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MacBook Pro vs Aurender S10 or W20
Your Mac setup is good, but no where as advanced as the kind of clock and anti jittering solutions in the Aurender.In a recent review of the new Lumin a network server, same as the Aurender except with a Nas, the Lumin was considered to outperform... 
AMG V12 vs SME 20/12
Personally I would take the AMG, I think it is a better design, but I think there are even better sounding tables for less money and for a bit more than either of these tables.The SME is not a great sounding table, its days of being king of the hi... 
Richard gray Power house 6.2KW for 9000$
you can do better for your system. This was really developed for high power home theaters. 
PS Audio PWD MKII and PWT for $3995. Good deal?
Yes it is a good deal, however, I would ask why is PS selling the stuff for such a low price?The DAC is good however, there are better wounding newer dacs for less money, the Auralic Vega and the Metrum Hex and if you employ a computer and store y... 
Soulution vs Boulder vs TAD electronics vs MBL whi
I would try to find a pair of the Audionet MAX they should be able to drive the MBL's perfectly, they have amazing specs, with massive power delivery into 1 ohm loads, with a tremendous damping factor, these two attributes should lead to a success... 
Soulution vs Boulder vs TAD electronics vs MBL whi
Who mentioned AVM? Audionet is Audionet, AVM is AVM two totally different companies. 
Soulution vs Boulder vs TAD electronics vs MBL whi
If you are in Europe you should really check out the Audionet stuff from Germany.The gear is incredibly advanced, and is reasonably priced for true reference gear. The press on it from anyone who reviews it is usually a rave. Their ideas are quite... 
Will high SPL subwoofers damage planar speakers?
sorry I beg to differ no electrostatic goes as loud as a dynamic speaker, the issue is the amount of air displacement and throw that the diaphram can move before it hits the stators.The innersound are okay speakers at best, I have heard them on se... 
Will high SPL subwoofers damage planar speakers?
If you like playing loud no electrostatic can really play that loud without distorting, especially Quads, you should find good dynamic loudspeakers that are transparent, KEF, Vivid, Wilson, etc. 
MG 1.6 amp - HEGEL or NCORE ?
I think a more pertinent question is which Hegel vs which Ncore? Also what about the other billion amps on the market there are so many great amps depending on your budget and sonic requirements. 
Linn CD12 MK3
Personally I wouldn't be purchasing a rare, limited CD player from a company that no longer makes them.The future is a high resolution DAC and you either stream to it or directly hook up a computer. The Linn streamers are good but there are way be... 
Berkeley DAC Series 1, anything better 2.5K$
At $2500 for a used Berkly you are very close to the Auralic Vega which would cost an extra $1k. The Vega would dramatically outperform the Berkley.In my shop the Vega has beaten almost every other Dac by a considerable margin, it has incredible r... 
Hypex NCore 1200
Dear Primare I have heard some N core amplifiers in three different setups,at my shop at the manufacturers facility and the New York Audio ShowI have found these amplifier so far to be incredibly over rated, clean but lifeless sound, good bass con... 
What should I do
You may want to look at a Manley 300b based preamp, which is also a state of the art headphone amplifier, it is one of the world's most remarkable preamps and I think you would find it to outperform the Gamut preamp, and then you can have your cak... 
Disappointed to hear that Cary has no CD Players.
I am both a Cary dealer as well as a dealer for quite a number of high end brands.The CD player for all intensive purposes is dead. The Cary Music player that the other gentleman is talking about is a CD player/dac which is hardly a new concept.Qu...