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Life after Maggies?
gradient revolutions 
Another article re CD sales
don't get too depressed. the industry still does over 12 billion in sales(most is still cd), and more new music labels are popping up today, than ever. the hobby of record collecting(or cd collecting) was never for the masses anyway. be more conce... 
Aliante pf-one VS Reference 3a MM deCapo i
no contest...the 3a 
McIntosh MC402 vs. Bryston 4B SST
arthur's descriptions are pretty accurate. neither is a slouch 
Large Advent Fried Egg Tweeters
check with www.humanspeakers.com for advise on thoese fried eggs. the large advents still rock. 
Blue Ridge Sound Engineering Speakers ???
many of the original allison designs and acoustic research designs can still hold their own with the likes of loudspeakers costing 20k or more. allison 4's, though not technically as fullrange as the bigger allison one, is more tonally accurate th... 
Back in the saddle again
never get your meat where you get your bread & butter. 
SF Extrema,Few q
it is certainly the benchmark for sonus faber. 
Break in period
break in never guarantees a dramatic change or an improvement. your brain and ears do the adjusting and acceptence. if you don't like em now, you rarely love'em later. 
TOP Format
8track, sacd 
Arcam delta 270-How good is this? Advice needed.
the delta series separates and players are now legendary. it should sound pretty good 
Big Bass Drum Jazz
tony williams on 'the great jazz trio live at the village vanguard'. a great conventional trio, with williams working his drumkit like he's auditioning for a led zepplin gig. as weird as that sounds, it is one of the great live gigs ever put to ta... 
McIntosh MC252 vs. MC352
the quality of sound would be the same, but the power of the 352 pretty much will 'control' the bass of ANY conventional loudspeaker. both products are exceptional. 
Rowland Model 3
different, but not better. keep the big mac 
more reliable amp: tube or solid state class A
regardless of class or bias, buy what works best with your speakers.