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Best Sound Track Ever Vote for One
Local Hero - Mark Knopfler Wag The Dog - Mark Knopfler The Natural - Randy Newman Grizzly Man - Richard Thompson Rushmore     
Linlai E 6sn7 tubes
@lowrider57 The Linlai website does not grade their tubes, one could assume that their buyers should consider their purchase as having passed a Linlai quality control standard. That leaves me with my original concern that the tube I will be receiv... 
Linlai E 6sn7 tubes
@lowrider57 The vendor does not list them as a Grant Fidelity tube. The pictures shown are not detailed enough to show any markings on the glass. It does show a "plaque" on which is engraved "Linlai Tube E-6sn7 - 01512". When I receive the tube I ... 
Linlai E 6sn7 tubes
Any opinions on the importance of Grant Fidelity's "top 10% Ultra Low Noise" rated tube designation as opposed to buying directly from China? I need only one tube for my Dehavilland preamp, went to the Linlai website and they were only selling the... 
Looking for a warm sounding amp or integrated with a torodial transformer
Clayton Audio, particularly their "Special Edition" version.  
BEL amp repairs
If Brooks Berdan is no longer repairing BEL amps you may want to try Audiogon member Bigkidz who I believe repairs and modifies them. He has recently posted regarding his experience using the 1001. I have an original Mark I version which I am cons... 
100W+ solid-state amps known for beautiful mids
Clayton S100. Also agree with bigkidz, the BEL amps are something special. 
What speaker do you passionately want to demo?
Kennyc -I heard the Pure Audio Project speakers with the Voxativ AC-XP field coil driver at the NY Audio Show a few years back and was mightily impressed. Subsequent auditions of other Pure Audio Project speakers without the field coil drivers wer... 
Old Amps that can still Kick Butt
BEL 1001, for sure... 
Harbeth vs Vandersteen vs Sonner
Mudbone - I see from a  prior post that you owned the Rethm Braava as well. I've heard both the Braava and the Sonner Legato (Unum, not the Duo) at the NY Audio Show and CAF and found them to be very different in their presentation. The Braava thr... 
Looking for a tube Preamp new or used for under $2000...
+1 for the Ultraverve 
Looking for a CD player
Resolution Audio Opus 21 (4XPCM1704 R2R ladder d/a converters). 
What's your favorite boutique speaker maker
Agree with vdotman completely. Fuselier speakers from the early 80's were something special. Wish I still had my 3.3s which I loved dearly.John Fuselier was also a commercial airline pilot I believe... 
Who are your three favorite female singers?
The OP asked for only three so I will respect his or her wishes...Chrissie HyndeSandy DennyJoni Mitchell 
BEL 1001 MK5 driving Joseph Audio Pulsars
The BEL is a fantastic amp and is known to be subjectively more powerful than its rated 50 watts, so unless your listening proclivities lean toward high volume levels you should probably be fine. Of course, bdp24’s suggestion regarding obtaining a...