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Review: Morrison Audio Model 19 Speaker
I liked the review of the Morrison Model 19's because of the room and speaker placement descriptions. My experiences with all of Don' current designs (Model 17, 19 and 19.1 have been uniformly positive. The spaciousness, absence of cabinet colorat... 
Best Sounding Passive Preamp
Bent Audio and Placette make two of the best at reasonable cost. 
Decware HDT Tower Speakers
I own a pair of HDT Tower speakers. I have driven them with a few high quality, low powered tube amps (Dr. Bottlehead and Transcendent Audio). They have great space reproduction, clarity and fill the harmonic envelope. They come as close to the li... 
Hum/Buz fro JC1
The best info I have seen about cheater plugs is not to use them. The shock from an ungrounded chassis can be lethal. If the interconnects are well made and properly seated, the next step would be to use a good quality power strip and plug all the... 
Newbie looking for system suggestions
I suggest you start with very efficient speakers such as the Cain and Cain Abby's and the VividAudio Chameleon integrated amp. I have used the above combo and it is awesome. A Rega CD player and some good cables and/or any number of good, inexpens... 
opinions on modern horn speakers
I go to lots of live concerts (chamber and full orchestra). My Avantgarde Duos most closely reproduce the experience. No audio system including surround sound ='s ive, but Avant garde based systems seem to be the best approximation I have heard. T...