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The best customer experience I've ever had......
Two people/companies I can think of right off the bat... Richard Schram at Parasound (before he sold the company).  He picked up the phone on my tech support call and spent 45 minutes talking to me about what direction to go with preamp/amp.   P... 
Thinking of a Schiit Freya + and Vidars, to Power Martin Logan ESLs
and something that is helpful on positioning ML electrostatics, what they call the flashlight method.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsBUFCsyP4s 
Thinking of a Schiit Freya + and Vidars, to Power Martin Logan ESLs
While I’ve been in this hobby for 40 plus years, I’m am by no means at the expert level as a lot of the people that post here on Audiogon are. I  can’t afford the equipment that some have either. (Only can dream…) I also know what it is like to ... 
What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report
Mike Oldfield   “The Songs of Distant Earth”Great guitar work. 
Preamp under $2,000.
There is a Parasound JC-2 for sale right now on Audiogon for $1900.  It is a very nice pre and that is a great price.  I've never seen a bad review.  I have one and have been very pleased with it.   
Classe CAV 75 12v trigger to power on/off
dtximages,I had a CAV75 amp with a SSP-30 pre/processor setup for my home theater years ago. When HDMI came about and I changed out the SSP-30 for a Denon receiver, I was in the same boat you are.You are correct that the telephone jack is the 12V ... 
Caps for Soundstream DA-1
You are correct that mine are the screw in type.  And as for the cracks, they go completely across the top of the caps.  It looks like someone hit the power rail that runs between the caps with a hammer.  I’m thinking that what happened was the am...