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Amp overload,! NAD 2600 & maggies 3.5
I would suggest getting a new amp that is more stable into lower loads. Or get a subwoofer and use the subs crossover to filter out the low's so the demand on your power amp would be less. 
Feelings on Napster?
Even if Napster goes under, people can rip from CD's, DeCSS already means DVD's are able to be ripped. Getting digital data from a digital format is pretty much a given. Once that happens they can be sent or posted on places like FTP's. So even if... 
Levinson in Lexus
It's all Haman International anyway. Who cares if they put an H/K or Infinity or Levinson label on it? Look at the "Take Control" remotes...there's one "Madrigal" model and one "Harman/Kardon" model and yet apppear remarkably similar. My guess is ... 
HDCD & Digital Pre-amps
I would suggest going from the transport to the digital in on the Sony. Personally I don't think the E9000ES is very good when it comes to 2 channel reproduction and hence even if the analog outs were better the A/D + preamp section would convert ... 
Classe or Bryston?
I would vote for the Classe, but since I own one, I'm biased. Classe isn't very good for preamps, but their amps are a great value. 
Speaker Cable Recommendation
Kimber Select. These speaker cables were a big improvement over the harmonic tech (also good and in fairless, less expensive) speaker cables that I heard. If you have the money (and they aren't cheap) they're as good as I've heard. 
Walker High Definition Links
With the quality and investment in the rest of your system I would pay the $300 to give them a try. I'm sure you could find a buyer on the resale market and lose very little (relative to your systems value) money if they don't work out for you. 
Never Used -- in Sealed Box
They could be doing something like trying to buy things from places like www.harmanaudiooutlet.com and then make you THINK you're getting a deal for a NIB product at 1/3 off. But that's just a theory. 
Walker High Definition Links
There was a (short) review of them in Ultimate Audio that was full of praise. I think it was the reviewer Lars that had them in his system. But maybe you should list what you have in your system, after all the cost of the Walkers could either be c... 
Sim Audio I5 vs Classe CAP 151 Integ Amp
I would suggest the Classe CAP 151 (but then again I own it) for the power amp section alone. I wasn't a big fan of the preamp portion (or any of Classe's preamps for that matter), but the power amp was superb and I added a preamp (used with the a...