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I think I'd be selling it then, and get 15,000 used LPs with the money.

Way to go, Sheltie. It's a great little unit, especially for records. We hope to see you at AKFest, Amy. I'll introduce you to the moderators.

It doesn't crash every other weekend, I bet []

That sounds promising. The good thing is, there is no way to go but up. By the way, the site I linked to was created by Wardsweb (I think).

Unfortunately I can't make it Friday night. I'm just attending Saturday and spending Saturday night. The hotel is awful but it's handy, because that's where the audio rooms are. If you sleep in one of their beds, make sure to bring a sheet of plywood to slide under the mattress..

Er, Meagain, that's not where the tubes are supposed to go []

LOL! You remember those burgers, too, eh? We had several Klipsch forum members attend AKFest last year and I think it's fair to say that they all had a great time.

No sir, not buying that at all. The actual performance is the road trip. The analogy I sometimes use is LP = film, CD = videotape. In lots of ways videotape is more accurate, but most people (I think) enjoy film more.

I agree with Oldtimer, it's the latter, you're just losing it. Other things are at work with vinyl besides excitement over whether something is going to go wrong.

The ultimate dream of audiophiles is to be able to trade in their "old" gear every month for whatever is recommended in the latest issue of Stereophile. Kind of the old Playboy philosophy, who is this month's girl?

http://audiokarma.org/ak2007/

A few of you guys are too funny! You endlessly bemoan the state of affairs of the Klipsch Forum, you want peace and harmony and beatitude, but when your supposedly guilty party leaves for a few hours, there's a page of taunting posts goading him to return. Face the facts, gents, you love flame wars, even when you aren't perceptive enough to know when you're on the losing side.

Never mind the graph, Sheltie, just let us know what would give us the best bang for the buck.

You're showing admirable restraint. You're the anti-AK. Which insults did you find the best?

You can't read just the final chapter of a book and fully appreciate the work. All you'll do is find out how it ends.

Gee, I wonder who in this thread might just have the test equipment and facilities to do this? Could it be the guy who the Bad Cowboy wouldn't give any data to, perhaps? Anyway, Dean, it's nice to see you maintaining an open mind, and not maintaining that physics doesn't exist, unlike several others, who are in denial just because they don't understand it. It's funny because I once was closed to new ideas myself, until my mother took me aside and said, "There are more things in heaven and earth, Paulie Parrot, than are dreamt of in your philosophy." That stuck with me and I no longer try to fly away or bury my head in the sand when faced with concepts I've never dealt with before.

I don't know, did you skip the twenty, thirty, forty posts in which mas was attacked and mocked? I recall one in which MDeneen referred to him as a liar. On a personal note, it was kind of refreshing to see a flame war that I was not the focus of, but then of course Anarchist's paranoia got into overdrive and he figured everything was my doing, as usual. X: Straw man! Y: Straw man! X: You! Y: You! X: You you you times ten! Y: You you you times a million! X: You you you to infinity!!! If we really want to answer the original question, and that is rarely done in the Klipsch Forum once you get past the first page, then the answer is, Check tubes out for yourself, but stay away from SET whatever you do. And the other question that needs an answer is Where did the bow tie go?

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An excellent, well-thought-out, reasonable post, Tom. I took the liberty of boldfacing the line I particularly liked.

Speak for yourself, dude. You may think he's painting you as ignorant, but I don't feel offended. lol, were you even in the conversation? Why would you be offended? I was referring to the comment about attempting to paint EVERYONE as ignorant. But that wasn't what mas had said; it was just a bad paraphrase. But anyway, I like to stay out of these flame wars. A little bird with singed feathers is a sorry sight. But I am ashamed that EVERYONE else loves these threads. You can usually identify a flame war thread even without opening it, because it'll be the one with the most pages.

Parrotvian. I like that, but let's use Parrotovian--easier to pronounce.

Sorry Dean, but you're wrong. And if you look at my avatar, you'll understand why no one should use SET amps.

Speak for yourself, dude. You may think he's painting you as ignorant, but I don't feel offended.

There are devices like that. Celebrated mastering engineer Steve Hoffman (of the old DCC gold audiophile discs fame) has a device that he uses at times, that has (if I remember correctly) 5 different degrees of "tube sound" that he can add to a project he's working on. Some tapes he plays straight, some need a "little help," some need more, and so on, up to some tapes need a "whole lot of help." The original tape is being subject to distortion every step of the way when he runs it through this tube device, but he has a large number of loyal fans who love the result of his choices, and certainly has the most devoted audience to the works of any particular mastering engineer. The vintage tube sound that many people associate with tubes is not the normal tube sound that you get with modern designs (exceptions abound, so don't get too excited if you know of an example that does not apply).

On the other hand, you could buy into the Bad Cowboy's philosophy of room doesn't matter, amps don't matter, as long as you buy a Jubilee.