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Good tube preamp with Sony 5400
I have a rebuilt H/K Citation 16a that I will probably hold on to for a while. I am somewhat satisfied to think I am using a Marantz receiver as the pre right now. I am very curious to hear the difference a good preamp should make... 
How to remove tweeter from FOCAL 918?
I talked to audio plus today and he said the whole housing comes out once you remove the driver under the tweeter. They were very polite and helpful. 
Where to have Focal speakers worked on?
I was able to speak to Audio Plus today. They were very polite and helpful, even explaining to me how to swap the tweeters out. Just for kicks I asked about the beryllium tweeter prices. 800 apiece & 1500 for utopia. I think I will stick with ... 
Where to have Focal speakers worked on?
anyone know how to remove the tweeters from the speaker cabinet on 918 
Where to have Focal speakers worked on?
Audio plus emailed me back. They said that the replacement tweeters were in stock for 175.00. Sounds pretty good to me. 
Where to have Focal speakers worked on?
my last post was a little vague... I emailed Audio plus services. 
Where to have Focal speakers worked on?
Higgins.Did you buy Focal tweeters? I emailed them so I will see if they respond.I am not really sure how to go about taking out the tweeters on the Focals. I guess remove the driver and work from the inside? 
Any good Contemporary Christian recordings
New World Son "Salvation Station" 
using Velodyne sub in 2-channel setup?
Zman. I used the digital out on an old cd player for a while. I listened in stereo which enabled the sub to play also. Now that I upgraded to the Sony5400, I use ICs and prefer the "pure direct" mode. The sub is disabled in PD so I followed your a... 
Any good Contemporary Christian recordings
thanks for posting. It is encouraging to see this post revived!Phil Driscoll should be added to the list. I listened to a little bit of 16 horsepower on line. Pretty interesting. 
using Velodyne sub in 2-channel setup?
Has anyone else noticed that the bass seems less defined hooked up with the high level inputs? 
Any good Contemporary Christian recordings
Need To Breathe has great music well recorded 
Any good Contemporary Christian recordings
Chris Rice "Deep Enough to Dream", Natalie Grant,... Watermark is pretty good. If anyone has any new additions to this genre please post. 
using Velodyne sub in 2-channel setup?
I finally hooked up the Velodyne using the high level speaker inputs. I had to turn the volume way down on the sub and toy with the crossover a bit. Seems to work well. 
does anyone have experience with h/k citation 16a?
Added a Sony5400 cd player this week. One weak link down, one to go. It gave me a little more confidence that the 16a is doing a good job. My listening level went down with much more life and detail.