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Playback designs followup?
Thanks for those insightful comments. 
Tweaks for 2ch music of Bluray Player BD30 ?
Yes, you can! ;)http://www.vhaudio.com/acplugadapters.html 
DCS Puccini and/or Soulution 740 players? Anyone??
high-rez downloadable content is rapidly growingLet's not get crazy; it's improving, but at a glacial pace. There is still a paucity of popular music in high res and it is often unclear if the tracks are simply upsampled or properly remastered int... 
What amp for B&W 804?
I enjoyed the Ayre V-3 (no longer in production so you would have to buy used) with the B&W N804 and the Ayre AX-7e integrated with the B&W 804S in setups I've owned. Either of those (the AX-7e can be used purely as an amp) or a used V-5xe... 
verdict on class D amps?
I had been skeptical of Class D amps based upon various comments but then I listened to a setup consisting of the Kharma Matrix MP 150 amps driving Kharma Ceramique 3.2 speakers with a modded Marantz CDP and CJ Art pre and the setup sounded excell... 
My dilemma, some advice please.
imo, you'd be better off with a player that can decode the codecs and then send LPCM to the receiver via HDMI to use the (most likely) superior DACs in the receiver. If you have it decode the codecs in the receiver (i.e., bitstream out of the Blu-... 
Gallo 3.1 vs. B&W 804 vs. faber grand piano
[quote]Thanks to Goatwuss for defining my B&W snoozer comment. Thin, bright, fatiguing, boring and, yes, dynamic.[/quote]Nice try, it's too bad that dynamic and boring are antonyms:http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/dynamic 
Power Plant Premier making sound worse?
Well, those brutal nickel plated outlets on the PPP may have something to do with it. 
Gallo 3.1 vs. B&W 804 vs. faber grand piano
I have to concur with Ryder, I used to have B&W 804S speakers and they are anything but laid back. The thing that I loved most about them was the forward presentation. 
Local dealer cuts store in half says audio is dead
Usually, I would be with the customer, but I don't know any dealer that will let you in-home audition speakers. It's a logistical nightmare. 
The mother of all CES 2009 wrap-ups
Very nice; particularly appreciate the link to dagogo to show what Wadia is doing with its 9 series. 
Shunyata Cable tightness on Hydra 8
Unfortunately, I would say this is typical of the IECs on the Shunyata cables I've seen. On my MX-Rs, my Airsines with Oyaide 004s have a solid lock but the Anacondas can be moved around with ease. 
Would you buy used headphones?
That's just straight up nasty. 
Is there life after a KXR? Help
If you didn't like it, fair enough. To claim it's overpriced, even with the caveat of it being your opinion, is not credible.Mmike84,Maybe try a used Einstein "The Tube" preamplifier? 
Is there life after a KXR? Help
The logic behind this move escapes me. The KX-R is much more of a statement piece than the MX-R and is the foundation of a system. Good luck trying to replace it.