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^^^  Octopus sauce?  Sounds like a rustic Italian dish to me. Man, I love Italian food. I always add a few anchovie fillets to my basic tomato sauces to improve depth. You can't detect the anchovies, but its a great "secret" ingredient. Hope you h... 
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2channel8Welcome to the fuse thread ...Try the "source" equipment first. Not a good idea using a solid copper plug in place of a fuse ... especially if your fire insurance isn't up to date, or if you can't afford new equipment to replace burned ou... 
Tube dampeners on ARC gear ... FREE TWEAK
nkonbor ...As audiophiles we live for those "Wow" moments. It just keeps me wondering with every improvement I make how much more information is hidden way down in those record grooves and digital bytes.    
Pani ... New ART-9 up and running ...
^^^ avanti ...I predict that once your new ART-9 is broken in you won't be wondering about new cartridges ever again. Just my opinion of course, but its an opinion resulting from playing the cartridge game myself over the years.   
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Dave ... Thank you so much for your wonderful post. You've made my day.  Very humbling, I must say. :-)It's been really nice to share the things that work in my system with fellow hobbyists, especially those folks who actually take the time and go... 
Pani ... New ART-9 up and running ...
^^^ Good choice, avanti. Please post your impressions as you get set up and start the break-in process.    
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fleschler ...Could it be that the resolving power of the Black Duplex is revealing something that you haven't heard before in your LP playback like a rising top end in your cartridge, or perhaps revealing a brightness in your IC's and/or PC's conn... 
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^^^  Steve ... You have such a beautiful dedicated room for your main system. How about posting it on the "Virtual System" site? I'm sure the other members would love to see it. Frank 
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nyame ...Thanks for turning me on to Danny Barker. I'd never heard of him before and I have none of his recordings. In addition to great blues banjo, there's some really nice clarinet playing on the album as well. I looked up Danny Barker on Spoti... 
Best Cheap Amps for Magneplanar Speakers
How about a pair of these guys?  $3500 for the pair.http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue57/ciaudio.htm 
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Hi fleschler  ...Welcome to the fuse thread.  Its good to see you posting here. You're going to love it when the SR tweaks get broken in. Like they say ,,, "You ain't heard nuttin' yet." Frank 
Best pressing of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto?
Wow. Why no mention of Erica Morini?  https://search.aol.com/aol/video?q=erica+morini+violin&s_it=video-ans&sfVid=true&videoId...Here's the album. Almost impossible to fine in stereo, but the mono is a real delight. Its available on CD... 
Recommend your best sounding LP's
Don't pass up mono records. There's magic in those grooves. 
Pani ... New ART-9 up and running ...
Thanks. I sent the specs to a friend.  
Pani ... New ART-9 up and running ...
^^^ Chakster ... What's the output of the ART-2000?Thanks ...