rodman99999

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6x4 rectifier question
Just a suggestion: NOS Mullards are typically the best sounding (according to most opinions) and longest lasting rectifiers, extant.                 Especially; those from the Blackburn plant.              ie: http://tctubes.com/Mullard-EZ90-6X4-t... 
Help Match Cables To Gear Please
Not looking to adopt a Grandfather, are you?     I know of one, that’s available.     He’s got power cords, too!                          House trained, for the most part.... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  
Help Match Cables To Gear Please
I fully understand your perspectives and agree.         It certainly sounds as if you've got the juice, to accomplish your goals (double entendre intended).       If I were thus situated, I'd build a house, designed with the Golden Ratio in mind, ... 
Help Match Cables To Gear Please
@ alford_r35 - As a proponent of better interconnects, PCs and speaker cables: I have to admit doubt, as to whether upgrading from Canare speaker cables would make an audible difference, in your particular application.       That’s regardless of h... 
good discussion on power cords
I suppose that the parts of a circuit breaker one would slather with a silver grease, might be those that grip the box’s buss bar and Romex, could escape some. 
Who says cables don't make a difference?
re: Studio cables- Typically; each of those cables is carrying only one voice per, be it vocal or- an instrument, with that one voice’s limited bandwidth, to the mixing console.      There may be a snake in there, also.         On the other hand; ... 
Newb Tube question
To avoid a lot of disappointment and frustration: just follow tomcy6's advice.      
VPI Speed Controller
Oil will migrate, between the pulley and the shaft, down to the top motor bearing.      Letting the motor run overnight warms things up, and facilitates the process.       The option is to remove the pulley, as demonstrated.                    The... 
good discussion on power cords
SHAME! SHAME! SHAME!     How dare you ACTUALLY TRY to discern whether cables could make an AUDIBLE DIFFERENCE, by trusting YOUR OWN SENSES?      This thread should IMMEDIATELY be deleted/censored!                 Anyone that agrees, MUST be ostrac... 
Are these Speakers the BEST on Planet Earth ?...
So many assumptions there, Bobbie!     
VPI Speed Controller
@ joeyfed55-    To be more concise:  Here's something to consider, regarding the VPI Prime's maintenance, if you haven't already:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=AHmYWT3wKqs    Happy listening!  
VPI Speed Controller
Been happy with my SDS.      Something to consider, if you haven't already:     https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=AHmYWT3wKqs  
The Hardest Naturally Occurring Substance on Earth
Sphere?    Block?     Never been that normal.      Perhaps: a rhombohedral ellipsoid! 
The Hardest Naturally Occurring Substance on Earth
Since sound can't travel in a vacuum; I find the voices in my head reassuring.     Counting them is difficult though, with all those pesky echos. 
The Hardest Naturally Occurring Substance on Earth
Fiction? George Orwell’s, "Big Brother" isn’t far off:   https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2016-06-22/google-is-the-worlds-biggest-censor-and-its-power-must-be-regulated     and: https://www.searchenginewatch.com/2016/07/29/googles-power-of-...