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Progressive Rock
So he was the guy behind Blackfield too? I have only heard Blackfield and Porcupine Tree by listening to some internet streaming prog rock stations 
Theta Dreadnaught as a two channel amp
"under price range that can smoke it is the BEL Mk IV or Mk V amp. (Then again, the BEL smokes most things...) "What company are you talking about Bel Canto? 
Amp Help ICE or Class D
As Muralman says, the Nuforce and H20 have been compared. But on 1 ohm Apogee's, which is not a useful comparison at all for the majority of us.I am more interested in seeing how the Nuforce, CIA D200, H20 compare on your average 90db speaker. 
Progressive Rock
Speaking of horns, someone once told me they auditioned a heap of speakers using The Black Album by Metallica. The best speakers were the Klipsch RF-7 and apparently they were better than a lot more expensive audiophile speakers. But of course the... 
Progressive Rock
I have been buying cd's from Ken Goldens www.lasercd.com for over 5 years now (probably close to 250cd's). One of the best sites on the net for Prog, no im not associated in any way. 
Progressive Rock
I am probably quite a bit younger than some here so I did not grow up with 70's prog.But I am heavily into modern Prog Rock and you would be suprised that almost all prog these days has very high production values, much more so than average music ... 
Burmester/Gryphon/Rowland
Would you like to elaborate a bit more on this Reyaudio Micb? The Fm Acoustics stuff is regarded as the best ever isnt it?Considering the Rey monoblocks come to 50k they would want to be good I guess. 
Just ordered the Jungson 88D Luxury Edition.
Of course not all tube amps are slow in bass, but a lot are. So when reviews of the Jungson just talk about the good midrange and tube sound and never mention bass or PRAT, I put two and two together and presume thats where its strenghts lie.Some ... 
Just ordered the Jungson 88D Luxury Edition.
Koczka123 I think your problem is not going to be solved by cables.If you read every single review of the Jungson 88d people say the same thing - It sounds like a tube amp, and has great mids -If someone describes an amp as sounding like a tube am... 
Any experience with the Nuforce Ref 8 mono amps?
There are 350 watt monos coming from Nuforce, but from all reports the 100w version seems to have far more juice to power speakers than standard 100w solid state amps.They give 100 watt RMS continuous power across all peaks and valleys.