I find the tubes quite beautiful to look at. Industrial art really. Saying that, the cost and the fact that they expire makes me glad that I got out of tubes before the rolling bug hit me hard. Must be an expensive endeavor. Rewarding though I'm sure.

Curious. When you go to a store, why would you want to cancel the noise. Isn't that noise the sound of the world?

No worries.

I'm in Canada and if you need to have it shipped here I could ship it onto you. Just in case needed.

Well, sort of. Yes an amp can be pushed to audible distortion, but that is really no where near as common as people often suggest. Again, if you are equalizing and there is lots of draw on the amp, but you have unused power it won't help. Note that I said if the amp is operating without audible...

Sorry, but the idea that extra power in the amp makes for better performance is pure audio mythology. If the power is unused, it has zero influence because it is unused. As long as the amp operates without audible distortion and provides enough power for the dynamic swings your playback volume...

It will still be worth the effort and probably a lot of fun for you to do. Just be as systematic and consistent in the testing approach as you can. I'll certainly enjoy the read.

When the differences are slight and subtle as you describe, how can you be sure there is even any difference at all? When it is considered that audio memory is extremely imprecise, and it must take at least a moderate amount of time to switch out tubes, wouldn't that introduce a fair amount of...

Refreshing to read common sense that changing the internal wiring material has no appreciable effect on sound. It is hard to read posts from DIY enthusiasts who swear that they hear a difference once they use silver wiring in their amps. Clearly that is not even possible. Anyway, just really...

I will have pictures soon hopefully of my newest watch. I have purchased a used in excellent condition, what I feel is a very smart looking, Revue Thommen Heritage with a green dial. It has a decent Sellita SW 200-1 movement (common in many Swiss watches). It will be arriving from Pennsylvania...

Gotcha. I find many Whiskey's and bourbon too sweet as well. Despite having a friend with a very refined Scotch palette and always very good Scotch, I rarely enjoy it. Saying that I do prefer, if I'm to be honest, mixing well crafted Whiskey with ginger ale. Canada Dry of course. If you mix...

Quite interesting? Doesn't seem like a rousing endorsement.

AAC can sound really very good in my experience. Well done codec for sure.

Totally get that where local file storage is required. Mind you, with built in storage increasing all the time, pretty soon this will be a moot point and even phones we are upgrading will have enough room for most users.

This is why I personally feel DAPs are a poor investment. Unless the buyer is comfortable with the knowledge that they may only get 5 years of viable use from the device, if streaming and third party software packages are critical to how they use the device. If the buyer is comfortable with the...