kt88el34

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Equipment that has made you 'stop' looking?
Almost there. Finally found a PSE Studio IV amp, added a Cal Audio Tercet MK IV CD player and a Luxman T117 tuner, Cardas speaker cables and Discovery Signature interconnects..older KEF 102 reference speakers ( go the 80's)...this summer will slip... 
Best Bookshelf speaker 1300.00 budget
KEF 102 Reference series...if you can find them...shouldnt have to pay more than $400 used. Great speakers. 
Best short-lived band?
Joy of Cooking 
Vote for best US made solid state amp
PSE Studio IV...for the money, cant be beat 
Best Jazz pianist
Tommy Flanagan, Charlie Mingus, Bud Powell 
Best beer
Old Foghorn...bar none...made by Anchor Steam...only available on tap (as far as I know) 
Does anyone have any experience with PSB Speakers
PSB speakers (I owned a pair of Stratus Golds for a while) tend to fall on the "ruthlessly revealing" side of the acoustic spectrum. If you can match them with high quality tube components and appropriate cables and interconnects you can have a fa... 
PSE Studio 4 amplifier - any good?
I have owned two of these in the past and would give anything to have them back...used with a pair of KEF 102 monitors and you have sonic excellence if not Nirvanna...why they stopped being made is beyond me...use them with their comparable preamp...