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Repair or Replace - Marantz CD63se
I agree, move on. My experience is, if you replaced the laser something else will fail shortly after. It is 12 yrs old, it owes you nothing. 
Should I fix my plasma?
Your local dealer should be able to explain the differences better than we can here online. But in short the more you spend the better the display a better screen, a better power supply, a better processor. All resulting in a better picture. Also ... 
Should I fix my plasma?
If you have a splattering of dead pixels the only fix would be a replacement panel. If it is even available the cost would probably exceed that of 2 new Panasonic VT50's.Time for a new TV, 1080p, 3d if you care, digital tuner, lower energy consump... 
Great Rock Tracks With Piano?
Low Spark of High Heeled Boys-Traffic is a fav of mine.Simple piano but just works so well. 
Looking for Sonic Frontier SFM-160 mono blocks
You might check with Josh at recycledaudio.com, he is a AudioGon dealer. Also check with audioclassics.com. 
No love. Why?
As long as you are happy with the sound that is all that matters. There will always be a better sounding system. And there are many many many people that will tell you that you need to do this or that. That makes them feel better about their own s... 
Storm Sandy - best wishes
Be safe to all in the path. It is a tragedy indeed to have time off work and no electricity to listen to music. But be safe and prepared. 
Acoustics and chair
I have a leather chair the back is fairly low. But most of the time I sit on the edge and forward so the chair doesn't really effect the sound. However at times I lay back in the chair and my ears are below the seatback. It does effect the sound, ... 
Set up Michell Technoweight
Bluedeni, sorry I hadn't looked at ths thread in a few days. What happens when you remove all the anti-skate?I remeber when I set mine on the P25 I removed the mat and used the glass platter and adjusted the antiskate based upon arm movement rathe... 
Anyone hear the new Thiel 2.7 speakers at RMAF?
Sorry but I don't for sure. I saw so many rooms and my venture this year was to hear speakers, and some turntables. And after so many room s and a couple weeks, certain details fade into the abyss of darkness AKA memory.But I do remember the speak... 
Anyone hear the new Thiel 2.7 speakers at RMAF?
Yes I listened to them twice and felt they had a lot of potential. Denver Audio Designs had the room sounding quite good. I may audition them again someday at their store to get a better grip on their performance, in a better controlled enviroment... 
does your system "warm up" and then sound better?
Yes, I find especially when listening to vinyl, that the cartridge requires one album side to come out of it's hibernation mode. I feel that the amps and pre-amp get better as they reach operating temperature as well. 
Set up Michell Technoweight
What cratrideg are you using? It may be too light for use with the Technoweight. I had one on a RB600 with a Lyra LydianB and it has been a while but I seem to remember having an issue with this. If the weight is as close to the tonearm base as yo... 
RMAF 2012 Postmortem
Mrtennis:Sanders and Magnepan. I was very very impressed with the Sanders. Really have intergrated the sub well and the bass came thru extremely well. I didn't hear the Maggies but one thing I noticed is how many speakers are using the planar or A... 
RMAF 2012 Postmortem
I have attended every year since the inception of RMAF and I found this year to be a little disappointing in some of the manfacturers that weren't there. However, I did enjoy seeing/hearing some products that I had not seen before. Adam-Audio stan...