Peepboy2, thanks so much for the comments and yes , my wife is incredibly tolerant and I am lucky in so many ways. I am simply in love with audio and video and yet i have a life outside of it so obsessive compulsive I hope I am not,... yet anyway! I cannot stress enough the value I see in this " diamond in the rough " I have stumbled upon. Alex Peychev is making stunning mods and at a bargin basement price if you care to compare. The denon plays dvd a sacd as well as redbook and if the performance is equal to what he achieved in my Phillips 1000 then i will have found the deal of the century. Regarding the Xindak, I have been a Nordost fan for years. I started with spm sc s , then ics then quattro fils . I put Valhalla on the Aerial 20 t s next and red dawn on the rear as the runs were too long to justify the expense. I friend , Keith Forest e mailed me and wanted to tell me about a new cable he was trying that was a giant killer for the money. It was the Xindak fs 2.He formally revied it when he wrote for Soundstage . I ordered a pair and did direct a-b comparisions with all 3 . The fs 2 , right out of the box uncovered details of sonic information that were simply obscured by the spms. the lower midbass was fuller and richer without being slow . The "character " of percussive instruments came to life and there was a rich decay that made me listen deeper into the soundfield. I immediately ordered the top of the line Gold sc s . The gold was simply more of the same characteristic that the fs 2 offered but was even more tonally accurate yet retained the intense "golden glow " to instrumental notes and especially cymbols . That was where the difference was clear. Cymbols all sound distinctive and as a drummer , i am obsessed with the sound of them. The gold made each sound credible. I then installed the valhalla and found the gold lacked transparency and air in the very upper midrange and lower to mid treble region . This gave the instrumental soundfield a transparency that was at once startling yet mildly clinical. This observation could have been also due to a chain interaction of course. I have fallen for the effects of tubes since i purchased my Cary cad 211 anniversary monoblocs and have found system matching very critical now . I may indeed move up the cable chain as i was looking at Albert Porters system { once again as it is so awesome now with the dalis ! } and was thinking about auditioning the Purist Audio series. The kicker is the unrealistic pricing the Xindak streets for. I was so impressed that I bought the sacd player pcs and ics as well. This is just my opinion on the Xindak and your perceptions may vary. I however get a rush when i snare a super " Deal " on audio and I dont mind sharing my experiences. Thanks again for the nice comments. When you get your Denon , let us all know what you think. Brent
