tomic601

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Holiday Music Challenge
oh man, Sarah is the Bomb ! for me in the Winter hood ? Jackson Browne - Downhill from Everywhere  Surfs up ! Anything Beach Boys  
The New Synergistic Research Purple Fuses
@mapman could be, just don’t short them….  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
RLJ - Pirates ( which i consider an emotive sonic landscape master work )  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@sourpuss123 @sbank Yes to R L Jones ! we were blessed to catch her live w concert grand at Triple Door  in Seattle…. she was fantastic….+++++++  
The New Synergistic Research Purple Fuses
It would be a great disappointment if the thread were to be deleted. Obviously fuses in the near mystical way of music itself, are having a positive impact for a subset of audiophiles… celebrate this. We don’t as yet fully understand the ear brain... 
Moving away from inefficient/low impedance speaker in order to move to a Tube Amp
+++ @daveyf right you are, BOTH ( or more ) transformers…power supply , output…and ?   
Moving away from inefficient/low impedance speaker in order to move to a Tube Amp
i suppose IF ya think of mechanical amplifiers aka compression driver / horn and cone breakup as not lossy, a bit of uniform compression ain't the devil you think it is… For those seeking stunningly well designed and executed output transformers ... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
James - safe travels ! happy thanksgiving and i forgot to mention Request Music an LRS on island if you go music stir crazy…there is also some great live music at Fleetwoods …as you no doubt know…….  
Tube Line Stage around $5k
How wonderful;-) Enjoy the music  
Why I sold my Magnepan .7's
imagine a world where everyone adored the same X component….omg… as for the comparison to the 901…. most drivers off the back wall, one facing forward…. so…..  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
+++ @puffball08 my faded recollection is i had an MTV crush of sorts on them… War Dept. informed me the other day that they still play out….   
Audioquest speaker cables
both models of AQ you cite are available in  copper or silver. I use a 30” pair of silver in my Reference system, a 7’ shotgun biwire copper set in my other system.  
Audioquest speaker cables
BTW i have a set of now ancient AQ Type 6 in a shotgun biwire configuration that have literally 25 k miles on them…i loan them out so people can experience a true shotgun solid core biwire cable…. i lost count but 7-8 audiogon members have tried t... 
Audioquest speaker cables
winning vs learning…. pretty much any AQ wire can be configured in a true external biwire configuration, including a factory shotgun biwire configuration…and yes, they cost 2x. I don’t recommend an internal biwire configuration, not for AWG reaso... 
Gratitude and Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving to all. Imperfect union such as it is. My great hope is we can restore it to the improving arc it was on…. Blessed i am Jim