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I respectfully beg to differ. I would rather buy made in the US products if I can and have paid more to do so. IMVHO made in Arkansas and lineage may matter a lot to any new markets this deal with Audiovox, if it is completed, may open up. For example, well heeled Asian audiophiles may prefer to buy Klipschorns LaScalas, Cornwalls, and Heresies made in the US as a status symbol and as they may still care about lineage more than the average audiophile and music lover here in the US excepting of course many of the Klipschanatics who hang out here of course.I would describe most of the rabid Klipsch fans in this forum as music lovers first, audiophiles second. just my 0.002 db Oh, I have no issues with disagreement. It just seems to me that, if well-heeled Asian audiophiles desired American made Klipsch, they'd just have purchased it now? My point is that there are those who report Audiovox will not make a spec Cornwall. That would be their choice and, at that point, it won't matter where anything is produced. If they DO make a spec Cornwall, it will -- in fact -- be a Cornwall and, again, it won't matter where it is produced. If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck, acts like a duck, etc... What is the difference between a Recession versus a Depression? A Recession is when your neighobor losses his Job, a Depression is when you lose your Job. Therefore It must not matter where it is made until you lose your job. Or maybe it matters when your country slips to second world status since they are not competitive or it is made here but all the good engineering and management jobs and profits go overseas?

10, 20 years ago Corvettes Made in Japan would have been better. Today NO! Check Ford and GM against Japan or Korea or anybody for that matter. Check Consumer Reports, Car Magazines, or any source.

Every thing I need to know, I learned in kindergarden. Goose & golden eggs story was one of them. I HOPE the VPs & CEOs are smart enough to go for golden eggs instead of a egg.

Thanks agian Craig. Penta's are in and sounding good. Is there any more break-in required over what Doug Does before matching? (Does not sound like it after a short listening session)

Auto Show Preview. Not crowded, we could stand and watch from anywhere we wanted. Plenty of satisfaction. Rod Stewart, or a very good look alike was working the crowd getting pictures taken with the women.

One more.

At least 1 Rockets Fan starting to show his age.

Great Seats for what is left of the Rockets tonight in Detroit.

700Hz for La Scala and Belle and room for a JBL 2405 or JBL 2404? Dreaming again?

Sure are making head way.

Opps need to read more carefully.

Sent Jim a note . . . Let me know shipping to return the good tubes. Please mark the shorted ones so I can send them back to Jim.

I have not done an A - B comparison Pure Music to iTunes yet. When my DAC3 that just arrived yesterday is finished breaking in I will do this and other tests on Fiber Optic Cable length and DAC3 to Benchmark Pre & Moon 100D comparison.

Jim McShane. They had roughly 1,000 hours on them.

Great Work! How about going all the way to a 1" adaptor and the Great Plains 902? (500 to 20,000+ Hz for La Scala and Belle owners)

49 GB halfway through loading CD Collection. 5 GB in High Rez, three Max converted from FLAC to AIFF. Pure Music / iTunes 1650 Songs, 4.7 Days. 99% of time there are less than 10 albums in active rotation but using iPad Remote has rasied this from 3 - 4 albums in active rotation. I love the high Rez files 24/96 really approaches vinyl or live but I am impressed how good 328kbps MP3 sounds compared to 1,400kbps of CD.

Craig/NosValves helps out a Newbie that bought VRDs second hand what a guy, what great amps!

Criag, Hard to belive but I ordered Penta SCs from Doug this evening. . . Those Russian KT-88s blew again, this time it was much less exicting the fuse blew before I could get my old rear end off the couch.

Al, I do not worry about your Engineering. I could hear a dB on Test Tone with mutiple freqs when setting up a Suround system. But when doing the plots on my system with Stereophile test cd I was hard pressed to hear 1 - 2 dB when stepped up at 1/3 octave intervals, and my experianced Ears seemed to need a little extra near 16k . . . I could raise my sqauwker 2 dB to get a really flat response in my room but I love the bass and need the extra up high, too many years in the factories or maybe it was that Deep Purple Concert in the 90s. . .

Yes, Please. I am woundering how much my 45 year old ears would notice a tweeter that is 1 - 2 dBs too hot? I am thinking I might have to have one without the fix.

Would this fit in a La Scala Cabinet? I have Dave's Fastracs and JBL Tweeters sitting on top of La Scala Cabinets. If this sounds at least as good as that combo with out having tweeters sitting on top of my cabinets -- count me in. Modifying the motor board would not be an issue as long I could keep the exterior of the cabinet in tact.

I know for piston powered aircraft engines that 95% percent of engines manufactured have meet the rated power. So an "Average" engine that is rated at 300HP is closer to 315 HP. I thought maybe Burr Brown does something similiar, or as suggested Moon might do some screening and have all the other components be really good? Or maybe it is "Marketing"?

Very few , read expensive, components make it to this level. Search for Signal to Noise on the Wip. n 1981, researchers at Ampex determined that a dynamic range of 118 dB on a dithered digital audio stream was necessary for subjective noise-free playback of music in quiet listening environments.[16]

YOu alsways make laugh and explain something at the same time . . .

Can someone who understands more about electronics explain how the Moon 300D can be rated at 116 dB for Dynamic range but the DAC, Burr Brown PCM1793, it uses is rated at 113 Dynamic Range by it's manufacturer, Texas Instruments? From Moon 300D Specs: pe Solid State Front Panel Controls Standby / Input Selector LED Indicators Locked Sampling Frequency / Input Digital Input Types S/PDIF (RCA) x 2 USB x 1 TosLink x 1 Digital Input Impedance S/PDIF 75 Ω @ 0.5 Volts DAC / Digital Filter BurrBrown PCM1793 Bit-depth range - S/PDIF, Toslink 16 - 24 bits Bit-depth range - USB 16 bits Sampling Frequency Rate range - S/PDIF, Toslink 32, 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4 and 192kHz Sampling Frequency Rate range - USB 32 - 48kHz Frequency Response (audible) 20Hz - 20kHz +0/-0.2dB Frequency Response (full range) 2Hz - 72kHz +0/-3dB THD @ 1kHz, 0dBFS (A-weighted) < 0.001 % IMD < 0.004 % Dynamic Range > 116dB Signal-to-noise ratio > 115dB @ full output From Texas Instrument Specs SLES076A − MARCH 2003 − REVISED JANUARY 2004 24??BIT, 192??kHz SAMPLING, ADVANCED SEGMENT, AUDIO STEREO DIGITAL??TO??ANALOG CONVERTER FEATURES D 24-Bit Resolution D Analog Performance: Dynamic Range: 113 dB − THD+N: 0.001% − Full-Scale Output: 2.1 V rms (atPostamplifier) D Differential Voltage Output: 3.2 V p-p D 8× Oversampling Digital Filter: − Stop-Band Attenuation: –82 dB − Pass-Band Ripple: ±0.002 dB D Sampling Frequency: 10 kHz to 200 kHz D System Clock: 128, 192, 256, 384, 512, or 768 fS With Autodetect D Accepts 16-, 20-, and 24-Bit Audio Data D Data Formats: Standard, I2S, and Left-Justified D Digital De-Emphasis D Soft Mute D Zero Flags for Each Output D Dual Supply Operation: − 5-V Analog, 3.3-V Digital