Left vs right depends on whether the bars are at the top or bottom (I don't know this TT), so I say if the bars are drifting the direction the platter is moving (CW) it's faster than 33 and if drifting backward (CCW) it's slower.

Is your tuner a separate item? "Receiver" used to mean an integrated amp + tuner on a single chassis, but here it sounds like the definition has shifted. Most separate components with line outputs, like my tuner and cassette deck, have standardized outputs of 1.0 volt. Pre/amp line-level inputs usually have the same amount of gain between the inputs, and there isn't much loudness difference as a result. Your experience is very unusual, it weems to me. Is your tuner spec'd at 1.0

I actually could have voted for two choices: 6/18-20 and 6/25-27. The first, 6/11-13, would be more difficult for me.

[quote user="neo33"]As for the delay, I think 45s is too long since none of my other pre has a delay going from "standby" to "play". I guess it's just a matter of preference.[/quote] Apparently so. All my recent preamps all have had a delay from standby to play, including 60 sec in my current Joule Electra. It's just basic IMO to get in touch with the manufacturer for fixable problems, especially one with Mark's reputation. However, the weak RCA back panel

[quote user="Mallette"] As I tried to make clear in my reply, it is not a matter of criticism. The loss is hardly nominal. If one is a lover of chamber music or violin concertos, every fiddle from a green shellaced cajun Orange Blossom Special to a Stradivarious sounds pretty much the same with any amount of compression. Punk Rock (which I relish, BTW) won't change a whole lot. The problem is the inverse of the disease that can get one by listening to various tubes or capacitors. You

Stunning, Marshall! Light years nicer-looking knobs, dials and meters than my superlative-sounding A77. Great choice, and I don't care what it cost you!

Glenn, I'm really sorry to hear it. I feel for all those who've lost their jobs. My best wishes to you. Larry.

[quote user="Coytee"] Also....are these considered REAR loaded horns? http://gadgets.softpedia.com/gadgetsViewOpinions/The-Tannoy-Westminster-Royal-SE-Loudspeakers-6058.html [/quote] Rear loaded something ...

My classical DVD library is quite small, but I am now spoiled by the ability to WATCH classical performances on DVDs instead of merely LISTENING to them on CDs (or LPs). I used only DVDs on an HT system for my classical "classes" at the last Pilgrimage, and thought it communicated classical music very well to the forum members who were there.

I don't know the science of rear-loaded horns, but have fond memories of my Shorthorns. What I remember being told and feeling they sounded that way, is that below some acoustical crossover point, the output from the back of the speaker was more efficiently propagated by the back-loaded horn. As I understood it, the DR output became relatively insignificant below that point. The disadvantage would be if the back-horn length isn't very long and/or not designed to propagate from a corner. Cases