samhar

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Whats on your turntable tonight?
The Four Seasons Roma Trio----Vol 1 Venus Records VHJKD-18John Williams Seven Great Guitar Concertos------ ---Columbia M3X 31508 Brandenburg Concerti Otto Klemperer----- Angel SB 3627 2 
Zu or Harbeth
Mike what's the pyrotechnics mod? Thanks! 
Zu or Harbeth
Mike 101db speakers with 500 wpc ss amp doesn't seem like an ideal match!!! I like my amps to work harder than that, the MC-2500 won't even have to get out of bed. I would give some weight to Swampwalkers "upstream ..." comment, if it proves true ... 
Purist Audio : Proteus Provectus speaker cable
HasseI haven't heard the Venustas. 
Purist Audio : Proteus Provectus speaker cable
ApopiraI haven't heard Cardas Golden Reference SC in my system so no I can't, but I will say I think they are not as forward sounding as the Purist.Personally I wouldn't hesitate to use Cardas GR SC as every system I've heard them in I liked their... 
Purist Audio : Proteus Provectus speaker cable
A very quiet cable with a rich smooth copper sound and heaps of inner detail. I didn't have to live with these and grow into the sound, they were amazing and only got better(smoother) as they settled in. 
re-tubing CJ LP70s
I was thinking the Mds school of rolling the Calypso tubes first and didn't state that, sorry!!! Any of the Amperex 6922's/7308's would be great in the C/J driver sockets. 
How quite is the Aesthetix Calypso Vs Bat VK3i
No noise problems with the unit I had. 
re-tubing CJ LP70s
My choices for what you want 1. Amperex 12Ax7 "D" Getter combined with Amperex 7308 White Label Holland Amperex 6922 PQ " " " US Seimans EI88CC2. Amperex 12AX7 Halo Getter White or Orange Amperex 7308 PQ White Label US or USN-CES 6922 Seimans EI88... 
Wilson Sophia 2--- VTL S-150 or Ayre V1-xe?
If your happy with the highs and mids why not spend your money on a pair of subs then you'll have everything you want without the hassles of equipment buying/selling and associated loss of monies. 
I need help with my Equipment addiction
I think a little isolation might be the solution.You need to look with-in and discover why you have not been able to deal with............"Still my temporary rack, 4yrs now." I know, I know it's been difficult to confront this situation but the pr... 
Benefit of Tube Dampers/Coolers on 6H30?
Since this thread started I purchased a C/J Act 2 (6H30p) that outperformed my previous Aesthetics Calypso (12AX7, 6922) and for many months I have been satisfied with the improved, dynamics, extension and inner detail the Act 2 brought to my syst... 
Tube rolling 6922 tubes looking for transparency
What about a Seimens/Phillips 7308 platinum grade from Upscale $50? 
Upgrading from Wilson Sophia 2's?
I have Sophia 1's in a 14'W X 23'L with a ceiling that starts at 9.5' on the left side and rises to 10.5' on the right. My system and a 52" LCD screen are between the speakers. I have tried acoustic egg crate foam, thick gathered material similar ... 
Filling hollow tubes of my component racks
Put 8" of mixed 50% clay cat litter and 50% 1/8" Mexican stone into the 33" tall ROS-4 posts. This amount dampened vibrations most noticeably in the bass but the highs did become slightly cleaner. Added another 4" to the posts, the highs became cl...