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Beware - FedEx Drivers are forging signatures for delivery confirmation
Like to hear from someone who experienced a forged signature with external damage to packaging and item damaged.   I'll pretty much guarantee forged signatures a result of employees having to hustle, they literally run with daily deliveries of t... 
Impedance - The most ignored and useful measurement tool
Not sure enough people understand how impedance phase angle affects matching of amp to speakers, too many look at only sensitivity.  
Duelund speaker cable
@sdberman I'm not aware of any brick and mortar selling Duelund or any entity offering demos. One of those deals where you purchase and sell used if not satisfied.  
Beware - FedEx Drivers are forging signatures for delivery confirmation
@onhwy61 Fedex doesn't much concern itself with quality of service with home/ground services, they're contracting those services out, leave QOS to the contractors. The contractors in turn not much concerned about QOS based on relatively low remune... 
Air Tight 300B Flame Out
@gareents In your original post you state the 300B tube was "lit up brightly", if so this is red plating, doesn't have to actually have red plates, this is just the commonly used term. In your latest post you mentioned the blue and green plasma. D... 
My Analog Journey - Opinions Sought
I have a very nice vinyl setup, Technics SP10 MkII, complete rebuild, 100lb custom plinth on Steelpoints, sits on  100lb component stand, Jelco TK-850L (knife edge bearing, 12"L), Korf ceramic headshell, Audio Technica ART9XA cartridge, Zavfino Go... 
Air Tight 300B Flame Out
What is the cause of red plating, could be bad tube or loss of bias in amp, don't assume faulty tube. One way to test for this, try a cheapo 300B. But then you likely took out bias resistor or possibly something else in amp.with the smoke issue. I... 
COINCIDENT FRANKENSTEIN 300B STEREO
@mclinnguy Generally you're going to only see positive reviews of all the boutique 300B tubes, and this over many reviews and many years. I'm still in process of evaluating WE's, to be completely transparent recently experienced failure of one of ... 
First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship
@dlevi67 Give it some time, keep us appraised.  
COINCIDENT FRANKENSTEIN 300B STEREO
@mclinnguy Burn in is very real as you've discovered  I run Coincident Statement pre with custom build 300B monoblocks. I'd expect you'd hear extras boutique 300B tubes bring to the table. I have Psvane Acme and WE's, both far superior to Shuguang... 
Got Innuous, now a DAC
I purchased my Gaia through @audioman58, also gave me heads up on Tubulus I2S cables, expensive but just wonderful cables.  
Linear Power Supply Recommendations!
@lalitk For too long I'd assumed DC cables couldn't be that important, big mistake, on some equipment makes similar difference as AC power cables.. I haven't tried any home brew shielded DC cables, just light twist on the Mundorf. Doubt I'd be eve... 
DDC Comparisons
In order for dacs and DDC's to have universal compatibility with one another they must offer 8 different pin configurations.  
Marianne Faithfull
Seems everyday another artist from back in the day passes, RIP.  
Sonore Signature Rendu SE
I'm using AfterDark Project ClayX reference SFP, believe I purchased the 1g version. I have 1g internet service.