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Bryston amps VS the rest... too clear and neutral?
Bryston amps tend to do a minimalistic job for the audio system. Extreams cannot be handled well by Bryston since they have bi-polar output stages that are very depended on weather, speaker impedance curve and... and... temperature of the amps.Des... 
more help with vinyl..
I was in that kitchen swallowing clicks and pops and the surface noise since I couldn't afford a good turntable. In that time I knew nothing about gruv-glide or discwasher. What I knew is to sweep the dust with anti-static brush, not to touch the ... 
SS amps that sound like tubes?
STOP this SS-TUBE fight over here! I've seen it b4 a bunch of times already. It is absolutely useless. I could never say that SS sounds like tubes but there is no matter SS or tube rather it can or cannot perform the task for a particular speaker.... 
¿has a tact rcs 2.2x a good volume control?
the volume control in tact is not digital. the only digital is room accoustics correction engine. the rest is analogue(certainly except dac) 
SS amps that sound like tubes?
Plinius SA... amps are good with low impedance speakers and able to produce tube-like... ah,, forgetabout tube-like it's simply great and natural. They tend to be bright with 8Ohm speakers or if the speakers are too efficient >90dB.GamuT D200 i... 
know anything about the Unison Research Unico?
i'll be very short:unico is available for auditioning in your home setup with small fee+shipping if you will decide to buy it(please note that you will get this unit in the box new not demo) the shipping and auditioning chargest will be dropped.it... 
Which link is most important?
smaller signal is more vulnarable to the wire quality so the cd-to-pre is the right decision.if you have Sam Ash music store near you i would suggest to pick up canare japanese cables for the price of RadioShack wires or even cheaper with absolute... 
Newbie Question: VTA and Rega P25/RB600
you can buy spacers at www.needledoctor.com made for Rega 2mm and 4mm. it's truly a pain to adjust rega arms but that is the only option now for your turntable. in reality you cannot optimize VTA in Rega for the performance you can only optimize i... 
Krell or Classe Integrated for Sonus Faber Concert
plinius 8200 will best krell and classe together. 
Sherlock Holmes needs clues
Judit, clipping of the amps usually makes drivers to produce "farting" sounds.Exuse my friench:^) 
AR SP-11 RCA outputs to ba lanced inputs.How?
Thanks Steve,What's right is right and now it's even more clear! 
Sherlock Holmes needs clues
So who's Dr Wattson over there? That depends I believe on all variables stated above + the AMPLIFIER that often may clip or increas the amount of distortions in 1000Hz piano notes. 
Question on setting up mono block
0.5V input you need if you have a passive preamplifier otherwise i would recommend to use 1V. 
Silverline Sonatina MK II:at Resale alot/Any Good?
let me just say that i was not impressed from this brand and model in particular. 
AR SP-11 RCA outputs to ba lanced inputs.How?
the ideal case in reality when the whole system is either balanced or unbalanced to take a real advantage of canceling the noise. for a true-balanced preamp modification you will definitely need something more than directly soldering XLR receptacl...