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Ortofon A90 broken stylus
I am very impressed and I will consider an Ortofon Cartridge next time I am due a new cartridge 
Aragon 4004 Amplifier as Mono Block?
It is a Dual Mono Design in one chassis. It even has a transformer for each channel. It cannot be bridged. Besides even if you could bridge it why it will not sound nearly as good. You should jus bi amp. 
Power Cables for Class D Amplifiers
It class D there are other problems likie it is calls D and a power cord could help but a Solid Class A or AB would yeild better result from a bigger cord. I do not wish to offend anyone. I already had my experimint time with a Class D amps and I ... 
Revel Salon2 vs Wilson Sasha
They are both very good they just have different sounds. I am not a fan of speakers that have more than one bass driver. At that price range I think the Avalon Eidolon is the most coherent and has the most correct bass. Avalons are extremely music... 
DCCA vs. PS. Audio AC-12/AC-10.
Yes and the DCCA kills the P.S. Audio 
Your best ''outstanding'' products in last 5 yrs?
Sota Cosmos MKIV. I set one of these up for a customer who had a 20K+ Basis (Just the table $20K+) We transferred over the SME V with Zyx Universe Cartridge from the Basis to the Sota Cosmos MKIV and let me say I have nothing but respect for the C... 
electronics graveyard ?
There are a few electronics guys that would fix them or use parts off them. I would put them on eBay. It seems like a little work because you will not get a lot of money but you maybe surprised. At the end of the day you you will not have to store... 
MacBook Pro or Mac Mini as music server
I use Amara Pro and Pure Music. The Amara sounds a little better than the Pure Music. I have tried as many music players as I could get and those two sound the best. Pure Music is a bit more stable and not buggy like Amara. 
MacBook Pro or Mac Mini as music server
In response to Onhwy61 the mach2 mac mini is the best transport I have ever owned. I have had tried over 32 different CD set ups over the years from DCS to highly modified Marantz SACD players and I currently own a HRT Music Streamer Pro. I have h... 
MacBook Pro or Mac Mini as music server
Those DACs you mentioned are only as good as what is feeding them ie the Mach2 Mac mini. 
MacBook Pro or Mac Mini as music server
Nolitan sorry about the militant name my freaking IPhone thinks it is smarter than it really is. While typing my last post I corrected that militant 7 times and it still messed up 
MacBook Pro or Mac Mini as music server
Militant,My mach2 Mac Mini, has the following mods. 1 Mach2 software tweaks. Next 40 vortex 2 40gig ssd internal hard drive. 8 gigs of ram, 4TB oyen raid 0 external hard drive w/ oxford chipset, there recommended FireWire and USB cables, an additi... 
MacBook Pro or Mac Mini as music server
You should not use the internal drive on the Mach2music to store music. I found out that degrades the excellent sound of the mach2music server. One of many tweaks that is done to the Mac Mini is lowering the CPU processing. The 40 gig hard drive i... 
MacBook Pro or Mac Mini as music server
Can you say battery powered 2010 Mac Mini. 
MacBook Pro or Mac Mini as music server
I have tried both and the 2010 Mac Mini kills the Macbook pro. I have a 2010 Mach 2 Music mac mini and it is the best transport I have ever had especially with the Mach2 Music Modifications. I now have a Mac mini where the internal switching power...