chelillingworth

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Modified equipment...
Add the price of the mod to the retail price of the unit to come up with a combined price. Depending on the specific unit and who di the work it can definately add value. At the very least you should disclose the work done so that the buyer can ex... 
Pre-amp for NADC370 vs NADC370 plus Stratos amp?
I am temporarily using a 370 to drive a new pair of Audio Physic Virgo III's ($5500) and it is shockingly good, very transparent with excellent control and power, nothing like the older stale equipment they used to make. I can say very firmly that... 
Cambridge CD500se as good as Planet 2000??
The Rega 2000 for $600 is a no-brainer it is much much better and is a much better match for the quality of your components than the 500se, grab it before it's gone! 
High power tube integrated?
The Rogue Audio Tempest Magnum version easily beats all the competition. Incredible parts quality and a great design. Very neautral with great extension and the frquency extrems with excellent control. Very refinend with excellnt inner detail and ... 
Time Life Classic Jazz
THe Ken Burns set is actually quite good and has the merit of being cross-label compilations. You could start with the boxed set and then move on to the compilations of individual artists and that will set you on your why to finding some great alb... 
Int-Tude Amp for ProAc1sc?
Rogue Audio Magnum Tempest 60W ultralinear 40W triode. Very refinened and with good power to drive relatively ineffecient monitor like the proac's. They go new for $2695. The regular non- magnum version is also nice for $2195 if that better fits o... 
It's Perpetual Techn. P3A a real bargain?
Get the model with the dan Wright Signature mods it really id the best bargain for the price! 
Help/Major Problem
Are your speaker cables shorting on either side? 
What self powered speakers of my PC?
The monsoon's are excellent. I have the $99 set and they sound fabulous with the dipole ribbon tweeter, and they are stylish to boot. veyond that I would get the Diva av monitors from av123.com. The Monsoon's are in your price range and are the sp... 
Best speaker cable for Audio Physic's Virgo
The Acoustic Zen Satori has worked wonders for me with both the older Virgos and my new model III Virgo's at $600 for an 8ft pair they are fairly reasonable and sound fabulous with the Virgo's. A big step up from both the Analysis Plus and the Har... 
SCD-1 mod in NYC area?
check the Audiocom website for authorized installers. 
speaker match with rogue audio
Mark O'brien uses Audio Physic Virgo's with his set up. I have had great success with the Virgo's and the Rogue Magnum Tempest ( the magnum upgrades are incredible, think about having the 88 done).There are some great deals going on used Virgo's (... 
upsampling/SACD
The Sony XA 777es is an SACD player that upsamples redbook to DSD for a street price of $2000. 
Which speakers do the hologram thing?
I have just this week recieved my new Audio Physic Virgo III's which are astounding and the best I have heard at reproducing all of your descriptions of 3D space and solid imaging, much improved over the previous model. 
Best Threads of 2001
This one is a classic and draws form a real inquiry !?http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&1003190645&read&keyw&zzspeaker%20refridgerator