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Doh, left system off all night
We have lost the battle a long time ago, as the sun will eventually grow larger and consume the earth. There's just no stopping it. 
Merrill Heirloom II
List at $2,500 and take no less than $2,000 
Components I would have died for when I was a wee pup
Tech Hi-Fi used to put out a sales book of complete systems at ever increasing price levels. I used to look at that more that Playboy. I was always thinking I could spend a little bit more. Kind of like buying a boat. It always gets bigger even be... 
Class "A" sound, as related to Stereophile.
You are missing Al's point. With a CD player the preamp will most likely be reducing the signal to the amp, not amplifying it. Without some way to reduce the source singal everything would be one volume level, and very loud! 
Don't think my preamp likes feeding signal to two seperate places.
Solid state buffer is a better idea, but where do you get one? They no longer make the Burson, and others of high quality are hard to find. A passive buffer? What is that? Eric, please explain a bit more, thanks 
Don't think my preamp likes feeding signal to two seperate places.
I have had the same experience. I got a Musical Fidelity Tube buffer that has a 300K input impedance. I stuck it between the pre out and the sub in. Now the overall input impedance was raised quite a bit and it effectively removes the sub from the... 
The dumbest stereo experience ever!
OK this really is true. When I was a small kid I was given an AM/FM clock radio. I actually thought that I was supposed to switch it to AM in the morning and FM at night because I thought FM was really PM, only that mine said FM due to a problem w... 
The dumbest stereo experience ever!
I knew someone who insisted his amp was the best because it went up to 11. Oh..wait ... that might have been a movie. 
Looking for seperates under $5k~
Check out the Belles Statement line.  
Budget CD player with USB input
Oppo 103 
Ayone know the wattage used at a Rock concert?
It's a different world today. I don't think they even use separate amplifiers today, but rather Class D amps built into the speakers with DSP and equalization controlled through a computer network. Paul McCartney which I recently saw a few years a... 
BSG - QOL Anyone still using theirs?
I just got one from Underwood ($999) and I absolutely love it!It makes my old CDs from the last century sound so much better.I'm not kidding, it's worth every penny. 
Is there a way to improve the sound?
Mike Moffet is such a funny guy he would probably laugh at the auto-correct of his mane to Mike misfit. I'm also getting tired of some people saying vinyl is clearly superior to digital when they own $40,000 turntable setups and a $300 CD player. 
Synergistic Red Fuse ...
Yes, Mitch is right! Why can't SR print the best direction on the fuse? Are they unable to keep them in line during manufacturing? Let's hear from all the users who have an opinion about the correct direction, and tell us what it is. 
Is it really night and day
I have often found that audiophiles drop off the "in" from the front when they use the word significant.