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  1. Another beautiful rendition from Hour of Power Choir! Maynard
  2. Magnificent! Tabernacle Choir Maynard
  3. I speak with Henry almost daily and he is quite well but is pursuing other interests at the moment . Maynard
  4. Another great performance by First Baptist Dallas! Maynard
  5. Very powerful voice of Todd Strange with Hour of Power choir! Maynard
  6. In my mind the question is what can we do to make poorly mastered recordings sound pleasing? It reminds me of those with the dreaded 10 db boost at 10 kHz. Tone controls do allow such recordings to be more listenable. Years back, if I recall correctly, there was a guy on the forum who remastered his music library to make the recordings sound as he wanted them to. Is that any different? Maynard
  7. I don’t consider shaping of frequency response to be a non-audiophile endeavor. There is a reason why the high quality, now vintage, amps and preamps had tone controls. For years I have included an “ear bleed filter” in all my designs to allow the high frequency response to be altered to suit individual taste. Besides, many consider all tube amps to be nothing more than tone controls with gain. Maynard
  8. The less “stuff” in the signal path the better, especially if the device is powered. As long as you can drive the amps to the levels you desire all is well. If a source has variable output, direct connection to the amps would be ideal. Maynard
  9. Indeed!!! As many are aware, I have always been an advocate of using flea power amps with Klipsch speakers. Push pull triodes are considered the ultimate way to go among many audio folks. My personal preference has been to parallel tubes (whether SET or SEP). It is possible to achieve very low distortion levels in single ended operation by proper choice of operating point and circuit design. Maynard
  10. Amazing rendition by Hour of Power choir! Maynard
  11. Incredible voice of mezzo-soprano Erin Alford with Hour of Power choir! It starts at 1:55. Maynard
  12. Excellent young talent- Brigham Young University Maynard
  13. Beautiful Christmas messages from Hour of Power choir! Maynard
  14. Feel the power! Tabernacle Choir Maynard
  15. Great harmony and inspiration- The Cathedrals Maynard
  16. Beautiful! Tabernacle choir Maynard
  17. Richard, you have a thyratron. Its uses are described under “typical circuits” section of the data sheet. It really has no use in audio equipment but may have some value to collectors of old WE stuff. Maynard
  18. It is not possible to make such a recommendation. A particular tube will likely sound different in every piece of equipment in which it is used because of differences in operating parameters. Personally, I don’t believe in tube rolling but, if it’s important to you, you need to buy a number of different types and evaluate them yourself in your piece of equipment. Maynard
  19. Beautiful performance! Tabernacle Choir Maynard
  20. Another inspiring rendition by Guy Penrod! Maynard
  21. https://www.digikey.com/en/articles/what-you-need-to-know-about-switches?utm_medium=email&utm_source=tnl&utm_campaign=146102_TNL2310A&utm_content=article1cta_US&utm_cid=5867263&mkt_tok=MTQ0LU5DQi0wMzAAAAGOuPc52pfD6-QmoQV911zDkHYcwiMKZwHtbuvzokrg52ggVtCi98qUq9miXdzaZgh_CKS2sOEQplTHpvxw07vhQBgTn79p_pA_JLiwsPwIut4fCw Maynard
  22. As was stated above by DE, speaker impedance is not an issue for SETs. If you use an opt tap corresponding to the lowest impedance of the speaker, distortion will decrease as the impedance rises. I believe Edcor’s bandwidth ratings are at 1 watt whereas Hammond’s are at full rated power. If used well below that, the Hammonds are capable of amazing bandwidth. See George Anderson’s measurement of the 125CSE: http://tubelab.com/articles/component-testing/budget-output-transformers/ Maynard
  23. Absolutely magnificent solo by Sarah Grandpre from Hour of Power choir! Maynard
  24. Beautiful rendition by very talented young folks! Bob Jones University choir. Maynard
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