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Ambient / New Age Anyone?
Chris-My personal favorite of Steve Roach is "on this planet", it's a live album, but you'd never really know it, the sonics are fantastic as they are on all his albums. I also really like the collaboration album he did called "halycon days"Steve ... 
Best Acoustically Untreated Room You Have Heard?
I set my speakers up using the Cardas formula and it does really work. I couldn't get anything to sound good in my untreated room, until I set my speakers up using the Cardas formula. The only problem for me is that in my room that only puts me 6f... 
Review: Acoustic Zen Hologram Bi-Wired 8' Speaker cable
I couldn't agree with you more about Acoustic Zen. You're in for a real treat when you replace the Super Silver with the Matrix, I have had both and the diffrence is not subtle. 
Dunlavy SC-IVa how best driven
I don't think the 4s need a lot of power. I loved mine with a 30 watt Pass Aleph 3 amp. They are really versatile speakers amps wise. 
Ambient / New Age Anyone?
Paul Shutze, Steve Roach and Robert Rich are all heavy hitters in the ambient genre, another favorite is Oyuki Conjugate.If you check out the Boards of Canada get their new album Geoghaddi, it's their best work to date. 
Best used Redbook CDP for 1700
Meridian 508.24 
SILVERLINE SONATA II-giant killer?
I own the Avalon style Sonatas, and originally got them for my main system which included BAT VK150SE tube amps. Ultimately I could not live with the Sonatas in that system. I tried every speaker position and they always seemed to call attention t... 
Best Acoustically Untreated Room You Have Heard?
My living room, I would kill for the sound I used to get in my living room. It had windows, stairs, furniture and knick nacks all over the place. I just got my system situated in my new dedicated room and it is horrible, the only way I can listen ... 
Best used 500 1m XLR interconnects
I have tried a bunch of cables, some very expensive stuff and my favorite is the Silver Ref Acoustic Zen cables. If your system is to bright it might not be for you, it will pass any and all information you play through it. 
Meridian CD Players
I heard the 506 and 508 head to head at a dealer, and I thought the 508 was substatially better, I had a 506 at the time, and was sorry that I had not gotten the 508 after hearing how much better it was. The diffrences were not subtle and it was i... 
AZ Satori - Jumper cables or "Gun" biwired?
I have the Satori with the jupers, and like you I was a bit taken back when told that I should go with jumpers. I had ordered another pair of Satori for a diffrent system, and decided to try biwiring my speakers with both sets to see if it improve... 
Acoustic Zen Matrix..for me???
I think the Silver Ref is better than the Matrix, but it should be at half the price, more open better detail etc.. I think the Silver Ref is at a much higher level than Pro Silway 2, Matrix is even much better than Pro Silway 2 in my system. I ha... 
CDR Fidelity?
My copies sound basically as good as the original, in some ways they are better, and in some ways the original is better. I consider it a toss up. I am not using a computer to burn the CDs however. I am using a professional model Tascam CD burner ... 
What is your "evaluation cd"?
I took a lot of my favorite tracks and compiled them on one CDR, with a bit of everything from solo piano to some heavy electronic, it's really useful especially if you go to a dealer to listen. I can just pop in one CD and get an idea of what a s... 
Anyone have their Audio Aero Capitole MKII yet?
Yeah Tim, I'm not that important either. I have been waiting prepaid for 3 months, but I guess a couple more weeks can't hurt at this point. My dealer got his and he said that out of the box it was not really that impressive, but within about 5 ho...