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Recommendations for flexible speaker cable
www.rivercables.com flat,flexible,reasonably priced 
Payment options for purchases
MBNA will give you a one time special number for internet purchases. Ace check cashinng also give you a M/C where you deposit the amount of your transaction plus a small fee(cheaper than pay pay pal). Thus if they try to use yoour card there will ... 
Maggie 3.6 owners -- please help
maggies present some interesting options for you. You can actually fine tune maggies sweetpot. Since the tweeter is a line source you can toe the speaker in or out. Or keep it paralell to the listening position. Quite different from the innersound... 
Microphonic Amps?
tubes can become microphonic. usually means it is defective and should be replaced. good tubes should not be microphonic. 
Tone Arm Help for a newbie
sota cosmo/lyra helikon/well tempered tonearm.sota refurbished/used helikon/used well tempered. lots of tweaking will keep you busy for awhile. 
Review: Rega Planar 2 Turntable
IMHO(who am I kiddng my opinoin is never humble)the rega's modest appearence gives audiophiles the wrong impression. It is worhty of insertion in the finer systems and deserves a much better cartridge than denon. It is by no means an entry level d... 
Koetsu Rosewood Sig. v Koetsu Rosewood SigPlat
update-I went with Koetsu Rosewood Signature. $3,000.00 loan(gift) for nephew's tuition heavy influence on my decision. Why do we have to send them to college. Cheaper to let them stay home and party.greg 
Jimmy Smith - RIP
"side mouthin" recorded live at Jimmy Smiths own supper club. I found it by accidentt when a record store was converting to cd.Playing it is the closest thing to live I have ever played. 
Conrad-Johnson Premier 11a-a good used amp?
built like a brick outhouse and will drive a nail. i just purchased a used one off a-gon. no problem. mine has kt-88's but they usually come with 6550. CJ has steadily moved away from thier house sound. You still could pick thier amps out of a cro... 
try this for mini-monitors-velcro
I love to use non-audiophile solutions for problems like this. I keep a range of weights from the physical fitness store. I place them on top my subwoofers and speakers that aren't very heavy. This helps the spikes go through the carpet and increa... 
add Benchmark DAC-1 to Sony 400 cd jukebox???
I hope it works.I want to give one to a friend as present. Some are so cheap and you can return them in thirty days if you get it from best buy. It seems I remember Proceed made a cd juke box(prohibitvely expensive). Let us know how it turns out. 
About Lugnut -- Patrick Malone
Natural healing is good thing. Check out DR. Gary Knoll(sp?).he has been on PBS and published extensively on alterantives to traditional cancer treatment protocol. If you have already done, this please for forgive me for being presumptious. 
What to consider with used Sota Sapphire??
Doodledog- not a good deal in and of itself. If you are not a sota man, I would pass. SOTA does buy used tables. They also offer refurbushing and trades. Two problems. You are right about the springs. They will have to be replaced. This was always... 
Turntable Upgrade Suggestions
If you could get the teres with the cain & cain finish that would be great! See it at Rocky Mountain Audiofest on Audiogon Show coverage.greg 
Turntable Upgrade Suggestions
FYI-VPI said they have a $40.00 fee for drilling the Aries armbaord for any arm other than thier own. I informed them that I was committed to the SME IV. The charge went away. Go figure.greg