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Can you vote on this song, 1 being brilliant, 5 being crap
4. Does nothing for me emotionally, or as a soundtrack or classical piece. The repeating theme is, well...not very interesting.   
I have a feel good story....
I had a similar experience with Manley. I had a couple questions about a Chinook I bought used. I sent the questions in to Manley via the question form on the website. This was a couple days before Christmas a few years ago. Within 24 hours I got ... 
Best Stereo Upgrade Value
Preamp. Compared a 6SN7 based line stage to my 12AU7  based line stage. Put my 12AU7 based unit up for sale the next day. For me, it was all about synergy between components and the 6SN7 unit brought the system to that next level. Plus I learned t... 
Acoustic Guitar on Vinyl
@seikosha I love Jose Neto’s playing on the Flora Purim lps and have looked for his solo work. Thank you for posting!  
Acoustic Guitar on Vinyl
Mickey Baker “Blues and Jazz Guitar”. Mostly acoustic and he is joined by Stefan Grossman who produced the lp. Excellent. Acoustic Alchemy for jazz-pop genre but excellent recording and strong melodies. Leo Kottke of course. Jorma. Larry Coryell m... 
Speakers known for great midrange.
I had a pair of older Spendor 2/3s that were wonderful for the midrange with tubes. Contrary to what folks say I thought they rocked well with rock music as well. Not to mention the great deal I got on them with stands included. I think buying use... 
Old CDs and records
“Machete don’t text” .......or stream  
Michael Fremer leaves Analog Planet
Never read his articles, never cared about what he said. Dropped my subscription to AS and Stereophile a few years ago, never experienced the “vinyl resurgence” as vinyl never left me. Only eventually bought a CD player because I could not get new... 
First Watt SIT3 vs Dynakit ST35
That list of builders you wanted to know more about? Add Vlad Bazelkov of Audio Mirror. I have his 45w SET amps. Except for one article in Absolute Sound, he flies under the radar. By the way I bought the amp before the article came out.   
Your sub experience: Easy or hard?
Trying to integrate one was very difficult. Never blended right and never sounded balanced to me. But integrating two was much easier and sounded great. I settled on line-level with a cable from amp speaker taps to a powered subwoofer for each of ... 
Amp Search and Upgrade
Get a nice amp from Van Alstine using the Hint6 as a pre. Then later get a nice tube pre-amp. Just my thoughts. It’s a journey.  
MM or HO MC Cartridge Choice-Input Please
I would go to the Soundsmith website and immerse myself in Peter Ledermann’s knowledge and buy a moving iron cart. They offer alot for the money, especially the older models. Good luck!   
After years of separates, I'm going integrated. Anyone else do the same?
After many years of having integrated amps I went separates and am so glad I did. Separate amps and linestages, phono-pre amps allowed me to really discover the sound I was looking for. I learned alot through the amp/pre-amp relationship. I had ve... 
Squeaking/Paper Crinkling Noise Coming from Lamm LL2.1
I had a similar problem once with a tube preamp. Static-like noise. Put in backup tubes, still noise. Had to ship preamp back across country to the builder. Problem was with a small inexpensive capacitor. Quickly fixed. Prior to this I already had... 
Russian tube supply issues
@prof +1