rodman99999

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Audio tube testing
Try calling your friendly, local, pro-music/guitar amplifier repair shop. Most SHOULD have a tube tester handy.   It's prudent to ask, when their's was last calibrated. 
Not enough power what does it sound like?
Assuming you're referring to a system with a SS amplifier:  Slowly increase your listening volume and focus your attention on the middle(especially vocals) and higher frequencies.  They will start to sound distorted and very irritating(clipped off... 
High pass filter need
To block highs from your main amp, at a specific chosen frequency, you have to know the amp’s input impedance, and choose the correct value of capacitor, to install in series with the input signal. The old Dahlquist DQ-LP1 passive/active crossover... 
Which magnepan
If you're close to Indiana, this may interest you:   https://indianapolis.craigslist.org/ele/d/magnepan-17i-loudspeakers/6661088405.html 
What the heck is up with the audiogon listing photos?
Blatant stupidity! 
Let's talk Tweeters!
https://www.lansche-audio.com/products/plasmatweeter/ 
Value of burn/break in?
Here’s a tool that can help one properly set up their listening room and system. https://www.audiocheck.net/audiotests_ledr.php    That test is also available on the Chesky Records Jazz Sampler & Audiophile Test CD Vol. 1(as well as other test... 
DO CABLES REALLY MATTER?
Naysayers + their objections =  ad nauseam  
Dahlquist DQ10
Happy listening! 
anti slip for turntable belt
Something(opinions) that may be of interest: http://www.vpiforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=6413  
Dahlquist DQ10
Far as new, good sounding, SS on a budget goes, these are hard to beat:  http://www.odysseyaudio.com/products-stratos-stereo.html  or  http://www.odysseyaudio.com/products-stratos-mono.html     Manufactured right here, in Indianapolis, IN. 
anti slip for turntable belt
Talc = yes 
Dahlquist DQ10
Here’s hoping they serve you and your music well! I do recall making a couple DQ-10 owners/customers very happy, selling them Hafler DH-500s, to go with. A very dependable and stable amp, still easy to find on the used market, with lots of availab... 
Dahlquist DQ10
In the majority of cases, crossover failures involve the capacitors and generally electrolytic caps. I used to mod Dahlquist’s DQ-10s (mirror image/swap Piezos for ribbons/etc) in my shoppe(talking 1980’s here). I never have seen a stock DQ-10, wi... 
What's happened to Taters ?
Still missing him?   https://www.amazon.com/slp/mr-potato-head-parts/4hx6d5ycog2e7bh   He still needs some assembly.  Or- would that be corrective surgery?