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Music Fidelity vs. Audio Analogue
You should also include the Sugden Bijou into your shortlist.I've been doing the same and have heard the Sugden Bijou and Spendor 3/5 combo which could be what you're looking for. 
Musak Fidelity/Stereophile Dec
Buy yourself the new A5 component after all, as they say at Musical Fidelity they're probably the best component ever made or better still get into the spirit of Christmas and like ST consider the X series components as a gift to someone you love.... 
Rowland Concentra vs. Concentra II
I've spent a fair amount of time at my dealer comparing the mega $$$ system of an all MBL monster amp setup and still prefered the Rowlands. I found them comparitively quieter and warmer than MBL although the MBL's possess the brute strength to dr... 
Rowland Concentra vs. Concentra II
I'll be surprised if any company especially one with the reputation like JRDG, releasing a product like the Concentra II, poorer in overall quality that the previous version. I participated in the earlier thread which Onhwy61 was refering and did ... 
What Ic's for MBL 101d's
Checkout Wireworld cables.....as far as I know MBL utilizes the same internally and themselves recommend Wireworld cables. Another option would be the Cardas Golden Reference range of cables. I'm using Rowland Concentra II/Rowland 201 to drive my ... 
What cables for Rowland's Concerto
I've got the Concentra II and Rowland 201's (biamp setup)and use Cardas Golden Reference Interconnects (XLR) and speakers cables and I'm very satisfied, power cords are Shunyata Taipan's on the 201's and GR on the Concentra II.Cytocycle, could you... 
MF A3 CD player when used with MF A3/24 DAC
I had the MF A3 with the A3.2CD player on a home trial and got rid of the A3.2CD player which as far as I know does "upsampling" similar to the A3.24. My impressions were the player seem to have smooth-over the music, high's were somewhat reduced ... 
Totem Staff or Pro Ac d15
I owned the Response D15 and have spent some time with the Totem Staff, and have to say that the Response D15 would be my prefered speaker. A fairer comparison would be the Totem Forest with the Response D15. The D15 in my mind more well rounded i... 
Cables for Rowland/B & W
I'm using a combination of Cardas Golden Reference (speaker cable, interconnects) and Shunyata power cords. My systems consists of the Rowland 201's (I'm using the Shunyata Taipan) and Rowland Concentra II (with Cardas Golden Ref PC) in a bi-amp s... 
SS integrated for Proac 2.5 - Plinius or Unico?
I've had the JRDG Concentra II with the ProAc Response D15 and agree with the above poster excellent choice with ProAc's. With the new integrated (Concerto) recently released you might be able to get a good deal for Concentra II. 
Lavardin with Avalon Classic or Sonus Faber Amati
Have a look at Living Voice speakers (Avatar/OBX) as well. 
Anybody have experience with MBL stuff...?
I've had both players; the MF A3.2 CD player for a couple of months and finally sold it, and have now been using the MBL CDP2 for more than a year and prefer the CDP2. I compared both in my home environment and at the dealers and to my ears the A3... 
Rowland
I've now had 201's for about a month with close to 100hrs, and consistent with my experience on the Concentra II these amps are very quiet IMO very much a charateristic of all JRDG amps....so one could assume the same for the 501's. They'll still ... 
Trelja and friends in New York, 2004
Great Stuff, the only thing to add is that Jacintha's from Singapore not Thailand. 
What amp to drive the MBL 101d's?
The dealer where I live uses the Rowlands 201's with the 111B's to good effect, I suspect the newer JRDG 501 with 500w should be on your shortlist.