Synergistic Red Fuse ...

David! ...

That was a totally unexpected story regarding Mickey Raphael. He's a great player. The way he bends the notes is very seductive. I've played since I was nine years old, and still can't even come close to mastering the instrument. The harmonica is an easy instrument to learn to play ... and almost impossible to master. I could never figure out how to draw and blow bend until I took a clinic put on by the great Lee Oskar. Lee actually took me aside and took the time to teach me how to get those sharps and flats. It was all about changing my technique from tongue blocking to lip blocking. Who knew?? Talk about sore jaws.

By the way, one of the CD's that I sent you was Robert Bonfiglio's "Live at the Grand Canyon." He's one of the premier harmonica & chromatic players in the world. Another great, and I have a lot of his music on LP, is Charlie McCoy. Another great note bender. 

Sherod ...

Thanks for the input. The Von Gaylord IC's and speaker cables are truly great. I would recommend them to anyone looking to upgrade their cables. I was using some highly regarded cables before, but Ray Leung's Von Gaylord cables are in a league all by themselves. They have brought my system to an entirely new level. 

OP

Many readers of this thread use or are interested in Elrog tubes. They have gone into bankruptcy with their assets  bought by Thomas Mayer  (Germany) and a new named company will restart production. Inquiries should be directed to Thomas Mayer's web site.

 Oregonpapa:
Thank you again for the CD's. Like at a five star drinking establishment your Cd's are sitting on the top shelf in my listening room.

Best wishes for a good week of music listening to all who follow this thread.

David Pritchard

I also admit to really liking some of the Daniel Lanois-produced albums from Willie (Teatro) and Emmylou (Wrecking Ball) as well as Robbie Robertson's eponymous solo album....

sherod     8.7.16 

" I have an extra 1M pair of Chinchilla that I would be glad to send you to evaluate in your system. If you like them and want to keep them, I'll work out a great deal for you. If you don't like them, just return them to me"

Very interesting!

My email address is swabyj@bellsouth.net

Too bad about Elrog, but this was an inevitable conclusion to what I've been told was essentially a 100% premature failure rate on their 300b tubes.  I hope the new owner can get the flaws worked out, because they are superb sounding tubes.  The new owner will have a lot of ill will and skepticism to overcome as well as the technical issues, which is not really where you want to be.  It appears that they will accept limited liability for product failures on tubes already in the field.  They will have a tough job getting previous customers to take another chance.   I won't be buying anymore tubes from Elrog.