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That would be nice!

^That sucks. It is an awesome amp. Glad I never sold mine.

That might work.

It looks like a lot from the picture but it's only about 1/4" from the top.

New Tapatalk won't let me upload the pic into the previous post.

Took some time out of the madness to set up the BHSE. Do you think the tube on the Peak is too close to the top rack? I don't remember it getting all the hot. I could move the Mini and put the PS and amp side by side.

BH is here! I assume I don't have to bias the amp to use the stock tubes, right? Edit: OK, I guess since I don't know which tubes were in which socket, I guess I will have to re-bias the amp. http://www.head-fi.org/products/headamp-blue-hawaii-se-electrostatic-amp Also, is the trimpot adjustment tool supposed to be in the box? I missed it. Can I just use a very small flathead screwdriver? Another stupid head-fi-like question: Can I listen to music on it while letting it warm up for an hour to do the second round of rebiasing?

My team is losing 68 to 213 but I still have one player left to play tonight so maybe I'll catch up.

What is this hockey you speak of?

Win!!!!

You can't get that unless you have some gold teeth to go with it.

I'll try putting the ipad or a small tv on the desk and check out the glare. We usually don't have the blinds open in the office (mostly because I usually use that room at night) and the windows faces the north and is shaded by big live oaks so I don't think it would be a huge problem.

Thanks Nate. Justin, Kevin, Birgir, or others: Do you have advice about what operating points to specify?

Thanks Colin. Do you have an i5 or i7 Jim?

Marc are you being serious? It sometimes hard to tell. If so, since I don't know what "two point matching at customer defined operating points," should I ask for something besides a matched quad?

I suppose the non-retina iMacs aren't going to be refreshed for quite a while. I read that the 5th gen Intel processors wouldn't come out until 2016. If that is true I'm guessing there is no reason to wait before getting a new iMac. I haven't decided that is what I want to do but it would be nice to have a 27" monitor. How annoying is a glossy monitor? (I'm not going to get the 5K.)

Does anyone know anything about Cathedral Stone Music Publishing? Their webpage seems to indicate that they have matched quads of Mullard XF2 (not cheap though). http://www.cathedralstone.net/Pages/MullardEL34finalm.htm

So the SED Winged C seem reasonably price and they seem to sound good. I was trying to remember why I didn't get a quad before and then I ran across these posts. What is the chance that a set of the Winged C will die AND take out the amp and/or amp+headphones (compared to another obtainium* set of tubes like the reissue Mullards, or other non-NOS tubes)? If I buy from Upscale Audio, might I have a better chance of a good set (I think Marc said they had the older version at least in the past). It seems that all the tubes that available are crap (in terms of quality control)? *At this point a good quad of NOS Mullards seems unobtainable for me.

Happy Birthday Marc! Hope you can enjoy the day with more than just clear liquids (unless its gin).

How long do the RFT tubes last?

Seems like Santa will be coming early this year - the BH should ship pretty soon. I don't have any tubes yet. I assume that it will still sound good without the upgraded tubes and that I shouldn't just rush out and buy something just because the amp will be here soon. I have been looking at XF2 and haven't really found anything at a good price from a reputable dealer. Brent Jesse doesn't even have any of his "overpriced" pairs anymore. Does anyone know about this seller? http://www.cathedralstone.net/Pages/NOSVacuumTubes/NOSVacuumTubes.htm I was also thinking of Paul Lindemann to see if he has any matched pairs/quads. I haven't heard people talking about him lately but assume he is still reputable and selling? Any other options? Not sure I want to try getting something from a random person on ebay.

That's too bad about the Peak (or Peak/Volcano), it a very nice amp.

Chris Isaak - Heart Shaped World

I keep thinking about a Hackintosh... but then I realize I don't want a machine that I have to tinker with to get to work right, I just want something that works.

I saw that bhphoto is still selling 2012 quad core Minis. Then I realized that I would need to upgrade the RAM and HD (to a SSD) and that would be close to $1200 after upgrades (and the SSD install looks like a PITA). Then I decided I might as well get a 21.5 iMac at that price. Then I decided that by the time I got 16gb of RAM and a 256 SSD HD, I would up to around $1600 so I might as well look at the 27" iMac since I would like to have a larger monitor anyway. Then after the upgrades to that I decided that I should just get the new 27" Retina 5K iMac... I stopped before getting to the Mac Pro.