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Tuner choices? Help me please
Jeff...not familiar with power switch problems. If mine ever breaks I'll probably just hard-wire one of my PCs around it or build a switched PoBox, as I use for my remote monos. Probably improve the preamp S/N too. But again, such a fine tuner sct... 
Power Cords Snake Oil ??
Right on, Hdm. Nice posts, Zaikes, but remember some Belden, like the 83000 series, is GREAT cable, at industrial prices. That's where the price/performance ratio is greatly in our favor. Antiresonant attributes are where my efforts lie in further... 
where do you cross over your ht setup
60 Hz. 
Power Cords Snake Oil ??
You mean TOO MUCH Mexican beer! 
What speakers use SEAS or SEAS-sourced drivers?
The Seas 5" midranges are EXTREMELY smooth for the money, but have a rising response that's difficult to tame, so often have a nasal quality. I worked quite hard trying to eliminate this 600Hz to 1k lift in a 3 way design a few years ago, but neve... 
Pass X150 vs. X250
Nelson now has the $$$ XA series supposedly because many folks preferred the warmer sound of the fully-Class A Aleph series instead of the Class AB X Series; the XA are more heavily biased in Class A. But the bucks! 
Which SS amp does sound the most warm of all?
Love my Aleph 2 monos...sweet but NOT rolled off. 
Need help with a good quality speaker setup
That said, bipolars are extraordinarily placement sensitive, so be sure to do an inroom demo. 
Help..................... I am a little worried.
Cleaning all tube pins isn't a bad idea, I suppose. I know this is a real outside one, but is the relative humidity VERY low in your room? 
How do you measure output impedance?
Maybe he's trying to feed a low impedence input power amp, like an Aleph, known to be tricky with unruly pre's? 
Please help fill in the blanks...
Good post, Newbee. The 2.4 is warmer than predecessors, but still on the lean and lucid side, of course, as you say.If those hardwood floors are not fully covered, and/or you've got lots of stuffed furniture you'll have to pay attention to very ca... 
sub woofer dilemma, help
I found the Boston PV1000 to be a clone of the similar Vel, and far better than the F-series, too. Great value, and VERY fast, mating with my Spendor front trio magnificently. 
Tuner choices? Help me please
Easy: find any early 90's NAD Monitor Series tuner (4300?) tuner/pre(?) or full receiver (7100, 7400, 7600). These all have their wonderful FM tuner with selectable IF, selectable noise filtering, and FAR better sound than their newer T7xx HT rece... 
Can you switch out drivers from another company???
El: Oops: got it backwards again! But sensitivity issues are still critical....Re: the chicken soup...I leave that to my New York Jewish wife, who's version is incredible. I keep wanting to stretch it by adding more water, but Ellen's quick glare ... 
Where to put the better cable.
Timo, S23. Since impedence-matching requirements are probably quite different between the two sets of component interfaces, and the LCR values of the two cables are probably different, it DOES matter where each goes. It is rarely a case the weak l...