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Beware the audio guru
Remember the comment about 10% ? And the ensuing ping pong?:) 
Beware the audio guru
Let's not go there, Geoff, even though we should.... 
Beware the audio guru
Which is why I’ve always said (connection to my prior post) that in order to get an engineering degree or masters or doctorate, people should be required to take at least two basic psychology courses and apply them. Otherwise any instances on real... 
Beware the audio guru
Everything can be dubious on forums, as we’re missing 90% of the actual proper communication in words vs actual physical presence. Even in the full presence communications, things can go pear shaped. So I tend to put little true weight into writte... 
Need some help--ID phono needle and where to purchase replacement
Yep, start looking at photos and when the match comes up....there you are. Then come back with the seeming match (link) and ask again. Where we will confirm or deny. But it does look like a sub $20 conical, for the most part.Gonna need the brand a... 
Tried tubes and LOVED it, now what?
Have it modded by someone who really knows their stuff. I took a look at the circuitry of the unit and the design is nicely simple with no real circuit boards. A prime candidate for easily noticeable qualitative upgrades. Ie, where the work done -... 
service manual
hifiengine has the sa1000 schematic....it might help...https://www.hifiengine.com/manual_library/counterpoint/sa-1000.shtml 
Captain Crunch decoder ring for findind audiophile quality CD recordings
"Talking Timbuktu" is a good one. Hadn’t listened to it for a while, discovered it again the other day. 
Dire Straits : what is your favorite pressing?
Brothers in arms is brick walled by the original Digital technology of that day (when it was recorded). If they had made analog safeties at the time, they could probably sell you a premium copy by now, that would easily outshine any prior pressings. 
Beware the audio guru
Well, you know how it is. If you can’t fart in a crowded elevator and observe the pained attempts at normalcy, then what fun would life be? Anyway, it can be like that. Some value normalcy over acts of open noticing of the silliness of some of the... 
Beware the audio guru
Objectivity is a state of mind in a purely subjective reality. Everything in this place runs through a subjectivity fundamental filter. Objectivity is merely and agreed upon individually derived mindset. Objectivity only exists in your mind. It’s ... 
Beware the audio guru
Fuses are known to be odd order harmonic distorting in their current clamping, and this translates to forms of inconstant non-repeating odd order harmonics. The ear is INORDINATELY sensitive to this sort of distortion signal.It is how we stay aliv... 
Beware the audio guru
This is getting complicated. The closer to the edge you get, the the more of the self the problem consumes. It’s the mental equivalent of attempting to reach light speed. Just one way of expressing it that might help. Your post is also highly rev... 
Beware the audio guru
Part of how to not be a turnip, or the follow up from my last post.Seek comfort and you die ...and condemn your children, and children’s children.... to being turnips....ever downward, ever less alive, ever less human: Brain over brawn? Previous ... 
Using a 100 Volt amp on our 120 volt power line ?
Look up the given model on hifiengine. The tech manual will generally have the transformer schematics for the different regions. Some models from some companies come with universal transformers, where the taps on the transformer only need to be sw...