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Black-Eyed-Peas, the future of modern music?
I dont like their latest songs at all...i dont see a future with them on music... 
best Marantz tuners?
The Marantz 10b, its a living legend and solid tuner. 
What pre in the $500 pre owned market
Go for the Audio Research SP5. Absolutely incredible for my tastes. 
Looking to upgrade from Rotel 1062 integrated
The Rega Brio is a decent upgrade for your rotel. And it fits on your budget, i have it paired with a pair of Dynaudio Audience 42's. 
mac vs pc
In sound regards my mac is perfect for handling all kind of files and formats, i usually use my mac as media center for videos and music. Currenly im looking for a dac upgrade. 
Windows Media Player
The Media Jukebox is free and is as good as mediamonkey...i love it. 
Speaker upgrade to go with new Arcam AVR 600?
It can work perfectly with some totem speakers, they sound great using DTS and dolby digital soundtracks. 
OPPO BDP 83 or Marantz UD 8004
Go for the Oppo, it has outstanding image quality and you can tweak audio and video settings easily. 
Which songs/albums take you back to college?
Its my life from bon jovi when i was at school, then he released the "have a nice day" single that reminds me college days...good times. 
Bel Canto verrsus Odyssey Stratos
Bel canto tend to have more natural and dynamic range...ambience. Great music resolution that makes you feel like "you are there" and also i made some minor mods to it. 
Luxman CL-35MKIII or Audio Research SP-8
Luxman, since they released the The CL-350 they have been creating "State of the art" solid state pre-amp's. On the audio quality SP 8 is a bit better. Not much the difference. 
recommendations for tube dampers???
I have been trying to build my own DIY tube dampers, and im getting a ring of softish urethane to make a good and removable damper. 
Classe' model 20 pre anyone?
I have been researching on this model's as well, very little info regarding them. I will go to an audiohpile house to test the one on his studio. 
In-wall speakers recommendations
The Polk Audio RC60i are great sounding speakers, they fill my room with lots of sound and the installation is easy. 
Meridian 861 v4 or classe 800 for movies??
The classe usually makes good looking gear, the bad is that it doesnt have scaling/video processing and room EQ system. Aside from that, it sounds good.