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Shelby Lynn & Allison Moorer / Not Dark Yet
There is a band that varies a bit song to song, their choices of artist that they borrowed from and song choices are as good as it gets and grows on you each listen. 
Power Wedge 116
I had a new Powerwedge 116 and it had a bad hum, just sayin. 
Cartridges: Complete Scam?
I take walks when I get annoyed, here lately I find myself so far from home I have to call a cab. 
Why is the snake oil topic closed?
@randy-11, thank you so much for summing this up, I concur. 
Why is the snake oil topic closed?
Maybe the moderators got tired of the wind bags telling people what they hear or don't hear based on their perceptions and pulled their soap boxes based on that. 
Happy Thanksgiving
Thank you Handyman for the beautiful sentiment and hoping you and yours the best. 
Rockport Atria or Avior in Houston to listen to ?
I live in Houston, don't have Rockports but you can still bring the beer. 
Audible Illusions M--Are you using built-in phono or external phono preamp?
Settle in and give this setup at least 100 hours before judging, bear with it and I believe after the burn in you will just slip into enjoying the sound. 
Audible Illusions M--Are you using built-in phono or external phono preamp?
Mike, so many questions. Is the preamp New and in need of break in, have you heard the Blue point prior to hearing it with this pre, is the cart set up properly? I will say that the phono stage of the Modulas is really why you buy it and if the ot... 
Best PLace To Buy Chinese Tubes?
I run a lot of the Psvane and Shuguang Treasure tubes in my gear and I buy their Premium Grade/T series on eBay from a few different sellers, have never been disappointed. 
Speaker Cable Banana Plug Breakage
I too have recently suffered the same issue with a set of Acoustic Zen Hologram II speaker cables and was very surprised when I pealed the heat shrink/wrap back that the bananna plugs were just screwed on to the bare wire. 
$4.99 vinyl copy of Bruce Horsby The Way It Is
Great album, great artist. 
Switching to solid state amp?
I too have been using tube amps for a while but still enjoy a really good solid state amp in my system, with that said I have a Pass Labs XA30.5 that I just can't bring myself to sell even though physically it doesn't fit in my system but when it ... 
Audiophiles should learn from people who created audio
Thank you Billy Preston, well said. 
Biasing signal tubes on a tube power amp/Quicksilver M120
@seikosha , @yogiboy , For clarity on my original post, I used the word bias when referring to the 12AU7 and 12AT7 tubes on my newly acquired Quicksilver M120 amps when the term balanced should have been used.