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Going to USA: Where to buy LPs in CA and Vegas?
Try wax trax records on decatur ave. All Mint But pricey.very large amount of the best you will find 
Audible Illusions Modulous 3A & L2 Line Stage User
If you run Amplifiers with high sensitivity say anything under 1 1/2 volt pass on the unit. i owned 4 of these, The only way you will get it right is the L-1 Or L-2 because of the balance controls. But its you time and money so have fun. 
Audible Illusions Modulous 3A & L2 Line Stage User
L-2 has much better control on Volume level, this is a ISSUE for audible illusions units 
Balanced Phono question - forgive my ignorance
Be sure the preamp you choose is true fully balanced, or there is additional gain opamps involved that will DEGRADE the sound. Over here balanced sounds lifeless as single ended is much more involving. Belles preamp 
Can tube amps give true high end bass?
NO they cannot on anything under 8 ohms 
Tube amps and speaker ohms
Instead of playing games why not spend 2K and pick up a pair of excellent hurricane amplifiers and put power worries to rest. 
Krell Service
Service manager said 2 weeks or less. Simple fix 4 weeks. Not acceptable. If i pulled something like that where I work id be out the door. Krell does good work as they should.Ive spent upwards of 20K there. People there are very professional.I hav... 
Tube amps and speaker ohms
No 40 watts will not drive a 89 db speaker. Push pull or single ended. I have a speaker at 96 db and 200 watts push pull is just enough. Anything less its clippsville. 
Krell Service
I was wondering if the people with positive responses list if the equipment is under warrantee or what.The more i think about a 1 month turnaround time for a plug-in slowstart board really eats me up. Patrick is the service manager a smooth talker. 
Krell Service
Any others. 
Krell Service
Im not all that thrilled either. Said 2 weeks, called after 3 got an immediate reply estimate was done, who knows how long it was sitting there, now it will be 1 1/2 weeks till they ship after paying within 10 minutes of the reply email.Last time ... 
Tube amps and speaker ohms
Thought id throw this in there. Schweikert vr-8. 4 ohm with a dip at 3ohm lowend. 96 db W 1 watt. 300B X4 mono blocks 50 watts each. Clipped the dooit out of them on medium levels.Rogue 120 monos drove the heck out of them 120 watts. 
Amazingly Close to Krell Sound
Ive owned Several krells mono tube amps Kt88, 300B, 6550 ect.I now picked up a OCM 500 Its a Belles design its a great amp.Solid Class B rating 
Best guitar explosion of all time
Try "baby's on fire" By Brian Eno on "Here come the warm jets"Its Killer and Directly compares with hendrix voodoo Chile.Its a Killer Extended Guitar solo that will rock the house. 
McCormack DNA-1 or DNA-1 deluxe?
The deluxe version has some parts upgrades to the input stage ect. The LATER versions of the The stock Dna-1 has the upgraded parts as stock from what i understand from what steve said.Id spend the extra 100 and get the deluxe.If go to the smc wed...