rodman99999

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Need help in DC/Northern VA - Tonearm board modification
@richgeova -       Send it to me and I'll have it back to you within one week.                                PM me, if interested.         
Recommendation Request for Tube Power Amplifier
     When I was doing Dynaco; Joe Curcio was my go-to guy, if I needed advice.                 He's still in the game (AMAZING, after all these years)!                             So's restored Dynaco gear, when done right.                     ... 
Cable elevators
@mc1969 -                                  You're welcome.                                  Happy listening!  
Silver Speaker Cables
@cakyol  (and the others of the Cargo Cult/Denyin'tologist ilk):                                     PEACE (on you too)!  
Silver Speaker Cables
     Tried some Monster (many decades ago),  AudioQuest and Wireworld's best.            Then: leaning toward Analysis Plus's 'Big Silver Ovals' for my system, based on the reviews of a few trusted individuals; I let AP's science, measurements and... 
Cable elevators
@invalid - There is a measurable difference of lower capacitance when cable risers are used @mc1969 - I am on a concrete engineered slab, no carpet under my cables, engineered hardwood      Makes sense, given that all of our cables exhibit... 
Recommendation Request for Tube Power Amplifier
    Forgot to mention: whatever diodes/rectifier your power supply uses; they can undoubtedly be improved upon.     Given you're able/equipped to test for distortion, etc; I infer- you can solder.                                                 ... 
Recommendation Request for Tube Power Amplifier
@kevemaher -  Sound is smoother, flows easier it seems.       Ain't it just great: the electromagnetic musical signal, freely flowing across a vacuum, rather than through semiconductors? But not the big, enveloping warmth that people glow ab... 
Recommendation Request for Tube Power Amplifier
     Nothing (AT ALL) wrong with the above, but: here's another tack, you might consider.      You already have two excellent amps, that are a better match to your less-than-efficient speakers, than tube power would be.   Even with the powered su... 
How much hum is normal from a new tube amp
"OP, Good you sent it back.      I would not accept any hum."                  ^^^^^ What he (et al) said! ^^^^^  
Tube amp and correct speaker connections.
          The wisdom: try all possibilities and leave it the way it sounds best TO YOU.                                             You won't hurt anything.                                                  DON'T OBSESS!                         ... 
Listen with your skin.
Have you read the scientific american article ?                       Yes. Proverbs 23 ; "Dont speak to fools..."                       OK!    
Listen with your skin.
Only one would ask such a question ?                       WHY?           Because you're making things up?      The book either says it, or: it doesn't.                   Simple as that!!    
Listen with your skin.
Are you a Bible fundamentalist?      Not certain what that means, or any correlation to the fact of, "don't speak to the wind" not appearing in any version/translation, that I've read.                       Thought I may have missed something.... 
Listen with your skin.
"They said "dont speak to the wind" in the Bible..."                                            Where?