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Pass Labs x250.8 vs tube amps
@ chungjh the main switch on the back is always left on; the switch on the front is turned off after a listening session  
Pass Labs x250.8 vs tube amps
I own an X250.8. I have had tube amps in the past- CJ and Rouge 2 comments- my amp is fully warmed up in 1 hour. Next- having had tube amps for about a dozen years, with the X250.8, I do not miss the tubes at all  
How do I pay?
RUNRUN FASTRUN FAST AND FAR 
The secret to a great amplifier...
No reputable manufacturer will use a non UL listed fuse is any SR fuse UL listed?  
Bought some 14/2 “speaker wire” from Home Depot
Moonrise is indeed special  
Bought some 14/2 “speaker wire” from Home Depot
@b_limo Sorry for the disappointment ! 
Vinyl Storage Suggestions
Ikea Kallax- I have 4 Kallax units. They are perfect to store LPs, with a slight mod- since they are open back, I placed firing strips at the back edge 
Why don't speaker companies reveal the flaws in their designs?
Really? Let's see the marketing folks approve this add campaign- our product is second rate but hey, buy itApplies to any product from screwdrivers to flat screen TVs and everything else 
Schiit CD Transport on the way soon.
For their sake I hope that their rollout of the transport is better than their rollout of the SOL, which was a brain fart in so many ways and continues to be as they just announced a new pulley because after all the initial problems, they only now... 
Bought some 14/2 “speaker wire” from Home Depot
I'm not in a tiff- maybe you are, but hey, if that's your deal, so it's OK.  I am perfectly able to thoroughly enjoy music on an FM car radio in a noisy car and a top shelf audio system with equal measure. Sure, better reproduction is better, but ... 
Bought some 14/2 “speaker wire” from Home Depot
Millercarbonwhat’s fascinating is that you mis-state what I said and then rail against your revised version of what I said- No I never said the 14/2 was indistinguishable from my Analysis Plus cables - or in your own words “can’t hear any differen... 
Bought some 14/2 “speaker wire” from Home Depot
@tomic601 she didn’t have much to say  
Bought some 14/2 “speaker wire” from Home Depot
@williewonka the Uber cheap 14/2 was a for sh*ts and giggles. My Analysis Plus cables are much longer than I currently need so I’m just fooling around with wire now. Fwiw- I do think the oval 9’s are very good. The original oval 9’s (mine are a la... 
Bought some 14/2 “speaker wire” from Home Depot
Rx8manyou do realize that the most important part of every post I’ve ever made is the photo of Ms. Boyd. I once changed the photo to something else and responses to my posts after that essentially ignored my posts and wondered why I switched pictu... 
Bought some 14/2 “speaker wire” from Home Depot
Re dedicated line- i did that in my prior home and it was without a doubt the single biggest improvement, dollar for dollar, that I ever made. Did a home run to the panel with 10 gauge. Electrician thought I was nuts when I asked for 10 gauge.