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http://www.toolband.com/album/index.html

Here is the link for Tools website and from there you can sample some of their songs from most of their albums. Glad to see that there are some Tool fans here. []

Joe- Since you like "Schism" from the Lateralus album, then you might want to also pick up their newest release which is ' 10,000 Days' and give the song " Jambi" a listen. Regarding A Perfect Circle, which one did you happen to pick up ? Personally, I like " Thirteenth Step " the best. Brad

Jay L- I live on the East Coast of Florida. It only takes a few hours to drive over to the other side from where we are. Let me know.... Brad

If you keep the speakers to close to the tv for long periods of time, you are taking a chance of messing up the tv screen for good. I would suggest moving the speakers away from the tv until you dont see the different colors on the screen. The older Fortes were not a shielded speaker , so this is why this is happening. My Fortes that I still have used to do the same thing, so I moved on of them out of the room completely, Now the tv is in the garage.

Instead of searching through every ad for them : http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=61378&item=5779316808&rd=1 Would be nice if there were pictures of them though.

Rob- May I offer a suggestion ? Maybe when you listen to brand " A " tubes , keep a pen and paper handy and write little comments on the paper throughout the night while you listen to various types of music on your system. The next night, try brand " B " tube and again, jot down notes as to what you hear and dont hear while listening.....compare the notes and see what you like and dislike with a certain tube. As for the EL-34....Currently , I am using the "Flying C" in my Dodd Amps and like them very much. While there are others tubes out there, I havent had the chance to sit down and figure out which ones I would like to get next. The good thing about EL-34 Tubes for the most part, is that they are very cheap compared to the 6550 or kt-90 power tubes. Of course it depends on how many tubes you need also ! I have a friend that has a pair of Wolcott tube amps, and those take 8 EL-34'S in each amp, so retubing that can be expensive to say the least ( for me anyways !) Good luck and have fun. Brad

I will throw my thoughts out there....but if you decide to get a preamp, then you have to look into another pair of Interconnects....possibly another power cord ( ?), and of course that means more money that you are spending on the system ( which could be a good or bad thing ). For me, I have had a preamp for years and just recently decided to go direct from my cd player into my tube mono-block amps and have no regrets at all. Like to keep the system as simple as possible, less things in the equipment chain the better( for my system at least). I guess the only way to find out which one works better for you is to try them both, as you are the one that listens to your system.

Of course everybody has an opinion as to where the speaker should be, but a lot of it depends on the room that the speakers are in. I recently brought my Forte 11 back into the system and have mine 2 1/2 to 3 ft from the back wall. On many times when I have listened to the system, it sounds as if there is a sub , but there is not. Speakers are also facing forward with no toe-in. Moving the speakers to find the right position for them isnt hard as they are not a heavy speaker, so where one person suggests may not be the right place for another person.

Have tried other cables such as FMS, Signal Cables, Silver etc...but always had the same sound with them until I got the Purist Audio Musaeus Interconnects and Bi-wire cables. They sounded nice on my Klf-30's, but I just sold them tonight, so now I am looking for different speakers.....

Sorry, forgot to mention that I also have a pair of the Forte 11 speakers. The only thing wrong with the Forte speaker is that it would be hard to hook up the bi-wire cables that I just bought and really dont want to sell them.

kept all your existing cables, amps, etc....what speakers would you look at next ? The reason why I ask this question is that a few weeks ago, I posted a for sale on here of my Klipsch Klf-30's in the Central Florida area, and one of the members here on this site contacted me, saying that he would drive from Ohio to pick them up. He was ready to come down here, and pick them up, but he thought he found a pair on Ebay for sale....so I started selling all my gear and was going to get out of this "hobby" for a while, but a friend told me that if we shopped smart , we could indeed put together another system with the money I had from selling everything. I agreed to do this, so first we found the tube amps, then the player, and cables we had already decided on which ones to get, but wanted to get everything else first.......then I get an email from the Klipsch Forum member asking if my speakers are still for sale ? The Ebay thing didnt work out for him. I know that the cables have been ordered and are on the way, but I reply to him that they are, and so we set up a day that I know I will be home, we even talk on the phone and finish any last minute questions that there might be. Cables arrive, and I hook them up, and what do you know ? The system sounds just great, and I honestly didnt think that cables could make that much of a difference...so here I have the sound that I enjoy, but the buyer will be here tomorrow after drving from Ohio to get his speakers. I will honor what I have told this gentleman that the speakers are his......but my question is this : What would you do if you were in my shoes ? Buy another pair of the 30's or go a different route speaker wise ? If you choose next speaker, then speaker has to be effecient enough for 50 watt tube mono-blocks and be bi-wireable...also have the ability to play any kind of music ( vocals to rock & roll ). Input needed.

Rear of amp.

one mono-block picture.

Here is a picture of the inside of a Dodd 50 watt Mono-Block amp.