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Responses from clearthink

Is ELP turntable dead?
If the turntable is dead I would not suggest, recommend, or advice you to buy it at any price unless you are especially familiar, expert, and knowledgeable about this unit which is likely to require delicate, specialized, technical repair, alignme... 
Using Mark Levinson No. 380 preamp output simultaneously
n80"Please explain bi-amping in this context."Biamplification requires the installation, implementation, and use of two distinct, separate, individual stereo amplIfiers or alternatively the use of four active stages of amplification that could be ... 
Using Mark Levinson No. 380 preamp output simultaneously
n80"Why would you do this?"It would be required, necessary, and vital to proper Music Reproduction System biamplification. 
$10k Speaker Cables??????????????
dynaquest4"he is referring to truth in advertising. Extreme claims for a product that contain no real, substantive performance justification"What extreme claims are you mentioning, referencing, and objecting to hear and in addition after you ha... 
DC Offset Blocker/Killer - where to buy in the USA
miner42"You spend many $$$$ on the equipment yet you cry about spending $ to send to a service center when you probably have a service center near you that you could deliver to."I wonder if this OP ever submitted his amplifier for a proper, qual... 
Chinese fake cables How fake, how good?
Anything that is a fake is not worth a try because you are supporting an illegal, unlawful, prohibited behavior at the cost, expense, and harm to legitimate designers, manufacturers, and distributors. 
The Carver Amp Challenge and the 21st Century and it's Failure
lowrider57" I’ve read the stories where Bob was considered a showman or a barker. I can see how those in the industry resented that. Also, his history of company ownership raises concern about the future of his current highly regarded tube amps.... 
Perfect Path Technologies: Omega E mat
uberwaltz"Anybody who comes to this thread and openly trashes Tim’s products without trying them and trying to put a negative spin on this product is not being fair to Tim, his product or themselves in all honesty."While I agree with you’re observ... 
Differences between cd transports?
astelmaszek"What audio tweakers fail to understand that not a single of these things make a damn bit of a difference at audio frequencies."Do you base this claim, proclamation, and pronouncement on personal, first hand experience, experiments, a... 
The Carver Amp Challenge and the 21st Century and it's Failure
spatialking"The Defense rests our case"There was no case to defend the facts speak for themselves you're "client" should have taken an American "Plea Deal!"  
The Carver Amp Challenge and the 21st Century and it's Failure
lowrider57"why are there so many Bob haters?"There is no reason to hate Bob Carver and no reason to be infatuated with him either. Every company he has ever owned has gone out of business except for his current company and that is only because h... 
TT set up
millercarbon"Don't need no scope. Set your VTA by ear."This is correct with the provision, exception, and understanding that such an approach will result in misalignment, excessive wear, and distortion. 
Stroboscopic disk sets wrong speed for turntable?
fsonicsmith"There is nothing better than the now defunct Phoenix Engineering Road Runner"The "Roadrunner" was as unreliable, poorly engineered, and flawed concept, design, and execution promoted by an unhappy, angry, vicious marketer who though... 
Soliciting Member Perspectives: Levinson vs Bryston vs Audio Research
jetter"his paragraph beginning with …." it is not for you to limit, restrict...." is a copy and paste that appears in a number of his/her posts and almost seems computer generated."I will consistently, steadfastly, and repeatedly defend, support... 
Soliciting Member Perspectives: Levinson vs Bryston vs Audio Research
oldmandave"clearthink... Please cease with the proselytizing & pedantic lecturing."it is not for you to limit, restrict, or discourage posters and contributors to this forum from sharing, expressing, or explaining they’re thoughts, beliefs, or...