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Dual volume control - it should be standard
It took me about a week to get used to. No obsessing. By the way, in many recordings right channel is louder to various degree. 
Classe move to China
Classe made a mistake. They should've moved production to North Korea. Those people would work for food and the quality would be better than made anywhere else because it is real easy to enforce discipline there. Hell, they even made nuclear devic... 
Dual volume control - it should be standard
We have ears to match levels. Preamp with single control and power amp with dual gain controls should be fine too, right? Is it the same or not as having dual volume controls on the preamp? The result, I mean. 
Dual volume control - it should be standard
They certainly make the presentation of space more correct.I don't often use them for each individual cut unless something is very wrong but always do for each recording. And, yes, especially for analog recordings or those digital transfers that t... 
Best Live Album Ever...
Dead Can Dance - Toward The Within is quite good. 
Nottingham Analogue Interspace azimuth adjust???
I must disagree as well. Spacearm is excellent. You would probably have to put $2k or more arm on the Spacedeck to significantly improve the combo. 
Top 10 Jazz recordings ever
I don't know. I heard then play too. She used to be John's wife back in eighties. 
Any Caviar Fans Here?
I like it like this: a thin slice of white bread with some butter and thin layer of caviar. If you eat it with a spoon, yeah, it can be yucky. 
So, what's your audio resolution for 2012?
I must try not to buy anything! 
Top 10 Jazz recordings ever
And this.http://youtu.be/71XXQXY0yvA 
Top 10 Jazz recordings ever
Here is somethin' different.http://youtu.be/ArW9SxvV-bk 
Top 10 Jazz recordings ever
Every great musician makes noise and plays junk from time to time, but that's not the point. Point is what else they can do. 
Best Live Album Ever...
Miles Davis - PangaeaMcLaughlin/de Lucia/di Meola - Friday Night In San-Francisco 
How to pick a tubed integrated without hearing one
Take any of them, of those that Meiwan mentioned. I would get Rogue. 
Add a preamp or a whole new integrated
New integrated, no doubt. Which one? Depends on your taste and speakers.