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res ipsa loquitur 
Subwoofers and Phase Question For You Sub Experts
A very illuminating study was conducted in which short-duration low frequency signals - including mere fractions of a cycle - were digitally created and played over headphones (to avoid room effects). Listeners were UNABLE to even DETECT the pr... 
Power/Current: How much is realistic?
That should work just fine. 
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I’m not attacking him only asking for true proof/evidence of that " limit trace " that he spreads every where with out shows the evidence as foundation for.The quote above belies this quote:NO, I did not only ask for evidence and not more bla, b... 
Doge 8 Clarity: 12AT7 replacement for phono stage
@ atmosphere: Being the second owner of the unit, I'm not sure if I'm able to avail any warranty on the unit. Without any other matching tubes around, I may have to pony up with replacement tubes to see if the phono section's hiss issue I'm hav... 
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I’m not attacking him only asking for true proof/evidence of that " limit trace " that he spreads every where with out shows the evidence as foundation for.Just to be clear, yes, Raul, you attack me at every opportunity. This is well known by ma... 
Watts and power
The Nuforce is stated to be suited to 8 ohms, not 4. The Moabs are efficient, running at a rated 98dB 2.83V@1m sensitivity If the speakers run easy, what am I doing to my 8ohm amp, were I to hook them up...?If you were playing two 8 ohm speakers s... 
Doge 8 Clarity: 12AT7 replacement for phono stage
Before you try any swapping, I would look into the fact that if you have a high performance tube phono section, that its a simple fact that no matter where you get the tubes for it, they have to be hand-picked. About the only way to do that proper... 
Power/Current: How much is realistic?
my mcintosh mc602's manual says it's current is 150 amperes per chanell. is this trueNo. Not unless it can make well over 22,500 watts!! And that is giving it the benefit of the doubt- that it can drive 1 ohm. @almarg I think ML specs their speake... 
Seeking tube amp advice
Do you mean that your speakers are rated at 100 watts?More useful specs of your speakers are impedance and sensitivity. What speakers are they? The interface between tube amps and speakers is very important to get the best out of both! 
Should I switch to a preamp with balanced outputs
@skipper320 If your amplifier has balanced input circuitry or is fully balanced, it will be lower distortion if provided with a balanced source.The balanced line system was devised for several reasons and one of those reasons is to eliminate inter... 
Preamp Output Capacitor: Mundorf Supreme vs. Supreme Silver Oil
I never tried Teflon capacitors. Teflon isolated wire sound good but less natural compared cotton isolated wires.Teflon *insulated* wire has to be either silver or silver plated. Its more likely that the wire is the problem rather than the insul... 
Reference Full Function Tube Preamplifier
Volume controls can be really tricky as they can have an audible effect- hence so many different approaches. Transformer volume controls can be problematic if the loading of the transformer is not addressed. What this means is that for a given inp... 
Synergies in music and amp combinations?
Electronics doesn't care. The better electronics will sound better with anything and everything. Electronics can't and don't favor certain genres of music; this is one of the oldest and most persistent myths in audio. 
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please don't change the words. You posted several times:  "" will limit the ability of the cartridge to trace higher frequencies ..""" I didn't. There is nothing above that suggests I did other than your text.