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Pass labs xa25 amp and BW 804 d3?
@jetter Perhaps it's not quite as good of a deal, but for shipping only RenoHIFI will let you demo the XA25 for 10 days. A nice risk free way to hear the amp.  That's what I did. 
Pass labs xa25 amp and BW 804 d3?
Completed my demo of the xa-25 a week ago. It was a great amp. Smooth and warm (warmer than my Coincident Franks) and really nice bass performance. In the end I did decide to stick with the 300bs however. They were a bit more "real" and holographi... 
Tweeter Capacitor Upgrade (Coincident PREs)
Just an update. I did install the clarity cap cmr with a silver duelund bypass. A really nice improvement from the stock solens (Israel actually claims that stock is mundorf)... Much smoother and cleaner. I also found some Jupiters and will try th... 
Used Atma-Sphere M60-MK111 Tube Amplifiers
https://www.hifishark.com/search?q=atma/sphere+m60 
Sell your $$$ cables and conditioners... affordable LITHIUM is here!
@atmasphere I was looking on the goal zero site and saw the following answer to a question about THD (probably from someone on this site):  "Thanks for reaching out to Goal Zero! In the specs for the inverter, it is listed as a max of 5% Total Har... 
I’m going thru McIntosh he!!
I like how the second "authorized" SS said they probably couldn't fix the unit, but would take it on trade in.  You know they turned that thing around and made more money on it than they gave you.   
Sell your $$$ cables and conditioners... affordable LITHIUM is here!
It appears the unit has a temperature sensor. Any way to safely take the case off so it has more room to breathe? Presumably that would reduce the time the fan was on... 
Sell your $$$ cables and conditioners... affordable LITHIUM is here!
Also, the 1000 is up on Amazon for $715. 
Sell your $$$ cables and conditioners... affordable LITHIUM is here!
Commenting so that I can find this thread easily in the future.  Please do post more opinions/reviews folks... 
Latest Psvane WE300B-Plus Tubes - Any Feedback?
Agreed. Please post if you hear either one of the discussed models... 
Recommended sources for tubes
I stream tidal using an Android tablet (with bubbleupnp) to a ps audio perfectwave dac (w bridge ii to keep a full computer out of the system). Coincident 300bs and the PREs. It's convenient and sounds great. 
Reasonable RCA Connectors?
Well, if it is a cabal and everyone is in cahoots with PartsConnextion, it worked.  The top end KLEI absolute harmonys were on sale, a set of 4 for $87.  Put in the order tonight.  Thanks for all the suggestions.   
Reasonable RCA Connectors?
@elizabeth Any thread where people try to help each other without berating others' opinions is a success in my book.  I don't get any sense that the various KLE pushers in the thread are in cahoots... 
Latest Psvane WE300B-Plus Tubes - Any Feedback?
@facten Direct from Western Electric... $1499/pair, pre-orders starting 01/11/19:http://www.westernelectric.com/products/300b.html  
Latest Psvane WE300B-Plus Tubes - Any Feedback?
I just got the original WE300b a couple weeks ago and absolutely love them (in Coincident Frankensteins).  Just beautiful music out of them.  Please do post about the ACMEs... I'd love to hear the update.