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What's In Your Tape Cassette Deck Tonight?
I missed the memo, too, but if I have a couple of pretty good ones if anyone is interested, send me a PM. 
Tube preamp question
Is there any way to "pass through" the lexicon and use a tube preamp when I want to listed to the tubes?Yes. Interestingly enough it's called HT pass through, although you pass the HT signal through the stereo pre and on to your Lexicon. There are... 
Mechanical Hum from Class A Amplifier Clayton
Do you run them both off the same circuit? If so, then any residual noise or mechanical hum/buzz should be the same (w/in normal piece to piece variance). If they are not on the same circuit, you may have some DC offset on the circuit w the noisie... 
RIP Panny Plasmas
Good post, Tim, but what enquiring minds wanna know is, didya check out my latest post on utoob and howdaya like my new camo-print speedo? I had it custom-made by onea them bootik places thit uses hi-end PCs on there sewin' machines. Ah bet it loo... 
Lower Volume from One Monoblock
.the seller refused to allow me to inspect them at his place prior to finalizing the deal...Sounds like he made you an offer you couldn't ACCEPT ;-) IMO, looks like you dodged a bullet. 
Music Server vs Computer?
Hif-- Is the Baetis similar in price to the Antipodes? 
Deciding between Yamaha or Marantz
F1a said:Please tell us Bo how to perform the Pro measurements ourselves.Bo said: NOTHINGCase closed. Bo ain't gonna give it up. 
Deciding between Yamaha or Marantz
You go, bro...I mean Bo. If you can't dazzle 'em w brilliance, baffle 'em w bull$hit! To the OP- Sorry, guy, hopefully your thread can get back on track. 
Deciding between Yamaha or Marantz
Bo said And I hate all those people in audio who focus on just making money.ANDOf course I keep this for myself. I have a big advantage compared to competitors in this business now.That's what I love about the gy...he stakes out a position and sti... 
25 year warranty – thoughts invited
One other thought on warranties. Lots of the gear being bought and sold on this site operate at the "bleeding edge" and thus may be considered, like many high performance items, more prone to failure. Not all, of course, but high performance usual... 
Emission Labs 300B vs Shuguang Black Treasure
Jwm- Pls check your system page. 
25 year warranty – thoughts invited
+1 to Jmcgrogan2, Schubert, and Brf. IMO, transferability is more important than 20 or 25 yrs. 
Rivaling or Beyond the ESL 57 for Magical Midrange
at the end of the day, it's really the midrange that separates and defines the sustainable classics.If you listen mostly to vocal, small chamber, non-amplified music, I don't think that there can be any dispute. Not sure how big your speakers are... 
McCormack 225 vs AR 135 SD
McCormack is a great product w excellent support from SMcAudio even for "legacy" products. 
Has anyone tried the Coincident Dynamo 34SE
Are we talking the Coincident 300b or EL34 here? OP has referred to both.