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The Best Amp for the Price of Dirt
As mono blocks they have few contenders . For me I alternate between my Paoli SOB mono's in winter & the A 500's in summer chained to a Sp 10 MK II with mods. Yes, Yes they are transformed as mono blocks. 
New Maplenoll Ariadne owner needing advice
Piedpipe : Thanks for the reply . I also have been attempting to locate acrolink internal stress free wire for a re-wire of the phono wires . So far no luck. Much thanks... Charlie 
The Best Amp for the Price of Dirt
The real surprize is when you chain two units as mono blocks. The "volumn knobs" are excellent gain controls. 
The best CD Player for the money
Well at least the Oppo exists... 
New Maplenoll Ariadne owner needing advice
Piedpiper: I attempted to look at your 1/17 pic's for cues to the motor mounting. Unfortunately , some of the mounting is obscured. Do you have any recommendations for a replacement motor ? From the pic it appears the outside of your platter has b... 
CD player reccomendations please
The Oppo DV-970HD (149.US) is insanely good , having been favorably compaired to players costing gads more. Go to www.Oppo.com read the reviews and the buy yourself one. Use the 970 as a tool to compair other units. Most likely you will keep this ... 
The best CD Player for the money
Jazze22: TAS 1/07 under 2006 Product(s) of the Year Awards lists the Budget Component of the Year for '06 as the Oppo DV-970HD (149.US). TAS magazine also features an article by Chris Martens , p.26 regarding the Oppo. Based on the glowing review ... 
New Maplenoll Ariadne owner needing advice
Piedpiper: I am considering removing the a/c motor. Could you go into a little more detail on the do's and don't, perhaps a few pics. Thanks 
The Best Amp for the Price of Dirt
In addition , I mentioned in a earlier thread chaining the A500's to a Oppo Cd player ($149US). I purchased the player and it put to shame 5K worth of EAD. For more of a read 1/07 TAS 2006 Product of the Year Awards - Oppo HD 970. 
The Best Amp for the Price of Dirt
Earlier, I mentioned a TAS article on NAD . The article "Redefining Value" is in the 2/07 issue , page 26 by Barry Willis regarding the NAD C 325BEE Int.Amp & the C 525BEE CD Player. Excellent read. 
The Best Amp for the Price of Dirt
Tonight , I checked the price of the Behringer Reference Amplifier A 500 on MusicansFriend.Com. The price has increased to $199.US not including an additional 1 yr. warrenty period for $16.45 US per unit...shipping is free. The 500's are still a b... 
The Best Amp for the Price of Dirt
The Sonic T appears to be the value of the decade. The web reviews are amazing and the amp appears to be a tweekers/DIY delight.What impressed me about the Berringer A 500's (and return to them) was how much in terms of value I got out of the box ... 
The Best Amp for the Price of Dirt
Check out the tnt web site that containes a rave review on the sonic impact ($39 ) and the T- Preamp ( $ 80'ish) for 15w @ 8 ohms w/ high eff speakers of your choice. Appears to be one way to go . Lots of DIY tweeks to ramp-up the amp . The curren... 
New Maplenoll Ariadne owner needing advice
The fellow who can be contacted thru that above site is Scott Leventhal , a very nice fellow who re-wrote the Ariadne & Athea Manuals for 'Noll 15+ years ago. Scott on occasion willingly shaires the copywrited materals on a person by person re... 
Walker Audio Prelude LP Cleaning Solution
This thread is headed nowhere and should be removed out of respect for Lloyd Walker.