Hi melbguy1, Good to see you, tired of explaining the reality of cables to someones who is in a closed in world with no cable exsperience!, I have a pair of vintage 1992 JBL L-7 speakers that do 30hz to 27khz, Bi-amp, 4-way, 68 inches tall, 12 inch inside fireing woofers speakers with special order Tara Labs Omega jumpers from bottom post to top speaker post,That are not on the Tara Labs web site, The speakers are 3ft from side walls, 3 ft from walls behind the speakers, 5 degrees toed in, essentially no toe in, but the 5 degrees made a profound difference, nearly 7ft apart!, these mated to the Tara labs Omega Gold speaker cables are one of the most profound speakers I have ever listened to!, oh, I rotate from time to time the poly crystal speaker footers and still points ss footers, I really took them all out currently, I found that the plith that comes stock under the speakers sound best, why, I cannot explain it?, my front end is a lovely sounding Vincent cd-s7 cd-player that does 24/192, it has a American vintage 6z4 recetifier tube in the power supply, then it has a 12au7 tube, and a 12ax7 tube inside the unit, David, this is my second vincent cd-s7 player, it sounds hugely better than the Ayon cd-2s player!, I run this unit direct to amp, I have incredible speed and transparency doing so, the vincent bested the bass in a krell brand new digital unit that was a little more money, The vincent is only $2,800.00,, I have been through 5 cd-players that costed alot more money, I would put this little unit up against any didgital $10,000.00 on down in a a/b shoot out!, a giant killer I must say, David, this unit conveys music emotional!, never listener fatigue!, just pure musical, you will like this, its a german player!, however, I believe it is made in china, but, this unit is the best, most reliable product I have seen that china has assembled, vincent has very strict building guidlines, you know how the germans are, perfectionist, David, I will soon be tube rolling, however, I am in no hurry, the 6z4 tube I will have to just get another one of them, there is no better tube for that application there, I have some exotic tubes picked out like the RCA 12BH7 Red Label or RCA 12BH7A Black plates for the 12Au7 tube placement, and likly Telefunken 12Ax7 tubes, However David, I only have one chinese tube in my player stock, the player has a Harmonix tube, and the 6z4 tube is vintage American tube, I am afraid to go down that tube rolling Rabbit hole!, meaning, I would be pissed off if I spent money and lost the perfect profound bass and incredible treble extentsion I already have, cheers.
