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Worlds best DAC
What gives?Not only limitations of show auditions but the rest of the components as well unless you've listened to DAC with headphones. 
No, You Cannot Bi-Amp
Natural desire of being right even if being wrong very often is subconcious. 
Vandersteen Supreme Support
John Rutan + Richard Vandersteen = good hands. 
What makes a bigger change, dac or preamp?
DAC with volume control. 
Technics SP-10 + SME 3009 S2 Improved
Be flexible. 
Buying used equipment in Japan
On your first impression you'll believe that you can get arround with English only, but it only will be first impression... 
Captive turntable interconnects; should I modify??
Chrissain,Can you explain why low mass is important.Thanks! 
No, You Cannot Bi-Amp
Regardless, It's not worth to rant especially the post that starts with In my mind  
Help with new system
Have you considered pro DACs such as Lavry or Mytek that has the latest digital technologies with superior headphone amp? 
Some tables have soul and some not
Inna, You've forgot to mention condition(out of 10 used or new). 
Some tables have soul and some not
I've read recent newz on Z-NN that any turntable that playz FZ muzik eventually get it. 
No, You Cannot Bi-Amp
Sonic benefits:TransparencyDynamic Headroom is not jeopardised by either descrepancies of amplifiers or decreased input amplification impedanceTonal balanceNegatives:1. 2 cheaper lower powered amps can have more power than one nicer more pricey am... 
Is upgrading worth it?
Upgrades should be done so your collection is more listenable than with 1970 Marantz receiver. 
First Test for tube bias on ARC Ref 110?
Yup, Why not? Autobias will substantially decrease tube demand on the market. Microstrip speaks nothing but the standard marketting words to make an amp cheaper. How much the price of the unit will increase by introducing common Cathode resistor o... 
Captive turntable interconnects; should I modify??
Gbart,I believe that replacing captive wires would do substantially better job than non-captive. You're eliminating an extra connection on the signal path to go directly to the phono amp.