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any comments on the Yamaha CT 7000
Now I will open a kettle of fish. I think the luxman T-117 Is the best sounding japanese tuner, not the equal of the Yamaha in selectivity or the other tuner perameters only better sounding and by a big margin , in my experience. 
LP 12 the Extreme Phono Way-First Impressions
I have set up many Linns professionally, and I have alot of experience with these tables. Linn comes right out and says in the offical repair manual tha the turntable is basically perfect and if it could be made better they would do it. They then ... 
Speakers for my Golden tube SE 300B II SE 9w Please help
Acarian systems Lotus SE, with the 14 ohm woofer. You can find a set of the mk. 1 or mk. 2 for less than 2K. They are FULL range speakers you will think you have died and gone to a better place. Nothing touchs these speaker for anywhere near the m... 
hopeless LP's
I have bought thousands of used LPs and , it sounds to me like you have other problems! you will encounter LPs that are worn out or hav ebeen played on a system that has ruined them but this happens not that often, at least to me. I have a rather ... 
Tight Bass
Some folks and I would include the Pace and rhythm British followers,are audiofiles who are going out the the way not to have natural extended bass,as this Slows the music down or to borrow their term takes away the pace. If you add a accented upp... 
Tube amp blues
You must swap tubes with some different ones! Start with the driver stage tubes (the small ones) . Then sub out the power tubes. Most problems will most likely be tubes. Sounds like the tube gets noisey(common) when warmed up.If you do not have ex... 
Best Tweeter for DIY project
If there were a perfect tweeter out there, all speakers would all have it. Try a Scan Speak 2010 for starters. 
preamp/amp for ML Aerius i?
What you are hoping to be told you are never going to get. Even if I have tried and love a set of amps with the aerius, which I have , it is just my tastes that are satisfied, not yours. Trust your ears! Your room that you listen in is in itsself ... 
Why do digital cables sound different?
What an honest and measured response Macm just made. I think that the differences my be ones of impedence,between different cables and also the connectors, I have as yet to hear any improvement that even begins to jusitfy the Costs involved. 
Anyone ever opened MIT cables?
When you hook up a MIT cable it is anyones guess how its network will combine with the input impeadence/etc of the receiving component. To get to the question, you are all on the right track, do cut the cable and when you get over the outrage of c... 
Linear Tracking Turntables - Best??
A good pivot tone arm is every bit as good as line tracking. They both have advantages, it is not as simple as one is better than the other. 
Testing Bass Extension on Speakers
Go to Radio shack and buy a sound level meter 35.00 or so. Then you can tell how many dbs the speaker is up or down at any Hz. using the meter and test CD.. This meter is very useful in speaker set up and this kind of testing, as you can tell wher... 
Best Pre-Amp with Phono Stage
Audible illusions Mod. 3A w John Curl board. Pay more if you wont. But you will not better this. 
How can I measure power draw?
Here is a simple solution. Look on the back of the power amp, and pre-amp or in the manual. The wattage will be listed for each component in either Watts or VA. of consumption. If all else fails call the manufacturer ask them the Wattage of the pe... 
Dynaco ST-70/PAS 3 Rebuild.
I agree with the above post. I too have rebuilt these amps and would also look into the Joe Curcio board for the ST-70 .Curcio designed all the original Sonic Frontiers amps and if you are looking for a rebuild with GOOD bass response and very cle...