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Retreat! That is a bit different. Folded horns and Thiele-Small and lions and tigers all play nice in my world. It's more about the decision to use that insanely heavy 13-ply 3/4" Baltic birch plywood, instead of using styrofoam and then adding Shakti stones to make it sound better. I like intert, heavy, well-sealed cabinets with holes in all the right places (well slots in my case).

Can I also get pictures of the brain stem when different mega-buck power cables are used? Perhaps finally there is a way to accurately measure Bybees as well! Ari: thanks for the thread, I agree why not IKEA? My reference was pretty oblique and vague, I will try harder in the future

Matched != burned in, obviously. Sorry about the bad luck.

Clearly they are hearing it wrong then, right? I refer to this as the "tin ears" postulate in my manifesto.

Sounds reasonable to me Thanks Dusty!

Len Deighton tri trilogy .. Or nonology or whatever. Anyone seen the television adaptation of the first three books? I would love to find it, if someone had a source... Doubtful Tarantino is going to do it anytime soon.

Tube distortion in a properly designed amp is orders of magnitude below speaker distortion (frankly even a poorly designed amp). But I see where you are going with this, so "yes" Why not just find a box at IKEA and put speaker in there? If you don't mind, I won't soil my sheets over your design, but I am sure the speaker could be voiced to sound very "audiophile". Anyways in summary, I don't care how much my speakers weigh, who are you to judge? I love me some ... Er, nm.

... And WAF is low. Perhaps Nate can stick them in his office?

A not-so-perfect way to do this would be plug the ear speakers almost all the way in the do a continuity test between the exposed pin and the other socket, pin for pin. With the amp off. Then repeat on the other socket. This isn't perfect, but it's an easy triage test and easier than opening the amp up.

He talks about how to cut shapes, read again, it's even complete with a progression of pictures. The example is a transformer, trapezoidal shape of sorts. The "jeweler's saw" / "piercing saw" works wonders and it's quite simple to use. Edit: perhaps it's only in the newest version of the book... Regardless, I already gave up the farm

Minimize the variables you can if you are a scientist. If you are an "artist", turn that variable into a marketing ploy. Anechoic chambers suck for a different reason, a bit of a straw-man there. All box resonances add is distortion, pure and simple. The influence the drivers in some form or fashion which is not encoded in the audio signal. Distortion in a _reproduction chain_ is the enemy of the good

The difference is one is required to produce music and the other is usually considered counterproductive in reproducing music. The box doesn't produce sound in a speaker, the drivers do. An instrument body is crucial in creating sound. And, I have to admit I never noticed that spelling mistake! Oops!

http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/swap-meet/268854-fs-whole-speakers-not-parts.html#post4234154 Those Dahlquist for someone in MA/NH area would be a nice deal..

Just curious, what is your process? You might enjoy Morgan Jones' "Building Tube Amplifiers" as he goes though a lot of things that even an experienced circle hole cutter tech might be able to learn from. Spoiler: he answers your question

I guess I have never understood the "euphonic cabinet resonance" theory that Splendor, Harbeth, etc. employ. I am definitely the minority in this opinion, but give me massively damped cabinets Wilson style

.. or check out some of Allen Wright's output stages. I have never heard a tube output stage for as DAC that I really liked. Transformers and solid state seemed to always to better, but I am all for experimentation!

... And to be clear, 200 on a single board?

Also, Elementary perhaps? I am trying to make recommendations based on your list so need some feedback to tune algorithm

Black Box (1 season and cancelled) Person of Interest Scorpion Kinda feels like we are developing some social network algorithm

Any chance it's just source and drain that are swapped? If so, they might still work.

I would suggest Upscale Audio. I would look at both their new, NOS and compatible tubes and perhaps send them a message regarding a recommendation in the Anthem integrated.

A breakthrough recording!

You do realize that's four roses, right? That's like Mikey stockpiling Macallan 10, ain't it?

I dunno about smoke point, but it sure works well whatever the chemists say

They also make a pretty nice HEQ, if you are into that thing.