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fake TL audio preamp in china
With so much awesome audiophile gear being made right here in America you'd have to have your head examined to even be thinking of buying anything made in China. Talk is cheap! Go look at mc’s system page and you will be shocked how many gears... 
unbeatable Class A integrated
Try to find a Krell FBI. Apart from the silly name this was still a true Dan D design. It's basically an FPB 300 with a balanced line stage tucked inside. +1 https://www.stereophile.com/content/krell-fbi-integrated-amplifier-specifications 
Partly passive preamp?
All you need is a preamp with true HT passthrough (not unity gain).  
Shops in Japan that support international shipping?
Accuphase preamp/amp https://audiocubes.com/collections/amplifiers Accuphase gears can be converted to 100v, 120v or 220/240v internally. 
Are all speaker relays removable? One receiver with two relays?
Do some speaker relays have fixed covers so they have to be desoldered for cleaning? Do not try to clean the contacts, just replace it with a Fujitsu FTR-F1AA024V https://www.mouser.ca/ProductDetail/Fujitsu/FTR-F1AA024V?qs=llYdsnK8Kc2ETH%252B7Ws97... 
Removing grill, accessing xover on Snell Type A?
https://www.diyaudio.com/forums/multi-way/136761-snell-acoustic-type-remove-grill.html 
Two amps to power 7.1 speakers?
Since you're using two amplifier channels for each speaker, the "Y" rca interconnect cables are used to connect the MX-136 L and R output to amplifier's inputs. BTW, if you want to use MC58 for HF speaker ports and MC7205 for LF ports, it's ... 
Two amps to power 7.1 speakers?
Running the interconnects from the MX 136 surround ports to the MC 58? Connect all 4 surround channel via rca interconnects from the MX 136 surround ports to the MC 58 input 1,3,5 and 7, set all 4 pairs of amp to bridged. For vertical bi-amp the R... 
Two amps to power 7.1 speakers?
My suggestion is bridge all channels of the MC58 to make it a 4 channel amp to power all 4 surround speakers. Using 4 of the channels from MC7205 to vertical bi-amp RTi A9s and one remaining channel power the RTi A6 center.  
Crown D-150A series 2: help
Before you install fuse holder, use a 150Watt incandescent light bulb instead of a fuse, power up the amplifier without speaker connected, if the light bulb light up a second then dim down, the amplifier maybe still in working condition, next th... 
Musings from old school on High Fidelity
High Fidelity Audio is like the air that we breath and the water that we drink, been polluted (by snake oil) that make people think audiophile are silly and crazy! sigh,.... 
Help connecting a receiver to my McIntosh MX136 preamp
Maybe a Oppo 203 instead? 
Help connecting a receiver to my McIntosh MX136 preamp
I saw the external ports, but they are used by the Oppo for multichannel music sacd and DVD-Audio. IF you want to connect the Marantz SR-6008 receiver pre-out to your McIntosh MX136 external inputs, just connect the Oppo 103D to Marantz SR-... 
Anyone Know Where I should Look to Figure Out This Hum?
I recently purchased a Lamm LP2. First couple days, silent. But why the ground loop hum not happened in first couple days? 
SS Integrated amp w/front-mounted 1/8” mini-jack for personal media players ($1~3k range)
I use a RCA to 3.5mm jack cable in my bedroom system. https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2328/1925/products/2-rca-male-to-female-3-5mm-jack-splitter-y-cabl...