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What are the best looking power cables?
The Gut wire cables come in beautiful hues of red.I'd like to find cables that work and ALSO glow in the dark! 
Are Tuners - Audiophile quality
Dcaudio, read the thread MR67 vs. MR71...interesting to a listener in your situation. Now if only great FM stations broadcasted via satellite so that we could hear them everywhere! 
Disappointed in SACD player
At Tower Records in downtown Toronto (Queen and Yonge Sts.) just inside the front door there is a section of "hi-end audio" cd's that has both SACD and DVD-A software featured. Almost everything that has been advertised in the magazines is offered... 
Floor Standers Vs. Book Shelf Speakers
Floorstanders move more AIR and "bookshelf" speakers can only TRY to keep up by using such tricks as double-coned bass drivers like e.g. Totem Manitou's...possibly a good choice. Remember that with smaller speakers you will need to get them up off... 
Music that You Have JUST BOUGHT, and can
Yes, friends, of course LW's latest is correctly titled "ESSENCE"...I was looking at the booklet cover when I posted. All the tracks get top marks, especially "Steal Your Love", "I Envy the Wind" and the last 2 "Bus to Baton Rouge" and "Broken But... 
Arthur Salvatore WoW comments??
How faaaaaast can you say Rudolph Caracciola? 
Best Mac tube FM tuner: MR67 or MR71??
For comparison evaluation of various tube tuners check out Vaccuum Tube Valley magazine's back issues...they invite tuner afficionado's over for an evening's competition!Remember that the antenna is 90% of a tuner's preformance. Think about wartim... 
My latest find. What's yours?
Townes van Zandt "A Far Cry From Dead" - great band behind him, and "Live in Berlin" - not in the greatest of voice but a keeper nonetheless. Used at CDPlus for $20 Canbucks. 
Music that You Have JUST BOUGHT, and can
No, Paulwp, but Lucinda just played here in Toronto At Massey Hall and got great reviews...missed her though...rats! So I saw the release at Tower Record and bought it on spec. 
I normally don't ask for help, but.....
Yes, indeed we ALL will pray for Cindy. 
Is it possible to remote on a tube amp
Some recommend pluggung yube amplifiers straight into the circuit (20a plus) to avoid current limiting.Also see the thread(s) on power cords and power conditioners). 
Help a Newbie
Think VINYL...it's a lot easier! Good luck with the newbie stuff. 
Music that You Have JUST BOUGHT, and can
and cannot wait to get home to play! 
Best Mac tube FM tuner: MR67 or MR71??
The MR71 is renowned to provide to best quality sound...read audiophile quality...than any of the rest...save for vintage units such as Scott's or Marantz 10B's. "Better" are the modern Magnum Dynalab pieces such as FT101A's and it's successors. I... 
Best female vocals on CD
Puresource, just look under "Cowboy Junkies"...I guess that you have not realized Margo is the lead singer of said Canadaian group...kind of a family operation. However, avoid their latest titled "Open"...instead go for "Lay It Down" or "The Trini...