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Best power cord for a preamp?
Furutech FI-46 NCF(G) IEC Female 24K Gold Plated Connector   Cheaper one I am know trying   
Best power cord for a preamp?
https://www.partsconnexion.com/FTECH-81012.html  
Best power cord for a preamp?
Well a couple of thoughts. Have you ever thought of changing the IEC and plug ends on your current cords? The fancy rodium plated ones will more than likely give you more details and transparency. Also there fancy wall receptacles will also drop t... 
Many higher end preamps are dated and ugly, why is this?
http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/canary4/903.html     Check that one out all high performance design in four chassis true dual mono  
Service question: Who can service an Esoteric UX-1 CD/SACD player modified by APL NWO 3.0?
I would call parts connection in Burlington Ontario. Yes I know it would be out of country but they sell parts and work on units from around the world. So from there stand point I am sure they can guide you on shipping requirements etc.   
Balanced Line Stage Tube Preamps
If you are looking around on the used market I would look for a sonic frontier line three or a  BAT the higher up the food chain the better.   
Best audiophile earwax removal system?
LoL this thread didn't go where I thought it was going. I was going to say a pair of paradigm studio 100s should do the trick! They were bright enough to melt the ear wax out of the cows when they were In a pasture a mile away!   
Fed rate increase = lower hifi prices?
@ghasley  thank you I knew some true colors would show up.    Regards  
Fed rate increase = lower hifi prices?
@soix  well we can ask you a few questions on something I might have an idea about. First off do you know how many days worth of food supply the world has at any given time? Do you know how big of percentage of the food supply comes from the Ukrai... 
Fed rate increase = lower hifi prices?
Nazi Germany printed money to pay the war  reparations The bill was not tied to gold British pounds,french francs or us dollars it was only in there own currency. So they printed money like crazy and paid with worthless colored paper. During corv... 
Too Much Power
A problem you can run into is some high powered amps need a bug enough load on the to sound there best. Sometimes easy to drive speakers sound like garbage on a big amplifier as they don't possess enough load on the amplifier. Also generally speak... 
everything sounded great until the upgrade
Ok free things or close to it. Anything except tubes should be left on including your cd player many pieces sound better after a week or more of warm up. Everything equals out. Some very high end has a standby which keeps much of the piece at it b... 
Cornwall IV – tube (amp) choice
@jasonbourne52  you are so right no need for a high power tube amp to run an efficient speaker. That part of the speaker choice helps pay for a really great amp. Tube rolling is less money with less tubes as well.  Can you buy Canary amps where yo... 
Moon AKA Simaudio announces new line of speakers.
If they are not as good as the monitor audio speakers I don't want to hear them as monitor audio speakers are bad. Hopefully they are not just another cheap Canadian speaker there are so many of those made there developed in the national research ... 
How much $$ do bells and whistles add to preamp?
Have a look at a canary c803 there is a nos one on eBay at the moment it is a four chassis design so true channel preamplifier. Each channel has its own power supply and each channel has its own volume control.  The volume control is a stepped res...