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W. Hartford, CT...any good audio shops?
Take 5 is recommended. Also Audio Shop in Newington CT has some high end stuff, on Rte 15 just south of Hartford. Also feel free to drop me a line off-thread and maybe you can stop by and listen a bit at my place in WH. 
About Lugnut -- Patrick Malone
Pat/Barb- Please don't take my silence as indicative of not caring. I think about you often. I'm rarely at a loss for words, but find myself without anything constructive to add and it seems presumptuous to think that I can provide any words of in... 
Oddball question, hooking up REL Storm III Subwoof
Did you check the DVD's bass management options in the menu system to see if the LFE is active? Just a thought, since I have no knowledge of your DVD or the RELs actual operation. 
Opinion on JJ 12at7 tubes
Jeff's tube lore @ AA says there is no such thing as a good sounding 12AT7. YMMV 
Drying sand in the oven- anyone try it?
Tobias- the reason your potting soil stunk was that you were "cooking" the organic matter in the soil, and will actually burn more off the higher you heat it (that's how your self-cleaning oven works. 
I fell victim to a scam
Did you fund it through a cc? If so, then do a "charge-back" through your cc company. 
Headphone connect direct to Amp
AKG K1000s hooked up to a Cary 300b or 2A3 integrated is a combo made in heaven. They are designed to run off the speaker posts, but with a custom adapter can run off the 1/4" jack. 
About Lugnut -- Patrick Malone
Pat- I've been absent for a while in terms of participating, but you are never far from my mind. I check in on as often as I can, and usually with a combination of eager anticipation and fear. Anticipation to share a bit of the amazing humanity th... 
Paypal question-pin number
They will never ask you for your pin or password. 
Music for Riding a Storm Out?
Jackson Browne- After the Delute. 
Spend my $8,000 pt. 2
I had a VK3i with the phono card. If that is the same as in the 300x then is was fair, but that's about all. 
The effect of the Expanding Universe on turntables
LOL. Keep 'em coming, guys. 
What is physiclly in size the largest audio power
OK Phil- no scale, how big is it? 
tube amp will drive von schweikert VR4-jr?
I had my Berning ZH-270 (70 wpc) on a pair one day. Not a big room but PLENTY of drive. FWIW. 
Am I missing something?
Wonder how much used electrons go for on the open market. Maybe an untapped energy source to help offset the $3 gasoline?