pat5jfet

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Best "Bang for the Buck" you have owned?
AVA super PAS from a kit.  I paid $20.00 for the stock PAS at a pawn shop (Brass Faceplate) in 1987.  The kit was under $200...traded it to Frank for something “higher end” In the mid 1990z.  
Tube Preamp with Solid State Amp?
Have been mixing SS and tube for some time but the tube preamp and solid state amp is the least hassle. Tube power with all that heat, run away tubes, and bias adjustments is high maintenance.  I do it (run tube power) in the winter but more heat ... 
Why so few speakers with Passive Radiators?
In the late 1970s (1977) I had a pair of Koss passive radiator loudspeakers.  The radiator (thick plastic passive cone) had a weight one could add to further dampen the radiator.  I drove them with a Dynaco St-150.  They had the fastest bass attac...