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Eminent Technology LFT-4 or LFT-6
Only three hundred pair of the 4s made, I have these and wouldn't part with them...rare jems IMHO... 
Old B&O vs. new Rega P1
A Tecnics 1200..or any of it's varients,are not the equal of say an Denon 60L..Now my B&O RX is a supurb table, with it's mmc2 will blow the doors off many so called belt drive's IE..Music hall rubish...But All that means little..buy A table y... 
Vintage Turntable: AR Es-1 vs Denon DP-60L
Nonsense..Clearly the Denon, I own excellent examples of both...Belt drive never holds it's speed..Or should i say sometimes holds it speed ..and don't get me started on Rega's joke of a motor and bearings..No offense intended..I know to late..) 
Amp for Sonus Faber Cremoma M
I own the Marantz 8004 bought here,for a VERY reasonable $650 mint...it's sound is truly Hi End..IMO Plus an excellent phono stage for those who still spin.... 
Thorens TD 166 MkII with SME tone arm
This is nonesense the Toanarm on the stock TD 166mk2 is excellent IF you take care in cartridge matching and the arm is in good shape to start with..Thornes new how to make arms..this is a fact..save your money 
Thorens TD 166 MkII with SME tone arm
Again the stock arm properly cared for and setup is quite good on the TD 166mk2 mine sounds excellent with a Grado black a real cheapo..but will accept many finer cartriges to say the least..great arm "bad advice" sometimes... 
Integrated, Marantz pm-17, Denon pma 2000? or?
I have owned the Complete and it's quite nice but NOT the equal of the Marantz PM 17 just an over built amp that is sweet and has enough current to drive just about anything..This amp suprises on a daily basis..Cheers 
Love it, or Hate it ? (wood trim)
IM on the fence ..But i have a Pioneer Elite A 71 with the faux rosewood side panels and on this one they look quite nice imho. Randy 
Pioneer A71 why can't i find any info gentelmen..
Hello im sorry this is an integrated amp,i have looked at Pioneer silver..Pioneer Elite ..these sites have nothing on this model.Beautiful build two seven inch cast tranformers and two soup can sized power supply caps Accuphase like build. Thanks ... 
Audio Refinement Complete owners: please advise
Right now i just bought a pair of Snell E/3s the amp loves them and it should they are an very easy load,before my Castle Warwick large bookshelves sounded superb and are for sale on audiogon now.Others were Celestion Compact A,and my quite rare E... 
Onkyo SV828 THX runs very warm
Thanks to Shiva as well. After talking to a certiied Onkyo Tech i only became more confused He said you cannot trim the bias but he could add a couple of circuits so it runs cooler this makes no sense to change the design to repair a fault that do... 
Onkyo SV828 THX runs very warm
Thanks to Nuguy as well as Sogood 51 for your input, i have Never seen or heard the fan come on (except at startup) and don't want to damange it Onkyo is of little help.Is the preamp stage class A ? Again Thank You.