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Are there any tube amps that don't give off any---
Another recommendation for Berning. I use a ZH 270 with Guarneri Homage and they sing. The Quadrature Z are fantastic also.  
Help- audiophile husband just dies
Julie,I am very sorry for your loss. I live in Villanova close to the city. If you need any help please pm me. I can come photograph the equipment if you need. It is very easy to see how much similar equipment has sold for to get an estimate of it... 
Need help building my late fathers Audio Setup for Family XMAS dinner.
Hi Baldo,You are missing the amplifier. You connect the CD player to the pre amplifier (Audio Research) with the balanced cables that are on the pre amplifier. Then you connect the Audio Research pre amp to an amplifier. Then this amplifier connec... 
Recommend speakers for a large living room
Sonus Faber Stradivari with a pair of REL G1. Incredible sound and they also look fantastic. You like the Sonus Faber sound. Send me a pm and I can let you hear this set up. Thanks Vincent  
Sealed subwoofer for ESL-63
I've had great luck integrating a REL Stadium with Quad 63's and later pair of REL Stentors with Quad 2905's. I had Jim Smith help me set up the 2905's and the results were seamless. I would highly recommend REL subwoofers, ideally a matched pair,... 
Got an LP cleaner you want to make money on?
I've just sent two boxes of LP's to Dave Burton for cleaning after reading this:http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue72/record_genie.htm 
Dcs Vivaldi dac vs. Puccini
I have the Puccini with U clock. I've heard the Vivaldi Dac in my system. It is definitely a big step up from both the Puccini and the Scarlatti which I also own. I hope to get one myself soon. If you can afford it I would not hesitate. 
cost of new tweeter for micro utopia be
I spoke to the distributer in USA and was quoted $ 1500. I go regularly to France and contacted Focal France who replaced it for less than 688 euros. I had to send them the old Tweeter. 
Amps for Sonus Faber Stradivari Homage
In the Stereophile review of the Stradivari Homage Michael Fremer mentions that the designer Franco Serbin used a David Berning ZH270 amp. No longer available this is a great amp that comes up occasionally on Audiogon. 
Who has found happiness giving up cd player?
Using a Weiss Int 202 firewire interface to a Scarlatti DAC I get no loss compared to an Esoteric transport to the same DAC. I keep the transport simply for SACD's. 
Are there any integrated amps with a built in DAC?
Bel Canto 300iu.