quote) found the GL 88's. The GL are very popular, but just found the Svets a  superior tube.have not tried the... 
Tubes?
 I'm more of a mid range and low end guy myself ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^I am about to make a  topic on just this subject, ss amps voicing the 3 main frequency ranges vs tubes performance in the 3 frequenct phases.Should get alot of discussion going on.I'... 
Tubes?
As was mentioned several times earlier get a tube preamp with octal tubes like the 6sn7, also a tube rectifier. I put a tube preamp in front of my krell amp and it sounds great, it sounded horrible with the solid state preamps ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^... 
Tubes?
its numbers then SS. If its music then tubes. It really is that simple. ^^^^^^^^^^^^well Richard Gray just insalled my new Millennium tweets and new silver wires from navships,,He suggests the Thrors at 87db are not ideal match for the Jadis De... 
Newproduction power tubes: Reliablity
PSVANE T-II 12A_7 series. ^^^^ I have 2 pairs of Psvane's 12AX7's in boxes, really nice boxes,,, I am willing to dump at any price,,, i'll take 50% of what i paid,,,, good riddance....China, nor russia can make a  good(=read GREAT sounding)  pr... 
Newproduction power tubes: Reliablity
From the Russian side, the GL KT8s are my favorite ^^^^^^^^^^I had that tube, sent it back witha  generous restock fee, vivtubes says *thats the 2 nd matched 12 power tubes sent back in 1 month,,shop elsewhere please...*,,, anyway,, odd that my... 
Newproduction power tubes: Reliablity
As for sonic qualities, the best sounding most organic output tube is the Shuguang Western electric Plus series (WEKT88; same series available in 6CA7. 300B, 845,. etc); This tube family blows everything else into the weeds sonically. ^^^^^^^^... 
CD Player vs. music streaming
Furthermore, at the last show I attended (back in Sep 2019), virtually every exhibitor was using some form of streaming. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^another sign the cd player thing is near dead,Us few remaining old faithful audiophiles must havea  hard ... 
Tube Amplifier with Good Imaging and Soundstage for Tyler Acoustics
Try some Cayin integrated., has to be the Cayin KT88 4 or 8 tube integrateds. Not their smaller amps.