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Audio Debt?
Makes no sence.If you declare a bankruptcy, you'll have to give it all up. 
Elevating line conditioners....
I could tall ya more 'bout elevation:How about elevating a listener? I guess that it's the best tweak so far... got that? 
Can you be an audiophile if ...
If you would've rented a separate room for your rig You'd be the real one... 
Best Budget Choice for Preamp w/MC Built-In?
Check out Sunfire SRP(Symphonic Reference Preamp) used for ~$450-ish... 
Can I build an Linn LP-12 piece by piece?
I prefere assembling a computer by myself i.e. buying separate pts over the internet to built one whole thing. That gives me a huge savings v.s. store prices even at big sale + desired functionality with desired parts.I don't think that assembling... 
Any GREAT "sleeper" amps?
Go straight for Nikko amps.They're built for life and do a very great job for bellow $500. Their power rating varies depends on the model from 100 upto 400Wpc. One downside is that many of them wouldn't drive speakers that go bellow 4Ohms. 
Best monitor under $1000
Used Totem Model1. 
DIY head amp
I just wonder how you're going to assemble the unit (circuit board or point-to-point wireing) and what power supply you're going to use (it's important) or just 9V battery is you think enough? 
DIY head amp
Common base ckt in bipolar transistors has the most linear output and the largest voltage gain. The only downside of the common base circuit that you don't have any current or power amplification which you don't realy need for the cartridge phono ... 
What is an Audiophile?
I realy wonder why the question is "What is...?" instead of "Who is...?"...?Is it realy somebody who became something? 
Cartridge selection & output “mV” MM vs. MC Help
MC have in general larger freequency range and less noise while the output is lower than in MM carts.I prefere MC ones over MM because the precision of the sound is much more accurate and much less noisy over MM. IMHO for the given price MC will p... 
If You Like Bill Evans, You'll like ....
"IF YOU LIKE" REFERENCE of MARAKANETZ.par1If you like Genesis,Try Marillion and then Van Der Graaf Generator.par2If you like Lounge Lizards, you should try Curlew or solo projects of George Cartwright. Try also some Pere Ubu. Gradually you can tra... 
1000.00 to spend what would you buy?
Aida w,I think that a night with lady is much more tastier than justa dinna.I'd dine some pizza and get laid probably in Argentina where I could get for a kilobuck the whole week every day with different chica. 
BEST monitor speaker with a 90db senitivity rating
Markeetaux,I figured an ultimate solution which is Avantgarde Solo.This is a monitor speaker with built-in bass amp. So technically speaking it will be a biamplified system.Infact, that's the only system that I realy liked from Avantgarde. 
BEST monitor speaker with a 90db senitivity rating
Markeetaux,If you believe that sensitivity rating will help you to choose a monitor speaker you're either completely or partially wrong.For JM Lab Mini Utopias >90dB rated you'll still need above 100Wpc of an amplification.