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Tweeters, Scanspeak or Seas
Jm labs titanium, B&W Nautilis, and the Esotar Im ready for something a little less forward and revealing.Gotcha. Either of these options will be more relaxed and forgiving than those you mention. The Scanspeak is a step in that direction, and... 
Tweeters, Scanspeak or Seas
Velo62,If you are a fan of the Dynaudio Esotar tweeter in your Sonata III's, I think you will find the Scanspeak to fall in between the two, sharing some of the chiseled focus of the Dynaudio and some of the emotional warmth of the Seas.Let us kno... 
Who's Your Favorite Bass Players; Why?
Anders Jormin (Bobo Stenson Trio & Tomasz Stanko Quartet) Try "Xieyi", which is mostly him playing solo. This guy might be the most soulful bass player I've ever heard. 
Tweeters, Scanspeak or Seas
If you're familiar with tube brand characteristics, I would compare the sound of the Seas to Brimar and the Scanspeak to Siemens. The Seas sounds less defined, very relaxed, pillow soft on the edges of the notes, totally non-fatiguing. The Scanspe... 
Burned out hi fi salesman
Mdhoover,Sorry for my part of the grim-fest. We happen to have a great local dealer, two in fact. And no joke, this community has been berry berry good to me.Chico Escuela 
Burned out hi fi salesman
Excellent question, Macrojack. I do see it going away, actually. When this latest version of the Roarin' 20s comes to a hammering halt, service will again usurp price as the most important selling tool. Until then, we'll continue beating up a sale... 
Another Dealer sets the Bar LOW
But Ty is the only one I know of (I believe VMS(sp?) line of speakers also gave a home demo trial), but Ty's speakers can be quite large and expensive to ship. Which other speaker manufacture grants this offer?Decware, Zu, Ohm and others. Yes, the... 
Tax man cometh and the taxman goeth. Whew
Mike,Congrats, first off. Next, please list the following, as this info would help people to know more about what it is you need.1) Room size2) Which amp?3) Music preferences (genres, volumes, etc.)4) Sonic preferences (highly detailed, warm, neut... 
Someone please 'splain me
Thanks again to all of you for the help. Ckorody, you've been indispensable in so generously responding to my questions both here and privately.I put iTunes on the computer in our upstairs bedroom so I could avoid having the unwanted computer nois... 
Where to find quality "stock" power cords
The Volex worked more to our liking than three different $1000+ cords we tried on our preamp. However, it lost out in a Battle Royal with one of those same cords on our CD player. Now where's my ego supposed to get its next meal? 
Someone please 'splain me
Shazaam! You've cracked through my thick skull, and now I understand. Hopefully, by the end of next week, I'll have all of the pieces and be up and running.Thank you all again for the input. My wife also thanks you!Howard 
Someone please 'splain me
Thank you for the info. This is for background music only. I will not be spending time in the listening room, as we are launching a business that will have me out of the house for most of the day & evening. My wife will ONLY be listening as sh... 
About Lugnut -- Patrick Malone
Ben,Tonight, you've brought a joyful tear to my and my wife's eye. Congratulations. It's a lovely thing you've done. 
Someone please 'splain me
Jayboard,Thank you for the informative response. I'll read through it again tonight and proceed from there.Regards,Howard 
Someone please 'splain me
Tell me if I'm wrong, but it seems like the easiest thing to do here is to connect the older laptop to our upstairs router, and then use an Airport Express in the listening room, which would be connected to the external hard drive with a USB cable...