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Thorens turntable
Cool munchendog and good luck! 
Should I upgrade my integrated amplifier to a Parasound integrated A23?
If you can get a Parasound to home audition then sure give it a try, but to buy it sight unseen,  well it sounds like you have a pretty nice amp now it may not be a significant upgrade. Sometimes there isn't more, or if there is then it may be a b... 
Thorens turntable
Where are you located? Deja Vu Audio in Mclean VA is a Thorens dealer and turntable specialist. Great store and great people to deal with super nice and knowledgeable. 
Whats playing on your system today?
Gonzalo Rubalcaba "The Blessing" 
How hard it is to replace the rca input on the shindo amplifier?
Any reputable repair shop should be able to do that quickly and cheaply if you don't want to do it yourself.  
Synergistic Red Fuse ...
No idea where the SR20 fits in the hierarchy grannyring but HighEnd Electronics is closing them out half price. https://www.audiogon.com/listings/tweaks-synergistic-research-sr20-quantum-fuse-50-off-retail-as-lon... 
Cerious Technologies NEW Graphene Cables
@jmcgrogan2 first of all sorry dude just calling it as I see it ;) And glad to hear you are recovered and doing well that's great. If you do try the speaker cables let us know what you think of them. And @audiolabyrinth  glad to help and I hope yo... 
Whats playing on your system today?
John Coltrane with the Red Garland Trio "Traneing In" Red Garland "Ahmad's Blues" 
Cerious Technologies NEW Graphene Cables
@tommylion to me I would rank:1. Speaker Cables2. PC's3. Digital4. InterconnectsIn terms of efficacy and bang for the buck. All are good but to me the SC and PC's are both really special. 
Cerious Technologies NEW Graphene Cables
I have a pdf Bob sent me once of the making of a GE speaker cable, I posted it here:http://www.whatsbestforum.com/showthread.php?19311-The-Making-Of-A-Cerious-Technologies-Graphene-Ext...Basically its a silver/copper 8 gauge proprietary alloy bund... 
Esoteric and Yaqin
Yes correct you will output the digital signal to your Esoteric it will not go through the analog stage of your Yaquin. 
Genuine Kondo???
I would say that first ad looks a tad dicey to me you can't really see the amps closeup in the pics. The second ad looks much better and is also on this site: https://www.audiogon.com/listings/da-converters-kondo-audio-note-japan-ksl-dac-euro-pr... 
6922 Tubes!
@mofimadness Thanks for that tip I bookmarked that page to try those out on my next retube, the price is right! 
6922 Tubes!
I had been having  issues with noisy tubes in my preamp, mostly NOS Amperex, and was getting sick of shelling out big bucks for NOS tubes. Went with some JJ 6922 Gold Pins from The Tubestore, an extra $5 for balanced triodes made them $29.95 each.... 
Line Magnetic 219ia vs. 518ia
@roxy54 I totally agree with you and always agree with Charles lol, I find a good tube amp with a beefy power supply can drive far more speakers than people realize. My own speakers are either 89 or 90 db, I forget exactly, and I drive them specta...