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After a lightning strike took out my TV and other components, even though connected to an inexpensive “surge protector”, I now run a whole-house surge protector before my breaker box. I also run additional power conditioners at each of my stereos. I also run my cable internet line through a...

My tune has vastly changed on cap’n craptastic. Those LEDs lost brightness pretty quickly. When I reached out to him about it, he called me a hick and “banned” me. Hahahahaha

Same.

I have a Victor QL-Y5 and run a shibata Bliss 720-DSH needle on a AT95 cartridge. I ran a similar Bliss shibata on my old Kenwood. Both track at 1-1.5 grams. Got them from turntableneedles.com. Not horribly expensive, considering. I definitely prefer the shibata profile. I’ve also used...

Did you check the fuse?

Are you in CO?

I buy lots of new records, and quite often they’re from very small presses and are often very low production numbers. I recently had an issue with a record that was cursed with excessive sibilance, but it’s typically rare. Ryan Adam’s Pax-Am label puts out exceptionally high quality vinyl, in...

Hmmm, interesting. I recently added a small sub to my 5.0 setup, but left my mains set to large after rerunning Audyssey. I’ll have experiment to hear if it makes a difference in sub output on my Marantz. However, I’m pleased with the sub-tle improvement it’s made thus far.

I’ll always prefer a three-way speaker over a two-way.

Hmmm, good question. I’m not familiar with the C48. I did come across this comment on the board: The good news is it sounds like it’s well documented in the manual and is a fairly standard procedure. Have you read through the manual as this user is suggesting? He says it’s pretty straight...

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I hope it works!

So you’re using the tape deck to record audio? Does your tape deck have input adjustment? The preamp outs are indeed volume controlled, as that would control the volume to an external amp. A tape out would be line level and not volume or tone settings dependent. reading through the manual...

Do both sets of main outputs on the MX-117 behave the same way?

I think that means the power supply is dead. I did a Google search using your thread title and found several people describing your issue.