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Where have the long-time regulars gone?
Unsound, I understand your concerns; as you can see above, I'm hardly one to tolerate censorship. My experience has been that people who wanted to beat up on other people have been deterred by 1)the moderators, and 2) some people, like myself, not... 
Bryston 7B SST vs. Parasound Halo JC 1 shootout...
On Donnelly, sounds like a good context for a review. Good luck! 
Bryston 7B SST vs. Parasound Halo JC 1 shootout...
The amp will do fine commercially, er, relatively speaking (Did you get that one, Bob?). There are alwys some Maggie/Soundlab guys looking for good current at a reasonable price, and the like. Good rep on designers, with the dearth of such compone... 
Audio Note-Ref II-CAT Ultimate-or Joule Electra
Go with a Supratek Chardonnay. Liquid but fast like the Berning. Very similar, actually. Joule is a great piece - I own it and Supra - but if you like Nordost with Merlins you might think it is too plummy, even though Bobby at Merlin and Jud at Jo... 
Where have the long-time regulars gone?
02pete, wonderful post. Balanced, insightful, and how could underlying currents to markets be seen as irrelevant to ours?Yes, post modern nihlism (read: the aftermath of deconstructionism of matter and mind, thereafter concluding that neither has ... 
Proac owners......advice please
2.5's are very nice speakers, but do have plummy bass, which is not the bass you describe. That said, something may be amplifiying that quality. If not a break in situation, room treatmnet sounds best, although I would never reach a conclusion on ... 
$4500 amp beat out the Tenor OTL in the latest TAS
Zaike, I meant that what they percieve, and whether they even know that they percieve well enough, becomes less a concern after one learns how to write in that system. Your ability to discern quality becomes much less important than you would assu... 
Giving up on Power Race, and going SET?
Learn technique, then transcend technique. Technique not bad per se, but attachment to technique, the power of the mind through its technique, gets in the way eventually. Once that happens, you don't see that it did. Second, attachment to techniqu... 
VTL / Pass / Lamm
1. Supratek pre with VTL Sig transformer amps monos2. Supratek pre with Pass amp, although I think coming off the 8B you are going to find SS a touch, just a touch, strident. 
$4500 amp beat out the Tenor OTL in the latest TAS
Zaike: Thank you for your response. Yes, I understood what you were saying vis-a-vis Brucegel; my opinion was general. Thank you for being a good sport. On what you said, the "elite" I am taliking about are not the purchasers, regardless of how mu... 
$4500 amp beat out the Tenor OTL in the latest TAS
"A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep" - Saul Bellow"Proof" is not always found in the pieces, but in the pattern of pieces. I just read an article about Kasparov taking on another Deep Blue ... 
Where have the long-time regulars gone?
If Carl wants to come back and take a swing, I'm ready.Really though, people who resort to bullying and name calling should be told to go out in the yard and play, which they were.If you identify with that level of maturity, then you identify it w... 
What would you do about a sleazy buyer??
Albert! Clueless! Say it ain't so! I'm a lawyer and I can tell you that the words "greedy", "pathologically self-interested", and "narcissistic" are not generalizations that are inappropriate when tied to the word "lawyer". Sometimes, guys, genera... 
Bright Star and Silent Running Audio Isolation
Couple of years ago bought Cary 805 dedicated SR OHIO stands fro my mono amps (at $500! used but not a scratch) because I couldn't pass up the price and have been VERY satisfied. I am VERY picky and can tell you that whoever made these had the sam... 
$4500 amp beat out the Tenor OTL in the latest TAS
Warren, you must have read what I said before I deleted it. I thought it was too provacative for this early in the thread and I didn't want to take over the discussion with something so strong. Thanks anyway. Maybe later.Hi Zaikes, yes, later.