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Could they sell a high-end amp without the fancy
+1 to what Unsound said. There are manufacturers out there that spend more on the innards than the outtards per se. However, if it's not in an impressive looking case, will the audio journals give it their highest ratings.....doubtful. Most want t... 
Can a balanced cable be terminated with rca's
Yes, as Earndog replied, balanced cables can be run with RCA connectors. 
S/N Ratio for Rega Brio-R?
Not very important I imagine. It's hard to find gear today that is noisy when fed quality electricity. Most current noise issues revolve around dirty electrical feed issues. Different manufacturers may have different signal to noise numbers, but I... 
Can you smell your speakers when youre rockin out?
No, I can't.....maybe something crawled into your port hole and died. haha :) 
Vandersteen Amp?
I lived in Los Angeles for 10 months, and saw more Ferraris there in 10 months than in 50 years in Pennsylvania. LOL!You are right about the average person stereo Taters, but then the average person has probably never heard the Vandersteen name. I... 
Easy biasing Tube amps
03-22-13: Polk432Cary CAD 120's you adjust the bias on each channel with a small screwdriver. There are meters on the front.Yes, but the Cary has the meters in the front and the bias adjustment screw in the rear. Who thought that up? That's what h... 
Cables more hype than value?
LOL!!! The thread from hell that just won't die!!! 
A Paypal Offer - Is This Secure?
Jea48, good question, I've never thought of that. Paypal is not a credit card or banking institution, but they may have sway on a credit report, I don't know. 
Why can you buy a car at dealer Invoice but audio
LOL! The wild card.....cables and power cords. That 40% is an average, not a standard, depending on manufacturer. 
Vandersteen Amp?
That's the direction the entire market is headed...up, up and away. Richard is simply following the market, like every other high end company trying to stay in business. Folks just don't want to spend $20K on a system anymore, they want to spend $... 
Easy biasing Tube amps
The VAC amps I've owned were very easy to bias, no tools needed. No meter, no screwdriver. Of course I also owned BAT tube amps which were auto-bias....even easier. 
A Paypal Offer - Is This Secure?
I also keep a seperate account just for Paypal. I transfer funds from Paypal into that account, and then from that account to another account. I keep a zero balance in the Paypal account. Yes, as Muzikat shows, you can let Paypal bully you into us... 
Why can you buy a car at dealer Invoice but audio
+1 Drubin, that's pretty standard across any industry. A $1000 item cost about $200 to manufacture, $100 goes to R&D, $200 goes to marketing and advertising, $100 goes into retained earnings or gasp profit. After all, there has to some incenti... 
What tube pre amp match up with a solid state amp
Well Pete, your ML 335 has an input impedence of 100K ohms, so you shouldn't have any impedence matching issues with any preamp that you choose. Now when you say that it must have XLR in and out, do you wish the preamp to be a differential topolog... 
Why can you buy a car at dealer Invoice but audio
Seriously Taters? You've been an Audiogon member for over 10 years and you can't find a dealer who will give you more than 10-15% off of list??? Huh.....they must all be after me. ;)