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Want to upgrade my speakers ... input please ...
I'd add Usher and Energy Veritas to my audition list. 
Cables, Cables
As you found out Audphile 1 gave some good advise. I had Monster Interlink 400's in my system for many years and used Monster M1.4's speaker cables. Never gave it any more thought as I had read many articles that said cables made no difference and... 
which cowboy junkies cd?
I stand corrected. The Trinity Session was in fact recorded at the Church of Holy Trinity in Toronoto.I was so sure I was rite that I started doing some research just to prove it. I remember reading a review in CD review magazine years ago that sa... 
Recommendation for interconnect and speaker cables
Alfa Core Goertz MI-2's for speaker cables, Eichmann's for IC's. 
Nordost vs Chord Co
I've had the Blue Heaven's in my system, but not the Chamelon's. However, I'm currently using the Silver Siren's which I believe is the model just below the Chamelon in the Chord line. I've also been testing a few others and I'll share my experien... 
best speaker in a small room in the $2000.00 range
Energy Veritas 2.3i's. A little over $2000 new, but can be had at this price or less used. 
Pick your poison...2-channel or multi?
If I were looking to put together a system for music only, no doubt it would be two channel. I've gone down the multichannel route and to me it was a waste of time and money, for music that is. Most of the multichannel recording are terrible. Ther... 
Belles Soloist Thoughts?
Older post here, but thought I would resurect to see if anyone had experience with this pre-amp as I'm also interested.Anyone? 
Long interconnect or short Speaker Cables
They included them with my MI-2's and I didn't use them at first and had no problems. After reading of "potential" problems I intserted them just to be safe and they have absolutely no effect on the sound. With these jumpers high capacitance is a ... 
Best used amp in the $1500 range
What's the story on these new digital amp's (Nuforce) I've been reading about. From just reading they sound almost too good to be true. Any of you guys hear thes amps? If so, how do they compare? Do the have the weight of the Class A amp's that yo... 
How to use stand alone pre-amp with HT?
Reubent/Jdcrox. Thanks allot you guys. Makes perfect sense. For some reason I was thinking of routing the R/L output of the Arcams to the pre-amp and this is why I didn't see how the Arcam wouldn't effect the sound. And, of course done this way it... 
what digital cables for my dac?
Take a serious look at the one made my Bluemarbleaudio.http://www.bluemarbleaudio.com/This guy makes some awesome cables. 
Best used amp in the $1500 range
Gunbei, I'm actually pretty darned happy with the sound I have now. But, having been on the merry go round for many years I'm always asking what if.I've recently purchased the Naim and Arcam and am totally satisfied with both, and both were an upg... 
Best used amp in the $1500 range
I should have provided a better description of what I'm looking for. My current set-up is Naim CD5i Source, Arcam AVP-700 pre-processor, Outlaw model-755 five channel amp, Energy Veritas 2.3i speakers.I looking to upgrade the main two channels of ... 
Best Neil Young Album?
Zuma gets my vote.