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DLP vs Plasma/LCD
Jer,You made a good point here.I doubt the price of the bulb will come down much. It is like the ink of an ink jet printer. It has not come down since I bought my first ink jet 10 years ago. This is a hidden cost to consumer and recurring revenue ... 
Phono stage / Preamp Question
Wrxdriver,Buying equipment that old from eBay is very risky. I would not recommend it unless you have EE background and don't mind doing repair yourself.Rather than getting a Radio Shark, I would recommend you look into the Bugle phono amp from Ha... 
Phono stage / Preamp Question
I don't remember if the NAD 1020 has a phono input or not. If it does, you should be able to connect its tape out to the aux in of the receiver and use the NAD 1020 as a phono amp for MM cart. 
Vandersteen Quattro
Remember a couple of years ago Richard demoed a mini monitor which looked like the top section of the Model 5 with a down firing woofer? He never release it. I hope the Quattro will have better luck. 
2 way or 3 way Speaker?
First of all, I wouldn’t buy speakers solely based on how many ways it is. I won’t even take that into my buying consideration.A professor of mine once told me years ago: “Engineering is the art of optimization under constraints”. Every design has... 
DLP vs Plasma/LCD
RCA is introducing a number of DLP projects that are 6" thick this fall but they are not out yet and I think they are going to cost a lot more than $4000. 
Break-in
All you need to do is to a/b compare two identical pieces of equipment, one brand new and one broken in. I have done that with my Sony SACD player and the difference was very obvious. 
Output Voltage
Readster,Sorry I couldn't give you specific recommendations because I don't have much experiences with the phono amp at this price range. I don't want to tell you something that I do not know well. I can only make suggestions on what to look for i... 
Output Voltage
Don't know. I am not familiar with the P-75. However, there is a good chance it will work well with its own cart.But if you were planning to get a different cart later, you might want to get a phono amp with either a little higher gain or adjustab... 
Output Voltage
How much do you want to spend? 
Output Voltage
I can't tell what 250mv means without knowing how that was measured.I checked their web site. The MM output of the Creek OBH-15 has a gain of 37db, which is too low for the Dynavector’s 2.5mv output. I think you need about 10db more gain to match ... 
Output Voltage
It shouldn't be, unless your phono amp doesn't have enough gain for the cart you are using.What phono amp and cart do you have? 
50hz deep enough?
I would buy the one with better midrange every time, especially for classical. 
50hz deep enough?
How big is your room? 
Tube preamp, Leave On Always or ON/OFF?
Metralla,Good point, I could have done that. The problem is I have programmed a macro to turn everything on/off from a universal remote but the VK-50SE does not allow you to put it in stand-by from a remote. It can only be done by pushing the powe...