rrog

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I can't tell the difference
It doesn't make sense that you didn't hear a difference. You should have heard something whether or not it was an improvement.This makes me wonder about your system's resolution. 
Power Conditioner Assistance
How does your system sound without a power conditioner? 
Small room bookshelp speaker placement
Place the speakers upside down on top of the bookshelf. In the 70s JBL built studio monitors just for that purpose with the tweeter on the bottom and woofer on top. 
Most powerful and popular EL34 tube amp?
VTL Ichiban uses EL34 tubes and has 200 watts in triode. 
To twist or not to twist
Do not twist. 
Amp to compliment Sonic Frontiers pre??
The B&K ST-140 does not work well with 4 ohm speakers. You might like Conrad Johnson. 
Bi-Amping questions
No, you don't need a different preamp. You need a "Y" at the inputs of your amplifiers. 
Room treatment success story
Inpieces, I agree with all you wrote. You are on the right track. Keep me posted, I am interested in how it goes. 
Jazz from 1957 to 1967 was the most definitive.
Jazz struggled with rock taking over in the 1960s. Then jazz tried to compete with rock and we got jazz fusion, but there was still alot of great jazz. Hopefully the current jazz resurgence will last. 
Long ICs versus long speaker cables
I read a lot about specs on this forum and everytime I assemble a system based on specs I walk away disappointed. My best sounding systems used either short speaker cable and short interconnects or short speaker cable and long interconnects. Ampli... 
Looking for a preamp...............
The Quicksilver preamp is one of those products that works well in a variety of systems. The ARC LS-3 might be too unforgiving. 
Fleetwood Mac
Macdadtexas, Agreed! Abba? Cool? I don't think so. Discussing Fleetwood Mac and Abba on the same forum is a sin. 
Fleetwood Mac
I saw Fleetwood Mac live when Billy Barnette was filling in and he was very good. He comes from a musical family. His uncle was Johnny Burnette. Rick Vito plays on Mick Fleetwood Blues Band. 
New audiophile looking for first speakers. HELP
Check out the Cerwin Vega CLS 215. Designed by two well known audiophile speaker designers from NHT and Snell. Two 15" woofers and very efficient. Your Mesa Baron has plenty of power. Excellent speaker for rock music. 
Fleetwood Mac
Check out the Mick Fleetwood Blues Band. You will hear a lot of their earlier songs including "Black Magic Woman" which was an original Fleetwood Mac song.