n3rdling

happy bday!

LOL single ended planar

Somebody buy the stacked Quads from him

Wouldn't graphite powder be a poor option for high humidity environments? What does Stax use for diaphragm coating?

I've never heard of that. My understanding is that they distill their own corn-based vodka. I think they've only gotten popular in the last 5 or so years. Ya the $13 one isn't anything amazing, but I think it's just fine for mixed drinks with friends. I've done informal comparisons between it and other cheap vodkas and like this one more. Kirkland also sells a smoother vodka for a little under $30 (handle) that's supposedly rebranded Grey Goose. Handle or a fifth? That's about the price of a fifth here in LA.

I'm a tito's guy myself. 27 bucks for a handle here. if I want to spend less I'll get a handle of kirklands for 13 at Costco.

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Question on tube matching for this amp: say, for the 6CA7, do we need 4 matched pairs, 2 matched quads, or a single octet? 12AX7?

Gotta admit I laughed

Dave seems nice but I agree he has posted the same 3 or 4 things at least 30 times in justins bhse thread on hf. We heard you already bro.

happy bday

Still don't have the r10s back from alex. These are indeed the same set involved in the whole davidmahler fiasco so they've caused me quite a headache. I sent them to alex a year ago and have since tried contacting him multiple times via pm here, pm on hf, phone, voicemail, and numerous email addresses with zero response. I've also had jude and amos try to contact him to no avail. No idea what's going on but I should probably contact his local authorities soon. Maybe a knock on the door will wake him up. :/

Try replacing the thick dampening material on the back with something less dense

Tari do you have a link? I don't know what wbf is

Happy bday Deepak

I said 'possibly' because I had the R10s in mind. It depends. The R10 is pretty much top of the hill for classical (especially well recorded, large orchestral material) but is kinda colored so I could see somebody not liking it at all. The Paradox is probably a lot better at rock/pop.

Yep easily. I don't like closed hps but its possibly the best nonelectrostat I've heard. Very neutral and it doesn't really sound closed.

Get the LFF Paradox

These sound really clean for a dynamic but way too bassy for my tastes. Garbage for the price they're asking but could sound nice with eq.

ty Todd

Speaking of cats and Quads, my cat decides to piss all over my ESL57 grills when he sneaks into the room they're in.

Rk50

LFF Paradox would be a good choice

Happy bday birgir

Just get a SRD7 for the same price...plus it comes with 2 authentic Stax jacks