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| Mistakes I’ve made Imho, it sounds like your friends confused loaned with gifted. Since this has happened on multiple occasions with different people, perhaps you should make your intentions more clear. | |
| Mark Levinson 332 - Buying decision If the 332 has not been recapped, stay away. | |
| Got a new (to me) VPI Aries for Xmas... what’s the arm upgrade path? Before you make ANY changes, live and get to know what the current configuration sounds like. Later on, you will be able to discern what aspects of the table’s performance you would like to improve upon. | |
| Living room system: class A or AB amps? Just get the amp that sounds the best with your speakers. The only limiting factor would be if you needed to hide the amp in an enclosure. | |
| For the Audiophile with a taste for good design(looks)....a question. spread across a sea of 1971-vintage Marriott hotel red carpetLOL! | |
| Herron VTPH-2A or Manley Chinook mk II phonostage Actually, the Herron uses external male rca plugs each with a specified loading resistance that get inserted into the circuit. The Herron also has a mechanical switch to change from MC to MM. Gain adjustment is done by changing the output/gain t... | |
| Dedicated line questions... If you want to get and idea how much amperage your component draws take a look at the ac fuse rating. | |
| Reference 3a Decapo Anniversary From the manufacture, the difference between the standard and Anniversary edition is as follows:1) Additional panels, bolted with a thin layer of constrain mode isolation to the sides and top of the cabinets.2) Dense and heavy contoured rear panel... | |
| Are there speakers with cloth/soft enclosures instead of wood? Vandersteen Model 1,2, and 3 | |
| Reference 3a Decapo Anniversary The 40th Anniversary MM de Capo BE is a direct result of the trickle down technology employed in their reference Reflector monitor. In a conversation with the designer, he wanted to celebrate the speaker that put 3a on the map but had to limit th... | |
| Customer service Not sure what’s exceptional? You paid an extra $25 for expedited shipping which has nothing to do with the vendor. Give praise to the shipping company when the whole world shipping stuff like crazy. | |
| New Synergistic Research Record Mat I’ll have to admit that I dislike SR marketing hyperbole and incredulous claims, but their 30-day money back trial guarantee shuts me up every time. | |
| An audio rack that really does make a difference. For much less than $3k, you can have a metal manufacture custom make you a stand. | |
| Amp-preamp mismatch?? result higher volume. What is rthe cause?? Most likely a difference between the input sensitivity of each amp. Check the manual | |
| Power strips- too many choices Just make sure that the sum of amperage draw of all the components connected to the power strip does not exceed or over tax the circuit. |