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azimuth adjust with Origin Live Encounter
Azimuth adjustment is explained in the owners manual. It involves loosening a grub screw and moving one of the pivot screws up or down. 
XLR cable with warmth without losing resolution
I own 5 different brands and geometries of XLRs. If you owned correctly engineered differentially balaced electronics (ie Ayre) you would agree with Stringreen. 
Amp repair cost — is this right?
I agree with the long view, irrespective of the estimate. For an amp with problems this old, it is worth $0 not repaired. For the shipping costs to repair again after a partial repair, it is not worth the risk to only replace the bad cap. What els... 
Need cartridge advice for Philips turntable
I set up  a Philips GA 312, or maybe 212, for a friend several years ago.It is a very good basic table.Go to vinylengine.com for a manual, and other info.Go to turntablebasics.com to look at their inexpensive cartridges. Also check for a belt, ali... 
GRAHAM 1.5
When I bought my used G 2.2 it was also missing the spindle adapter.I just drop a thin Phillips screwdriver through the hole in the cartridge shell to align. I did not try to get one from Graham since the reputation for customer service is so poor. 
Transport to replace my cd player
@donpepe  Did you receive the Jay's transport and did it help? 
Moving to France
I lived 3 years in mid-France with an Oracle Delphi. I ran all the front end components off a smaller transformer wired through a US power strip using the US power cords. Be sure to buy a $6 test plug to verify you have plugged in the transformer ... 
Moving to France
Contact your manufacturer for precise info for each device. (minorl is correct.) Many power supplies have transformer primaries which can be switched from parallel to series by moving a few wires, and changing the fuse and IEC power wire (they hes... 
Old vs new DAC comparison
I did get a response from someone at Schiit (not from MM).They said the Yggy was inspired from Moffat's Theta design, obviously with updated DACs and DSPs. The new filter is different.(Recall that the Theta Gen Va, had 4 20 bit DACs, and a time an... 
Review: Schiit Mani phono pre AND Swagman Labs Linear Power Supply (LPS)
Glad everyone is happy with their Swagman supply. However, I would like to point out that the Schiit Mani has a linear power supply  on their circuit board with a small external transformer.The Swagman is NOT a linear power supply. It is a toroida... 
How long to rebuild library on Innous Zen Mini Mk II?
While setting up the Innuos Zen Mini Mk II, I have been running it by USB cable into the USB DAC input of my Oppo 105 (with output modified by EVS) into Focal Elear headphones.Today, I ran it into my main system with an old M2Tech HIFace USB dongl... 
How long to rebuild library on Innous Zen Mini Mk II?
Nuno Vitorino, R&D director (founder of Innuos) set up a remote session this afternoon (Sat 10 PM in UK) and went into the operating system to redo settings. The Zen Mini Mk II now works correctly. I cannot imagine any better customer service,... 
How long to rebuild library on Innous Zen Mini Mk II?
My apologies to Innuos. I had misspelled as Innous, and have now received responses from them asking for details, and am hopeful they can correct the library problems.The moderators can remove this chain of messages if they wish. 
How long to rebuild library on Innous Zen Mini Mk II?
I have sent emails with details to Innuos with blind copy to seller for the last 2 days with zero response. I am now planning to contact PayPal to return the unit to seller. The seller advertised the unit as "no issues",but now says he only used i... 
How long to rebuild library on Innous Zen Mini Mk II?
 Overnight changed nothing,Is anyone on Agon actually using an Innuos Zen product as a server without Roon?Can you see your files in the my.innuos.com app? Can you playback from that app?I have also downloaded the Orangesqueeze app and it wants a ...