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Do not buy any Sonus Faber used
"Drive the prices down considerably", maybe (actually probably) for the gray market products. Might actually help the "real" products. Boxes are tough to keep around but a copy of the receipt can easily be tucked away and becomes a selling point. ... 
Do not buy any Sonus Faber used
I guess if you lived and bought them overseas, you have a problem bringing them to the US with you. No parts? Maybe you have to buy them (parts) from the country where you bought them? I can see the warranty not paying for parts problem. Paying fo... 
RFI from steel TV bracket?
Sounds great. 
Amperex tube codes... how to determine year?
This can make someone crazy...LOL. Another to look at.[http://www.tube-classics.de/TC/Tubes/Valvo%20ECC83/ECC83.htm] 
Amperex tube codes... how to determine year?
This place gives some info. I don't know how accurate it is.[http://www.audiotubes.com/mullcode.htm] 
Musical, Warm and Smooth bookshelfs under 500
This link provided by someone above is a problem with some of these tweeters problems (PSB this case) when not done right. A lot of people don't notice it, but others do, and the measurements show it's there. A young couple posted here about Parad... 
Musical, Warm and Smooth bookshelfs under 500
If your sensitive to bright sounding equipment/speakers, stay away from the metal dome tweeters. I find them to usually be a problem myself, and rarely find one that I can listen to. And usually, the under $3000-$4000 ones will be worse. Paradigm,... 
At What Point is the Needle Damaging Records?
I'm sorry. Google "Shure phono cartridge microscope". The SEK-2 is one of them. C/PEK-3 the other. 
At What Point is the Needle Damaging Records?
I guess their system doesn't like it.[http://www.shure.com/idc/groups/tech_pubs/@global_managed/documents/webcontent/us_pro_sek-2_ug.pdf] If you want, copy and paste might work if this doesn't.http://www.shure.com/idc/groups/tech_pubs/@global_mana... 
At What Point is the Needle Damaging Records?
Sorry, try Shure link again. http://www.shure@global_managed/documents/webcontent/us_pro_sek-2_ug.pdf 
At What Point is the Needle Damaging Records?
Here are a couple of links to those old stylus microscopes some dealers had in the 70s. Mcintosh dealers had to buy a lot of gear back then. The Wild Heerbrug was $4000 back then. That's about $17,000 in today's dollars. Audio Classics said theirs... 
At What Point is the Needle Damaging Records?
Pardon my grammar. 
At What Point is the Needle Damaging Records?
I thought a typical stylus lasts about 2000 hours and it usually outlasts the suspension. Is this not case? I could be wrong as I'm going by long term memory. I looked around the net, and Shure says about 1000 hours, and people were saying 500 hou... 
At What Point is the Needle Damaging Records?
Ballpark is 1000 hours I believe. Your way over that average. It probably will be different with every setup. Tracking distortion happens in a lot of cases. Sometimes, it will show up more in the inner most track. It has been said if you have dama... 
RFI from steel TV bracket?
But when I unplug the input to the amp (with the output still connected to the preamp)......the hum disappears I still think there is a possibility that the interconnects that go from the preamp to the amp my not be shielded enough for the new env...