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Synergistic Red Fuse ...
Cool Frank I look forward to hearing your thoughts, nothing like a bit of removal and time laid up to think to bring a fresh perspective on things. Perhaps a small silver lining to your situation. 
Amps Atma-Sphere M-60 Mono blocks OTL design
Mad Scientist? 
Synergistic Red Fuse ...
Frank awesome to hear from you and glad the recovery is going well! And a special thanks for interrupting the Geoffkait vs TheAudioTweak show! :-P 
Amps Atma-Sphere M-60 Mono blocks OTL design
The Tinkerer strikes again! :-p 
Parasound Halo Integrated vs Yamaha AS2100
The Yamaha is an integrated amp you don't need a preamp with it. 
Recommend Good Headphones for Traveling
@jl35 They are closed backs the T70P model nice phones they just seem a tad bulky to me but not impossible to lug around Italy for 12 days I suppose.  
Recommend Good Headphones for Traveling
Thanks for the recs guys love that we span the gamut from $3.21 to $199! @akg_ca Those look like pretty cool earbuds the weight is a tad off putting despite reviewers stating its not an issue. Looking on the M&D site the ME03 looks like the ex... 
Recommend Good Headphones for Traveling
I am sure the M&D MH-40 are good but they are just as big as my Beyers I was looking for something more compact. 
Recommend Good Headphones for Traveling
I have a decent pair of earbuds already is the compressed foam something I can get separately? I am not sure what brand they are which may complicate things however. 
audio :the crazy room where they DONT WANT YOUR BUSINESS
lol I didn't think I was giving ideas more like derision and eye-rolling. 
audio :the crazy room where they DONT WANT YOUR BUSINESS
Ummm my 2 way speakers cost more than $4300 ten years ago. Go find something else to gripe about. 
Line Magnetic 219ia vs Mc225
Ah slight correction Charles sorry, I'm not that familiar with EML tubes so I assumed the XLS was a Meshplate, it was definitely an EML Meshplate tube the gentleman was describing. To paraphrase him "open and airy almost to a fault but I love it" ... 
What are you using to rip your cds to a hard drive?
+1 on dbPoweramp and as usual Al give good advice on the actual disc drive part of your question. 
Slight hum in my amp. Is this normal?
Just some transformer hum not unusual. Is the amp new or new to you? Or if you've had it a while is this noise new? 
Line Magnetic 219ia vs Mc225
Charles pretty sure it's a Deja Vu custom amp but I am not sure the configuration or topology. We were listening to a pair of PP 2a3 amps through some horns at the time and a discussion of tube types came up.