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Dog pissed on speaker
Seriously here's what you need to do. Get a bowl of warm water and add a tablespoon of Arm & Hammer baking soda, stir it good then dampen a cloth with this solution, ring it out then gently wipe the area where the pee is. This will neutralize ... 
Rogue Audio hard to resell, has it fallen out of favor ?
jhw9, you're really fortunate & lucky to own a Rogue Metis because they are not put up for sale very often, in fact I can't find even one for sale on the internet. I removed mine for sale after I got my senses.back. Purchased some new 6SN7s (S... 
How important is the efficiency of a speaker to you?
antigruge2, that is very interesting recommendation about trying a set amp. This has been recommended before and I look forward into to getting one to try in the near future.  
Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms
lewn, well if you do buy into that, you really do have one more thing to worry about!  
How important is the efficiency of a speaker to you?
I own very large efficient speakers (102db) and although they can easily be powered by a tube push-pull amp tube amp (10 watts per channel) to reasonable and higher levels they still sound really good with the bigger more powerful ss amps. The poi... 
Transparent Audio is anything but Transparent
More snake oil, I think we have gotten too sophisticated to buy into this nonsense, well at least most of us!  
Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms
The best tonearm is no tonearm. Since that is not practical get one of them fancy wooden tonearms that are hand crafted and are less susceptible to stray electro magnetic pulses.    
Amp — Leave on or turn off
Leave them on all the time or turn them off at night It will not make a big enough impact if you are worried about the environment besides there is not enough audiophiles left to be concerned about. I leave my system on all the time because it sou... 
Rogue Audio hard to resell, has it fallen out of favor ?
Jond, good point, it does only takes one buyer and you have to be patient.  
Rogue Audio hard to resell, has it fallen out of favor ?
audioguiy85, yes that might happen but in the event it does you will see me running down the road with a speaker under each arm, balancing an amp and preamp yelling:: "But they're not getting this!" LOL  
Rogue Audio hard to resell, has it fallen out of favor ?
I'm not a tube guy but I do own the Rogue Metis tube preamp among other things. Nice thing about It is it mutes its circuit until the tubes (6SN7s) stabilizes. It puts out a massive soundstage, a very transparent device, pushes all the right butto... 
Eliminated my preamp with amazing results
Now if you can figure out how to eliminate the power amp you will have it made. But honestly it depends on the associated equipment if you can successfully eliminate the preamp. My take on this that the preamp is generally the most important compo... 
Have we lost civility and respect on Audio forums?
Its kinda of hard to maintain that don't worry be happy attitude.when things are going to hell. But just try and keep a stiff upper lip as things will get better, especially here. in time. Now I'm signing off before I get carpet-bombed.  
Why isn't better quality used gear being made available?
Emergingsoul, what websites did you conduct your search? Offerup, Ebay, US Audio Mart. I have used Ebay on occasions. On Ebay there was a buyer that asked the question: Does anyone sell anything on this website that actually works I did however b... 
Why isn't better quality used gear being made available?
Its secretly being bought up by big corporations and then taken to the scrap yard so that you will eventually have to pay their outrageous.prices for the new stuff. Truthfully, it costs too much money to build the new gear as well as the older ge...