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Honesty is How This Tube Dealer Built His eBay Business
Hi Vinny55,I'm really not sure what testing services he offers, but he tests everything he sells. Feel free to contact him. If he can't help you, he can probably recommend someone.Labpro 
Honesty is How This Tube Dealer Built His eBay Business
Thank you, this is very helpful.I hope others on this forum are paying attention to this thread, so everyone can benefit from (and support) those dealers who are honest and reliable.  Labpro 
Honesty is How This Tube Dealer Built His eBay Business
I'm fortunate to have a great local dealer who tested my tubes for me. Thanks for the advice on RAM and Vintage Tubes......I'll check them both out.  
Thumbs up for ultrasonic record cleaning
Hi Whart,Thank you for the thoughtful and thorough feedback. I like your idea of starting of with less fluid, then experimenting from there. Also, I'll probably keep my Clearaudio Smart Matrix Pro cleaner, to address the tough-to-clean records.Tha... 
Thumbs up for ultrasonic record cleaning
Folks,I'm new to this thread, but I just placed an order for a new Audiodesk PRO. Knowing that the Audiodesk PRO does "not" do a clean distilled water rinse at the end of the cleaning cycle, am I getting all the benefits of sonic cleaning? Also, s... 
best preamps
Shindo Giscours Western Electric 349A Tube’s.  
Lampizator vs. Mytek Manhattan II
Thank you for the excellent feedback. I am in touch with Michal from Mytek and plan to do a demo.Cleopatra52, are you referring to the Roon WiFi card, when you recommend the Ethernet bridge?Thank you,Labpro 
Effect Ohms Have on db and Speaker Sensitivity
Hello Almarg,I wanted to get back to you after I tried a couple things.While it did not solve 100% of the issue, I did get 60% of the desired result by lowering the noise floor with an Entreq Silver Minimus Ground Box + an Eartha cable. I am able ... 
Effect Ohms Have on db and Speaker Sensitivity
8 Ohm taps only.....unfortunately.  
Effect Ohms Have on db and Speaker Sensitivity
Thank you for all the feedback. Thanks to Almarg for the math lesson. Maybe I should have started by stating my issue:I have speakers with 97db efficiency into nominal 6 Ohms. I'm running a pair of 300B mono amps......about 8 watts.  I thought tha... 
The new Synergistic Research BLUE fuses ....
Has anyone had good results with the SR Blue Fuses and 300B mono amps........8 watts? 
Well Tempered and EMT JSD S75 Cartridge
I have not had experience with the JSD 75 Platinum, but I did upgrade from the TSD-15 to the JSD-75 Anniversary.......I use the A23 T-2 step-up.You can expect a 60% "top to bottom" improvement over the TSD-15.  
Well Tempered and EMT JSD S75 Cartridge
Hi 737max,I have been working with Jim Uban for about 6 years now. He is very fair, honest and knowledgeable. He has Shindo, EMT, Well Tempered and all the Tone Imports brands. Jim can be reached at (978) 609-1601.Good luck.  
D3a Tube Question
Thank you dekay. Labpro 
Well Tempered and EMT JSD S75 Cartridge
I ended up going for the EMT 75th Anniversary cartridge and the Well Tempered Amadeus GTA mkII. I'd say there is a 60% improvement over my TSD-15......more expensive as fin04 points out, but honestly worth it.I also went "all out" and got a Box Fu...