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Stereo Amp. for bedroom under 400USD.
Tandberg 3012 is awesome ! 
Best Speakers at Stereophile show
Niro Nakamichi's 801s sounded great, Singers Utopias also were great & so was the Avante horn speakers in the BAT room. Rogue had some great sounding little speakers. Headroom had a great display! 
Tubes or SS Amps for ML Requests
Tubes for top & SS for bottom if they can be biwired. or go Tube all the way ! 
Hi-Fi Show????
Where was Aerial, Infinity, Mcintosh, Meridian, .Headroom , Singer, Niro Nakamichi , had great displays! 
Melos SHA-1 preamplifier
Not the best impedance match . Melos servce was not the greatest, they failed to find a short after two repairs ! Others do swear by this piece. 
Help Newbie Cables for Mac/JBL??
Try to get used cable . I like Monster & Kimber 
Rate the Audiophile Publications
I read them all ... one problem is when they (especialy Stereophile) can rip to shreds a piece that cost S 10,000.00. If your spending $ 10,000.00 on a power amp , preamp speakers etc. They had better sound good. You know what, in my 25+ years buy... 
Tube Biasing ?
I have spoke to Both VTL & Audio Research & they were both very helpful regarding this any any other tube issues . First try the manufacturer of the amp if possible, as they know the most about their amps design. A good service center like... 
Help out a Young Audiophile
Guys ! Lighten UP! If you have a problem with the post click the left button on your mouse! I think you should get the book "Asher's Bible of Executive resumes" or similar , it can really help . Then go to WWW.kennedyinfo.com to purchase a list of... 
Cheapest places to buy gear?
Ebay.com ....READ the descriptions carefully & ask seller questions before buying . Ebay is a little work but can be very cheap. HCM audio(listed as an audiogon dealer) is great for cables & power cords , Soundcity.com has some great closo... 
What makes a speaker thousands more...
The cosmetics of most high end audio contributes a lot to the high costs . I look for value, for example I have a used pair of Aerial 10t s that I think slam many other speakers costing much more! Michael Kelly at Aerial is a great person to talk ... 
Where to shop for music?
ebay.com & half.com are great ! 
carver 2000 Receiver 1984 : opinion?
The Carver is an Awesome receiver. my experience with 80's carver is that they are generally very reliable and kick butt! Other greats are Tandberg 2075 Luxman 1120 series 
Cable Costs Relative to System
If you guys are reading this it means you probably buy at least some of your gear on line . At 40-70% off of list price. Unless you are the ruler of a country Spending $ 3,000.00 on a power cord is nuts! I bought an MIT powercord from HCM for $ 99... 
good vintage tuner
Accuphase 100 350-$500Luxman t110 200-250.00Tandberg 3001a 475-750mac mr-71 tube tuner 500+