tsushima1

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Speaker Cables? why all the hype for expensive speaker wire?
“@millercarbon where are you located? I would love to come by for a listen!”Follow The Yellow Brick Road....Follow The Yellow Brick Road 
Vintage SS Versus Modern
Consider a SONY TA series V-FET...lovely smooth presentation with the caviat that replacement NOS or used V_FETS are scarce and expensive 
Recapping
If its on Fire !In reality unless you experience a catastrophic visual or audible failure the nature of aging capacitors, in the main Electrolytic or say vintage paper in oils, means that drift from spec will tend to progress over time meaning tha... 
Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier
PHOTOS ,  Or it didn’t happen ! 
EL84 Tubes for Glow Audio Amplifier
@kevine....Sorry to read of your past experiences with NOS, unfortunately as good as the new production are ( and they are Good and recommended )Ultimately they do fall short of that extra bit of, for want of a non technical word. ‘Magic’...In you... 
I’m also worried about how much of the harmonics in the music is LOST by the amp?
Every link in an audio signal chain plays its part, however, it is an irrefutable truth that what is lost at source cannot be recovered downstream, Ergo that Rock on a Stick is of no little importance. 
I’m also worried about how much of the harmonics in the music is LOST by the amp?
ChiFi...Garage Boom Boxes....Cable Lifters....Magic Dots....Meh! 
Poor grammar is disappointing and decidedly distracting in formal audio reviews.
Particularly as “ Americans do not write English well “ would be mucho betterer.... 
Vintage vs New
@jasonbourne52 “ @millercarbon: Stop shilling for Tekton! “+100 Its like being stalked. 
Which subwoofer?
I find myself in agreement with @jwillox . I moved from a pair of ML Descent i sub’s sporting the optional crossover cards with my ML CLX Anniversaries to a more centrally positioned single ML Balance Force 212 and preferred the ease with which a ... 
An Urgent Hypothetical!
A Girlfriend trade in for a Less Tempestuous model... 
Which subwoofer?
@kenrus , you wont, its the quality of the base rather than 2hz either way that matters most.How about looking at used ML Descent i’s , I recall a number hitting the classifieds when the newer models came on line. 
Will the placement of casters on speaker stands degrade the performance
”Put the casters on a platform, put Podiums on the platform, put the speakers on the Podiums.”And there we have it folks... Its miller’Shiller’’carbon time   
Thoughts on VAC preamplifiers to drive D’Agostino power amplifiers? Thoughts?
Coversly consider a complete D’Agostino pre and power solution. 
Will the placement of casters on speaker stands degrade the performance
Very nice transducers john....Given the dipole dispersal pattern of your planers and the reduced nature of interaction with your floor, as compared with conventional drivers, I doubt very much whether the casters will have any significant detrimen...