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• Solid state amp vs tube amps (marquis4099)
  (yogiboy) Here is an interesting article on this subject! Could an Old-School Tube Amp Make the Music You Love Sound Better?  

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• New expensive power cord for amp and no change in sound? (roxy1927)
  (pcrhkr) My opinion, if you bought a quality product, the manufacturer has engineers that designed the power supply for the amp and know the maximum power d...

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• London Grammar? (n80)
  (loomisjohnson) quite good, if smoother and less visceral than my usual--the songs tend to sound samey, but they have some soul and i like the minimalism of the ar...

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• Surge protector (rvpiano)
  (immatthewj) @erik_squires  , after years and years and years of putting it off, I think I am about ready to pull the trigger on a  Furman PST-8 myself.  I note...

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• New expensive power cord for amp and no change in sound? (roxy1927)
  (audition__audio) The point is to improve the signal at any point in the chain before it reaches a component. So a better outlet and power cord makes perfect sense. ...

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• Could Class D really be that good? (lanx0003)
  (asctim) @ricevs The measurements don’t change but anyone can hear a difference? This is a huge discovery, and understanding what is going on will advance...

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• Solid state amp vs tube amps (marquis4099)
  (mahgister) I use a tube preamplification to help my active speakers... It work... But if you think tube/s.s. make a difference and it does, acoustics contro...

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• How Soon Do You Realize You Don't Like a Piece of Gear? (j-wall)
  (lewm) FWIW, In my opinion, it's not so much a matter of tubes v transistors; it's more to do with current vs voltage drive. I say this because I own one ...

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• The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! (johnah5)
  (sim_audio_nerd) @gryphongryph The Supratek is a high gain pre. Inspite of that, both the preamp and the Coda is quiet as a mouse. No noise when music is not playin...

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• Solid state amp vs tube amps (marquis4099)
  (atmasphere) @marquis4099 The differences you usually hear have to do with how tubes and traditional class A or AB solid state amps make distortion. Quite lite...

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