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Aesthetix Calypso owners - need your help
I left mine on high and waiting for some telefukens from Andy. Last pair or 4004 I seen on agon were $150, 
Cambridge 840C Upsample & Directv
Well if you allready have the 840 I don't see why you wouldn't take advantage of the DAC, it is better than your dtv box. You will find that it is more open detailed and has more depth and even more layering with an overall better tone top to bott... 
Aesthetix Calypso owners - need your help
Glenn@aesthetix.net This is there web site I,m sure Glenn would e-mail you his phone number, he is a pleasure to talk to.You do not bypass the tubes in bypass mode however these tubes are long lasting 5000 to 10000 hours. I'm using Amperex 6922 bu... 
Tube preamp choice to upgrade a Pass Labs X1
Aesthetix Calypso is a real nice line stage seen one on a-gon yesterday or the day before $2500.I love mine and this thing really is class a all the way!!!! 
Get a new CD player or external DAC?
I'm having pretty good luck with Cambridge 840c. Using it as both CDP and DAC for xm, at a cost of $950 on agon. However if your CDP is in good shape I would think $1500 would get you a better sounding stand alone DAC(used). 
NAD 1600 pre and 2700 amp; opinions?
275 is a good price, the fm tuner on the 1600 is almost worth it by itself, this pre amp has a lot of options along with mm@mc phono input. I had the 1600 & 2400 with Klipsch Kg4 and the sound while a little bright was nice, also was loud too.... 
Any experience out there with the Magnum XM units?
it sure is hard to get any info about these tuners (606) been searching for awhile