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| How many "tube" watts do Maggie 3.5's or 6's need? Do a search on Planar Asylum and you will find more info on this then you will ever need. Good luck with those big'ol toooob watts! | |
| Why does my new tube amp and preamp sound so bad? Yeah, sure they really do burn-in and then go straight on through to burnout. What I am saying to the original poster is that if the components are functioning properly electrically speaking, maybe that is the way they do sound like and maybe they... | |
| Why does my new tube amp and preamp sound so bad? Maybe you simply don't like the sound? If everything checks out ok technically speaking, grin and bear it and then the break-in period will be over and you will learn to love it. Oh, the only break-in period I believe in is the one where the liste... | |
| "Giant Killer" The things legends are made of. If you can find replacement parts, most will, indeed, live forever! | |
| Another sign SACD is dying I am amazed! The next thing you will tell us is that Best Buy does not sell tube equipment! Best Buy is to high fidelity what Eastside Mario's is to fine Italian food. | |
| Storing my Speakers Put'em on blocks in your garage.. oh sorry speakers! No idea... | |
| Blues "must have, top 100" list? Maybe the powers that be will post this:From the top of my head:Zuzu Bollin, "Texas Bluesman"Muddy Waters, "Hard Again"Robert Nighthawk, "Live on Maxwell Street"Howlin Wolf, "His Best", on ChessSonny Boy Williamson" His Best", on ChessThe list goe... | |
| I had a spider crawl in my preamp A Problem? Actually it enhances the moosicality. Only computers are harmed by bugs. Good day! | |
| Just got home from a Dylan concert Saw him a short while back and I truly must say it was a pathetic performance. It's though when one of your idols is found to have feet of clay. Well maybe there was nothing wrong with his feet, but his singing was, even by his own standards, gawd... | |
| Shipping to out of USA - what's involved? Shipping to Canada by mail is quite easy and only requires a simple declaration as to the contents, its value and where it was manufactured. It gets just a bit trickier using UPS or FedEx since they do add an appreciable brokerage fee and, apparen... | |
| Why are audiophiles perceived as being wackos? Wine is wine. A car is a car.A boat is a boat.A watch is a watch.Coins are, well you know, coins.High fidelity is an ersatz. Do you know of any collector working hard on the ultimate artificial vanilla extract collection?Hi-fi is not the real thin... | |
| Why are audiophiles perceived as being wackos? Because they are. | |
| Phonostage Burn-in to keep unit sharp Most definitely, burn-in and re-burn-in are very important and all components, more so phono stages, need to relearn how to be musical: think about it, a musician has to practice every day to maintain his chops, same thing for a high-end component... | |
| Does anyone do good protest music anymore? There is nothing to protest anymore now that the GOP has the whole US of A in its arms and that the US of A has the whole world in its arms. Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!Just for his way of looking at the world and singing about it I th... | |
| Room Issues Sweet talk wife in order to keep it in the large room (I understand you are not moving but just want to change rooms in the house)and add some sound absorbent material to the walls (tapestries or oriental rugs come to mind. Bottom line: avoid a sm... |