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Oh man, I broke my class D amp. Make fun of me. Then help.
Glad to hear you got it sorted! 
Vinyl recordings - best methods
I have an old Nakamichi cassette deck. It doesn’t come close to touching a DSD128 recording. Just curious- which deck and when was the last time it was serviced? I used to maintain a pair of Nak decks for making cassettes for my truck; haven't don... 
PranaFidelity speakers, what say you?
Excellent speakers- we showed with them a few years ago at the last THE Show in Las Vegas. 
Can This Amp Power A 50 Foot Speaker Cable Run?
Alternatively, if your inputs are truly balanced, run a balanced line instead, and put the amps near the speakers. +1@mitch4tThe amp won't have a problem driving the distance, but I think you will find that really long cables will rob the signal o... 
Oh man, I broke my class D amp. Make fun of me. Then help.
@toddverrone, OK- the next thing is to swap the interconnects left for right at the input of the amps.You want to make sure that its not the source that got blown up, and FWIW its output got shorted to ground with that initial mis-wire.So if you d... 
Tube preamp with or without phono stage?
What variables of interconnection are being referred to here?The issues are the sound of the interconnect that you have to use with an external phono section, how well its power supplies are built, how well its grounded and so on- just like what h... 
Tube preamp with or without phono stage?
There is only one advantage of having a built-in phono and that is, it saves space, one less box. However if you are looking for the ultimate sound you will find a quality external phono head amp is the only way to go if you're serious about go... 
Oh man, I broke my class D amp. Make fun of me. Then help.
Are you sure your interconnect is OK? Have you swapped in a different interconnect to make sure you don't still have a problem? 
Readers Digest Classical Collections should be reissued
Many of the Readers Digest sets were pressed by RCA in their Indianapolis plant, and recorded by Kenneth Wilkinson who was a Decca engineer that recorded many of RCA's projects in Europe.As a result the sound on many of them is superbe.  
Tube preamp with or without phono stage?
I also feel cables and vibration control make a difference so take that into consideration. This is a pretty big argument for having the phono section built-in. 
Amplifier For Compression Drivers In A Tri-Amp Setup...?
You hardly need any power to make this happen! 15 watts is **plenty** of power!! If the drivers really are 112db, you can likely make do with an amp that only makes about a watt.A type 45 triode power tube makes about 0.75 watts operated single-en... 
New Technics SL 1200 GAE
Contact me via email.We've only done this with the Triplanar. Not sure how well it will work with other 12" arms! But IMO the Triplanar is one of the very best out there. 
New Technics SL 1200 GAE
Atmasphere, how do you compare your own Empire based direct drive turntable offering against the Technics 1200 GAE ?While over the years the model 2098 we've built has acquitted itself very nicely over 'tables costing a lot more, overall I think t... 
Balanced v unbalanced input to Ayre preamps
600 ohms is still used, on account of the fact that there is still a lot of vintage professional gear in service, in fact many studios like to advertise that they have such (tube) equipment. So usually modern gear is designed to support that opera... 
Preamp issue?
^^ What reubent said. Swapping the interconnect cables left for right is your first step, otherwise you don't know if its the preamp or the amps.