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Ask King Julian S how to do it .  Over 3000 posts in less than a year. I have yet to learn any thing from any of his posts, but a men like Ampdog,HiPhibian,Rotten Johnny,Francois,Valvesound et al can teach you so much. My sympathy is with you regarding the post count. I have been a member on...

This is worse than watching "The Good Wife," or "Suits".

Scubadude,  You got that so right. These are truly a set of real "kickass"speakers. When we first hooked them up they sounded mediocre and in fact a bit bland, nothing at all like the Tannoy D900's I have been listening to for the past years.They not only sounded bland but they were classed by...

Danny Boy, You have just made my day,that last line has had me wondering all these years what beda bad boodie has to do with lawyers etc. Now I understand, its all about MONEY not so much to do with court cases. How stupid I am. Thank you for solving this mystery.

What are they singing about in "Suits" especially the last line. It sounds to me like " Beda bada boodie"  ????? The best was the first season of "Covert Affairs"

Jessejon of this forum resides in Bloem. I suggest you look him up, he always has really really exotic audio stuff. I bought my VT100 from him as well as a Jolida valve amp as well as items which have since been past on Regards M.P.

In real colour, those inductors are a work of art. I agree, frame it and hang it on the wall. Its beautiful, it makes my Tannoy crossover look decidedly "cheap"

I dont  think the difference that I have heard in these cables and other very expensive cables lies only in the box, the cable itself contributes to the distinctive sound that those cables give. my two pesos.

It can only be the bugs that are giving their final swansong as the Fogger slowly extracts the last bit of life from them.

Timber_MG on this forum can point you in the right direction.

I spent some time at Francois house today and auditioned the Sovereigns, which became an emotional experience for me. After a tea break we went to just relax in the TV room and talk about a variety of subjects, what was it like in Germany etc and while we were there Francois hooked up these...

Jazzy,  I heard from Francois today that you had got your kit back, I know how bad it is to not have the music you are used to having. In our bodies there is a craving for good music and if that craving isnt satisfied our whole being feels like its saying "what is life all about" I am very...

To Ghostie, Gideon,and Johan. For your sacrifice of a whole day and half a night to rescue these behemoths , and to Francois and Johan  for doing the new surrounds, may I say a very big thank you. Today all your effort paid off when we had the chance to sit down and objectively listen to these...

@ KJS I wouldnt throw down a dare like that against Jazzy's SET rig. Your 300B is the power valve, his 300B is the driver valve. His SET is something to hear and experience and  this is the big thing ,he has a pair of ears that can hear incredibly minute nuances The system of which I speak...

Try taking a short length of .5mm wire. The kind of wire one would use to do point to point wiring of an amplifier. Clamp one end in a secure vice, with a pair of pliers hold the other end and pull slowly until the wire snaps, and you will have a perfectly straight piece of wire. Now , for the...

@ Jozua  the best most modern valve amps still follow the pattern or topology of the "Williamson" valve amp designed just after I was born. The exceptions to the williamson design are Quad 11. Mac 275 and of course the Mac which Francois now owns Mac 60 ,the Futterman OTL ,the Graaf range of...

Jozua, herewith my advice, for what its worth. First choice  Audio Research VT series or if affordable Audio Research set of mono blocks. Then some Macintosh MC 275 or Quad 11 eighty monos Then as a last resort, a Manley Stingray (for the looks) or the Manley monos I recently heard a Valve...

Personally, I cant understand what they were "testing" Probably just a reason to spend some time together with the boys, and being in Spain, was it? they had lots of whatever they drink in Spain.

@ Telephono,  I haven't heard a set of ATC SCM 12 speakers but I have heard their bigger brothers which sounded very good. As far as my knowledge of the SCM 12 goes is that it was born as a studio monitor, which is basically a near field unit.  I may be wrong but wasnt this test in a "normal...

The problem with the test  above is that they had very ordinary speakers,which could not play the difference between good bad or high end musical equipment. Avery good set of speakers, capable of playing every frequency efficiently,very obviously shows up any flaws or lack of musicallity in the...