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Music Hall MMF 7.1 tonearm counterweight
Tom: Thanks for the tip. For a TT this is a big design flaw that should have been spotted, or the manufacturer doesn't care 
Music Hall MMF 7.1 tonearm counterweight
Does your tone arm counterweight hit the plexi cover when it is doww? This happens on the minute or so of the last track on the album 
My $99.00 System
How much is Tiger Woods going to pay $$$$$? He should not have gotten married. This thread got off track real quick 
Bass: Jolida 502A + Klipsch Forte
Go to Bob Crites Klipsch site (critespeakers dot com) and purchase their titanium tweeters diaphgrams. A 20 minute project ($50.00) with amazing results 
getting your Library List on your phone/pda?
Look up Collectorz.com for CDs. Great collector software and you can easily export data. You can also let them host your collection so you can browse it remotely. 
Magnetic flux vibration damper?
Virtual Dynamics is big on dampening and their website has some interesting Utube e-learning) videos on the topic 
Best speakers for home theater/voice clarity?
Dhalquist DQ-10's are 3x3 feet wide and have horns and great for the center channel/voices 
which el 84 amp or integrated
Jerry, thanks for the reply, any opinion on Scott or Eico EL84's 
Speaker Bass
put 50 lbs on top of the speaker to reduce any cabinet flex 
really bright sounding speaker cables
I'm using analysis + oval and find the bass to be very tight fast and accurate, highs are natural, they're not bright 
Too Many Tubes?
For me, the biggest disadvantage to using too many tubes is that switching tubes are an easy route to feed into the need to tweek and try to improve and not be satisfied with the status quo. I'm pretty busy and researching- purchasing tubes can ge... 
pacific valve&electric
I bought a chinese 6sn7 pre amp that they sold (called Musician) and is no longer distributed, the pre amp is nice. They're a good company but the product that you purchase may go out of business or be relabeled and you will end up with an orphan ... 
Speakers for $600.
My Green Mountain Europas have amazing bass, speed and imaging. Not seem often here but they go for 600 +-Von Schweikert VR-1 also come to mind 
SET Recommendation
Larry: Thanks for the info on what to expect from various tubes. I want a 3-4 piece bedroom system with small fostex DIY monitors + powered subs or 4 ft folded horn, but for now I'll start with a pair of KEFs w94 db sensitivity currently in my bed... 
SET Recommendation
Thanks for the great replies and informing me about each tubes. I'm not looking to shake the building with this system, just want a sweet easy to listen to system.