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marakanetz

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How long do you wait for a check to clear
Slikric3000,If the bank is the same it clears the same day as cash.Other than that always next day clearance. If the bank is major and has all new processing technology it would clear next day. Other than that despite passed local or global laws i... 
preamp with phono break in
You can put a record that skips and never goes further for 100 hours:-) 
Wyred 4 Sound.....Anyone?????
Ckoffend,WATTS are created from product of Voltage and Current for all tubes, solid states of different classes THE SAME.60 tube watts can't be greater or equal to 100 SS watts it can only be less. 
Upgrading from Benz ace m to ?will spend 3k
I like Lyra cartridges. For much lower price you can get Lyra Titan with more superior performance to Benz Ruby. 
Phono Stage or TT upgrade
The best so far is Nottinham set-up mentioned in this discussion. 
Joseph Audio Pearl compare to Genesis 5.3
I would definitely stay with Genesis. 
Tips for buying used Vinyl needed
One more tip: Prices on 'gon for vinyl is ridiculous. If buying from here look for the deals within $5 otherwise buy elswhere. 
Have you ever got emotionally attached
Sunfire SRA. After listening to a bunch of much higher priced amps including Wyred that I wanted to upgrade to, I'm still attached to it as I've never been attached to any amp I've used before:Bryston 3b-st, VTL -MB100, Belles-150, Nikko Alpha, Qu... 
What you drink while listening sessions?
Green Tea often with pastry after 'green tobacco' smoke break. 
I am at the end of my rope, please help
1. Make sure that tonearm cartridge clips are in place. Some cartridges/tonearms might have its colors messed up. Contact both manufacturers and ensure polarity of each color for each channel in both components or fetch it from the manuals 
Wadia 130 A-D- Converter
Before jumping to high-priced equipment you may try Alesis ML9600 player/recorder and AD converter. I use mine with no problem digitizing vinyl. 
Will a 75x2 tube amp drive BW 804D?
I guess you'll miss quite a bit of definition and detail on this combo, cuz in order to hear something in 40hz ballpark you'll need at least 200wpc. Using tube preamp can partially leverage your aim for the tube sound. 
Proper use volume control?
Pubul57, Thanks for correction. 
Proper use volume control?
Volume is some painful parg of the system. At certain volumes your system sounds better or worse; at certain volumes it might not sound right at all. The wider the range of the volume you can listen, the better preamp you probably have. 
Moving/shipping Avantgarde speakers
My best guess would be dissasembling them and placing them onto separate boxes. You may find the right box sizes on http://www.uline.com