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Preamp Deal of the Century
for what it's worth, when i first received the malbecs, one of them had an annoying popping, spitty sound which turned out to be the bias resistor on one of the KT88s. if your tech friend couldn't find any issue with any of the resistors, then i g... 
Blue-spec CD format
here's a blurb from audioholics:http://www.audioholics.com/news/industry-news/sony-turns-the-cd-blusounds interesting, especially since no new hardware is required. i can't wait for the redbook vs. blue-spec debates. 
Preamp Deal of the Century
simon:you might consider buying a cheapie learning remote such as the universal remote control R7G (URC-R7G) and shipping it to someone who has a functioning supratek remote. i would be willing to program the learning remote with my supratek codes... 
Need help with a rack
i was trying to decide between a core designs and a timbernation rack. i ended up with a pair of core designs mod3 racks. they are great and the american black walnut looks amazing.http://coreaudiodesigns.com/ 
Random pop sounds in my system are scaring me
mbleming:when people tell you to swap the tubes, they don't necessarily mean to buy a new set, they mean for you to take the tubes that run the right channel and place them in the sockets of the tubes that run the left channel, and vice versa. by ... 
Open CD player design
i owned the 47 labs shigaraki combo for almost two years and never "dusted" the lens mechanism. i had no issues at all with the combo. i still use the dac, but i sold the transport in favor of my SB3. the SB3 didn't outperform the shigaraki transp... 
Preamp Deal of the Century
i've seen the internals of my chardonnay, malbecs, and current dual cabernet. true enough they do look messy, but every solder joint looked clean to me. further, all the wires felt "tight" in their positions and not flopping around inside the chas... 
Best EL-34 Amps?
aes sixpacs are amazing at $2500 for the pair. they are the tube amps that go me into tube amps as it were. i'm moved on to 45 SET's, but those little sixpacs are just fabulous for the money. 
EMM CDSA can be used without preamp?
you should NOT connect the CDSA directly to your amplifier. the CDSA has no volume control function and will likely drive your amp to clipping. you will have no control over the volume whatsoever. here is the manual for the CDSA:http://www.emmlabs... 
Preamp Deal of the Century
shoot mick an email. i'm sure he can point you to a source for the remote. 
EMM Labs DAC2
i don't think the dac2 is anything new under the sun. from what i recall reading, it was basically a cheaper dcc2 se plus a usb digital input, minus the preamp. i could be wrong though. 
Turn a power amp into a subwoofer amp? How?
just hook your receiver or processors subwoofer preamp output to one of the inputs on your 2 channel amp and then run the corresponding speaker wire from your amp to you subwoofer's binding posts. the receiver/processor should be able to handle th... 
squeezebox and dac Vs Transporter
i'm using a squeezebox 3 with a 47 labs shigaraki dac also. the sb3 replaced my shigaraki transport without any noticeable degradation in sound. 
Help building 12v remote cable denon / krell
can't you just buy the 1/8 mono miniplug cable from radioshack? i'm pretty sure they sell them there. 
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