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jkingtut

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DVD players that make good transports
CAL CL-20, currently being used as transport only, I bought it in case I wanted to have video option but like you I really prefer music. I may eventually go to a cd transport only, Stereophile class A (DVD) rated, CAL went the home theater route s... 
Inteligent high end cableing
Despite your title being oxymoronic (is that the opposite of redundant?), here is my two cents. I do not have golden ears, but I can tell you that it really is not going to matter IN THE BEGINNING, what you get. Get whatever the best deal seems to... 
Most Honest Audio Magazine?
Sterophile reviews now carry that same thread of reasoning that PBS has been allowed to adopt while remaining "commercial free"--- this is not an ad but here is our name, address, phone # and oh yeah exactly what we do while we 'support this stati... 
Best blues guitarist, Clapton or Green
Clapton must get his do for using his popularity to help every other blues musician out there except his riding with the king (and what damn fine musician wrote that song?...) co partner. His latest (not recent) straight blues records got alot of ... 
Stealth Interconnects users
C Carl, IC's are available either shielded or unshielded. Emil, That "sale" has been going on at least 6 months unchanged, as I have been checking his website frequently. He is also constantly auctioning his entry level IC's on Ebay, as well as hi... 
Best CDR ?
Great! Who is HHB? 
Cables, Interconnects and More Cables???
Could not help but follow up on rockvirgo, I have Vac Avatar SE and Klipschorns modified with all silver wire internally but had not decided on speaker wire, "that" R.S. wire was in the closet so I hooked it up and yow! wall to wall soundstage, bu... 
BEST HEAVY METAL BAND
I'd rather scratch with a Herman's Hermit record. (ok, they all should of quit after B.S., but I had a bigger whole in my head (now and) then. 
Integrated Tube amps w/remote
Pathos Twin Towers and Avatar SE, you could not lose either way, but Vac has phono so away thataway I went...... 
Auric Illuminator, Optrix, others
Great info guys, I bet Garfish would have got it had it been acronymned correctly PRaT. 
It's not the sound I want!
If it's not the sound you want, take up horse racing. You can even wear earplugs. (sorry, I couldn't resist), you have too much advice here already but it is alllllll good. 
Dedicated room
OK it was late and I hate to type. "Bunker" is my basement, 12 inch block walls, every other cell filled with concrete slab. One wall is a 2x6 loadbearing wall with sheetrock, which is why I sheetrocked the rest of them. The ceiling is 16 inch woo... 
Dedicated room
Stereophile.com website archives, thumb back through for excellent articles on dedicated room with references. Mine is a concrete bunker 18 x30 x9 with various intrusions that keep it from being a simple rectangle. Almost totally underground, cant...