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Nuforce
I heard the combination at RMAF this weekend. I think the speakers are quite promising. 
A great article on Class D/switching amps
The overall tone was more negative toward these amps than I expected, but that owes mainly to the comments of WG and JV. JV inhabits an audio ivory tower and I think his perspective on these modestly priced products may be a bit compromised. As fo... 
some simple questions about cables.
Hmm...Enrico became Fabio. 
Dark Day For Hands On Music-Movie Buyers
They did themselves in, if you ask me. I used to buy a ton at tower, but a shrinking selection combined with rude, unhelpful and unknowledgable asshats behind the counter drove me away years ago. 
What should be the first component when upgrading?
Right on! That's why "source first" is wrong in this instance. And "chain only as good as it's weakest link" is faulty thinking, as I've argued before. It ain't a chain, it's a system. 
What should be the first component when upgrading?
I agree with Tvad. 
ANTI-CABLES by Paul Speltz: Anyone Using Them?
They are not twisted and as far from each other as possible. The sound is stunning.That's very interesting and also very surprising. Based on my limited knowledge (Sean, care to weigh in?), you are sub-optimizing electrical characteristics in a bi... 
Importance of warm up. I hope this helps someone
Very impressive. I retract my skepticism.I totally understand your continuing pleasure in making tapes. It's like a ritual. The digital age, for all the boon that it clearly is, seems to have made music more of a consumable rather than an artistic... 
ANTI-CABLES by Paul Speltz: Anyone Using Them?
sgreent@att.net, when you unbraided them, how closely were the two wires spaced? 
Importance of warm up. I hope this helps someone
I think warm up can be important (and if your CD player doesn't have tubes in it, I recommend you just leave it on all the time), but I am skeptical of the results you report. Cassettes copies are never that good, at least in my experience. When y... 
APL NWO2.5 ?
Better than life, by God! I remember shortly after I heard Dahlquist DQ-10s for the first time, I heard an orchestra performace at a local college. My brother asked me how it had sounded. Good, I said...but not as good as the Dahlquists. 
Anyone using Nuforce Ref 9 Mono Blocks?
Do the drapes match the carpet? 
PS Audio Noise Harvester
It's on the other circuit. 
PS Audio Noise Harvester
I have two dedicated lines for the system and I believe the analog is separated from the digital at this time but I'll have to check. I have a Foundation Research PC/conditioner on the CDP but that's all. Rest of the system does use aftermarket PC... 
Plastic ring over tweeter opinion
They're just trying to conserve precious server space. I mean, you know how expensive hard drive storage is.