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warm digital cable
Audiometallurgy Ga-0 is warm however not as revealing as acoustic zen MC2. i own both 
12ax7 12AU7 EL34 / KT 88/ 6550 upgrades for PL2
oh yes, herbie labs ultra sonic rx tube rings for the preamp tubes. much much more extension from the top to the bottom. strongly recommended. for my case, it didnt kill the "airy sound" of the tubes. 
12ax7 12AU7 EL34 / KT 88/ 6550 upgrades for PL2
i've a prima luna prologue 2 using shuguang black treasure kt88z (grade B tubes), sylvania 5751 3 mica black plate and rca clear top. Speakers are proac response d1.sylvanias and rca clear tops sound more linear and transparent which mix well with... 
Tweaks for EMM CDSA SE ... ?
replace with furutech FI-09made of pure copper and rhodium plated. 
Upgrading to AZ Silver Reference II
currently using az silver ref II with az hologram 2 biwire for proac d1 and prima luna prologue 2 with shuguang black treasure tubes. source is a cambridge audio 740c. 
Herbie's vs. Hal-O's, Tube Dampers whats good?
Ultra-rx gives the best extension of both top and bottom.I find that they work very well for power tubes as well. Worth every dollar spent. Sometimes u dont know the potential of the tubes you are using until you have tried a few of the herbie lab... 
Gabriel Gold IC's are they really this good?
oh gosh, do u print money? Wish i can afford these too! 
DCCA or Shunyata help?
Thanks Scifi for the great review. For the "magic" to appear, did u use just one dcca eminence pc or use eminence pc for all your equipment? It's an important question because each eminence pc is about $1,000. Where did you use the eminence pc? po... 
can mundorf supreme caps be used for AC filtering
any updates? can supreme be used for ac filtering? 
Audiophile Addiction
Everytime you have this urge to buy new tweaks, accessories or equipment, just give that amount of money to your wife, children or donate to charity! :) 
Cd transport isolation
use dh cones with dh squares. affordable and effective isolation tweak. 
Why don't gold based cable fans try Synergistic
interestingly has anyone noticed that the recent trend from audiogon sellers is pushing cables are using "exclusive mix of gold, silver, copper"?Just like silnote, audiometallurgy, gabriel gold. I wonder if they are getting their wires from the sa... 
Been clean for over a year....
u r building up reserves now for even greater and higher end equipment 
Tweaks to Add A Little Treble Emphasis...
changing the caps in the spectron musician to V-Caps for added transparency or to mundorf silver gold in oil for treble emphasis. 
proac D1 or harbeth p3esr
D1 has better bass than p3. buy D1 now :)