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Power Cord with a 20 amp female and 15 amp male ?
Try The Cable Company. They're the largest cable retailer and should have what you are looking for. 
$10K budget. Help
I live in NYC. As far as the west coast of FL goes, I don't know of any good places. AV South is kind of like a Magnolia type store. Most of the places focus on multi room, home automation type of products. They may have some expensive equipment, ... 
stereo preamp $2-5K suggestions
"I am not sure that all manufacturers are that straight forward and open about what they want you to buy from them."They want you to buy their products. 
Amari ultrasonic automatic RCM
Go to The Cable Companies web site and look at a record cleaning machine called the Hanss Acoustics RC-20. It looks like the exact same machine as the Amari, and they have it listed at $840. If you call them, they'll give you an honest answer as t... 
Audio Consignment Shop In The New York Area?
You spelled Crooklyn wrong Al. 
Audio Consignment Shop In The New York Area?
"08-10-15: StanleylockeNeither Stereo Exchange nor TFtA will do consignment. They would buy them outright but for pennies on the dollar."I can personally vouch for that statement. Dave from Stereo Exchange will definitely give you some pennies, an... 
Esoteric K-03 X - mechanical problems w tray
"08-10-15: GuidocoronaUhrn... Before stomping of feet, shredding of clothing and the likes, I recommend calling tech support."Its not about that. Although, I did make the assumption that the OP tried resetting the unit. Regardless, the dealer is t... 
Esoteric K-03 X - mechanical problems w tray
That's a $14000 CD player. For that kind of money, the dealer comes back out to the house and picks it up personally and leaves him with a demo unit until they fix it. I'm not just making this up, either. Every good dealer I know would do exactly ... 
FLAC, WAV or AIFF question
You can play FLAC files on your mac, but iTunes doesn't support it. You'll need to use a different music player.My choice would be to get the WAV format. Once you have that, you can transcode to any other format you're interested. 
Rotel seperates to Anthem integrated 225?
The only way to know for sure is to demo the gear that you're interested in. Otherwise, its a coin toss. 
$10K budget. Help
"I'm in Sarasota, FL with a few dealers to choose from."If you're willing to take a ride, check out these stores: Audio Center in Deerfield Beach, Hollywood Sound in Hollywood and Wellington Audio in Wellington. They're not to far from each other,... 
Audio Consignment Shop In The New York Area?
List them here for local pickup only. If the price is fair, someone will buy them. You'll never sell them on consignment. Dealers have very little motivation to move consignment items. They just put high prices on consignment and use it for store ... 
Audio Research PH6 Phono Stage - How is it?
"08-05-15: DjfstZd542, not sure what people in my position are to do. If you don't have any local audio shops to listen in person or demo, cannot bring stuff home on a loan, what else do you do but ask in forums, read reviews, talk to stores/reps ... 
Esoteric K-03 X - mechanical problems w tray
You shouldn't have to go through all that. Just call the dealer and let them worry about it. Even better, ask them for a new one so you don't have to wait. 
$10K budget. Help
Does sound quality matter, or do you want to buy a tube integrated just to say you have one? Because if that's the case, you don't need to spend that much money.