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A New Believer
The problem is there is no truth in this subject. Just subjective opinion. And there is nothing wrong with subjective opinion 
Tubes for Shindo Aurieges L
The problem is the Shindo's are custom built and each Auriges may have different tubes. I have the Auriges with the phono stage. Tubes are as followsRectifier 6X4 PhillipsLine stage 2 each PCL 86 ? Phono stage 2 each ECF 80 Siemens You can call To... 
sacd player with tubes
Take a look at some of the Shanling tube output players. I have heard them and they sound very nice 
A New Believer
Here are a fewHappy readinghttp://forums.audioreview.com/showthread.php?t=2526http://www.audioholics.com/reviews/cables/speaker-cable-face-off-1/speaker-cable-face-off-1-page-2http://www.cardas.com/content.php?area=insights&content_id=10&p... 
A New Believer
Whether the difference is better or worse is a subjective judgement made by the listener 
A New Believer
The r,l and c of the cable interacts with the source r,l and c and the load r, l and c to very the frequency response and phase shift of the audio signal. Also shield effects rf pickup by the cables that get fed back to the amplifier and fed back ... 
Are you too old to be an audiophile?
I will be 70 and can't hear above 14k. But there is notmuch info above 14k anyway. I can still hear a lot of differences my younger friends cannot. Maybe I have learned in all these years how to listen 
Best LP since Waters left Pink Floyd?
Amused to Death by Roger WatersVery strange album but I really like it 
Integrated or speakers
I would go with speakers you really like first. 
What does one purchase after owning horns?
I had Lowther Medallion II's with set amps and a sunfire sub. I never thought this system could be betteredbut my Magnepan 3.6r's are much better. Ithink going from horns to a great planar speaker like Martin Logans, Soundlabs or Maggies will do i... 
Help - Adcom GFA-545 works in mono only
Sounds like one side of the amp is dead. Is it fused? Check the fuses 
OTL Tube Amp for Maggie 3.6?
I know that the Zeros are an autotransformer but isn't the big reason of the sound of otl's is because they do not have an output transformer. Now we stick one back into the equation. Seems conter intuitive 
Does phono stage noise drive you crazy too?
Isn't there a high output version of that cartridge? Maybe you could exchange yours for the high output version 
Anyone driving maggies with ARC VS110/VS115?
I drove 1.6's with VTL St-80 Plenty of power. Really enjoyed that combo. They even sounded really good with amp in triode mode which is only 40w per channel. When you say the vsi60 won't work I assume you havn't tried it. I am sure you will get an... 
Does phono stage noise drive you crazy too?
If you are in the 61 db setting are you possibly loading down the cartridge at 100 ohms as a moving coil? This cartridge wants to see 47K ohms and 100 ohms will really reduce the output of the cartridge which will cause noise problems. Be sure you...