thorloki

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What do we hear when we change the direction of a wire?
Fellow audiophiles,Mr. Ted Denney (Synergistic research) is only looking after his wallet, when he says that cables have directionality.He calls himself "lead designer", I can understand lead designers for amps, preamps, speakers, DACs, but cables... 
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Greetings atmasphere,Hey man, thanks for your post and analysis, well written and well thought out.Perhaps you are right, perhaps this would not have happened in another system.However, manufacturers of preamps/amps should know that their equipmen... 
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" This failure was most likely due to the system or something in the home.  That's all there is to that. "Dear Mr. Deal, I wonder what, in my home, we can blame, for the failure of your pre amps.Perhaps it was my beige coloured walls that upset yo... 
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Excuse me!When TWO pre amps, bought 6 weeks apart, FAIL, IN EXACTLY the same way, this points to a much deeper problem.If, my two pre amps are just an incredible fluke, why then, did Mr. Dealreplace the capacitors in the pre amps he has in stock??... 
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"He has a legitimate gripe, but he isn't dealing with the issue, he is simply trying to hurt those involved even those involved had no ill intent toward his negative situation and have taken steps to correct it. thorloki, you have lost credibil... 
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 Mr. Deal, you say that you replaced the capacitors in all your current stock, "just in case".Mr. Deal, I ask you this, are you going to recall all the pre amps, THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY SOLD and are in customers systems?Or, are you just going to lay... 
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Dear fsonicsmith,Here is what you said,"I bet you are not the original owner of those ML's and paid a mere fraction of the $30K you kept spouting about."I guess, it must be in your nature, to make STUPID assumptions!I bought the speakers NEW, I am... 
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Dear Mr. glassandlight,the only thing that is BS is your post.If what I am saying is not true, then, I ask you this,WHERE is Mr. Kevin Deal, to deny my allegations??For your information, Mr. Deal, HIMSELF, confirmed that his pre amps FAILED and pu... 
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Just to clarify,I returned BOTH pre amps to my dealer, and he returned them to PrimaLuna for repair.My dealer refunded me for the FULL cost of the preamps.I have absolutely, NO PROBLEM, with my dealer, I received FIRST CLASS SERVICE.After all, he ... 
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Hello Soundscapemd, thanks for your commentary.Talking about "skewed", you are are PrimaLuna dealer, so, we take your comments with a bucket of salt.I am sure that other speakers have been damaged by primaluna preamps,and that the owner is not awa... 
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The OP is 100% legit!I stand by every word I have written in this forum.I would welcome Mr. Kevin Deal, to join this conversation and present his side of the story, as a matter of fact, I would like nothing more!As for equipment matches, this is o... 
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I checked with Bryston.The Bryston amps, as well as many other high end amps, DO NOThave DC output protection. ( such circuits degrade sound)If, the pre amp, puts out DC, the amp will amplify it, and send out to the speakers, which is what happene... 
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I would like to see, Mr. Kevin Deal, respond on this forum, and defend his position, product and quality control standards.Also, one thing we all must know, HOW MANY pre amps/amps have you had to repair, with this same issue??How many units of you... 
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The amplifier used was the Bryston 28B SST3 1,000 watt per channel mono blocks.Kevin asked me the same information, but the amps have been cleared,this is a PrimaLuna issue.He says that both amps have been repaired, and I should not have that prob... 
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OK,listen up guys.Thank you all for your opinions.The speakers in question are Martin Logan CLX ART.I resent, the commentary, that this event/post is bogus.The events HAPPENED, as stated.Keven Deal, knows me, and knows the situation.He ADMITTED, t...