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Most achingly-beautiful music
Correction...make that "Sad Lisa". 
Most achingly-beautiful music
Cat Stevens "Lisa Lisa" and CSNY "Country Girl". To me, both are "achingly beautiful" and both impart a mysterious sense of yearning. 
20 amp dedicated lines
I'm no expert but I'd be shocked if the problem you describe would in any way be ameliorated by 20 amp feeds. Vandys are not lean in nature and Cardas is the antithesis of lean/thin sounding. Is there any chance your subs are hooked up out of phas... 
Any Nordost interconnect experts out there?
I have QuatroFil XLR (10 meter) between amp and pre and QF XLR between DAC and Pre. I use bi-wire Valhallas for speakers. I would definitely put my best cable from source to pre. Whatever information you lose from the source will never be recovere... 
Anybody using Bybee DIY Quantum Purifiers?
No problem, Fiddler. BTW how's everything going on the roof? 
Anybody using Bybee DIY Quantum Purifiers?
Hey Fiddler, Absolutely no connection to Bybee or the audio business in any sense of the word. I'm just a dyed-in-the-wool Bybee believer/user. All my PCs were made by Jack, all of my components are internally Bybeed and every driver on my A/G Duo... 
Anybody using Bybee DIY Quantum Purifiers?
I think that "muted" quality you've noticed is the removal of amusical electronic signal riding herd on the output signal. I have found that when QPs are employed, whether in AC cords and/or components, you can generally expect to be able to crank... 
Amp advice for Avantegarde HELP
I believe I have the simple solution for your problem. I have been runnung Duo 2.2s partnered with Atmasphere M60s for 5 years now. M60s are 60 watt monblocks (obviously) and I experienced the same noisiness and gain problem that you are. If you p... 
Jadis Eurythmie - Anyone ever listen to them?
Is there a sexier looking pair on the planet? I don't think so! They impress me as surrealistic butterflies---The very thing Alice would have taken to Wonderland with her (as long as they could've been squeezed through the looking glass). I still ... 
Your 3 favorite serious low end recordings
RCP, greetings from the Chocolate City. There's no doubt about it, Virgil definitely schmaltzes up the interpretations to a certain degree but when compared to the many other various "...by the book..." versions out there that seem so wooden and l... 
Wich high end CD palyer?
With that budget I'd be sorely tempted to blow it all on the Reimyo CDP-777 (on reputation only as I've never heard it). But not until I'd auditioned the Accustic Arts CD player first for about half as much. It's one smooth operator and German to ... 
Your 3 favorite serious low end recordings
As a post script to my previous post, the fox in the "Digital Fox" is, of course, Virgil Fox and that is available on both vinyl and redbook. After rereading my post of yesterday, I would like to clarify that I consider the vinyl Ultragroove to be...