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Tube amp power conditioning?
MY T.V Picture quality suffered when connected to a digital power conditioner along with a satellite receiver(Dishnet work PVR with Hard drive)Quantum clear power at 40 dollars,One ERS sheet at 20 dollarsclearly improved the picture and T.V audio.... 
LFE output from DVD player's subwoofer out
I have similar set up.I have EFE passive decoder.The sub woofer out put from the passive decoder does not work very well.I tried to connect the sub woofer to the 2 additional out puts of pre amplifier.Still no usefull bass.Now I have 2 dvd players... 
Reduce noice from cable hookup in HT system?
I had the same problem.Purchased power conditioners and filters. But later I found the cable ground( the co ax cable is grounded when enters the house) is broken by the lawn maintainence personal.Please check that.See that the cables are not runni... 
Power Conditioners: Myth, Magic, or Necessary
power conditionerscontd Some basic things which I ignored.(1)One day I saw the ground connection for my TV cable was broken.This was done by the lawn mowing service person.(2)The Power cables, speaker cables,Interconnects which I separated them, a... 
Power Conditioners: Myth, Magic, or Necessary
My experimentsI live in a rural area, about 50 houses around my home. About 300 yards from my house is the HQ of local cable, telephone, and the internet provider’s office.My home theater system consists of AVA FET valve hybrid amplifier, an omeg... 
Retail pricing in classified ads
I know.I purchased my first vcr panasonic 2 box set up at 1150$.It still works.The first apple in 1978 I purchased for 2400 $.I agree.V.R. Sola 
Retail pricing in classified ads
I purchased new Blue circle 86. Noisehound mark 2 new from a dealer for 110 dollars.Some one placed an ad for a older model- quoting a retail price of 230 dollars.in the same week. 
Family cable shootout
I have most of the cables you mentioned.In our informal listeningI like Alpha core TQ2,Zu Varial after painfully long 3 months of break in period-eternal break in.Please post uour winners. 
Review: Audio by Van Alstine Model 2 Amplifier
After hesitating a lot, in the year 1984 I purchased my val alstine pre and power amplifier(AVAhifi.com). Later I purchased several of his equipment including a CD Player etc.It is working flawlessly even today.It sounded highend in 1985 and even ... 
Looking reccom. for tube pre amp for about 1000?
I used avahifi.com pre amplifiersThey are very reliableand give better value for the money. 
"EAR VS Cables"
I tried many different cables in my system from the last 22 years.There is too much of hype and many unsubstantiated claims.Cables can not improve a bad source. They do change the sound either bright, or soft and can change the dynamics.I recently... 
Review: Audio by Van Alstine Omega III EC Tube preamp
I have some audio by van alstine pre and power amplifiers,vaccum tube CD player.Flawless performance from 1989.Recently I purchased (upgrade) omegaStar pre and power amplifiers 2 and 3 channel for my home theater system Plus music.I use efe passiv... 
Suggestion for Amp to 2 ohm loads?
one I know, proved to be relible is from audio by van alstine.there are 2 models solid state andvaccum tube hybrid.avahifi.com is their url.1600$ about 160 watts. 
Stereo or Home Theater?
after several experiments, being interested first in music, disappointed with with the commercail chip multi channel processing.I finally settled on pre amplifier 2 channel2 power amplifiers 3 and channels(ava omega star)full range speakers front ... 
Television as source component
instead of use TV as a source component I useCable TV box audio outputs connected to my pre amplifier.I use RCA cable.My prefered cable for this purpose isOxyfuel inter connects solad on internet ebay for about 70 dollars.The cable TV or satellite...