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Interconnects: solid or hollow core wire?
I'd like to hear from the electrons themselves, please, about whether they like a good bubble bath or not. 
Interconnects: solid or hollow core wire?
Hmmm, I thought Supra used hollow core wire but they just confirmed that the wires are wrapped around an hollow tube of PE. Their literature is vague about it. It seems to suggest they use hollow wire... a new one on me, too, hence the question! 
Interconnects: solid or hollow core wire?
Z, And are your s-c cables thick or thin gauge? 
Interconnects: solid or hollow core wire?
Z, Which brand solid core? Compared to what else? How is it different from everything else you've tried? 
Speakers free of grain, glare and steel?
20 hours and still opening up, but land o'goshen, these are some special disappearing trumpets! (And the ugliest speaker grilles on the planet.) 
Speakers free of grain, glare and steel?
Just got my Merlin TSM-MMIs. Nicely balanced and highly highly resolving. They're not broken in yet but I can see why they would love the fat bottle. More later. 
Tube rolling in the Cary SLI-80 Signature
It appears the Sylvania Bad Boys are most peoples choice for a 6SN7 in this amp! 
Your experience with Cardas SE9 as speaker cable?
Anybody? Anybody? Nobody out there using Cardas SE9 wire as speaker cable? Amazing! 
Tube rolling in the Cary SLI-80 Signature
Thanks for the input. How does one identify a "bad boy"? 
Merlin TSM comparisons
Golden Presence is ~$2,000 for 3 meters. No way in the world am I going to spend 2K for speaker cable. OK, if I did, that would leave me maybe 1K for an amplifier. Does that make sense!? 
Merlin TSM comparisons
Bobby, My bottom line is if I can move some money out of cabling and into better electronics, like the Filarmonia, I'll get closer to where I wanna be... on the theory that electronics takes priority. 
Merlin TSM comparisons
Bobby, No, not trying to redesign the wheel; I'm gathering information, information from users, not sellers. And, again, I'm not interested in price comparisons, only sonic comparisons... The choices in audio are huge and, absent ready-at-hand, I'... 
Merlin TSM comparisons
Would anyone care to comment on Goertz MI2 or MI3, JPS Superconductor or Acoustic Zen Hologram speaker cables with Merlin TSMs? 
Merlin TSM comparisons
The Cardas Clear and Supra Swords are decidedly not in a similar price range -- Clear are 4x the cost! But I was asking how sonically the Swords compare to the 6s, cost not relevant for the sake of discussion. 
Merlin TSM comparisons
How do the Supra Sword speaker cables compare to the Classic 6?