alucard19

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Best Receiver?
Bought new in1978 and still in use today, Kenwood KR8010 beast of a receiver 135WPC with all the tone controls, sounds fantastic. if your ever in the Chicagoland area (Elgin, IL.) I would be happy to demonstrate it for you just PM me.  
How to prevent visitors from touching your system
All my friends know me and my audio equipment, they know if they touch I keep that hand, so far in 45+ years of audio ownership I haven't had to put any hands into my collectibles.  
Is D-Sonics audio still in business
Thanks everyone for your suggestions and recommendations I now have 3 - 4 amp brands to look into in the next couple of weeks. I will let you know which amp brand I end up with soon.  
Is D-Sonics audio still in business
@petaluman, thanks for the info on VTV amps, I was looking at their website and have put them on my list of amps to consider. The prices are very reasonable for what you get and I do like the Hypex modules and the Pascal modules.  
Is D-Sonics audio still in business
Not looking for an integrated amp and he does not do any streaming, so anything that streams is definitely out.  
Is D-Sonics audio still in business
@yyzsantabarbara,  Wow those Daniel Hertz amps are expensive, I was just looking to get my son some inexpensive Class D amps that had enough power to drive what ever speakers he has, that was why I was looking into the D-Sonic amps they have plent... 
Is D-Sonics audio still in business
@soix, thanks for the listings I will look into those. @yyzsantabarbara, I have not looked into the newer GAN amps but I will check them out to see if they would be a good alternative to Class D.  
Is D-Sonics audio still in business
I just tried it again and it came right up, maybe the storms in my area were affecting it, but it's strange since all of my other searches went through. Thanks for the responses. If you have any other Class D amps that you can recommend I would ... 
Turntable Upgrade Advice
I just picked up a Project Xtension 12 Evolution for $4,100.00 store demo with full factory warranty that price was with tax out the door. great table with a 12" carbon fiber tonearm, or you could look into a SOTA Sapphire for about the same price... 
What to try?
You could try a Black Ice Fusion F35 Integrated for 3k with EL34 tubes, or 3.25k with 6550 tubes then add a Parasound Zphono XRM phono preamp for $499.00, it lets you hook up 2 turntables 1 MM, and 1 MC and is very flexible with gain settings, it ... 
What is the most challenging music to play on a stereo?
synthesizer music, Larry Fast, Jean Michael Jarre, Mike Oldfield.  
Best €2500 sub purely for music?
If you want you can check out XTZ speakers, they have multiple subs and they have a warehouse in Sweden and list their prices in Euro's.  
Marantz pm8006 vs Denon PMA-1700NE for combined home theatre and music room
+1@balooo2, I agree the Anthem MRX series of AVR's are very versitile for setting up a home theater and 2 channel system with the same unit, by using their zone 2 function and also using their pre outs it is very easy to set this typa of system up... 
Recommendation for sub with high level inputs
+++1 @scm, @zgas-music, HSU you can get 2 of the VTF-2 MK5's for around $1,500.00 or better yet 2 of the VTF-3 MK5 HP's for around $2,100.00 they are easy to set up and have plenty of options for integrating them into your system.  
Worth fixing?
You should just get a newer Rotel RCD-1572MKII, you can find them for around $1,200.00 or try to find a new older RCD-1572 I have 2 of them and I paid around $700.00 for each, just take your time and you can find some deals on demo models from man...