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How long does it take your tube amp to warm up?
About 45-60 minutes for VAC Avatar SE, but you can listen to it after 10-15 minutes.  
Getting into the music
You wish to return to the reality when you were performing. The better the sound the closer to that reality. I can understand it.  
What is meant exactly by the description 'more musical'?
This is the term that should have no place in audiophile community. It may mean too many things and so in a sense it has no meaning.    
"I'm a believer"
Yeah, unfortunately, price and quality do not always correlate, but real quality is always expensive, and there is no reason why it shouldn't be. Question is how expensive is it to you ? Class war is coming..   
PayPal imposed draconian security blocks AFTER I sold my unit
It don't even matter, soon enough Canada is going to become the 51st state. Or Canadians would prefer to become Chinese province ? Their call. No, no other choices, don't fool yourselves. Wait until AI is more actively implemented, both in the US... 
Audience Cables
Hi Ken. That's a wise decision to stop looking. I did it too after getting Wywires Diamond. Yes, there are better cables, but that's it for me. I will need funds for better NOS tubes, anyway.  
Quandry
I know little about turntables but, yes, it's puzzling why anti-skate adjustment leads to big difference. I remember spending 15 minutes to find the overall best point but the differences were small. Nottingham table/arm. I would invite an expert... 
PayPal imposed draconian security blocks AFTER I sold my unit
Yeah, Canada might still have some advantages but this is not one of them.   czarivey, do you use debit cards or you just threw yourself out of all that ? Well, not less civilization but less of this kind of civilization.  
"I'm a believer"
This is, of course, nonsense. Most speakers are much better than they seem, you need appropriate source amplification and cabling to make them sing. In any case, so -called law of diminishing returns is subjective, if your hearing is good enough a... 
聖HIJIRI Users thread
Just curious. Before buying these very expensive cables did you people compare them with, say, Purist Audio, Echole, Stage iV and other top cables. $5k for a power cord is insane to some and nothing to others, but it should be truly excellent for ... 
Audience Cables
fastfreight, Kubala Sosna cables are excellent. Have you ever tried Echole and Stage 4 cables ? I have not, too expensive even used.  
Big speakers, are they really the best way to get great sound?
Rats in the maze. coltrane1, they can't "Go big".  
Audience Cables
Kubala Sosna Elation is a different level, that's not fair.    
Big speakers, are they really the best way to get great sound?
However, stand mount speakers plus two subwoofers could be considered full range system too, though a lousy one.    
Big speakers, are they really the best way to get great sound?
There is only one kind of speakers worth mentioning in this forum, it is full range speakers. How big they are is irrelevant, usually big.