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Isolation Feet for Laptop
Well a few things to try if you want before you spend any money. First get three dice and put them under the laptop. Two in front one in back might work better the other way as the extra weight is likely on the back. Second get your maple cutting ... 
Any tubes currently manufactured in the US, Japan or Germany?
http://crasno.ca/articles/vacuumtubemans.htm  
Let me end the Premp/Amplifier sound debate ...
I am always jealous of those that cannot hear differences in amps cd players,preamps cabling, fuses turn tables stands etc you name it. Over the years It has cost me lots of dollars because I can. If I was fortunate enough not to be able to hear a... 
Bi-amping
I biamped a set of Maggie 3.3 speakers with a pair of moon W3 amps and a Bryston 10 b active crossover. The Sence of space and being there was impressive for sure. The Sence of ease that you get with a huge amp was there as well. It also had the s... 
Bi-amping
I did a tube biamping on a set of Maggie 3.3 removed the external part of the cross over and used a Bryston 10b. With two 120 watt solid state amps it had that Sence of ease you get with a huge amo but still had the speed of the small Amps. It cos... 
I need help regarding tube phono preamplifiers
+1 on the audio research reference phono stage. I have not heard any of the ones you are considering but by the sound of they thread they are all top end ones. I have personal experience with both a Krell KPS and an audio research reference phono ... 
Need speaker recommendations.
Go listen to a set of neat speakers  
Has your system evolved in the past 10 years?
Well ten years ago I had actively biamped Maggie 3.3 with moon W3 amps Theda transport and DAC. Krell KPa phono stage an argon aurum pre amp and Linn lp12. Lashed up with transparent wire. Same lp12 now an audio research phono stage. Sonic frontie... 
Are Your Ears Good? Simple Test For Your Ears
There is another easy way. Can you tell your wife word for word what she said to you an hour ago? LoL  
Need speaker recommendations.
Yes the finish is awe inspiring. Glad that you like them as well. They were a fantasy speaker of mine after I heard them on sim audio moon W3 amps. Finally got a pair of 25s set them up on mark Levinson 33h amps they were ok but never like I remem... 
Need speaker recommendations.
You might also want to listen to a pair of neat speakers I have a couple sets of. A home theater they are much better than my home theater system. I have the motive line the big ones out front and the small ones in the rear. The big ones are about... 
Need speaker recommendations.
The bid thing with equation speakers in a they are no longer produced so don't pay much if you find a pair. They were not good on my mark Levinson 33h just not enough load for the amp. They are beautiful on tubes. They were beautiful on the moon w... 
Need speaker recommendations.
This is the size smaller I listened to them back in the day I thought these were no e I liked the 25 s better these were 7000 Canadian the 25 were 10000.canadian     https://www.canuckaudiomart.com/details/209769-equation_7_speakers_towers/ ... 
Need speaker recommendations.
Well  I am quite different than the above poster but I think the difference is that I like harbeth speakers but I have a high power solid state amp.on them. A mark Levinson 33h. Harbeth s like lots of power. So I also have a pair of slh5 speakers.... 
Dunlavy SC IV Speaker- Any Good???
Personally I really wanted .pair and had the cash in my pocket I was about to buy them and my friend told me to follow him into another room and there was a set of Rogers ls3/5a playing he looked at me and said what do you the no of the dunlavys.n...