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Thiel Owners
@jlm86  There is a beautiful set of 3.6's in NY state and a set of white 2.4's in Virginia , both are listed on Reverb and both are local pickup only ,   
Sota Sapphire and Isolation?
The Merrill Heirloom TT has a spring suspension and I use the GEM Dandy  60 Durometer Decoupling Foot under my table , at the same time I use a wall mount TT platform to totally eliminate footfall vibrations from a wood floor . One can jump up a... 
Thiel Owners
Rob suggested the 2.5 ohms and said he heard that 2.7 ohms were used and had positive results . Two days ago I ordered Mills 5 watt 2.5 ohm resistors from Michael Percy Audio , half the price that PartsConnexion is now charging .       
Thiel Owners
The 3.7's and external crossovers that just arrived ?  Who makes external crossovers for Thiel speakers ?    
Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms
Not having a lot of different tonearm experiences I did discover that wiring from the headshell to the RCA connectors made a improvement and a carbon fiber arm tube was another improvement worth looking into .  
Amp — Leave on or turn off
Electronics degrade by cycling on/off , true but to what extent ?  leaving on 24/7/365 equals 8,760 hours per year , since most power/filter capacitors are rated for 10,000 hours which would you think causes the most degrading ?  How often do you ... 
Amp — Leave on or turn off
I agree with both 12many and fuzztone ,  I turn my McCormack amp on about an hour before listening , enough time to warm up .  
Indispensable Tool!
The Cardas inspired Arye CD is fantastic , Cardas has a vinyl version of Track 7 .  
McCormack DNA 0.5 vs. DNA 2.0 Deluxe
DNA-225 then send it SMc for upgrade   
DOL vinyl pressings
Looking up " copyrights to music " finds that it is owned by the writer for life and then 70 years after his death , this is true in the US and in Europe . Music in public domain is supposed to be following the same rules , 70 years after death .    
Don’t buy used McCormack DNA 1990s amps
@soix  I don't believe  that saying  @ram360j  was spreading " CRAP " ,  maybe he was wrong by calling a " sister " company . Hello Friends - It is certainly no secret that McCormack Audio was purchased by the Conrad-Johnson Design Group back i... 
Don’t buy used McCormack DNA 1990s amps
@soix  Conrad Johnson manufactured the MF2250 & MF2275 solid state amplifiers , They are the same as the McCormack DNA-250 , which C.J. manufactured after buying the name and rights to McCormack ,  Steve McCormack makes no claim to designing... 
Is toeing speakers a bad idea?
I think I've moved my speakers 0ver 150 times , in , out  , forward , backward  with toe-in and facing straight until I found my ideal sound .  I use 3/4 inch toe-in . but my room is only 13 feet wide .  
Preamp Gain issues with high efficiency speakers
Good Luck with CJ  I use a passive Gold Point preamp with my SS amp ,  in reading that the CJ volume control is to loud at 1 with 25 db preamp gain and  the Schitt allows you to go up to 7-8 with no gain it got me thinking .   The 24 position c... 
Preamp Gain issues with high efficiency speakers
Read page 4 of the CJ manual ,  contact CJ and see if they can or WILL  convert your 11-A 70 watt amp to the 11-XS 30 watt version .