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I've been moving away from vacuum tubes for a long time, having sold my main stash a few years ago. Since then, I found a nice five-pack of 12AT7's at a flea market and got some more when my nephew smashed my Grundig Majestic. Here are the details: A five-pack of 12AT7WB's. Each one is in a...

I bought a used iMac the other day. In some ways I like it better than the Mini, but in many ways it compares to its own disadvantage, especially in iPhoto, but that's another story... On the back is the usual row of ports - USB, Firewire, Ethernet, and this external monitor port I've never...

A tuner is no better than its antenna, an often-overlooked but inescapable fact. Some years ago, my favorite classical FM station got banished to the AM band, and its frequency sold for another rock station, of which there were already plenty. In Kansas City excess seems to be the Golden Mean...

> This is a list of just a few Lucas electric jokes for fun. > > The Lucas motto: "Get home before dark." > > Lucas denies having invented darkness. But they still claim "sudden, unexpected darkness" > > Lucas--inventor of the first intermittent wiper. > > Lucas--inventor of the...

I just thought someone here might be interested... http://santafe.craigslist.org/ele/4292764966.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-beatles-us-albums-how-the-classics-were-butchered-9059809.html The comments were perhaps more interesting than the article. It's refreshing to see a non-American viewpoint. This comment was especially amusing: "should...

Many months ago, I gave up on my Arcam Delta 60. I had cleaned the volume pots, and had even talked with a guy from Arcam on the phone about the issue ("Oh, they haven't made those pots in over ten years!"). One channel or both were cutting in and out. Cleaning helped, but didn't solve the...

What is the most awesome amp you've ever heard, in terms of SQ, watts, or just sheer size? For me, it was a pair of monoblocks, each the size of a window air conditioner. They had done previous duty, as I was told, in MRI scanners, and a few mods were needed to make them work in the audio part...

It's in Craigslist - a Son of Ampzilla, and it's only $175. However, it's five hours away in Albuquerque, and I don't even have a real preamp. Is it worth the money, the drive, the wait until I can find a suitable pre???

I opened up my JVC MX-1 tonight, finding that it needed to be blown out with compressed air - badly. I should think so, it is 23 years old. I'll get to that tomorrow, but I was also looking at the main heatsink behind this huge output block. The thing is bi-amped (main speakers + internal...

My wife and I met up with a trucker in Erick, Oklahoma, and he invited us to see his cargo. It was a custom semi-tractor, a prop for the next Transformers movie.

I found this elsewhere on the www, and it looks cool, but not on the market yet: http://www.cc.gatech.edu/news/georgia-tech-develops-inkjet-based-circuits-fraction-time-and-cost#

Weird Food Again I came across a pictorial [eek!] piece on the www on the subject, and remembered my old thread from Sound Thinking. There are some new items here, so I am posting the link. DO NOT EAT WHILE READING THE ARTICLE OR CLICKING THE LINK. THANK YOU...

I came home from an audio meet with three tuners which were part of other deals. I didn't really want them, but they were shoved in my direction. Here they are: Nikko Gamma V - It does not work - tunes but no output of audio. (good cosmetics, original box) H/K TU911A - It works, but has...

I've collected quite a mess of video cables: coax, single-wire RCA, S-Video, Component Video (three wire) RCA, and HDMI. Now I hear that HDMI 2.0 has been announced - does it ever end? Whatever - I've long been a member of the "wire is wire" camp, and used to taunt people in threads on the...

I've got a pre-Intel Mac Mini, and have been using the heaphone jack to a Y-splitter, to patch cords, to the amp. Anything wrong with this? It sounds fine. The Mini has only the headphone jack, USB jacks, and Firewire jacks. I'm thinking of outputting to a DAC, and I have two, one with coax...

Audio at sales is hard to find around here. The best I've done is a pair of Klipsch Heresy speakers, a little rough, but they sound great; and a Technics T4P turntable which I resold (bought it for the phono cartridge). Most of my audio gear came down from Kansas City with me. So anyway, I...

Beta and Maxell Tapes 4 Sale (and more) If anyone is using Beta tapes for audio, they might be interested in four Sony L-750 ES tapes I have. They are "NIB," still in plastic wrap. Make me an offer at lazshort@yahoo.com or here. Edit: I also have a Beta head cleaner - Memorex Wet Head...

Currently, over $600! It must be the holy grail of vinyl for some folks... http://www.shopgoodwill.com/auctions/Beatles--The-Collection---MFSL-Vinyl-Box-Set-EMI-12816853.html

Actually, this stuff is in a nearby town, where this fellow is closing down his business, according to his ad. Check the photo, and then pick your jaw up off the floor. I might wander up there myself, if he has anything I need... Here's a link...