cmcdaniel5

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Good Performance/ Value Oriented Balanced IC's
IF you can find them, Yamamura 5000 are excellent. Depending upon the length, you could go over budget a bit, but they are very nice cables. 
sale of audio research have any effect?
I seem to remember ARC had posted on its web site the specfic updates/service it would provide to older units. Looking at their site today, only passing reference is made about updating older units. Is this the first move away from their legendary... 
Reference level cables that are 10-years old? buy?
Go by your ears. Good sounds good. If the older cables make you happy get'em/ If there is a difference between old and new models, is there 3 -4K difference? Seems to me you can by a lot of tickets to live events for the price difference, and no n... 
Shipping Aesthetix Calypso/tube gear, in general
For what its worth, ARC always ships their product with the tubes removed. 
Headphone amps
Try this site. Its home to headphone lovers.http://www4.head-fi.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=&f=20 
About to plunge back into analog
Go for the Blue Point Special...hard to beat for the $$