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Best MONITORS availables
Well speaking of monitors in general and not the specific brands you've mentioned, I own and truly love a pair of JMlabs Micro-Utopias. Great transparency and musicality, and really surprising bass. 
Anyone experienced JBL's K2 S9800?
If you haven't seen it there's a rave review of this speaker in HiFi+ magazine. I would guess the review is about a year old, it's a flat out rave so check it out. 
More reports-How many corrupted CD-R's with time?
Chazzbo dude you must be obsessed with CD-R's! Good luck with them and let me know how it turns out! 
1000.00 to spend what would you buy?
You should be able to find a used Bryston B60 integrated for around $7-800 or so. It's a truly great sounding little amp that puts out 60 watts per side and comes with that unbeatable, fully transferrable Bryston 20 year warranty. That leaves 2-30... 
Power cord for my Portal Panache?
Ryan,I put that exact MIT cord on my cd player and it sounds great! A really good deal for 60 bucks, try it both ways and see which you prefer. Happy listening! 
Double sets of speaker binding posts on Krell ?
Generally I beleive that if you can use four seperate cables for biwiring it's a good thing. It can be pricey in terms of wire but should give an upgrade in sound quality. 
SME Model 10 How much should I spend on speakers?
This is just me, but I would say first get the best source that you can, if to you that's the SME Model 10 then do it. However at that point I would suggest that rather than just assuming that you need expensive new speakers to keep up with your s... 
What to put between a Calypso a Mini Utopias?
I'm running a pair of Micro Utopias, pretty similar specs I think, with a 50 watt Graaf stereo tube amp. Great speakers and super easy to drive, I would say try tubes if you can. 
Check out www.yourmusic.com
I agree guys, and I happy to say that I just got my first shipment in the mail today, shipped 1/31, in my mailbox 2/3. Not bad for just $5.99! 
sealed 3-ways
Look for used speakers from Hales, now out of business. Paul Hales was a strong proponent of sealed boxes and his speakers often go for absurdly low prices on here. Also I think that almost all of his models are three ways, do a search under Hales... 
Best DAC for 1,000?
There is a Timbre TT-1 dac on here right now for under $800. This is a fantastic dac that retailed for $4K. I used to own one and loved it, I only sold it to downsize to a one-box player. I can't imagine better sound at even twice the price. Check... 
What Speakers Do Audio Insiders Own?
I think that you'll find that most musicians have pretty crappy systems. So I wouldn't put too much stock in what they're listening to personally. That being said there are some lines of pro speakers that cross over into home audio that are excell... 
LOOKING FOR CJMV50 SAME TYPE OF SOUND AMP, HELP
I second the premiere 11a rec, I used to own one and it's an excellent amp. Robustly built with nice, warm, rich tube sound, married to excellent frequency extension. As the Brits say, a nice all 'rounder. 
What's your profession? Age?
Wholesale fine wine salesman and 36 years old. My system is worth about $20K. 
Monitors secure on stands
Absolutley, there are many alternate brands of "Tac", any of them would be fine.