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carlsbad2

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EBAY MONEY BACK.......WHAT A JOKE ???
Other’s experience including mine is different. I’d look at how I handled this and consider what I should have done differently. 20 emails in 14 days is quite a lot. Maybe they are still working through all of them or perhaps were overwhelmed. Je... 
Left Channel Out Primaluna Dialogue Premium
I will never agree with @aniwolfe on this one as I have gotten lots of wrong answers from the supposed experts. Sure ask them, but be prepared to go "hummm".  But maybe they will have a good answer. This amp doesn't have a tube rectifier, which c... 
McIntosh MC901's internal active crossover & speaker's internal passive crossover
@cleeds Biamping is technically correct.  Biamping is what I meant to say. However, a speaker truly set up for biwiring should be the same as one set up for biamping. Some speaker manufacturers have the biwires connected on the inside, so they ar... 
McIntosh MC901's internal active crossover & speaker's internal passive crossover
If you want to replace your internal passive crossover with an external crossover, then you need separate wires to your tweeters, midrange, and woofer from the crossover. I looked up the Mc901.  It is a hybrid amp that wants to drive your woofers... 
Help with hiss
Unplug the interconnects from your preamp.  that will rule it out.  is there anything else plugged into your amps (besides power)? If it is still there, then it is likely a power or interference issue as Erik has described.  It can't really be an... 
Help with hiss
Assuming the hiss comes from both speakers, then it is not your speakers or your amplifiers.  It comes from further upstream, a component that processes both channels.  I would guess your preamp.    
Speakers sounding dull? MUST READ! The truth about speaker design!
Wow, what a controversial post.  
Can we create a consensus list of the TONALITY of different amps/preamps/brands?
@thyname my new password manager program didn't work out.  
DEVIALET EXPERT 200. OK TO LIFT GROUND?
@erik_squires I started to post the same thing you just posted but then I thought about your report on your luxman that you found circuits hooked to the ground rather than the black wire....    
Power Cable in White
It would be cheap and easy to put white shrink tubing on any power cable.  Jerry  
Cured My Lack of Bass Problem
Great to hear that the powered woofer has been integrated well.  I'm an ML fan.  I've gone tube now but have pair of CLS in my second system.   With the ML awesome clarity and mids, sounds like the 13 is a great choice.  I had my eye on a pair of... 
Can we create a consensus list of the TONALITY of different amps/preamps/brands?
No.  There will never be consensus.   If this thread grows legs, it will be people disagreeing with each other. Personally I recommend against publishing a rating on equipment you have never heard but that is common here.  I'd say most of the com... 
I feel it is time to upgrade my 1977 system.......
You need 2 watts to drive those speakers.  The first review of them I found lauded them for great sound with a type 45 tube amp (1.8 wpc).  You said you don't want a tube amp but you could consider a simple 300b or 2A3 with single input tube per c... 
Luxman 507ux Empower Project
Awesome!  
Luxman 507ux Empower Project
Sounds about right.  Whenever you start upgrading you find a lot of things to fix.  Especially if you are the kind of guy who likes to have it right.  I like a point to point amp better, but that is tubes. I'm in favor of the 15 amp fuse.  It won...