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Dynaco PAT 4 Pre-Amp ....Why is it Bashed??
Man, you're dating me. In the mid 70s I built a PAT 5, then after reading a review, I had it modified by Van Alstein? It was then called a FET 5 
McIntosh fuse changeout to make better sound
GFiare you going to believe us, or your lieing ears?  
High end Class D amps?
aolmrdI bought a pixie dust sprinkled EVS 1200 dual mono from tweakaudio roughly a year ago. Prior to buying it I had the PS Audio M700s which I liked quite a bit, but my quite large room needs even more umph which the EVS1200 delivered in spades-... 
Need advice replacing my preamp
AtmosphereWhen Paul McGowan started selling reasonably priced true balanced preamps I made the switch. True balanced preamps I have owned includes several PS Audio preamps, Lector Audio (special ordered), Parasound (although the pres are 100% true... 
Casters on equipment rack?
Those casters look cool. I will investigate furtherIn the mean time, OP, my condolences for living in a condo. Before I bought my house (~26 years ago) I lived in a 10 unit condo. Neighbors kept calling the police on meAnyway, 99.9% of all listeni... 
Need advice replacing my preamp
Ralph knows his stuff, BUT, 'my' personal experience running 100% true differentially balanced systems is that "I" have heard the difference between 0.5M XLRs and 1.0M XLRs from the SAME company: Eichmann Express Copper. Now that was ~ 10 years ag... 
How do you avoid buying new LPs that sound just like CDs?
My CDs sound VG to Great. System dependent for sure. What record player, arm, cartridge, phono preamp, cables, speakers... hth 
How do you avoid buying new LPs that sound just like CDs?
Reading the OPs initial post here, sounds to me like his issues lie elsewhere in his systemMy cds sound vg to great and I have 500+ of them 
Elac s New Fela lineup
Maybe the OP triedI have suggested to Tami that the template desperately needs updating.I have to hit the paragraph break 3 times, which is too far apart, but 2 times does nothing 
High end Class D amps?
You want to talk smooth motorcycles? My 1996 Yamaha Royal Star Classic Cruiser (purchased new out the crate)  is 4 cylinder  
The Irrational But Efficacious CD Tweak
I have several burn-in discs, though I haven't employed them in many moonsA week ago the temps here were upper 40s and my system sounded COLD throughout most of Jennifer Nettles Playing with Fire CD, but the last couple cuts sounded better, so I s... 
Need advice replacing my preamp
I just linked to the Inamorata, the back panel shows only RCA inputs. I am not sure a jumper and XLR cables would solve your problem, AND long XLRs can get expensive 
What's your best 'Score'?
+1 elevicReminded me...some 40 years ago I had just gotten a really good post car bj and mj buzz at the time. I had dropped the woman off some 10 minutes prior, and went on about my morning, coming across an open-air art festival in downtown Ho... 
High end Class D amps?
OMG 'Now excuse me I’m going back to the workshop to finish off my 1973 Ducati 750 sport (round-case) engine main bearing replacement.'so there is something to like about Gfi 
High end Class D amps?
noble, as an X maggie 3.5R owner, I wish I was aware of this back then. Consider posting this in magnepan threads too