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Hegel Amplifiers
I'm very interested in hearing Talk2me's thoughts on the Hegel H30 amp, since he's had many of the best amps available to compare it to including the Burmester! 
D-SONIC SOA Class-D Core Amps. The best Class-D ?
Audiozen, I find that to be an unreasonable and thoughtless statement. I have absolutely no connection with Henry or his company, but his business may be doing fine with sales from other sources than Audiogon. There are many major audio companies ... 
D-SONIC SOA Class-D Core Amps. The best Class-D ?
Henry, I have tried Guido's link using Chrome and it fails with the error: "Oops! Google Chrome could not connect to www.iceh2oaudio.com". I suspect that you may be accessing a page in your cache and that's why some of the other links don't work. ... 
Manley NEO-Classic 250 vs 500
The 500 is superior in the aspects of sound you specified, and with twice the power it excels at driving difficult speaker loads. The 250 has a generally warmer tonal balance in comparison. The choice is ultimately dependent upon your listening pr... 
What About Loom Theory?
The original poster asked for an explanation of what loom theory was, so I provided the only documented source that I know of where it is explained. I'm not promoting it or saying that it's the answer for everyone, just trying to answer the poster... 
How to set Sutherland 20/20 phono stage?
The 40dB gain setting should be correct, but you could also try 46dB. Looks like the appropriate loading is actually 47.5K ohms on this unit. 
What About Loom Theory?
Nordost is one company that promotes this philosophy in regards to selecting cables for a system. You can see their explanation for it in their document entitled Foundation Theory, under the section heading "Interconnects and Speaker Cables". They... 
Bob Carver 180 Mono-blocks perform superbly
The new Carver tube amps only have two pins on their IEC power connection, but any standard 15 amp IEC power cable can be used. Apparently they are a floating ground design. 
How to set Sutherland 20/20 phono stage?
For the DV-20X2 high output MC cartridge, you should set the gain to the MM setting (high output MCs require the same gain as MMs) and the load impedance to 47K ohms. Then sit back and enjoy the tunes! 
What is the diff between an AES and a regular XLR?
The pin connections are the same so it may work, but AES/EBU digital XLR cables are supposed to have an impedance of 110 ohms, while analog XLR cables may have a different impedance. 
Merrill Audio VERITAS Amps: Any other experiances?
If I may correct you, the Rowland 725 power amps are not a class D design. They are the mono version of the 625 stereo amp, which both use class A/B biased output stages along with power factor corrected switched mode power supplies. 
Pioneer DVD-V7400 as a transport: INCREDIBLE
Looking at some images of the back panel online, it appears to only have a single RCA coaxial digital output. 
Pioneer DVD-V7400 as a transport: INCREDIBLE
Tim, setting it up just requires connecting the video output to a monitor and going through the available menu options to set them correctly for your application. Can't find a free manual online for you, the only one I found was being sold for $70... 
Super Lube PTFE in NYC
So what ended up being the problem? Your experience and the solution may prove helpful to others. 
Fidelizer
Ozzy, I successfully used this alternative download site: http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/Fidelizer-Download-187286.html