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amp for ONKYO receiver
There's a parasound 5125 posted today for $795. Come to a middle ground with the seller? The only other amp in the range that I see is a Rotel (I like the parasound better). You really won't find many 3 channel amps.You could buy 3 monoblocks like... 
which is your favorite inexpensive stereo system?
My office system is a Music Hall Trio, cd/tuner/pre/amp with pre outs, 2 channel video in/out and more. 
AVM 20 or AVM 30 vs Mid-Fi Yamaha Receiver
I love Anthem. I had an AVM-2 for a long time. Even that was far superior to anything Yamaha had. You should consider a Sunfire IV or V or Sherbourne 7010/A also. Your amp and speakers are great. You need to determine if HDMI is necessary, some mo... 
any benefit in a double bi-wire of 8TC?
The 8TC bi-wires are nice and do clean up some of the sound. However, at the retail price it is painful...I sold my 8's, kept my single wire 4TC's and spent the couple hundred difference on music. 
Why gold?
DONT USE WIRE HANGERS, PLEASE!I'm sending you a bottle of contact cleaner.Enjoy :-) 
Seeking Headphone Reccomendation
AKG 701 is my favorite by far. 
Anyone running a solid state preamp and tube amp?
I love running a solid state pre with tube amps. I know that my pre is very clean which allows me to "amp roll" without having any side effects from the pre. Tubes going into tubes can add extra noise/sound to the mix. 
Maybe your turntable setup is actually okay . . .
Kirkus, finally we agree.Happy Listening 
How we clean records in Texas
Who said anything about Yankees? We hate them in Pittsburgh too! Man are you Texans mixed up. The Yankees are in New York-they don't clean records either, just steal them from others. 
Thinking of moving to a Headphone system, thoughts
You will miss speakers at some point, even if it's just when a friend is over?Here's what I did to make my office system more reasonable: Dumped my classe 30 and multiple amps for a music hall trio (pre/cd/tuner/amp). It has nice headphone outs fo... 
How we clean records in Texas
http://cgim.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/vs.pl?vbudg&zz1193102132&viewitem&o13&1236521016#itemThis was a post about 2 months ago by Grimace. You Texans are always coming in second to Pittsburgh...Also, with our "high quality" iron city bee... 
Integra DTR-7.8 and DTR-7.9 phono stage question
If phono stage is an issue, you are way better off buying a stand alone unit. Even an inexpensive NAD, Parasound or Cambridge will sound way better than the internal junk in those receivers. 
Mulitple amps for 7.1???
Your best bet/cheapest way is to get a 2 channel amp for the rears or sides. The difference from 150 watts to 250 is less 3db increase and may not do a heck of a lot? 
Maybe your turntable setup is actually okay . . .
Kirkus, this is a hobby...people's lives don't depend on what I'm doing. My vinyl addiction is ever evolving and a great way to clear my mind from the stresses of life, not to add to it.I've owned more tables than I can count and liked most while ... 
Classe' Preamp comparisons
The AI is awesome sounding. I hate dual volume controls...Time to start tube rolling, you will really notice it when you put NOS mullards or telefunkens in there.