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Turntables better than a Wadia 861SE w/ Statement
All of 'em! 
help hooking up electrostatics 2 sets at a time
The Rowland amp, which is very stable at lower impedances, should have no problem handling two sets of Accoustats. Just run two sets of speaker cables from the amp to the two sets of speakers. The Accoustat is a fairly civilized speaker, as it doe... 
DAC with remote for input select?
Audio Aero Prima dac (now discontinued) is a preamp also, and has both digital and analog inputs, and a remote that lets you switch between inputs. I have been told that their new Capitole dac that is replacing the Prima will have the same abiliti... 
About Lugnut -- Patrick Malone
I first stumbled across this thread back in early May, and read through it for a couple of days before posting on May 5th. Although I haven't posted much since then, I have continued to read it with a sense of joy, and dread, at the same time. I k... 
Audio Aero Prima
Kehut,Globe Audio Marketing in Canada is the distributor for both Canada and the USA www.globeaudiomkt.com They have a Representative in the USA. All of the info can be found on their website. 
Do you care about the LOOK???
Sure, looks are important, though not as important as the sound. It's nice to see a little artistic or archtectural flair to go with the good sound, so the piece just doesn't loojk like another black box. The Art of producing great Audio sound sho... 
Failsafe lightning protection??
Larryken is right - simplest solution is to Unplug if you know its coming. I do it religiously. Insurance might cover it, but what do you listen-to while you're fighting it out with them? 
Audio Aero Prima
Zenieth is incorrect (or at least he was given incorrect information :-) A friend of mine who is buying a new Prima called the distributor in Canada to ask about it. He was told it has, among other things, a completely different transport (Sony in... 
Audio Aero Capitole 192 MK II se upgrade
Elberoth,You don't "believe" in cryo'd tubes? Is this religion or a search for better audio performance? You have to go with your ears and switch-off the paranoia that can develop after getting burned or lied-to by too many cable/accessory "hypest... 
Review: Audio Aero Prestige SACD Player reference CD Player
Hello Cics, You ought to post this in the Digtal Forum instead. I don't think many people are going to see it here. That's why there aren't many replies. 
Audio Aero Capitole 192 MK II se upgrade
Zenieth,Whoever told you that was wrong. I called the distributor to ask them (which seems the logical thing to do to get accurate information)The SE upgrade is $700.00The upgrade that costs $2,000.00 is the AI upgrade to older model Capitoles, wh... 
Is the EMM DAC6e or DCC2 /CDSD the best out there?
I remembered seeing some things out there about the Audio Aero Prestige when I was reading show reports, so I went baack and found it. The Prestige is apparently still very new, with only a few owned as yet. It appears to be a "Contender". They ar... 
What does EMI or RFI sound like?
Radio stations in your music are the extreme. Mostly, RF is a high pitched white/pink noise in your sound that generally messes-up high frequency sound reproduction, particularly in quiet music passages. The introduction of a good line filter elim... 
A few systems heard at the Rocky Mntn. audiofest
Hi Lugnut,I'm glad to hear you were well enough to make it to the RMAF, and I hope you enjoyed it. My experience is that there are very few rooms at CES events where I have not been able to go in and ask them to play a CD that I had. You said that... 
A few systems heard at the Rocky Mntn. audiofest
Why let the music chase you away?I don't get it, are you there to listen to music and hear systems and components or dump on other peoples' musical tastes? There's a good chance that the music playing was a request from a visitor to the room, who ...