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Recommended Amps and preamps for Polk RTI A7s HELP!!!
Putting stuff under and on the Denon AV receiver will not make it sound one iota better!  
Speaker Cable Bi-Wire Jumper Break-in
Honestly, a few inches of wire will have ZERO effect on SQ. Look inside your speakers and you will see lots of so-so wire connecting the crossovers and drivers!  
Recommended Amps and preamps for Polk RTI A7s HELP!!!
Your Polk RTi A7's are a quality speaker! Four-way (2 7-inch woofers, 6.5-inch midrange, 1-inch tweeter) narrow-baffle ported cabinet. Real wood veneer (42x8x17). 55 lbs. A good and enjoyable beginning system! Get the Luxman LV112 and HK HD7400 an... 
Recommended Amps and preamps for Polk RTI A7s HELP!!!
For a signal source (cheap) there is a Harmon Kardon HD7400 CD player for $55 + $26 shipping on EBAY. Seller is: proofofauthenticity. Ships from NY. A quality Japanese unit! 
Recommended Amps and preamps for Polk RTI A7s HELP!!!
Buy the Luxman LV112 integrated amp (Japanese-made) now on EBAY. $140 and free-shipping from Colorado! Seller is: johnkent2018. This is an excellent unit and will drive your Polk speakers with ease! Sell (or throw away) that Denon AV receiver! The... 
Speaker Cable Bi-Wire Jumper Break-in
Count to 10 and you're good to go! 
Which upgraded fuse is recommended for an Onkyo and Elac setup?
It would be a wonderful world if changing a piece of wire improved sound quality. Alas ... 
Your single favorite musician on any given instrument?
Allan Holdsworth: British electric guitarist extraordinnaire! Former member of Gong and IOU. Now deceased. Check out: Metal Fatigue, Atavachron, Wardenclyffe Tower and I.O.U.  
how good really
+1 stereo5! Those Khorns are enduring classics! And a good match with the Mc240! 
Cartridge recommendations
Hana EL mc cartridge - $500. Better sound than any mm (Clearaudio, Ortofon... ). 
Live shows I wish I hadn't missed
Jimi Hendrix at the Fillmore East on December 31, 1969! I went instead to the Greatful Dead show 7 days earlier! 
Trumpeteer Roy Hargrove passes at 49.
The Jazz World will surely miss one of its best younger players! A sad loss, indeed! 
Tonearms: Ripoff?
There is not enough material in any tone arm to justify such high prices. Though I could say the same about pricey cartridges! 
Tonearms: Ripoff?
And in my collection I have four Empire belt-drive TT's with Empire arms (high mass) that mate well with mc cartridges. 
Tonearms: Ripoff?
Nothing wrong with using vintage tone arms! Denon, Fidelity Research, Grace, Mayware, SME all made excellent ones! I own examples from each of them! I particularly like the Ikeda-san FR29 and FR54 for use with mc cartridges. High-mass arms that la...