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Thiel Owners
jafant,+1 on update? 
Synergistic Red Fuse ...
WolfFinally some humor. The Pass amps, Manley Steelhesd w/ NOS Telefukens, LP12 and Kuzma are just fine. I am interested in hearing from Ralph who says he has successfully installed a 12" Triplanar arm onto a Technics 1200 GAE. Fuses / Graphene --... 
Synergistic Red Fuse ...
Unfollow this discussion a few times and I have selected that option but I cannot seem to get rid of this thread. Any suggestions from anyone?My Pass XA 160.8 monoblocks have thermal magnetic breakers.Years ago I tried HiFi tuning fuses in my Spec... 
New Technics SL 1200 GAE
That's Super!!! I would be interested in the details! Especially the music. Kept wondering if you really accomplished it. I would think that this will impact All TTs.Can you give me hint at cost beside TT and Triplanar ???ThanksNorbert 
Thiel Owners
Cabinet, Drivers, Crossover and NO EQUALIZER. Speaker position will reward you.Monoblocks will do more than you hoped for. 
When people upgrade from Thiel
Owned Thiel 3.5s for 8yrs. Kept blowing midrange and tweeters. When Kathy Gornick said no more drivers would be replaced under warranty. I sold them. Took 4yrs of Sonus Farber, Wilson, ProAc to finally settle on Avalons  
Wife trouble
WIFE - Rent; Don't Buy. 
Spectral DMC15SS, DMC30SS Series 2
You will void your warranty with other than Spectral or MIT cables  
Crosley Record Cleaning System
Check out Dave Burton "Record Genie.com. Send him 10 of your cleaned records. Have him clean them and report back. You will be amazed. 
Forte Model 55 Amp
I don't know about the forte' 55. I have owned the model 40 pre w/ phono and pair of model 7 monoblocks for 25yrs. Killer system w/ my Thiel 3.5s and now w/ a pair of ProAc  in a 2nd system.Sat in their boxes for 20 of those years. The class A amp... 
Kronos vs TW Acoustic
I bought a Kuzma Stabi S with 12"VTA arm, platter upgrade (essentially, two platters matted together) , upgraded motor and outboard power supply ;33 and 45 rpmLike the ergonomics of it over my LP12. Speed stability, quiet, huge soundstage , images... 
Best value record cleaner/cleaning system
slaw,Thank you for the tip. I found a half dozen steamers on Amazon. Guess I'll pick one and have at it. Not expensive. Might add to the labor but I will take your judgement on this! ThanksNorb 
Best value record cleaner/cleaning system
Slaw, Rushton and others,What do you use to protect label during steam cleaning.Thanks in Advance Norb  
When and how did you, if at all, realize vinyl is better?
When CD was introduced;My friends and I didn't buy into it. We had too many LPs. A few yrs later, (3-4) , a couple of the guys each bought a player and their first CDs. Their take on it was that there were No tics and pops, better bass, better cym... 
AFI FLAT Record Flatener
Howard,Moving a bit slow, had back surgery 4 weeks ago. Have been using the D'Mag so automatically for last 7-8 years; that I just assume it is doing its job. I am getting better every week and have plenty of time. So I will dig out say, 10 record...