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Any benefits playing SACD's on Standard CD Player?
You can't play sacd on a standard cd player. You need to get a sacd player or a universal player that can play sacd. 
Olive Mods: Bolder Cable vs. Red Wine Audio
I did not have a stock olive but purchased a modded unit from red wine. Red wine is a dealer for olive although they don't sell stock units. I am using the external hard drive to play all my music and i may use the internal hard drive to store mus... 
Olive Mods: Bolder Cable vs. Red Wine Audio
I have a red wine modded symphony. I am using an external hard drive and running the olive out to my mark levinson 36s dac. I have to say that the dac on the olive sounds almost as good. Vinnie said that it should sound better after 200 hrs break ... 
B&W 801 min tube wattage?
I had a pair of 801 s2 and they do like alot of power. I had a classe dr9- 100 watts per channel. It sounded ok with them. When 1 bought a 2nd dr9 and bridged them -400 watts per channel , the speakers really opened up. 
Sending Equipment out of Country for Repair/Servic
Hi. I am a fellow Canadian. I had to send my cal audio labs processor to Arizona for repairs. I did not have to pay duty or taxes to get it back. Since the unit was still under warrenty, I paid for shipping there and they paid for shipping back to... 
B&W 801 2or 3
I had owned a pair of B&W 801 series 2 and have just recently traded in for B&W n802. The matrix 801 is a great speaker that I have used for about 10 years. I have to slightly disagree with the comment that the classe dr9 are not a good ma...