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Coupling Capacitor upgrade? Which one first?
What's in place at the moment make/model/value uf and volts, polarized or non-polarized Cheers George 
Should I sell my accuphase for this schiit
The term bi-amping gets thrown around a lot these days - often without any understanding.  This sounds more like I couldn’t be bothered. Like I said an experienced tech would take about an hour to do it and the parts cost are a pair of speaker ter... 
Which to Upgrade first? My Amplifier or Speakers
Which to Upgrade first? My Amplifier or Speakers If you do both, then get the speakers first, then the right amp to drive the speakers.Amps drive speakers, speakers don’t drive amps. No use getting the amp first, then get the speakers and finding ... 
Mark Levinson no 37 transport screw
Cost around $75 for a screw - crazy True, but also thinking it could may have a specially machined head to recess into the chassis when done up. Cheers George 
Best speakers out there for Midrange and Highs
Best speakers out there for Midrange and Highs Always ESL's, then Planer then Cone drivers, to cover mids and highs. It's all about the mass to get the best in mids/highs. The very best in just the highs are Plasma, but they are HF only, they h... 
Looking for the Best Integrated High Current Amplifier 250-300 WPC
blumartini Your Focals 2’s are almost the same to drive as the 3’s. In the bass they are very hard to drive with 2.7ohms and -56’ phase angle so don’t wimp out on the amp.Get the Gryphon Diablo 300 all the others here that are mentioned can’t matc... 
Looking for the Best Integrated High Current Amplifier 250-300 WPC
As the OP asked "best High Current Integrated".The Dartzeel can’t do anywhere near the current the Gryphon Diablo can. As these show, Dartzeel, 230w-8ohms and 435w-2ohms Compared the Gryphon’s 300w-8ohms and 950w-2ohms Cheers George 
Mark Levinson no 37 transport screw
I'm sure ML tech support could tell you, it would be listed in the parts section in the service manual. Send them an email.Cheers George 
Looking for the Best Integrated High Current Amplifier 250-300 WPC
blumartini OP Looking for the Best Integrated High Current Amplifier 250-300 WPC The Gryphon Diablo 300 intergrated, I believe has no equal for 250-300w with very high current. 300w-8ohms 950w-2ohms https://gryphon-audio.dk/shop/integrated-amplif... 
Should I sell my accuphase for this schiit
@georgehifi Wow . Thanks so much for this diagram. You even included names of each component. Thanks so much. Thanks, you may not even need the Sys if the gains of the Aegir and Vidar amps are the same. (unlikely if different manufacturers, bu... 
Passive preamp
@georgehifi I have sent you an email asking for pricing info for the Lightspeed Attenuator. A friend and I will test it seeing as though the reviews have been rave. Excellent work, George. Incredibly excellent work. However, when I am having a p... 
Digital read out static meters
There ya go  cheap analog readout not digital so it sounds better  https://www.ebay.com/itm/Chapman-EOS-100-Electrostatic-Meter/312636421144?epid=739271208&hash=item48ca953418:g:mb4AAOSwVaZc6Dtv  
Should I sell my accuphase for this schiit
delvalle23 I do have have the Vidar and the Aegir I am interested in your suggestion on a horizontal bi amping VS mono block config. How exactly do I insert a Schiit sys in the signal path or in that diagram. Thanks for your time. My preamp is ... 
Time to buy a class D amp?
The proof will be in the pudding, as there are Class-D’s coming out with little or no feedback, Merrill Elements being just one with it’s said to be a very good sound. From EE Online"If none of these issues are addressed, it is difficult to achiev... 
Time to buy a class D amp?
Very high levels of feedback, in an intelligently designed class D amp, are actually utilized to optimize the sound quality throughout the entire audible frequency spectrum. This can also be said about linear amps, but they sound crap when done. ...