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Tonearms of exotic materials- esp. Carbon?
Thank you for all the excellent responses so far.Pretty much, my intent was to turn up info on various tone arm materials used.I find it interesting that different approaches have been taken- wood, carbon fibre, boron, ceramic, titanium, and other... 
Jelco St-250/Audioquest PT6 the exact same?
I also have an early version of the Jelco 250 here. The "body" looks the same but is different- the 250 is a sealed unit. The bearing housing is different- the Audioquest features a cupped concave dome on top, and possibly an advanced horizontal b... 
Jelco St-250/Audioquest PT6 the exact same?
They look the same but are different.Most notably the ST-250 is not fluid damped. The PT-6 is (I have one).They look very much alike but there are differences. 
Crossover designs...
Thank you, fellas. Much appreciated. 
Burr Brown or Wolfson
Ps- I've heard modern CDPs with Crystal and Burr Browns too, and if the player is of reputable quality, they work fantastic too. Lots of great CDPs using all three brands of chips. 
Burr Brown or Wolfson
I have heard both, as well as Crystal too.There's more to a CDP than just the chipset to get to the end result- the converters play a big part, as well as (but maybe not as significantly) the build quality.That said, for budget high quality sound,... 
Which is the most tubelike solid state amp around
I was pleasantly surprised with the B&K ST-202 and B&K Sonata EX-442.It's just what was needed to take control over my Thiel CS 2s in my admittedly lively room.I've run neutral amplification and warm amplification before, but these MOSFET ...