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$8,000 budget--Need help
How about some PA equipment? Just about every town that has a music store, be it chain or independent, will have a bulletin board that lists used PA gear. Another good source is the local trading post type paper & even the local newspaper. Use... 
Ayre V1x Damping factor
Best way to get that question answered is call Michael Wiedmaier of Ayre @ 303-442-7300 ext 223. 
Speaker swap or Amp,which impacts more????
I'm in the amp camp and have found big changes there, even within a manufacturers lineup. With my current spkrs, I've worked my way from the entry level amp to the top offering and my system has benefited with a bigger soundstage, more detail, mor... 
Monster Cable interconnects too tight
Best thing you could do is cut off the ends & solder on some new ones.Check out the following I did for a friend:http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/4153/im0016661jk.jpg 
how to get rid of albums
My first suggestion would be a local audiophile club but if you don't get anybody to pick up via this post, you could list them on Freecycle.com. I've been using Freecycle for just about a year & it's an excellent way to get rid of stuff you d... 
BEST BALANCED XLR TUBE PREAMP FOR JC-1 MONOS?
I have an Atma-sphere MP-3 w/phono that is fully differentially balanced & will do all the sonic things you're looking for, although no remote or headphone jack. I'm running w/Ayre V-1xe & it's a great match-up. I was thinking about the K-... 
BEST UPGRADE regardless of cost?
House with optimized listening room. 
VR4 JR and VIBRAPODS... Good or bad match up?
I have a set of VR4GenIII's & use Herbie's Footers between the modules. I started out w/5 on ea. side but went to 7, as it helped stabilize the heavy side. 4 are along the heavy side, one in the middle & 2 on the other side. I'm also using... 
down to earth amp for Avalon Eidolon
Heard the Diamonds w/Ayre V-5x @ 2004 CES & thought it one of the best sounding rooms.Click for Ayre roomI had the V-5x for 2 yrs. & replaced w/V-1xe. 
A blood oath among Audiogonistas
sounds like a plan 
About Lugnut -- Patrick Malone
I might be like many others, in that I wasn't a regular contributor to this thread (other than the first day) but I kept up with the news and thought of Patrick and what was going on.We had emailed a few times last year about various things and I ... 
Less fatiquing
Phd, My own experience has been the opposite in regards to cable size vs. sonic performance but I still have to ask if you're referring to the size of the wire itself or the overall cable diameter. 
Less fatiquing
I would like to throw the room into the mix too. Speaker placement can sometimes correct deficiencies but a room that is hard will take some work to warm up. Some experimentation with the room can usually yield good results.I use cables like tone ... 
Should I change my CD player ?
A real upgrade would be adding another V-5Xe to run in a horizontal or vertical bi-amp configuration. Try them both & see which way sounds best. 
NPR, Wine Tasteing, & Audiophiles
I visited a winery in the Shenandoah Valley in VA & the wife & I were treated to a tour before the place opened up by the owner. There were a bunch of bees hovering around an open red wine barrel & some of them were even swimming/soaki...