danlib1

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Best speakers for about $2000 a pair
You might want to listen to Martin Logan Source. 
Your First Vinyl Album.
Meet The Beatles. My mother bought it for me to spin on my new RCA turntable! 
airport express questions
You can buy a great mini to full toslink cable, all glass fiber, from Van Den Hul- the Optocoupler II. Highly recommended. Or you can buy a convertor (full to mini) that works perfectly well and use that with a standard toslink. I do however recom... 
About Lugnut -- Patrick Malone
Great to see this thread again. Here's to Lugnut! 
Denon or Marantz? Home theater beginner.
Given your options, I'd certainly look at Onkyo. 
Want to Blow Up My Stereo
Elevick has a point. Listen to the same music on your system and phones. Compare. 
Creek 5350 SE, Channel Dropout
Have you contacted Creek for their opinion? Mike Creek sure knows his stuff....maybe he'll give you some valuable feedback.Good luck. 
Using an integrated amp for home theater set up
My apologies- I had my headphones on when I posted my response and I now realize my answer was not what you were looking for. A decent HT receiver will have pre outs that you can use to drive your Classe, using the HT receiver as your preamp essen... 
Using an integrated amp for home theater set up
I use a nice Onkyo HT Receiver. I use the L/R pre outs to my preamp, which has a Home Theater Passthrough option. From there, the L/R is fed out to my Amp, and then out to my Martin Logan L/R speakers. The Onkyo handles all volume and Audyssey roo... 
Does your system do things better in the dark?
Sorry about the passed out girlfriend....can't help you there. I can tell you marriage will increase the frequency of such events.Now about the in the dark listening experience.....No distractions-your hearing heightened by the decline of visual s... 
TV power cords; Money well spent, or money wasted?
An aftermarket power cord will do no harm to the panel- it's just not going to happen. If you have the opportunity to borrow a better cord from a friend and try, I would recommend it. With many displays, it does make some difference that you might... 
Manley Stingray Integrated amp.
I owned it, and it was fantastic, especially with NOS EL84's, which of course were not cheap. Wonderful amp. Sold it because the the "search for better" monkey was riding my back. 
TV power cords; Money well spent, or money wasted?
Swapping out the cord will in no way harm the set. On my Panasonic panel, I can see an improvement in image smoothness when using an upgraded cord- nothing fancy- just a more robust cord. Even my wife sees it, so I left it in. 
What's the farthest you've traveled for live music
Charlotte to NYC for me- Mark Knophler at Radio City Music Hall. Awesome!! 
Any Michael Bub'le fans.......
I quit. Enjoy Buble!