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Best female vocal recording on CD?
Exceptional recording quality for all 3 Albums: (Hi Rez)Melissa Menago - "Little Crimes" Blubell & Black Tie - "Blubell & Black Tie"Kasia Lins - "Take my Tears" 
looking for an a/V installer- specialist in the Chicago/Hinsdale area.
Yep....Audio Consultants in Hinsdale. 
AVP 2 fuse location and upgrade
You can call Audio Consultants in Evanston, IL - Phone: (847) 864-9565;They were a Proceed authorized dealer and have technicians that are familiar with this unit. Replaced the digital display in the AVP2+6 I had. They are wonderful folks who I am... 
Thoughts on Burmester vs. Rowland
I have not tried the Burmester Amps; but, would like to at some point. I do have speakers that spec out very close to yours and now use the Rowland 312 with great results. Your speakers recommended power handling is 1200w Max I believe....so the p... 
What HardDrive Do You Use?
I was using the OWC Mercury Elite Pro 4TB Dual Bay solution managed using SoftRaid set up as Raid 1+0 configuration. A couple of weeks ago the Primary drive failed. Ouch! Fortunately the Raid array saved my data on the secondary drive.Purchased th... 
BW 800-805 D3 series VS 800-805 Nautilus/S series
Using the B&W 805 Signature (Tiger Eye Finish) as rear speakers in 5.1 system driven by Bryston 6B SST. Had some time recently and repositioned them removing Avalon Indra's as front R/L driven by a Rowland M312 (way more power than they need) ... 
Upgrade my DAC or buy more weed?
Your in luck. High End DAC manufactures are replacing ceramic boards with boards made of Hemp. "You can listen to music all night long and get stoned to the bejeezus". 
Raidho speaker owners, what solid state amplifier do you use?
"Thanks for reminding me of the Rowland. I'll have to check it out. There seems to be some consensus that Raidho's like Class D amps with very high dampening factor".If this is true regarding Raidho (I have only heard the D1's at shows- very imp... 
Esoteric SA-60
Jafant,I have been very pleased with the DV50S. The SACD playback is very good thru the 5.1 analog inputs and provides a useful/enjoyable option to 2 Channel playback. I use the K-03 for 2 Channel listening. The Video playback is also very good...... 
Esoteric SA-60
The fact your only hearing sound from the center channel using the 5.1/7.1 analog input of the Bryston SP3 is leading me to thinking the Esoteric unit is the offender here. As you probably know, there are several formats available of standard SACD... 
HELP! Static with my Mac Mini / Ayre QB9 system
CDM,Take a look at this when you get a chance. There seems to be agreement that an effective USB cable must have an impedance of 90 Ohms. They indicate comments made by Gordon Rankin who founded Wavelength Audio and help design the Ayre QB9.http:/... 
HELP! Static with my Mac Mini / Ayre QB9 system
Thats great! I had the original Ayre QB9 (non-DSD)  and the Ridge Street Audio Poiema USB cable, along with several others. I never liked the cable compared to the Transparent Performance USB and a couple of others I tried. Did enjoy the Hi Rez Di... 
HELP! Static with my Mac Mini / Ayre QB9 system
There is a similar discussion at the Computer Audiophile site/forum you may want to review. I would start with the USB Hub as the potential problem. It seems interesting the static occurred after getting the upgrade performed and not before. The H... 
Esoteric DV-60 or SA-60
Let us know your impressions when you get everything up and running. The SACD - Gaucho by Steely Dan is an excellent review disk if yo have it. 
Simple advice you should have, but didn't follow that made a big difference.
Had similar results of nonoise. Was previously plugging amps and source gear into Transparent conditioners plugged into 15Amp receptacles. My local Dealer recommended I install dedicated 20amp outlets, assuming you have the space in your primary f...