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Adcom 555 Mk 2 Questions
Your adcom is too hot, hiss as well, it is sick and needs a doctor! My adcom gets a bit warm driving 8 ohm b&w dm4 spkrs at loud volumes and no hiss whatsoever. 
Tube Preamps.....
 For the adcom amp recommend Rogue Audio Perseus magnum built in phono as well, used for around 1400.00 usd  you could roll the tubes all 4 are 12au7 , so no mix and matching headaches, but the jj tubes that it come with sound amazing as well.I do... 
Adcom?
I believe Kalali is right on the money , i have a Adcom gfa 555 mk 2 and paired it with a ss  audio research ls3  and later a rogue audio perseus magnum preamp (tubed)  retubed w/ nos holland amperex bugel boy 12au7 , and boy did that ever liquida... 
too bad Audiogon seems to have morphed to fussy, picky buyers
Buying and selling.... odds are the first caveman who sold his cave planned to kill the cave buyer with his club , and keep his cave to sell it again, but the cave buyer brought a bigger club and the deal went down! Cave and rocks were exchanged. ... 
Review: PSB Stratus Gold Speaker
I owned a pair of the golds too, back in the day, i had  4 Nad 214 amps strapped to mono 2 for the tweeters and 2 for the woofers  in bi wire mode, 2 things i remember about them 1 they use to make my pant legs flap from the bass impact, and 2 the... 
Review: Sunfire Sunfire 300 Amplifier
I was fortunate enough to audition the sunfire 300 x2  with its matching tubed preamp driving a pair of B&W Nautilus 802 speakers, that system kicked audio ass my friends.  
2 Channel audio room chair ideas
Anybody know fraziers # ? I want to buy his chair. 
morrow ma1 interconnect
WTF, ive owned every cable on the market and nothing beats my biwired metal coat hangers! 
Tekton Design Lore
Own the Lore speakers, these have the 300.00 internal upgrade wiring ,speaker binding posts and clarity caps, ive never heard the Lores el-natural..Amps used were  pioneer SA9800 intergrated 100 wpc solid state amp -Shuguang 845-300b single ended ... 
Anyone have some good advise on setting up a vpi jr. upgrading carts
It is the arm that came with the jr, as a demo model, its a good friends table, he is going to change out carts,i guess im the lucky one who is going to really do it, my friend is a music lover, but is severely challenged on the tech/set up side, ... 
currently own a vpi scout, looking to upgrade
My 2 cents! I put a eagle psu and a roadrunner  on my old scout 2 and it cost a pretty penny too, but i heard no improvements what so ever, i took the eagle off and used the roadrunner to see just what was going on in the 600 rpm motor, after tryi... 
How good is the phono section of the Rogue Cronus Magnum II considered to be
I owned a cronus magnum, not the mag 2 , however if it has the same phono circuit, keep looking, the phono circuit is not in the audio circuit, as is the phono jack too, Corners were cut to make a line stage that is phenominal sounding at their pr... 
currently own a vpi scout, looking to upgrade
own a scout 1 w/ classic platter and a AT ART9 MC cart, was thinking seriously of selling the vpi , because i just wasnt making that magical connection to the music i once did, moved to a  much larger room new larger spkrs , i finally sold my inte... 
I'm Done with the Fozgometer and the Foz XTR
Amen brother, bought a foz xtr and paid 325.00 to find out i nailed the cart set up in the first place , no change in vol/sound with the gizmo on or off, life lesson just set up the cart in a few weeks youll dial it in by eye and ear, you cross in... 
What makes tape sound better than vinyl ?
Alot of discussion here on this topic, i got reel and cassette and cd and lp, to make a point? All i can say with certainty is  at chicago axpona 2017 show, i went to alot of rooms and listened to some uber expensive turntables , but one small roo...