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I only have one question...When did Georgelofi become Georgehifi? 
Looking to upgrade my preamp, suggestions?
@randy_11The arc ls2 only has one tube and yes it was fairly new and a big improvement over the old one.i tried both dig inputs through the cd player and through the c48 but stuck with the c48 as just about every input whether digital, rca or bala... 
Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable?
@zephyr24069 I guess I am still the skeptic you once were and tbh if I need to spend the equivalent of a small 3rd world countries national debt to hear that hard sought difference then I will surely remain a skeptic...lol.Would you care to name t... 
Teac TN-300 turntable, worth spending cash on a better cartridge or?
@noromance Not familiar with those but will be checking it out, have you used yourself? 
Teac TN-300 turntable, worth spending cash on a better cartridge or?
@donvito101 I have always been partial to Shure cartridges, that was the norm in England, stick a good Shure in a Garrard deck and you was in budget heaven 
Best standalone music server?
@jimThanks for the kind words sir...lolJust know what I like, knew roughly what I was looking for and any feedback and thoughts from others is ALWAYS appreciated, hence the existence of this thread.  
Teac TN-300 turntable, worth spending cash on a better cartridge or?
Oh I am enjoying it, just wondered if spending any money on a better cartridge was money wasted or not?  
Looking to upgrade my preamp, suggestions?
 Had quite a few hours with the C48 now and can sum up a little better.Life with the LS2 was good but cd fed through its balanced inputs always sounded just a little forward, bright and aggressive, not terrible but compared to vinyl fed through rc... 
Looking to upgrade my preamp, suggestions?
@rwwear You are correct, the ARC LS2B IS an excellent preamp and one I have enjoyed for near on 4 years but it was time for a change and convenience.The ARC is now for sale right here for much less than I paid so hopefully somebody will snap it up... 
Looking to upgrade my preamp, suggestions?
Thank you everybody for your valuable input.Yes I was drawn to another ARC like an ls26 or 27 but with the feature set of the C48 filling EVERYTHING i needed I gave it a whirl.And what a whirl, already have it set up to my liking and yes I am liki... 
Looking to upgrade my preamp, suggestions?
I decided to go with some convenience factors as well just to reduce the amount of "boxes" all connected up!Went with a McIntosh C48. which has yet to arrive so hopefully not a bad choice, but this will allow me to get rid of the phono preamp, the... 
Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable?
Still amused immensely by this topic, here,s my 3 cents of old fart musings!Hail from England originally and grew up as a cash strapped music afficondo making do on a shoe string budget to begin.Back in the 70,s, affordable meant Jap amps and cass... 
Best standalone music server?
@david12 Interesting question...lolI am from England and we used to do this all the time the old school way, vinyl to cassette and never gave it another thought,Honestly do not know the rules here in the usa but i know it happens on such a massive... 
Looking to upgrade my preamp, suggestions?
@milby1 I did see the audionet unit earlier and was interested in it. How long have you had yours and what do you pair it with? 
Best standalone music server?
As I said earlier I did think the bass was a little overblown from the vault but this was using the rca outputs.I changed to the coax dig out feeding into the dig in of my esoteric and tbh I truly cannot tell them apart now.My guess is the analog ...