Yes, George is going to put them in his own home.
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I have explored the differences between Stealth and Iconoclast. The Iconoclasts offer a great deal of quality at a significantly lower price. They are not equal in my opinion to tpp of the line Stealths. They are a solid choice but no way equal to the Stealth cables although the speaker cables are very close in performance.
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What do you feel is the starting point for the Stealthâs superiority? They have lots of models and price points.
Do you mean the Stealth speaker cables are very close in performance to Iconoclast speaker cables, and that the ICs are farther apart in performance?
I forgot to mention - a standard mod for Ohm speakers, at least at the time of the Walsh V, was to remove the piece of felt that covered a portion of the rear of the cylinder. This did essentially make it 360, at least as far as the bass/mid cone.
It was the first thing I did. The felt made the mids, especially male voices, sound a bit nasal.
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Yep.
I just buy the top of the line models and havenât any experience with the lower priced cables. Sorry.
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My wifeâs sister is an architect and the only device she has ever liked is the mbl-extreme, which is admirable. He calls it the hourglass.
My wife only liked mbl-extereme and devialet expert.
A small problem remained for MBL extreme financing.
approximately 10.000.000 TL
That is great to know, that I wonât be needing to perhaps every buy another pair of speaker cables, not even if I became really wealthy.
Itâs understandable that Iconoclast ICs wouldnât compete with Stealth and some other highest-of-high-end ICs because theyâre essentially designed to be âaffordableâ and a benchmark of how much is achievable by optimizing standard, not exotic, IC design principles to the hilt - and theyâre impressive for just that reason.
The stealth power cables Al buys are really really good too with their T Tuning Rings and helium sealed conductors. They help bring out a more analog presentation with both ease and a 3 dimensional sound.
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Can we get these at the flea market? 
Best wishes
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I assume Stealth has invested in such superior material engineering that the helium tubes donât allow diffusion of the gas through the insulation. From what Iâve understood itâs not exactly easy to encase helium in a flexible tubing.
But really I donât trust itâs the helium that makes so much of a difference as a dielectric, but certainly if there were no intermediate steps in the construction that would have allowed oxidation to happen onto the conductors, the helium sealing will preserve the surface where air wouldnâtâŠ
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Itâs like those stories of people finding a real 3 carat diamond ring at the local Goodwill shop for $2.00.
Maybe in the upscale neighborhood 
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Not so far off reallyâŠOn another forum 'philes have gone
to a goodwill stores and found treasuresâŠclassic gear of
various typesâŠbrand name preamps, amps, receivers,
speakers you name itâŠnot all in 1 store thoughâŠ
Back in then 80s found classic Fisher gear for $5.00
and $75.00âŠstill operating and putting out some
decent soundâŠ
I lived near military bases. Military personnel would
purchase gear while servingâŠand as time wore on
would move on to other gearâŠand old treasure would
show up like thatâŠGreat pickingsâŠ
Our current gear today may perhaps be tomorrowâs
(way off in future) collectible relic that will make
someone smileâŠ
Best wishes yâall
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I picked up a Scott tube integrated for $20, or something like that, at a Goodwill once. At the time, I had never had any tube gear, so was curious what it would sound like. It was MINT. Nobody was interested in it because, well, it was tubes. It was like buying an old Zenith tube TV when the latest/greatest were 32 inch CRT solid state.
Yes, Iâm old enough to have lived when a 32 inch TV (4:3) was humongous and most people âonlyâ had 25 inchers in their livingroom at best
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So âŠpretty sure your tubed Scott gave you many hours
of enjoyment with never heard that like that before experiences!!
Best wishes
Iâve still got an old 32â CRT TV in the basement. Itâs too heavy to move without some young helpers
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It was interesting. Was obviously not âup to snuffâ compared to modern tubes/tub designs (I assumed). Very âsmoothâ but with good detail. It was, after all from the fifties (I think), and who knows how old the tubes were. It was 299c integrated.
Ended up chucking it when something (not tube related) went bad. I couldnât figure it out, and I couldnât find anyone around nearby (at the time) that worked on tube equipment. Now I realize that I probably could have taken it to someone who worked on guitar amps though.
If you like âŠget a load of this antique Fisher 800c tube
receiverâŠ
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