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Sota Big Monitors..
Jond, thankyou for your comment, you are right JM lab makes serious speakers,however my speakers (Neat Acoustics Ultimatum MF7) use their tweeter and they are comperable sound beauty,but I am searching some thing special maybe, the midrange likeQu... 
Sota Big Monitors..
Jay, thanks for your thoughts, my amp has hefty power suppliesthough it is parallel single ended using three kt88 per channel it reacts as if 2x100 watts comparing many ss ampsbesides I met many SHL5 owners who use tiny ss integratedsor 2x30 tube ... 
Best Integrated Amp, Price no obstacle?
Uniso Research Performance, 2x40 watts SET ,uses 3 Kt88 per channel,you can drve even 86 dB speakers getting tubed set sound. 
Reimyo DAP 777 - looking for a good transport
Vermeer, congratulations for your choice, Art V2 is really good transport and with Reimyo dac there is a perfect synergyif you are not using any line conditioner or power cleanerat your ac line (which I do not like to use any for my amplification ... 
Reimyo DAP 777 - looking for a good transport
Analogkid ,thankyou for your feedback about Teac transportsmaybe it will be out of the main subject but I would liketo tell you one update for my digital ring, yesterday I plugged Omtec power controller (it is a noise filter for digital equipments... 
Reimyo DAP 777 - looking for a good transport
I think the main benefit of CDP777 sound difference to the DAP777 is thanks to transport section (including some tweaksabout AC noise filters)of CDP777. You can do some tests on JVCXRCD discs 20 bit and 24 bit recorded and you can not hearcertain ... 
Reimyo DAP 777 - looking for a good transport
I am using my Reimyo DAP777 since six mounths ,it is a greatdac, I had Vecteur L4.2 cd player being transport though it was a good match between vecteur and my old Chord dac64I could not get same magic with Reiyo and Vecteur this combogave me too ... 
high quality transports
I have also Reimyo dap 777 converter, currently feeding it with Vecteur L4.2 transport,not bad but recently I tried ML39being only transport with Reimyo,differencies are day and night,Vecteur was a good performer with my old Chord dac64but Reimyo ... 
Transport for Reimyo
Thanks for your comments, I will consider Northstar transporttogether with Audionet Art V2 transport comparing with my Vecteur L4,2As for the Reimyo, this is some thing exeptional (to my ears)mostly I forget to listen digital,sound is so realistic... 
Transport with volume control?
My dealer said that Weiss would produce a transport with volume control in a few mounths,maybe it is on line now. 
Krell sacd+Chord Dac64 Help please
There is an incompability between dac64 and universal playersdigital out communicity though Krell redbook performance wasgood enough my Vecteur Chord combo easily beat it and I have sold Krell and bought Cambridge Audio Azur dvda player I am using... 
SETs vs. Push/Pull
Hello Tomryan,I am almost in same boat with you, keeping my 89 dB 8,minimum 6 ohms speakers in my system I have dared to order my dealerSET amp without listening to,I hope it willwork?(http://www.unisonresearch.com/novita/default.asp?idNovita=864 
SACD my thoughts at this time.....................
My Vecteur L4,2 cd player(using transport)and Chord Dac64 combo superior than Krell sacd standart s sacd performance(only the soundstage depth is somewhat better on sacd)unless I do not play early 90s redbook records,after 2000, redbook record tec... 
Krell sacd+Chord Dac64 Help please
Yes this popping occur with all buffer settings,as Nighthawkmentioned ,almost all sacd players make such kind problemswith Chord dac64 while they are sending signal from digital outs to the Chord,I have just written a mail to Chord for thisproblem... 
Krell sacd+Chord Dac64 Help please
I use my dac64 with 2 second buffer and there was not such a poping when I used many other cd transports with it.I think it is just because of the sacd technology that it causes somenoise before the music starts while it is searching track beginin...