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• Solid state amp vs tube amps (marquis4099)
  (ghdprentice) In general, yes… very much. Solid state tend to be much quicker but very easily run out of power. The often have much less mid-range bloom and rhyt...

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• Surge protector (rvpiano)
  (vinylshadow) @immatthewj I believe you are defeating the protection that breakers provide by tripping them. Best to unplug your mains cables from the outlets.  ...

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• Getting into the music (rvpiano)
  (cdc) My best stereo consists of  Creative Labs Sound Blaster SBS250 2.0 Computer Speakers, SoundBlaster 16PCI card and music on YouTube. Why? First bec...

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• Surge protector (rvpiano)
  (jea48) Turning off a branch circuit breaker at an electrical panel is not the same as unplugging the equipment from the wall outlet. Distance... Take a ...

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• New expensive power cord for amp and no change in sound? (roxy1927)
  (jhnnrrs) <knock, knock>  "Who's there?" "Reality" "Reality who?" "The reality that bit you in the butt when you got suckered into an expensive pow...

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• How Soon Do You Realize You Don't Like a Piece of Gear? (j-wall)
  (ghdprentice) You must give it time to break in. But in all honesty, unless you were looking to have a more analytical sound the move from tubes to solid state w...

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• I did the right thing after all. (bill_peloquin)
  (noromance) Did you intend this to be as bad as it sounds? I felt like I was listening to a PA system in a concert hall. 

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• Those rare albums that are great on first listen. (1111art)
  (coronado2) Nickel Creek-"Nickel Creek"

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• 18 inch subwoofer vs multiple 12 inch subwoofers with bookshelf speakers (thxbest)
  (deep_333) 18” subs are a bad idea. @mijostyn Yes, except when it is sealed and has the servo controlled drivers deployed by Rythmik (it becomes doable). ...

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• This sound-suppressing silk can create quiet spaces (abnerjack)
  (noromance) There’s so much noise pollution, we could solve the energy challenge by using these to generate power.

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