russ69

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Acoustic question
You are on the right track, try some changes with the room divider and maybe some absorbers and see how that goes. I have a dedicated listening room but it's still a room and not a laboratory, I get great sound with just a few tricks.   
Suggestions on minor upgrades to purchase
Well, not a small tweak but your Marantz is the weak link. A really good tube preamp would perk that system up to the next level.   
Protecting Equipment from ESD Damage
I had a discharge take out my Monster surge protection device. One time use, it was fried. I touch my rack now to discharge, not sure how grounding that way got to your gear unless it was a metal rack and your gear was touching it.   
Dual SVS Subs with Mcintosh C2500
There is no one proper way, but I would just use splitters out of the preamp to feed the subs. Left and Right channel.   
2 Subwoofers or 1?
Two T/9X front firing located as a stereo pair inside of your loudspeakers.   
Is my power chord going bad?
Is your power cord going bad? No it is the same as it was.  
Speaker cable solid and strand copper cable
All electric signals travel through a wire at the same speed Electricity does not travel through the wire from what I have been taught. It travels on the surface of the wire. Bigger gauge wire has more current carrying capability due to greater... 
bulbs
180 dollars to change a bulb in my mc602 amp. is this a rip off??? If you break the front glass on a Mac you'll think $180 is a good deal.    
Citation 11 Pre Amp question
Champagne or silver. Just guessing but I think silver would be newer.   
Floorstanders vs Bookshelf
she wants to watch quietly from 10 feet away in the evening  Do what I do. A nice stereo with floorstanders and sub, then a soundbar when I don't want to be bombarded with a wall of sound.   
Need Help Matching to This System To Speakers
Your ST-120 and Denafrips preamp would make a very nice combo with Triangle Cometes and a sub.   
Do you spend more time analyzing the sound of your system, worrying it could be better?
I couldn't be happier with mine. Unless someone gave me a pair of 30.7s. Yeah baby!  
Vintage Tuner-Only wonderful because it's the SOUND I grew up with?.....
I'm listening to my local station now. FM today has the same limitations it's always had. Limited frequency response and noise. Still sounds darn good on a good station.   
Connecting Amp to speakers
What are the five ways that speaker wire can be connected to such posts? Bare wire Banana plug spade lug the wrong way  
Revox A77 mk2
Right now I can't figure out how to get the endcaps off a 608zz bearing The SKF and other quality bearings of that style and size are available on Amazon.