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Audio Note kit preamp
Will it be the "M3" linestage from Audio Note Kits in Canada?Will you be assembling it?Will it use all stock parts or will you customize it, as many have? 
Sealed Monitor Speakers
Looks like Rick Craig has already designed the crossover for a sealed monitor using the ScanSpeak drivers I mentioned in my last post. Use the homepage Selah Audio link to their Audio Circles forum. Look at the "California Monitor" thread from Jun... 
Sealed Monitor Speakers
Ask Rick Craig of Selah Audio to build a pair of "SSR" monitors in sealed boxes, substituting ScanSpeak D3004/66000 tweeters in place of the Fountek ribbons. John Krutke of Zaph Audio has a ported floorstanding kit sold via Madisound using these s... 
Can excellent tubes transcend modest amps?
Answer: no 
dCS Verdi full stack compared to scarletti system
I traded my Elgar Plus for the Scarlatti DAC this past, spring and added the Scarlatti clock (hadn't used a Verona clock) shortly thereafter. My Verdi had been serviced less than a year ago (including new optical pickup assembly) and the Purcell h... 
All out assault in a 11x15 room
Why not ask "Johnk" about his single driver Seas Exotics loudspeakers? SET-friendly and obviating multiple driver integration issues with your near field listening constraint. 
RMAF 2008 - Your impressions,...
Anyone hear the dCS Scarlatti digital source at RMAF? 
DBX Expander
I've not heard the DBX, but agree with an r2r tuneup. I recently bought a very lightly used Revox cassette deck with a boogered up $4.00 balance trim pot and am incurring additional expenses for parts and the attendant labor charge for new pinch r... 
inwall speakers
If still available, JM Labs Utopia in-walls from e-speakers dot com are really nice... 
List : Components with high dynamics
- appropriately amplified high efficiency loudspeakers: such as Duke's and Johnk's designs as well as horns and line arrays in general (I own arrays)- noncompressed recordings: Metallica's new album being the antithesis of such (from what I've rea... 
Best Budget interconnect cables for cd to preamp
Oyaide PA-02 TR 
Tube Amp Recommendations
DIY HiFi Supply now offers their EL34/KT88 "Ella" amp with autobias. It's a very nice amp with a lot a refinement since its inception (I own one of the early kit versions). I've had them build me a Django TVC linestage and the assembly was flawles... 
dynaudio speakers S 5.4
If Lector's amps are as good as their digital source gear, you'll be very happy. 
Best Multi-channel Amp for Tyler Acoustics Speaker
Buy directly from Cullen Circuits. I have his Wyred 4 Sound 250w/ch x 7 and it's great for HT. 
What is your favorite type of tweeter?
>>>>if you were designing a speaker at the $5K or $10K price point, would you go with a dome or a non-dome tweeter?<<<<If it were a 2 way I'd design around a large ribbon (the "bigger" RAAL for the $5k and Raven R3.2 for th...