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joule electra vs. atma-sphere any input?
Can't go wrong with either Atmasphere or Joule. I'd saythat the Joules are a slight bit more rich in the midrange, the Atmas are a little faster and have slightly more extension on top. That is not to say the Atmaspheres are lean. It is very apple... 
Newbie needs advice choosing and biasing new tubes
I have seen bias pots work backwards on a half dozen occasions. If you have no idea where it will be (as in with a new set of tubes), start in the middle and upon turn on, quickly(!) make sure the bias won't run up too high. Then set again as outl... 
Newbie needs advice choosing and biasing new tubes
Congrats on your new purchase and venture into tubeland.I prefer the Winged-C KT-88 Svets, and would stick with them. The two types (6550 and KT-88) are usually interchangable (you want to check with the manufacturer first before spending the doug... 
The passing of Marianne Barber of Joule Electra
That is very sad. Jud literally beamed when talking about Marianne, that is very special and rare to find in a relationship. It also points to the fact that she was special as well.Our thoughts are with you Jud. 
vinyl storage?????
until you check out www.boltz.comI got a 3 shelf LP rack and a 1200 CD rack. Extremely goodshelves,a bit expensive but no more than musicdirect, etc.A bit more, but really bulletproof. I've had enough shelf units eventually start to bow from weigh... 
Floor standers or Monitors?
No reviews, however a regular search turned up a few sitesselling them with some descriptions. www.gamutaudio.com/products yields some more stuff. Reviews I've found are not in english.A friend who lives too far away for me to have heard hisactual... 
Floor standers or Monitors?
I'd offer up the best monitor I've heard as you were looking for monitor vs. FS solutions.The Gamut L3 "mini" monitor is fantastic and reaches thefrequencies you specify quite convincingly. I heard themat last years RMAF and feel they're the best ... 
AVALON OWNERS...
Any spike protector discs will work as long as you keep thespeaker height similar to for the downward firing port. Different cones will have slight sonic differences, butrelative to cost those differences are rather small.If cost is less of an obj...