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How expensive are best NOS tubes ? And how difficult to find ?
jl35that is exactly how I met Andy at Vintagei spoke with Glen at Aesthetix about potential tuberolling in my Pandora DAC and Glen sent me to Andy 
Restocking Fees, 30-Day Free Trials
Mark good on you guys, sounds like a great storei would say build a relationship not only w store or stores but sales people / owners you trustnext time you are in a high end store just add up the investment in a single room, are tgere color optio... 
Going from Bi wire to Single wire
never will know till you try both 
Vandersteen fans..need your input (TREO CT)
also s/n is critical so float some of tge grounds but not all - inky black background is just better s/nalso look for aural and electrical trash in the roomwhat is the level of background noise in the room ?i had to put a bullet in the bar mini fr... 
Vandersteen fans..need your input (TREO CT)
some thoughtsif it is perfect in the near field it is your setup, room or bothhearing test a good idea for all of usears aint linear, hence the loudness button...science...if it is that you might consider a decent mac preamp with tone controls ,yo... 
Non Authorized Martin Logan Dealers
Peace brother !!!!! 
How expensive are best NOS tubes ? And how difficult to find ?
InnaAndy really is a cool dude and can tell stories about sourcing good stock - that itself is like a globalepisode of American Pickersit does or at least has helped me to build a relationship with a trusted source - Andy for me and start to lay w... 
$3,000 Planar Speakers
The Apogee Stage is also a giant killer of sorts 
How expensive are best NOS tubes ? And how difficult to find ?
Like winesome amazing stuff for $30 a bottleandmarginal returns above that...but drinking $300 stuff is sure funi think the ARC approach is prudent given installed base of products vs future salesbut rolling can still improve the producttry a Tung... 
Non Authorized Martin Logan Dealers
mofii ran a billion $ part of someting and yes i understand terms, i could have been more precise in my use of words for surebut a decent brick and mortar business with any kind of service, facilities, staff and return on invested capital will imo... 
My speaker quest
OPwho is your local Vandy dealer with only treo ? most stock at least Quattro 
$3,000 Planar Speakers
they are really goodneed the right room and a bunch of room behind them( disclosure I do have a pair of planar speakers in the arsenal) 
THE LITTLE BLACK BOX, 399.00 ABSOLUTLY NUTS
So funnyby any global standard, anybody with a stereo let alone an audiophile system is rich...peace out 
Non Authorized Martin Logan Dealers
define decent after cost of $ since you infer they paid up front to get max discount...... 
Non Authorized Martin Logan Dealers
not a dealerbut i worked at 3 high end audio shops40% margins before shipping are typical on speakersso very doubtful that the 35% off deal has any margin left