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Very best in world music - recommendations?
John McLaughlin with Shakti-A Handful Of Beauty-;Al Di Meola-Heart Of The Immigrants-;Paco De Lucia-Siroco-;Vas-In The Garden Of Souls-;Rasa-Devotion-;Sussan Deyhim-Madman Of God-;Dead Can Dance-Spiritchaser-.Each of these is unique and has no equal. 
Warranties - Best & Worst - New & Used
I believe that the warranty should be transferrable and that the equipment bought abroad should be covered too. However, I don't think that in this case US distributors or dealers must have anything to do with it.The manufacturer can do a favour a... 
New Headphone User
Headphones are certainly good as a back-up, but they do not represent acoustic space in a correct manner.Second rate system regardless of what it can do right. 
Best cartridge under $450? No Grados please
I saw on Ebay Dynavector 20X for $350 new. I think, the same man sells here too.But it was low output MC ;perhaps, he has high output as well,if you need one. What is your current set-up ? 
How Much To Rival Good Digital Playback
Well, I think that Elizabeth is a little too optimistic. I'd say $1000.00 for the analog front end plus,say,$350 for the phono stage,plus $150-$250 for the cable.I meant new. In many ways it will sound better than almost any digital. But it will b... 
Warranties - Best & Worst - New & Used
Golden ears, you are golden more than that.Splendid. 
Amplifier for Kharma CRM 3.2F
Consider LAMMs as well. 
New preamp or other suggestions?
How good is the current in your house? Next thing I would do is try very different cables.Thiels and Brystons both have a tendency to sound bright, and you got both of them. Your source components are weak too.I assume that you are not ready for a... 
Music Hall MMF 9 compared to ?
Nottingham Horizon would be a much better choice. Can be found used if you wish to save a little and take a risk. 
Replacing stock tonearm cable
What are the other cables that you are going to use in your system? I am a big fan of Purist Audio cables.Top of the line Cardas may be good for some bright set-ups, but I don't like those cables at all.However, you never know what will happen in ... 
acurus dia100mk2 or audiolab 8000LX
I have Audiolab 8000LX. It drives my Michael Green Rev.80i speakers very well.The speakers are 89db,two driver design with 8" Vifa mid/bass and 1" silk tweeter.Considering that it usually costs $350 or so used,this is an outstanding value.Classica... 
Need to clean some cds
Leave them alone,let them look like shit. 
Analog under 2k?
$820 arm on $3700 table is not the same as $200 arm on $1700 table.If he does that he'll want to upgrade to Origin Silver arm very soon.If not,then he does not need $1700 table anyway.I still think that not much used Nottingham Spacedeck with Spac... 
Best speakers for $500 or less
New-the best B&W he is prepaired to pay for within the $500 limit; used-so many choices,probably hundreds of them. Steer clear from cheap Canadian speakers, not worth it.Your friend may also want to audition some Polk and Cambridge Sound Works... 
stuck in quagmire of speakers,someone pull me out
Try ProAc,Spendor,Dynaudio and Vienna Acoustics too.