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vintage integrated
When pushed, many audio designers will tell you that the most critical component in a preamp, or anything with a volume pot in it..~IS~ the volume potentiometer.In the Sony TA-2650, it is... a 23 step or 23 position Alps brand Stepped plastic film... 
Biggest Baddest Audio Cables
Yes, Brian, truthfully, the baseline physics are completely different. The issue is that signal itself is a fluid or plasma effect. running that signal through solidified and crystallized molecular structures like 'solids' is wholly contrary to ho... 
Hadcock 228 vs. Nima vs. Kuzma Stogi S for Linn
The Kuzma Stogi was DESIGNED --ON-- A LINN LP12.To say they mate well, would be an understatement! Think about that for a few seconds. It would be difficult to find a better match for the table. Only an Ekos on a LP12 compares. Grab one if you can... 
MFA Luminescence MC Reference preamp
The "Venusian' is, as far as I know, the origins of the Lumi. I apparently bought a earlier near proto unit that was hand wired (as if any of them wern't!)It uses a 40-45kb dual mono solid state PS box, which is fully stuffed. Four transformers, a...