rodman99999

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Amps on top?
@bdp24 -        Chrome was an option on my Cary monoblock chassis, but: I went the cheap route on 'em (black).       Both would show the dust anyway, so...              Keep trying to convince myself: I'm not lazy, just fuel-efficient.        
Any Thoughts?
     "Thoughts", or: VOICES (loud ones)?  
Amps on top?
1)" The companies that mount their output tubes on vertically-orientated circuit boards..."  2) "...but those tubes are not mounted on circuit boards inside an amp enclosure, where the heat would flow past circuit components. ""        1) The ... 
Amps on top?
@bdp24 - " The companies that mount their output tubes on vertically-orientated circuit boards are apparently not concerned with that issue. I am."                           Agreed, but: there are exceptions                                   ... 
Amps on top?
@asvjerry - "...mine is 2 slabs of cast-off 1.5" stone of indeterminate nature with a beefy pine frame....takes 2 to move empty... A bedroom 'lift' would help get me out of bed...not so much 'up'....I can still manage That by self, thanks for n... 
Amps on top?
@asvjerry - "....I need one of those in the bedroom... (Stop that....nasty boy....)"                           Into swings, are we?  
Amps on top?
@asvjerry-                                            Forget that Bobcat!                                            Order one of these*, sized to the corners of your room/ceiling and add a chain fall.                                           ... 
Amps on top?
     Things got very crowded after the divorce shrank my listening room.      The amps were on top, until I started Jonesing for my vinyls and TT.       Had the scrap metal, 1/2" Corian, a huge granite leveling table, mill, lathe and welder at h... 
Phase Linear
                " ...please stop the belly-aching."                          It stopped almost ten years ago.                                      Read the dates!    
How To Keep Cat Off Stereo Equipment?
       Adopt (or borrow) a constricting reptile (ie: either Boa or python, preferably over six feet in length) and don't feed it.                     Within a day or two: your cat will be well, "trained".  
How To Keep Cat Off Stereo Equipment?
@ltmandella-      Rabbits may be, "smart", BUT- not enough to avoid eating AC cords and electrocuting themselves, as my daughter’s did decades back.      They’ll munch on anything they can get their teeth around (from experience/observation).  N... 
What is the proper loudness for listening?
What is the proper loudness for listening?                   Whatever floats YOUR boat.  
What is the proper loudness for listening?
Oh and get rid of the reverberations in the room.                               Couldn't agree more!                  Room treatment = absolute necessity  
What record cleaner is the most bang for the buck??
    Bought a VPI 16 in the 80's, for cleaning every new/unwashed vinyl.    Worked well until 2008.                                        Been using a 16.5, since.         Of course: every record also got/gets Discwasher spins, before each play.... 
Why a dearth of some brands on the used market?
@bluethinker66-  It did take some tweaking from my original purchases to get things "right" though.                                                      Of course!     One good aspect of buying cabling from known/reputable/highly regarded com...