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Pet Peeves - my Rants and Raves
I will say that a half styro-peanut placed at each end of the small box tubes come in is very helpful. 
Longer Power Cords Sound better?
"Battery power is where it's at."I think a lot of women would agree. 
Audiophile Electrocution
His real name is Edgar Cayce Jr. 
Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive?
I drive a '99 M3, but admire the style of Audis. I like the A4 circa '02, '03 before they made the rear tail lights so long. Classy, sexy, and look like they've been carved from a single piece of granite. Solid!Alcides, I'm still amazed a pair of ... 
IMAGE PROBLEMS VOCALS OFF CENTER
Like trouble shooting computer problems you're gonna need to eliminate one problem at a time. 
Has anyone had good experiences with trading?
Mike, a few years ago I traded amps with an A'Goner and it was both fun and educating. 
Pet Peeves - my Rants and Raves
Exactly, Newmanoc, heheh. 
I love this hobby-
Is that like Photoshop tennis? 
Longer Power Cords Sound better?
Ahhhh, meds kicking in...much better, heheh.Wow! A 10 foot cord could get expensive. At that length I'd definitely rather just DIY one. 
Pet Peeves - my Rants and Raves
I like ABBA too. At the time, I thought the two women in the band were hot. 
IMAGE PROBLEMS VOCALS OFF CENTER
I should add that at one time a few years ago I had this same problem and a bad tube in my preamp was the culprit. I switched the tubes and the center focus shifted in mirror fashion. 
IMAGE PROBLEMS VOCALS OFF CENTER
How far off center? I experienced this same problem nad couldn't remedy it until I broke down the whole system because I needed to paint the walls. Initially, it seemed like the vocalists were off to the left side by half a head. When I put everyt... 
Has anyone had good experiences with trading?
It's nice to know that Audiogon is open to "audio swingers" and that they consider "swapping" and "trading" good, clean fun. 
Pass Labs Aleph P vs X-1
It's funny, because although I don't own any Pass gear I was researching something along this line. I did happen to stumble on some threads that mentioned comparisons between the two and it seems the X-1 would alter the sound in the direction you ... 
Longer Power Cords Sound better?
Sugarbrie, although not practical, I have wondered how this would sound. Is that an example of AudioGONE dementia? Would you offer your beautiful Sugarbrie BC21 up for experimentation? Heheh.