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Audiogon Newsletter
If you have a yahoo email account watch out.Mine ended up in my 'Bulk Mail' box of my Yahoo account so look before you empty out all the typical Spam. 
Transparent users... Question
Sweet! Nice work.I want to see Didactically System listed with pictures so we can see what his/her preference to an overall system is not just a link to quotes. 
Meridian G08 or Linn Ikemi
The Meridian doesn't sound digital as a stand alone player. the meridian speakers are exacting and definitely but definitely not warm. The meridian player is extremely neutral, so if you system is bright or overly dark this will not compensate for... 
Transparent "brick" for in wall cable
the new MM is also warmer that the with XL tech... Also I have found that the next level down in MM is equal to one setup up in the with XL line (ulra MM versus reference with xl)You're dealer should let you try it with a brick and without to see ... 
Transparent users... Question
My friend replaced his reference with XL with Ultra Balanced MM and he also tried the a Balanced Ultra with XL. The Ultra MM Balanced bested both. I am running the reference with MM Balanced and it was a huge step up from my Reference XL single En... 
Front Projector Choice...
Both are excellent The Benq is a short throw projector and it is a louder 30+dB so Ceiling mounting will be required, I think it supports PIP. The 8700+ is similar to the 7205 I believe as the 7200 has the HD2 chip instead of the newer HD2+ but in... 
Denon 3910 or Marantz 8400
musicdirect.com has the new Marantz 9500 listed with all the specs for $1999. 
The Jitter Bug
Yeah they are amazing CD's and I agree $26 a cd sucks... Wish the big music makers spent 1/100 of the time in the pressing of CD's then again the recording they do now days are pretty poor to begin with..(especially anything popular and new).Try M... 
Digital Amps - Your opinions and why so few?
Check out the Ice Technology in the Rowland 201 and 501 amps also for another high power amazing sounding amp. If you can go with the 501 at 500watt into 8ohm and 1000watts into 4ohm. I owned MGIIIa's and 1.6, both love as much current as you can ... 
Wadia Vrs. Rega Planet 2000
the wadia 12 which I use to own a long time ago, won't be a huge step to justify the price. (about the same used price as when I sold mine 4 years ago) it uses 19 bit dacs. 
Tube Amp Suggestions
Second the Music Reference RM200 recommendation. 
Marantz dv 8400 with dvi or TAW Digilink ll with s
Unless you have a scaler or Projector that accepts SDI (rare) then DVI is the way to go (or HDMI)If this is for a rear projection (analog device unless it is LCOS, DLP, LCD) then DVI or SDI is not the way to go. 
Pass Labs X-1 -VS- Adcom GFP-750 Preamp
Both preamps prefer balanced interconnects.. The passive stage is better on the GFP750 than it's active stage, but not as good as a Placette Passive. I haven't compared it to Pass in person. I have compared it to a CJ Premier 14, Rowland Synergy I... 
I'm frustrated with people who don't ...
I just tell people that is it really great that they are happy with their components (cheap ass best buy stuff), and just explain that I can hear a difference and it causes me to spend way to much money that they are saving.Actually, I'll talk abo... 
InFocus Screenplay 4805 vs Panasonic PT-L500U
www.projectorcentral.com for the throw distance calculator of each projector