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Merlin Upgrade Experience
Supratek Syrah, with either a CJ 200 WPC sonographe SS amp, or a response audio modified Jolida 302B (50WPC el34) 
Merlin Upgrade Experience
I just bought a pair of MXe's on the 'Gon, and I'm very excited to hear them! I've never heard a pair of merlins... 
Best Mid-Priced DVD/SACD/DVD-A/HDCD Player?
The onkyo OP1000 is a great player (great BUILD as well, easily as good as a "high end" brand) if you don't mind wearing a "onkyo" badge ( :Redbook sounds even better than my prior Jolida JD100 (I A/Bed before I sold the Jolida). A bit cleaner wit... 
Tube sound with no tubes
I've had my supratek Syrah on 24/7 for 4 years or so, and I've had to replace one tube. (the power supply tube)Not really a whole lot of maintainence... 
Time between playing the same LP
Wives tale. Play em over and over again. 
Cary Cinema 11 vs Anthem D2
I doubt many have made this specific comparison.I have the Cary Cinema 6 which is good sounding, but not quite as transparent and dynamic as a true high-end 2 channel preamp. (which makes sense, as it is built for another job)For HT, the Cary soun... 
Shipping a VPI TT, Arm & Cartridge. Help Needed
I had UPS pack a Rega P25 turntable for me once. It arrived to the buyer totally trashed. After several months of hasseling both the UPS store and UPS, I finally got the insurance money.I wouldn't suggest having UPS pack a turntable. 
Revel Salon 2 versus WP 8
Heard em both, at different dealers. The wilson's are the better speakers. Both sound and build. The wilsons have bigger and faster dynamics, more detail. They'll sound worse in a crappy room, though. 
Harshness in Midrange??? Any Help
Room acoustics, and system setup. Have you measured the frequency response of your room? If not, that's a good first step. If you can see on a chart that you have a 10db peak at 1khz(room acoustics could easily create this), it's going to make it ... 
Preamp Deal of the Century
Kgturner - Thanks for the reply. Would it be an easy modification to change the tape loop into an HT bypass? 
Preamp Deal of the Century
Hello,I am trying to integrate an HT processor with my Supratek Syrah. I would like to control the HT volume through the processor, so that the Syrah's volume control doesn't affect the HT. In other words, a "HT Bypass" type functinoality.My Syrah... 
New or used???
Here is one for the "buy new" team. The audio gear that I buy new are my BABIES, not someone else's sloppy 2nds. I don't know what you've done with your speaker ports, and frankly, I don't want to know. I want to be the first (and only) one to get... 
N802 + Velodyne DD-18???
How big is your room? 
HT Proc. with 5.1 analog in, under 1k, good sound?
Thanks all for the help - I bought the Cary Cinema 6. 
HT Proc. with 5.1 analog in, under 1k, good sound?
Regalma1 - The emotiva looks awesome. Apparently it is built around the same architecture as the Sunfire. For $900 new, it has everything that I'm looking for, though I have to admit cosmetics-wise I prefer the Cary.If it doesn't work out with the...