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Best Speakers for small room under $3.5k
Try a pair of Merlin TSM's Magical little speaker 
TOP TEN solid state amps of all time?
The Lamm 1.1 Bar None 
Talon Audio Khorus - WOW!!!
...and just wait til they are broken in !! Beyond fabulous. I am only at 300 hrs on mine and they are some damn good speakers. 
Preamp or Not to Preamp?
My preference is no pre amp. The reall problem is the impedance match with your power amps. I've owned Wadia (DP-75) and I did not prefer it staraight in. It has trouble really driving some power amps and the digital based volume control will drop... 
Opinions on Kimber Select
Extremely expensive. Hard to write the check. Yet no doubt in my mind they far out distance any thing. If you can afford the best they deserve a good listen. Ihave the KS 1130 interconnects and the KS 3038 speaker cables. They let it all come thro... 
Perry buys Talon Khorus
Megasam- I certainly do agree. I have about 300 hrs on mine and they are so good. I was listening to the new Patricia Barber cd today and the Talons are getting a deeper soundstage and a noticable increase in the space around instruments and vocal... 
Talon Loudspeakers
Glreno--I am driving my Khorus' with Lamm 1.1 Mono blocks. If you are not familiar with this amp it is tube in the second gain stage and solid state in the others. It gives that wonderful mid bloom yet with all the authority of Krell KSA 250 in th... 
Talon Loudspeakers
Glreno- They keep getting better. Enjoy the music 
Any advice on CD player upgrade?
Sell the pre amp. Buy a Resolution Audio CD 55 and run it direct into the power amp. You will experience a new level. Check out the reviews and the other threads on Audiogon concerning Resolution Audio. $3k retail less the preamp for a digital fro... 
Best S-Video Cables??
Tributaries by Gordon Gow 
Talon Loudspeakers
Glreno-- Boy can I relate to what you are going thru. I have the Khorus' and the VR6's. I was planning to sell whichever. The thought of putting the 6's back into my main system crosses my mind every day. The only problem is that the Khorus' sound... 
Talon Loudspeakers
Glreno- I know that was a tough call to make. The mids in the Talon's are really coming around. These speakers do so many things so well you just have to keep listening and then dammit they start doing more things with such grace and control. This... 
Odyssey Amp? Anyone here experiences wit
A friend had one the STRATOS I think. He said the inside was the stamped out of the cheapest crap he had ever seen. He sent it back. 
Talon Loudspeakers
Glreno- I bought the Khorus' brand new and I hated the mid right out of the box. They are a design that has taken more break in than anything I have ever had. They are fabulous. I still am not sure they are better better than the VR 6's. They are ... 
Talon Loudspeakers
Carl. Iam glad you are in love with your system. THAT is all that matters.