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Damping Vibration - Friend or Foe?
Barry, Have you had any experience with Stillpoints ? If so, what was or is your opinion on their capabilities ? I use them under my pre-amp, power supply, amps, and power wedge with phenominal results to my ears.ThanksThomas 
Best Used Solid State Amp for less than $5000?
Is there more than one Coda company? I have never heard a Coda amplifier that came close to the top of the line Threshold series amps which are extremely clean and detailed with a midrange to die for.I listened to Coda models, to my ears they ... 
Most achingly-beautiful music
Tiny Tim: Tip Toe Through The Tulips (LOL) Miles davis, Wes Montgomery, Charlie Byrd, Santana These guys could speak beatiful words through the playing of their individual instruments. 
Threshold?
I have been running my T200's in mono mode 330 watts per channel into 8ohm's and couldn't disagree more with the myth that the pre T amps were better.Email Jon Soderberg who was part of Threshold both with Nelson Pass and after he left and he wil... 
Surround Sound Processor Pre-Amp Performance
Keep your Cal SSP, It is the best you will find for bothworlds. I have my SSP powered by two Threshold T200'sBridged with Cardas Golden Reference I/C's,partneredwith the Meridian 508.20 going to Aerial 10 t's and I'min two channel heaven. For HT t... 
Theta Dreadnaught---I have arrived at HiFi Heaven
Dmichael you are absolutely correct,Charles Hansen designedthe Dreadnaught. 
Proceed AVP vs Krell HTS
The Cal CL2500 which you can get for unbelievable priceshere on audiogon sounds way better then the krell and slightly better then the avp IMOP. The Calis awesome in HT and very good in 2channel bypass mode.TheCal sounds so good that I have no int... 
Whats the coolest sounding movie?
BOURNE IDENITY numerous seens,especially the park seenwhen the two cop's try to arrest Matt Damon.... 
california audio labs cl 2500 dvd
Scott Morris, PresidentScott Morris Enterprises WILL UPGRADE FIRMWARE AND REPAIR ALL 2500 SERIES EQUIPMENT.VERY REASONABLE AND WAS PART OF THE CAL TEAM...1130 Hilfiker DriveArcata, California 95521USAEmail: scottmorris@cox.netPhone: 707-825-6808F... 
Best Universal Player for DVD's , CD's w/ dvd-a
The Cal dvd 2500 is the best I have seen and heard for movies bar none. It upsamples cd's and sounds as good as most standalone players costing three times as much.Danis correct that you can find the 2500 for 900 to 1000 orbelow. contact me for mo... 
Aerial replacement for 10T ?
Sorry Brainwater, but you are misled, The Absolute Sound reviewed the 10 t's in 1993 early fall Volume 18 Issue # 90 pgs.103-106 in their high end journal.Mr.Chiarella called the original 10t a breakthrough product and he bought the review pair. ... 
DD & DTS
Down the road get yourself a DTS reciever or processor andyou will be glad you did. There is no comparison between DDand DTS. It's a night and day difference 99 % of the time IMO. 
Opinions on a Threshold T-200
I'm running T200's as monoblocks and run them for hrs at atime with no problems. This was there last reference set-upused at shows untill the new company opened. Vintage Amp Repair Jon Soderberg has plenty of parts for the T seriesamps though they... 
Aerial replacement for 10T ?
True, from what I was told by one dealer, was that the 8b's had major problems with their bass production.I didn't get to hear them, so I cannot verify the dealers opinion.Though as the post above states people seem to be buyingthe 7b over the 8b... 
New Toshiba DVD player?
I own the 5700, paid 189.99 for it and for the money its fine though it sounds terrible when a-b tested againsnt my Cal Audio DVD 2500 which is the best dvd -cd player i have heard or seen{picture] yet to date.But the Cal player cost 5 times as mu...