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Please help: Speaker wire ?
Tara labs wire is fairly warm and detailed. I have a very live room with glass and hardwood. The kimbers were too bright the Tara Lab Prime helped tame the sound. The JM labs tweeter is very detailed with excellent dispersion-this could be reveali... 
Tube Dampers - what's the story?
Tube dampers are a subjective thing. I used to think they really made a positive difference and then pulled them off and listened-everything bloomed and became dynamic. I think each piece of equipment needs to be reviewed with and without dampers:... 
Does silver speaker wire sound bright?
Stranded silver sounds more etched in my system, yet extremely detailed. Solid silver seems smooth sweet & more accurate in timbre. It depends on the brightness of the rest of your system and the listening room. I sometimes switch from strande... 
Whats the best and quietest 12AX7 tube
I like old Telefunkens with the diamond bottom. The Tesla or EI (basically new telefunken flat plates-factory was blown up by Nato last year) are nice too, for new tubes. In my opinion the Sovteks are dark, too high in gain and boring. The telefun...