swampwalker

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When does seller's responsibility end?
+1 Brownsfan 
Best Acoustic Guitar Players Of All Time?
In terms of originality, I'll mention another of the neglected female players, Kaki King. 
Silver Pioneer to Tubes..?
YW, Reo. My guess is that w a typical EL-34 or 6CA7 based tube amp of 30-50 wpc, you will have no problems rocking the house. If you want to experiment w tube sound, there are several Chinese integrateds for sale in the $500-750 range that might b... 
L.P. compatibility issues?
Time to lay off the eggnog, B Limo!!! Or perhaps he is channeling PettyOfficer?? 
Silver Pioneer to Tubes..?
Reo- The 80 dB sensitivity is for 1 watt, but measured at 15' from the speaker. If you search the web you will see that translated to more common specification , it is considered to be about 93 dB sensitivity, which is well within the range that i... 
Merlin TSM makes rattling noise at low and loud
I'm gonna put forth a hypothesis. The low frequency notes require much more power. You can see that if you have a power meter, where the meter can be seen to move in time w the bass. So when you turn it up that much you may be clipping the low fre... 
how much of a difference should equipment make?
I would also point out that there is a difference between bass articulation and/or tightness and bass extension. While Csontos initially mentioned an additional octave of audible extension, his later posts talk about tight, quick bass w discernabl... 
Best and Worst names in Audio
Schiit, Keces. I think I detect a pattern.... 
Best and Worst names in Audio
Worst- No contest. Keces. 
$18k Tube preamp for large scale symphonies please
If you are looking for a linestage only, I would urge you to consider the VAC Signature or Renaissance. 
Starter Dac for Headphones...
Freb03- email me msklein52atcomcastdotnet. 
Where to invest
I've never heard your amp but I would GUESS that upgrades there would be more bang for buck than the speaker upgrades. I had the speakers upgraded to lead-free MME and they are worthwhile but they are evolutionary, not revolutionary. What would yo... 
Current optimized or voltage optimized speakers?
Others w more technical knowledge than me will have more/better answers, but I think that one way to "know" (besides listening) is to look at the impedance characteristics of the speaker. Higher overall impedance and a relatively constant impedanc... 
How to isolate a gound loop
Looks like your phono pre has either an internal SUT or active gain stage w sufficient gain to allow you to use it w/o an SUT. Total line stage and phono stage gain can be adjusted up to 97 db which means that there is no need to use an external S... 
BAT vk-p3 phono install
Sorry, Last- Apparently I did not make a copy of the instructions when I sold the board.