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The best headphone amplifier for Senheiser HD-650
Grado just added and RA-1 HG designed for it HG=High Gain.I realy like my Antique Sound Labs switchable transformer/OTL which at one setting or the other has enough gain for just about anything.Buy a restored Fisher 500 receiver. The headphone out... 
Power cords for Martin Logan speakers??
I just use cheap cords with ferrite filter things on them.Tom 
MM Cartridge Comparison
I just mounted up an AT 440ML on an SME3009 III on a Linn LP-12, and boy does it sound sweet for the $80-$90 it is going for! It doesn't get much better than that in MM. (I have had V-15 V, Grado Platinum and Sonata, Van Den Hull MC One (MC), AT O... 
AC in-wall cbl for ded circ - enlighten the idiot
One acquaintance, who is a contractor and an audiophile, ran a dedicated line. He then ran an isolated ground going to a copper grounding rod he drove into the ground with his rotary hammer -- Home-Depot stuff. He said he thought the isolated grou... 
If tube amp is left on, but not playing........
Just tell your wife how much the 300b tubes cost, and she will never again leave it on (assuming she lets you keep it)!Tom 
If tube amp is left on, but not playing........
Just tell your wife how much the 300b tubes cost, and she will never again leave it on (assuming she lets you keep it)!Tom 
Free TWEAK that works
You can also use the small, 12" innertubes available at Target or the like for about $3 each. More sideways motion though, if that is a problem.What is Neuance? 
Review: AMC CVT1030s Tube preamp
What do you think of the phono stage?Tom 
Bi-amping ML Aerius i's.
Just plug them in with out an active crossover. You might need an attenuator on one or the other, but try it first without one and see how close they are -- you might not ned one, and its free to try! Pretty hard to hurt the panels with a 30wpc SE... 
A great DIY line array speaker????
Go to partsexpress.com and look at the B&G 72" ribbons. Build it with two "wings" on either side, preferably curved or angled back like a trapazoid, with you favorite wood, and no back to the cabinet. Build a second set of boxes to the same he... 
TIME TO REPLACE THE XTZ
The Audio Technica AT-440ML may work well in that arm, and is going for about $99 now.