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Doesn't anyone talk about CENTER SPEAKERS need 1
Front 3 need to be the same.Tim 
Phono stage revealing limitations of cartridge?
The 834p has huge gain. Make a voltage divider with caddock metal film resitors and you will find things sound much better. The divider is very easy to make. Try 10k,5k,and 2k. The divider goes on the input of the line stage.Tim 
What is a $500- $700 power cord for subwoofer
Do you have dedicated outlets?Tim 
Best 5-10 Rock Recordings?
Who's Next on 200 gram clasic. 
NAD T585 and M55 Universal Players
Stereo,I agree with your review %100. This thing is silly good for $600.Tim 
How do you perform a burn in on a tonearm cable?
http://db.audioasylum.com/cgi/search.mpl?searchtext=silver+%2Bburn+%2Bin&b=AND&topic=&topics_only=N&author=+john+curl&date1=&date2=&slowmessage=&sort=score&sortOrder=DESC&forum=cablesRead what this says abou... 
What is the best place to buy tubes?
This guy has a great website.https://www.tubeworld.com/index_high.htmI have yet to buy anything from him yet.Tim 
Subwoofer Placement
The sub should be next to one of your mains. Dial it in there and it will sound correct. Tim 
Which Mundorf for my tubes?
Which v-caps was he refering to: oimp or tftf?Tim 
Which Mundorf for my tubes?
Walk all over V-caps?Give me a break.Tim 
Interconnects for BAT
High-quality cables are a waste of time unless you replace the low-cost wire that is used internally. The cable inside the amp is 22" long and very cheap. What sense does it make connecting a mega buck pair of I/Cs to it? Dgarretson knows what he ... 
Mundorf coupling caps
I used v-caps for coupling caps and mundorf silver oil for my speaker cross-overs. From what I was able to gather from AA and Audiogon,the silver gold is not worth the extra money.Tim 
Cambridge 840C, YES it is as good as the reviews
Arbuckle,It would nice to see what your system is. I was at Tweeter yesterday looking at the demo model and thought it looked like it was well built. I wish I had time to listen to it.Tim 
LCD TV Help
It's very hard to tell what the set really capable of doing inside a showroom. Ask the salesman to check the menu for brightness,contrast,and sharpness. The sets are usually shipped with the contrast full blast and never adjusted in the store. Jus... 
best sub 1k phono stage?
Tiger,You are just wrong. The 834p is a fantastic phono pre that has built up very large following in it's un-moded state. When mods are done, the results are stunning. The current price of the 834p is off becouse of the dollar. Everything from Eu...