czarivey

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Length of Phono Cable to Phono Preamp
I prefer to keep 1m not shorter or longer. It's meant to optimize reactive load for both MM and MC carts. That's what most of manufacturers would recommend. 
Audio in NC
Moon Audio(Drew Baird) is D BEST. Great dude to deal with!Audio Advice on Glenwood ave is overoverpriced and no deals cut. I'd go there for service man Steve that may do an exellent repair job for you. 
Is a high priced Line Conditioner needed
Stay away from power regenerators. It wll defiinitely be a waste of funds. 
What audio components are heirloom quality?
A place where nothing ever happens does not exist because exsisting is also happening. 
Stylus Rake Angle
In most of cases the stylus bay should be parallel to the surface of record. updowns should be very slight. 
Best Speakers You Have Ever Heard In Your Home
The current ones I have. 
HELP Broke Blue Tonearm Lead
How far did you rip the wire? I believe that there's still a notch out of arm tube. If that's the case, you can dissassemble the DIN, tie up just one lead of sufficient length and pull out broken one with replacement one without rewiring the whole... 
How long does it take you to install a cartridge?
5min if I need it fast, 10min with great accuracy. Have several cartridges I use and swap them once in a while. 
Amp recommendation for Klipsch Heresy
I saw HH Scott Stereomaster in great condition(per owner's description) for bellow $400 on ebay serviced. It uses EL84/22wpc and sounds super. 
Voice In the Rain...
Headache often ceases when you forget about it. May be that was the case -- good point Casey! If I could listen to the smoth jazz that I'd normally don't, than Joe Sample is truely great musician that I can enjoy. 
What audio components are heirloom quality?
NO equipment will withstand the march of technology and social changeMy 1966 Fender Deluxe Reverb still sounds darn great (many of you must know that that model IS substantially better than today's) and so is my 1977 Strat. The choices of musician... 
Do I esentially have a class A amp?
Used to have Quicksilver M60 to drive my Aerial 10t. Sounded great. Quickies were driving once owned Vandy 2ce. Still love these and regret selling.Switched to Krell KAV300i sounded better.Than switched to Sunfire 300 sounded even more better.If I... 
Preamp with XLR input under 1k?
Anyone knows where to get VK3i at $1k +- a notch? 
Sound issues
change position of your speakers 
Amp recommendation for Klipsch Heresy
tubes may be noisy with sensitive speakers. vintage mcintosh tube amps are great when properly serviced and restored so is hh scott ones. if you can do restoration job yourself you'll save $$$ otherwise you need to be in $800 range.