rodman99999

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Looking for a feature-rich 2-channel integrated that can drive 2-ohm loads
This may be of interest: https://www.anthemav.com/products-current/model=str-integrated-amplifier/page=specs It fulfills many of your requirements. Finding one component, that checks all the rest of your boxes, yet handles a two Ohm load(faithfull... 
Does my amp have enough juice to power my speakers?
"finally for those who dig the high SPL world, get hearing tested.... " Or- (almost)NEVER use live music, as a reference.     http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Sound/dba2.html   and   https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmXoypizjW3WknFiJnKLwHCnL72vedxjQ... 
One Amp To ‘Rule’ Them All....
A chameleon amplifier that could morph any system and room combo, into something that pleases every taste/preference, in music/presentation? Imagine all that!  Once someone like Lyngdorf, manages to meld FFT/DSP with EEG, maybe. 
What's the reasoning behind replacing older capacitors?
Should you decide to indulge, HAVE FUN!  Happy listening. 
Big Data, Big Brother
One of these days, it’s virtually assured, DNA will be universally used for ID purposes. I think it’s hilarious, that so many are signing up and actually paying others, to catalog their DNA profiles, family histories and backgrounds, when identity... 
What's the reasoning behind replacing older capacitors?
Anecdote(s): https://www.stereophile.com/content/critical-contribution-coupling-capacitors-amplifier-sound-1 If you’re really interested, regarding the hows and whys, here’s a good resource: https://www.powells.com/book/audio-electronics-the-pooge... 
Spam Prevention
KUDOS(it's getting better)! 
Audio Additives Stylus Force Gauge inconstantcy
@melm- If you owned an AV Designhaus Derenville VPM 2010-1(about $650K) with(say) an Air-Tight Opus 1 or Koetsu Coralstone Platinum($14-15K ea) mounted, you wouldn’t be asking that. Some of, "we"(though: not me) have that kind of scratch, for lab-... 
The Presslift
@bimasta-  Thanks for the repair tip.     
The Presslift
When I become too maladroit to manage manipulating my VPI’s record clamp(without wrecking my recordings) and/or can’t reliably remember to reset my Raiser, it’ll be time to train someone else to spin vinyl for me. In my particular case, acoustic f... 
Vinyl vs high def audio i.e. 24bit / 96 or 192khz
@angelgz2 -  YEP!  Happy listening! 
Small or big tubes/valves for pre amp ?
Just glad I stocked up on all my favorite 6SN7s and early 60’s, grey plate/shield, Siemens CCa’s(the CDP takes six), before they became unobtainium!  Again: Happy listening! 
Small or big tubes/valves for pre amp ?
"...opinions..."   Exactly! 
Vinyl vs high def audio i.e. 24bit / 96 or 192khz
Anything Audio vs Anything Audio & What’s so great? = endless variables & subjectivity/opinions. 
Small or big tubes/valves for pre amp ?
@mulveling-  Mixing tube types in a circuit, to reinforce the positives of each, doesn’t ONLY apply to 6SN7s, but works in most any application.