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Merry Christmas Everyone
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and Happy New Year to everyone everhwere. Music has the power to change things for the better. 
Any opinions on retubeing W/winged c or mullard re
I also had bad luck with a quartet of new style Mullard EL34s. After about 100 hours, one of them shorted out and so I'm now left with three when I need a matched quartet. Never again. I went with winged Cs and have been happy ever since. 
What is the best Beatle Song
And Your Bird Can Sing...I've been saying for this for some time now. 
Bass traps
Bass traps can certainly help bring the bass out more strongly by lessening the megaphone effect that room corners have, thereby attenuating reflected bass frequencies that can phase cancel the direct bass from the speakers.I use the Auralex Lenrd... 
Phono pre-amp for Shelter 501 MK
I have two Shelter 501s in two separate systems, both running into EAR 834P phono pres. Fantastic combination and sounds simply wonderful. Whoever said these were incompatible was simply but highly mistaken. 
PS Audio P300 logo light bulb
I removed the lightbulb, the less stuff in there the better. 
What Turntable to Buy
Aries 3 with JMW 10.5i arm 
Do I need acoustic foam in my listening room?
Lenrd bass traps from Auralex in the front corners will help tremendously in taming the megaphone effect from those areas of your room and will even out the reponse. Also I use the small 2 inch thick 1 foot sq panels on top of my bookcase where no... 
What is the best phono pre-amp new for 1000.00
EAR 834p. I have two, one for each system, and am completely happy with them. 
Problem with VPI 16.5
Yikes, that much alcohol can't be good for the stabilizers in the vinyl let alone the plastic tubes. Where did you get that formula from? You are doing extractive research my friend and I would caution you that you are doing permanent damage to yo... 
VPI table owners, help please.
With the Aries 2/JMW10.5 I use Harmonic Technologies Crystal Silver phono cable. Great cables. 
Acoustical Solutions or Auralex LENRD bass traps
Thanks Shadorne for extensive analysis. In my room, the Lenrds work well and I found them conveninet and ost effective for my set up. I certainly realize there were other options and for me it was a matter of conveneience and experience with Aural... 
Your music system is an instrument.
Musical boxes have been made for centuries, this is just the latest version of those earlier incarnations. 
Acoustical Solutions or Auralex LENRD bass traps
Check out http://www.auralex.com/testdata/test/lenrd.pdffor technical data on the absorbtion band distribution of the Lenrd traps 
Thiel 3.6's vs. Vandersteen 3 sigs
I own both Vandys and Thiels and love em BOTH!!