Dave Stadt wrote:

"funkbastler" wrote in message
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On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 22:08:57 -0400, -ex- wrote:


Its also very much a vanity thing. The well-eared gang claim to hear
subtle differences (always an improvement) in certain tubes and will pay
dearly for them...if for no other reason than bragging rights. And then
some tubes have a better proven reliability when stretched to abuse - as
Joe sez.

Sounds like we're dealing with the same folks who think "monster cable"
makes their system sound better.

Those folks also never allow an objective A/B test to cloud their thinking.
Oh well, a fool and his money are soon parted.

Oxygen-free cable for oxygen-free brains. It seems to fit.

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