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Sonus Faber Cremonas or JM lab Diva
I feel as though Dyns and VS are very lady friendly with fine wood veneers - Maybe the wilson if you have a more "modern" atmosphere 
Subwoofer for Magnepan 1.6's
The Velodyne DD series is the only sub that has built in parametric eq + microphone to measure your room's freq response, and automatically (or manually) EQ the sub to accomodate for your room's problems. It is also extremely tight (servo) and ver... 
Jolida CDP question
On the topic of Jolida CDPs (sorry to hijack the thread) - Does anyone have issues with the fast forward / rewind functions? The Jolida that I used had somewhat strange behaviour - the fast forward sometimes went slowly, othertimes very fast, with... 
Sonus Faber Cremonas or JM lab Diva
Hi Ted- Are you restricted to only the JM Lab or the SF? Of course these are both respected speakers, but there are others out there that I feel are better "all around" dynamic speakers such as Von Schweikert, Dynaudio, and Wilson. (your opinion m... 
Speaker upgrade help needed: 4500$ used
With up to $6000 you have a near infinite amount of options. None of us can tell you what speaker will be your magic ticket. Everyone has their own opinion. The blanket "Maggies are what you want" statements are inaccurate and misleading. Yes, the... 
B&W or Sonus Faber with Musical Fidelity A5?
You say - "My music collection is 90% acoustic music, especially "early" music with plenty of plucked and bowed strings, and often with baroque singing (Rameau operas for example)."I say - Sonus faberGiven your taste in music, I feel with near ce... 
Why Linear Tracking never took off?
Willster - Lets not get too caught up in semantics. 'Linear Tracking' is the right term, as well as 'tangential tracking'. With a linear tracking arm, the cartridge follows a linear motion from the edge of the record to the center, as opposed to t... 
iPod Nano Sound Quality - Your Feedback Please?
Artmaltman - Do you have a normal ipod that you are comparind this to? 
Tired of my crappy remote. Any suggestions?
Does anyone make simple aftermarket metal remotes? Something like the little ones that come with some Simaudio Preamps - Very nice! 
Which headphones are comfortable?
Sennheiser 600 is your headphone, though you do need an amp with it. Could go senn 580 + amp too to save some $$ 
Von Schweikert DB 99-ribbon add on tweeter
Cooch - Are you familliar with the slang definition of your screen name? 
MMGs flat with Complex Music
You need big speakers for big dynamics. This is the only way. Refinance your house and buy a pair of Wilson Maxx2. 
Realy Stupid Question- how do you pronounce Teres?
See - none of you knew how to pronounce it either 
what is considered the most musical powered sub?
if you go for a velodyne dd series (the dd10 is quite compact) you'll NEVER be able to go back to a sub that doesn't graph your room's freq response and eq the problems to fix it. The velodyne DD series of subs is one of the most important and rev... 
Realy Stupid Question- how do you pronounce Teres?
So far we have:Teresa without the a - 2 votesTera's - 1 vote"terrace" - 2 votes (including mine, this is the way I say it)Dictionary.com defines the word "teres" as - "Being round and long." My teres is bigger than yours.