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Capacitor
@charles1dad What annoys me is this thread is (was) a good thread to reference and very useful to me. Now it is ruined by these garbage posts that I need to skip over to find the sensible posts. He ruins it for everybody else.  
Capacitor
When a person dies, he feels no pain. All the pain is felt by the people in the deceased persons sphere; the people who interacted with the deceased and are now left behind. The deceased is blissfully unaware of the pain his passing causes. The ar... 
BEST HARMLESS/SIGNATURELESS SPEAKERS CAPACITORS.
Lewis Carrol has nothing on this guy … 
Electrolytic capacitor replacement
Jeez, the Clarity caps aren't really small are they? Wow.  
Unplug or ride out the storm?
Ah yes, lightning is worse today than it was in the past {roll eyes}I'm unplugged always as I run off batteries. While I was plugged in I had surge protection and never bothered to unplug. I cannot say if my surge protection would have been suffic... 
Psychological audio, proceed slowly
Verbal diarrhea ... 
FUSES, Finally!?
+1 @allears4u Same here. I just installed a QSA blue. I’m quite surprised by the improvement in sound.  
The Importance of the Digital Cable
I'm totally ignorant as to why they make a difference and am not going to pretend otherwise, but I do know they make a difference as I have heard it with my own ears.And it's not restricted to Coax and Toslink. I have heard differences in USB cabl... 
thought on eBay?
eBay is as good or bad as any other online market. Do your homework and when something is to good to be true, it isn’t. It’s the only place I buy tubes.EDIT : I buy only from USA sellers.  
best snack for listening?
I prefer listening on an empty stomach. It seems to sharpen my senses a little. I’ll normally have some sparkling water.  
"I have the best system in the world!" An Audiophile's Journey
+1 @mkgus  
Electrolytic capacitor replacement
@grannyring Why not Clarity CSA?I wasn’t aware of the Clarity caps.Honestly, after posting I saw VH makes both a 47uF ODAM and 47uF OIMP, so I had been thinking of going for one or the other. The Clarity is about half the price of the VH audio cap... 
Electrolytic capacitor replacement
@grannyring I’ve taken a peek inside my 2A3 monos, and over there I have all the space in the world for cathode bypass caps. I was wondering if you have tried Solen PB caps for cathode bypass? I’m thinking they’re film, which beats an electrolytic... 
"I have the best system in the world!" An Audiophile's Journey
" My guess is that Part II will be this fellow’s "golden ears" validation of more Flat Earth science! Like there isn’t enough of this already on here!"As if you are in any way, shape or form qualified to critique the guy. SMHGet over yourself "gen... 
Critical listening and altered states
"Drugs, gamblin’, sex, traveling, anything that is a problem in someone else’s life, is a problem in everyone’s life.. EXCEPT the person in denial.."All that weed is clouding your sense of reality old boy.