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Static noise from right speaker
JeaI swapped speaker cables at the amp end,meaning the right amp connected to the left speaker and then the noise shifted to the left. 
Static noise from right speaker
Audionet do only solid state.it is probably the right amp as I disconnected the ICs totally and swapped speaker cables and noise shifted to the left amp.i will contact Audionet to get their idea.thanks for the assistance  
Recs for a 2nd tonearm cart
RaulIt's not that i'm totally against the Colibri but at some times I find it too bright to my taste and when it is good - it is too close to the Zyx Uni2 which I find much better overall.I'm short some 100 hours from the 300 hour mark but i plan ... 
Recs for a 2nd tonearm cart
In analog I listen mostly to Jazz. I hardly own any monos.My initial thought was the Miyajima kansui or a madake if I find a pre owned one. 
Recs for a 2nd tonearm cart
Anyone ? 
Friday Night In San Francisco - best digital version
"A Night in SF" - not a Friday night (-:when you mention the SACD - did you compare it to the other top versions ? 
Friday Night In San Francisco - best digital version
There's only one "Friday night in SF" exact album title and it's indeed  Dimeola/Mclaughlin/Paco de Lucia legendary guitar trio. It's such a great one so it sounds great on a redbook cd as well but I wonder if it can get even better on any fancy ... 
Help with picking the right phono pre for the rest of my system please!
For phonostage I used for 2 years the BMC MCCI which is on your list. It's very good and had great synergy with the Lyra Delos which is a very good cart with great VFM. I bought also the NVA SPA-2 SE phonostage which is tube mc/mm and it is smokin... 
XLR-RCA adapter
Thanks Ali will try first some cheapo adapters and see if indeed the rig works better in RCA. 
XLR-RCA adapter
AlI'm not sure I understood your answer so I will try to be more specific.I have a rather (4m) long run XLR IC between my pre and the amp.The manufacturer (Audionet) recommends using the RCA path over the XLR  so i'm trying to "convert" my XLR cab... 
ARC ref 5SE current or past owners
BIFThanks for the reply.I'm leaning currently towards the Audionet pre. 
ARC ref 5SE current or past owners
BifI totally agree with you, but when other owners say that their volume level rarely go over 40, I think it has something to do with the impedance ratio between the units and the long IC between the amps and the pre.I've yet to find a better solu... 
ARC ref 5SE current or past owners
BIFWhen hooked to the RCA input the ref5 sounded very good but as I said the volume level was at 50 and up so I won't go for the ref5 as these limitations might cause problems in the future.BDP24 - can you elaborate a little bit ? I didn't underst... 
ARC ref 5SE current or past owners
Hi againI had the Ref5SE for home audition for the past 2 days.As anticipated I had impedance matching problems with my Audionet MAX amps. In XLR - total mess but in RCA it worked fine when the volume was at 50 and up. It sounded then much better ... 
ARC ref 5SE question
Hi BifI will probably get the ARC for audition in the coming weekend.I expect impedance matching problems in balanced mode as my MAX amp drops to 3kohm in xlr. In single ended mode it shows 37kohm so it might work there. Did you compare the ref5se...