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I grew up on Hendrix, Cream, the Who etc. Never really cared for the Stones past about '68 or so (sloppy playing), didn't like the Dead (though I never did go see them). Prog rock I loved at the time (ELP, Yes, etc.), most of which hasn't aged very well. ELP was amazing to see live though. Was never into Pink Floyd for some reason. I haven't heard Opeth or Dream Theatre. Flaming Lips I don't quite get, though I do have Yoshimi. I do like Radiohead, although they sometimes get out there a bit. Bjork I actually do like at times. Phish I never got into (sounded like a modern Dead somewhat to me). Mahler: listen to the 2nd. If you can't get into that, you'll be headed to the place aerius' YMCA picture in the slow forum thread portends

There's a rather interesting thread going on over on diyaudio regarding the Blowtorch (and reverse engineering it). John Curl is even participating in it. Alot of background info on why things were done in a certain way, etc. Rather long at 101 pages: http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71189

You can check out PinkFloyd's site for X mods http://rockgrotto.proboards39.com/index.cgi Depends on how much you want to spend, and how much work you want to put into it. I would consider stuff such as: replace electrolytics with Panasonic FMs, as long as they aren't on the outputs of voltage regulators, which might need more ESR to be happy get rid of any tantalum caps as these tend to fail as a dead short... replace with Wimas suchg as MKS-2s replace PSU diodes with Shottkys, such as 11DQ10/31DQ10 make sure opamps are bypassed well... 100uf Pana FMs right on the V+ and V- pins to ground, possibly something like 3.3nf MKP between V+ and V-, you could also try Carlos FMs snubbers (0.1ohm SMT resistor and 3.3nf ceramic COG or NPO SMT in series, between the pins of the FMs). Leads on radial caps as short as possible. replace coupling caps with film or BlackGate NX or K series, Cerafines/Silmics, Nichicon Muse, whatever floats your boat

Wanna bet? No pics forthcoming...

http://headwize.com/projects/showfile.php?file=gilmore4_prj.htm

I'd keep checking with them... I emailed Linear Systems regarding purchasing small quantities of CRDs. Never heard back from them... then one day a package arrived... samples

I'd agree. I mainly hung out in the DIY section of head-fi, and not much of that lately. I'd just notice that someone would get banned and WTF ? No idea why... interesting to read the banned thread here...

Google: head-fi down a few days ago...

You could try these guys http://www.capacitorsplus.com/index.html Seem to be more of the corporate supplier, you know, with the $500 minimums... their quote request form does have sample as one choice on it though.