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What are the current useless terms in this "audio world"
MSRP 
Hooking up the Topaz Isolated Transformer
Hire an electrician, you are dealing with lethal voltages.  
Tube buffer in tape loop@
Tube buffers are used to cure impedance mismatches between components, therefore, if your source and preamp have a mismatch the buffer will help otherwise a waste of money. 
Tandberg 3001, 3002, 3003
The presets on the 3000 series are well known to fail over time and are very expensive to repair.  
Has anyone heard that ARC discontinued the Ref CD-9SE?
Or perhaps, ARC may think that the CD media is passe and they squeezed as much juice from that media source as they could.Bingo! 
Herron VTPH-2A discontinued
Why doesn’t he sell the rights and designs of his products to another person?  
Uber expensive repair at United Radio
imho, it’s poor form to play Monday morning quarterback when you failed to perform the necessary due diligence of getting a second opinion when you had doubts about the original estimated cost of repair.   
Upscale Audio and Primaluna
Sometimes we forget that audio stores are owned and run by humans.  Enjoyable thread.  
Uber expensive repair at United Radio
They provided an estimate which you agreed to and now you are complaining about the cost?  
New speaker consideration - De Capo MM
To my ears, the be tweeter is way too forward, very fatiguing and bright.  This may be the reason why a lot of owners use them with tubes in an attempt to tame the brightness.  I much preferred the previous generation with the silk dome tweeter.  ... 
Wholesale prices
I assume you are referring to the Kef Blade which has a msrp of $32k, therefore, $14k would appear to be a good deal.  The Kef Blade 2 has a retail of $24k and is a smaller version of the original Blade.  
Seller ants my credit card info
How were you planning on paying? 
Millercarbon's Mega Moab Mod Meander
MC, before you put the xovers into the cabinet, could you post a couple of pictures of the modified xovers on your system page?  Looks to be a fun project.  
PASS LABS X 250.8 or VTL MB 185 SERIES II
The answer will partly depend on the speakers  
Best 845 tube out there?
LinLai are a New Company, which is reported to have a proportion of a Human Resource that were used in other more common known Valve Production Facilities.More simply put......LINLAI is a trademark belong to a NEW tube factory in China – formed by...