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Meridian 808 or NOT Meridian 808
Optarchie, no one in the US has yet received the AMR players, which are due to ship any day now. The 808 is $13k, the AMR is $8500, so why quibble over a few hundred when you're saving thousands, not to mention the performance. Don't expect the AM... 
Heard the Abbingdon Music research CD player?
I noticed the 6moons review now spans four pages and includes listening impressions. 
Ok....Audiogoners: need some tube amp ideas
Agree completely with what Atmasphere said. Their amps with autobiasing are simple to use and enjoy. Just hook 'em up and switch 'em on. Initially you want to zero the DC offset and once in a great while after that, but there's no tube swapping in... 
Best Isolation Platform with Audio Aero Prestige
See my response to your post over in Amps Preamps. The first link in it is particularly substantial because not only does it discuss vibration in scientific and mathematical terms but also presents performance graphs, which are far more meaningful... 
Acapella Fondato Silenzio vs SRA Ohio XL base
The Acapella website has some product reviews and technical articles. They are in German, but using online tools can be translated into English. Relevant articles from that site can be found here, here, here, here, here, and here. 
Heard the Abbingdon Music research CD player?
There's a difference between passion and zealotry. I am for appealing to all ages to interest them in fine music and music reproduction. The latter is unrelated to the first sentence in this paragraph. 
Heard the Abbingdon Music research CD player?
What Audiofeil said, with few exceptions. And let's not forget New Coke and "640K RAM ought to be enough for anyone." 
Einstein Tube Preamp
Jbm, that's easy for you to say since you're a dealer, as am I :-) 
Whats the best record cleaning fluid?
Hey Flemke (hi Tim!): Bring your shop vac and records over and we'll compare it with the Loricraft. Bring Roger along, too.Brian 
Heard the Abbingdon Music research CD player?
Hey Dennis, who you callin' 40? I've gotta tell you that I'm less of a geezer than Audiofeil, but yeah us boomers have to hang together :-) Kids these days!The kid in me can't wait. 
Heard the Abbingdon Music research CD player?
Cenline, actually lifting that behemoth around, as we dealers need to do, will make you feel like an old man (ouch! I shouldn't have done that!). Like Audiofeil, I'm pretty jaded by all the hype and hoopla these days about stuff. We'll see how it ... 
Transparency: What speakers have it in spades?
Since Sounds_real_audio is a dealer for Wilson Benesch, such comments should be taken in that context. 
Heard the Abbingdon Music research CD player?
The CD player weighs 86 lbs. I am awaiting delivery of the CD-77 within two weeks. By the way, the 6moons review has been updated with quite a few exterior and interior photos on the second and third pages. 
Kappa 9. Parasound HCA-3500 WILL NOT power them
Find a pair of Lazarus hybrid amps, 50 wpc in stereo or 200 watts as monoblocks. They are designed to be able to drive anything but a dead short and are unconditionally stable. They are one of a few amps that can drive Apogee Scintillas well, for ... 
Attn Vinyl lovers - what CD Player do you use?
Lector CDP-7TL, and an AMR CD-77 soon...