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High end tube Preamp under $4k used that competes
according to inputs....the audio electric supply is a great pre...built by cary.....3 to 4 hundred dollars.... 
Please Help Me, I'm Lost
try a detailed cd player, with a good dac, if money is an issue...marantz 5003 is outstanding, around 2 to3 hundred used , it is a detailed player with a good dac and see what that does, if it works then you know the detail and the dac of the mara... 
Need Help on HeadPhone AMP
have you thought of the grado battery amp, i have them and love it, it is the grado sound, warm and good overall detail....i like your system, sounds good i know....dwhitt 
Whats a good low profile power conditoner/ surge p
the one and only shunyata do it one time then forget audio the best hydra 4,6, 
best speakers match for primaluna dialogue 2
totem forest, era floorstanders, save some cash, buy music 
old vs. new , wich one is better?
as always, this is personal preference in listening, i have been around audio since i bought my first sal marantz tube gear in the 50s. the 60s brought to me advent speakers, 70s dalquist speakers, threshold amps, 80s ,vandersteen, audio research,... 
smallest footprint cd player
thanks for all the suggestions, interesting sites....had not thought about the mac mini with dac, great site for the virtue piano cd player...audiogoner's are the best..thanks for all the input...continue to do so thanks 
smallest footprint cd player
11 in. 
Recommendation Of Bright Speakers For Rega Amp
they are both bright.....either would work...monitor is a great speaker with rega and they are bright.... 
anyone had a listen to the b w 803d's
they are great speakers , i have owned them, they are good with rotel, big power, low pricing, but the mid with them is mucical fidelity and the best is audio research... 
Recommendation Of Bright Speakers For Rega Amp
totem arro floor standers or totem monitor , they are tight on the bass, control, the tweeter is abit bright and i think would match well, i am older, late 80s, loss in some hearing but the upper levels are nice,, 
Anyone heard Cary 303/300 after 400 hours burn-in?
i forgot, i used kimber wire.... 
Anyone heard Cary 303/300 after 400 hours burn-in?
i live 60 miles from apex n.c. and have owned many pieces of cary product.....i have owned their entry 300/100 with the sli 80 pre and 805 amps. i had some minor problems with the original 300, just a drawer problem, took it to them through the fr... 
laptop headphone socket out to amps
i do it all the time.....yes,output of headphone to input/aux to intergrated/amp....make sure you start with all the volumes down and upgrade the volume gradually until you get a balance between computer and amp. I use it to listen to internet rad... 
Looking to upgrade & downsize. Krell s-300i?
wow , that is pretty good stuff you are replacing, if you like the krell, i owned the 400i and loved it...it is small except in depth of size, runs a little hot so requires ventilation...the 300 i imagine is pretty much the same unit but without t...