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Jason and Harel,i must say that overall i agree with your perspectives. i want the 2a3 amps to work so i'm searching for what they do that i love. and yes, there is plenty to love. and no, ...

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Harel,regarding the Telwire, both HC and non-HC. i still have both my Telwire power cables which i use from time to time on temporary gear in my system. i agree, an excellent value in a pow...

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Harel,one point i forgot to make about power cables.my viewpoint changed on what type power cord i needed before and after my Equi=tech 10WQ isolation transformer/distribution panel...

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Harel,great choice of gear! congrats!agree on the Evolution BNC interconnect cables; they are amazing and when used with the dart 'zeel' interface are unsurpassed.recently i...

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David,thanks for the kind words.the only gear i leave powered on 24/7 is my digital player/dac, the active amps in my Evolution Acoustics speakers, the darTZeel preamp, and (when i'...

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Mike and Charles,no doubt these particular 2a3 amps are special, even for 2a3's. especially now that these amps have around 200 hours on them. and from a particular perspective they do now ...

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Mike,thanks. i'm glad you like the pictures...they were long overdue.and yes, three watts.

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Ed,my speakers are 93db efficent, with a 6 ohm load. my speakers have active bass amplification. the 2a3's are marginal for my system; but most people might think three watts has no chance....

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Ish, thanks. i've always wanted to have a tube amp as a different view on the music; but until i heard the 45 tube amps last winter in my room nothing had really got me excited enough to pu...

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Peter,thanks. honestly i'm going to try and take better ones. but this morning i just wanted to get it done to clear out all the outdated information.....and get the gear list updated.<...

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hi Joe,thanks.

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Ed,thanks for the kind comments.i've got about 150 hours now on the Found Music 2a3 monos. and i've been listening to them for the last 4-5 days exclusively. i love the amps. there ...

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Peter,the dimensions are; 29' x 21' x 11'.the room is somewhat an oval.....with curves and angles and no 90 degree corners. the length is from the door surface to the deepes...

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Sam,thanks.excellent news on the 1/2" A820. i'll watch for your comments on how you think it differs from the 1/4".

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System edited: updated main system pictures today to current, long overdue. next i'll work on changing equipment pics.

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Mikelakers,sorry for the delay in response...it's been a busy week.i don't have any of the special plugs yet to connect the Nagra IV-S to any other gear. so i've not yet listened to...

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Gary.Amen.

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i'm re-posting the Nagra IV-S pics from above (yesterday) after photoshoping them. i posted them quickly and had not taken the time to correct them. i deleted the links to the other pics.

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hi David,in my post just above i somewhat answered your question. all three D...

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Mike, my wife told me the same thing 30 years ago & we've been married 32 years.let me know how that works out?i've been married to my wonderful wife...

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Wanna wager a nice bottle of Scotch on that? ;-)no. ;-)

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i've been watching ebay auctions for Nagra IV-S tape decks for awile. knowing i could not really rationalize spending money on one, since what would i really do with it? but they continued to attra...

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Peter, you are most welcome. the Beat is an excellent turntable and only the NVS kept me from likely owning it a very long time. you can't go wrong with it.and yes; i'm a DD guy (and idler ...

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Peter,yes; i did have the Talea 2/A90 on both The Beat and the NVS. and the last few months with The Beat i was using the darTZeel phono stage which i have used with the NVS/Talea 2 too.

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sometimes (maybe more than sometimes :>)) I get pretty caught up in the excitement of a new addition to my system. that's why we do this stuff; right? And when that happens I might write or say som...

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