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Looking for new speakers
I have basically the same dimensions that you have in my listening area and I have the Cremona's. I have had these for about 6 months and I cannot tell you how much I enjoy them. I have listened to many other speakers and I cannot honestly listen ... 
SACD is it worth it?
I have had SACD's since their inception and I thought they were wondeful until a I tried CD players from Bluenote. They have two models the Koala and the Stibbert. These units made the sweetest music I have ever experienced and that was from redbo... 
Best female vocals on CD
Here are a few more of note; Sara K vertually unknown but out of sight, Patricia Barber, Elaine Ellias, Patti Larkin. Unfortuneatly they are not playable on FM and it is very hard to discover new artists. Enjoy, they are also recorded extremely well. 
Best Integrated Amp.
Go look at the variety of tube intergrateds, IE Cary, VTL and others. You'll appreciate the tube sound of an intergrated tube unit rather than solid state. You have efficent and bright speakers and you don't need to addd to the brightness. 
What are your favorite monitors?
Sonus Faber Signums, Please listen, one of the finest above 40HZ. Set up correctly it is truely one of the few real 3-d speakers out there. 
Projector Dilemma...Need suggestions
A good CRT is hard to beat. However SIM2 has just introduced a single chip DLP projector with the new Dark Chip 3 DLP set. This a a beautiful projector that is incredible. Don't take my word for it. Go to the avsforum.com and see what rave reviews... 
Audible Illusions L-2 vs. Cary SLP-98
I have owned both and I still have the Cary. There is no comparison. The Cary will remain in my system for a long time. I have had BAT, Audiable Ill. and Audio Researh preamps and the Cary does one thing that these don't. It sounds like live music... 
Best speaker for small room
Sonus Faber "Signum" They are absolutly wonderful 
New Krall /Costello/ SACD is very good...
I was disappointented in the Krall/Costello compulations. Diana is a standards student with little originality or creativity of her own. The songs she co-wrote with Elvis are just as disjointed and un-harmonious as his original works. To me it sou... 
looking for amp for thiel 2.4 speakers.
I have 2.4's with a Cary V12I and SLP98 pre. What I will say is that it is a match made in heaven. I do not play at screeming volumes but if you want to hear the most accurate sound and if you love vocals give this a try. I know many will say they... 
TDS "True Dimensional Sound" Black Box
I have had the AR TDS box for two months and I belive it works well on average recordings, DVD and satellite sourced sound. I never had a volume problem with my system since I match my equpment fairly well. It does take some of the warmth out of c... 
Opinions on Pioneer DV47AI and Sony DVP-S9000ES
I have owned a Sony 9000 for about a 1.5 years. As far as qualtly goes it is wonderful both video and SACD. I have very reveiling audio system and a great TV. I would highly recommend it. The ONLY draw back in my opinion is you cannot control volu...