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I turn the big Half-Century today
50Hz. RG Knaak 
Tube Question-Help
I agree that what you are seeing is the getter, but not thatonce it is fired it has no futher use. I am in R&D in vacume tubes ( very high voltage X-Ray tubes ) and the getter keeps working through the tubes life. As you use the tube it willbu... 
use Dennon 2802 as pre-amp and add tube amp?
I have the Denon 3300 HT amp and had the same problem.I tried to use it as a preamp with Mcintosh SS amps and did not like that ether. I went to a tube preamp with two tubeamps and that did the trick. I run a 40 WPC push pull onMaggie SMG's and a ... 
Electrical current polarity
The last time I checked all of my outlets were AC. 
How about the older CAL CD players?
I have the CAL delta and sigma II DAC without upgrades.I have heard that the upgrade was not worth the money charged to do it. If I recall corectly, I spent less than $500 for the pair. I like them almost as well as my vinal.I think you can't go w... 
Cal Audio Sigma 2 with Elite PD-65?
I have the Sigma 2 without the upgrade. Befor I got a CALDelta to go with it I had it on my Panasonic A320 DVD playerusing it as a CD / DVD audio sorce. I pushed it into a tubepreamp and tube amp. It was well worth the effort as the improvement wa... 
Close your eyes and hear the music ?
I have not heard anyone mention yawning. It clears my ears and the music sounds much better. 
Best places to find records on Chicago
Try Val's Halla in Oak Park. It has been a few years senceI have been there, but Val had both new and used vinyl at a reasonable price the last time I was in the shop. Also check out her shrine to Elvis. It was featured on wild Chicago a few years... 
Lets fight Part2
I don't know of any past ratings but I rated this one as childish. I rated it as poor. 
New to seperates...need suggestions
I had the same problem with my Denon AVR 3300. Great for HTand fell short on music. I tried using the denon as a preampand pushed it through 2 Mcintosh amps and the Denon for center speaker. It was a little better but not right. I ended up putting... 
Buying a used Pre-amp...Advice needed
I was lucky to find a Audible illusions Mobulus 2D for $450used. It took looking for several weeks to find it. I was prepaired to payup to $800 for the mobulus tube preamp. A friend has a Mobulus 3 and told me he loved it and I agree with him. The... 
swans ribbon speakers?
miami-a1a again. www.partsexpress.com has ribbon speakers allthough the $40.00 ones seam to have been sold out. 
swans ribbon speakers?
I built a set with 8" mid woofers and a ribbon tweeter some years ago and was in love with them. You get more bang for your buck then any other type speaker that I know of. Thay do have at least one drawback that I can think of. When I built mine ... 
Biasing Anthem Amp 1
0.4 = 0.40 volts all day long. I can't see any problem as long as you are sure of the scale that your meter was set at.