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As-Is, What does it mean?
Were I come from ( Transylvania )a good sold "as is "implies that the Seller carries no responsibility for the sold item, after the money changed hands. It also impliesthat the product might be ( but not necessary is ) in a lessthen perfect condit... 
Where s the bass?
IMHO the explanation of this phenomena (that incidentallyI was thinking about for few days now ) folowing the sameobservation as yours is the following:as Limabean observes, the lower frequencies have a much longer wave lengh that the other freque... 
BAT VK-5i or VK30 ??
Thanks guys!You've enlightened me on the subject. 
The Canadians that visit the site
1. Tandberg 3001a tuner for U$ 650.00, shipping included.The Seller wrhigts on the package:" old tuner for a friend"value $100.00 ( doesn't say what kind...). Insures it forU$650.00. Got it through Post air mail in 8 days. Duty $15.2. E88CC Siemen... 
How well does Conrad-Johnson do digital?
I've owe c-j DR1 transport and Premier 9 DAC for four yearsnow, and still intend to leave happy with them for a while.The lack of qualities mentioned above, were absolutelycompensated by a Genesis Digital Lens ( in spite of the1 bitstream in the c... 
best 6dj8 tubes for AR sp9mkII???
Hello Gentlemen,thank you for your kind efforts to educate me.Digging deeper on the different tube sites, I narowedthe picture and now,aparently, I have to decide in between:7308 Siemens NOS Gold Pin; 6922 Tungsram ( NOS made in Hungary?);6H23 Sov... 
CD Player Woes
yes, czbbcl, i do use a c-j P9 with a dR1 transport for somethree years now. no problems, extremely musical and with theGenesis Digital Lens, sounds even better ( some other CD'slike my previous Phillips 1000 - excellent also, for its time- didn't... 
c-j Premier 9 DAC and 6GK5's tubes.
thanks everybody for helping me out! i'll give it a try to the mullard. As digital cable I'm using the Illuminati D-60 DataFlex Studio.