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Best XM Radio Receiver sub 500
The only home XM tuner (one of the new digital satellite radio bands) I've seen in the Sony model (DRN-XM01H) which lists for $299. http://www.xmradio.com/catalog/product_detail.jsp?id=6955&cat=Tuner&attr=HomeActually, I'm listening to Cha... 
DACs with volume controls
EVS Millenium DAC II has optional volume controls. ($100 option)I saw it mentioned in another thread, see: http://audiogo5.iserver.net/cgi-bin/fr.pl?ddgtl&1002111835&read&3&4& Word has it it will be upgradable to future DVD-A a... 
Anyone under 30?
I'm 23, BTW. I forgot to mention that in my first post. I'm surprised I didn't do that. ;-) Yeah, so far my system has a good synergy, except for the speakers. Darn things are so bright and forward. Yuck. They were the only Best Buy sold that wasn... 
Anyone under 30?
I started with a mass market sony receiver and a pair of Eosones (dipole towers), which I bought at Best Buy (and those were the top 'o the line at Best Buy, so you can see where my tastes are going!). Since then, I've been gradually converted by ... 
DACs with volume controls
Audio Alchemy DDE v3.0's had volume controls, if I remember right. I see a DTI32 and DDE3.0 for sale here on audiogon for under a grand. The DDE3.0 is AA's best DAC and the DTI32 is AA's best jitter box. Too bad AA went out of business. They made ...