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About Lugnut -- Patrick Malone
I must say that's the first time anything on Audiogon has made me cry. Pat you are a very lucky man, howver this may turn out. Best of luck with that orgasm. 
Help with a new TV please
Ok guys I'm beginning to get the picture, pardon the pun. How about this plan, spend the $2500 on the set and wall mounting and save the calibration for later down the road. The thing is space is really at a premium but I figure we might as well m... 
When does the law diminishing returns kick in?
As everyone has said it really depends on you. For me it's about $2K used per component on average. But that's me. God I hope my girlfriend's not reading this! 
Speakers on "Entourage"?
Thanks! That's kind of what I thought but I didn't see the curvy cabinets. That must have been because of the straight on angle. Very cool, thanks! 
Best Upgrade?
What about getting the EMM labs transport? 
sexiest sounding female vocalists?
Christina Marrs of the Asylum Street Spankers. An underrated and underappreciated vocalist. Check out "Breathin" on "My Favorite Record", this track is one of the sexiest songs I've ever heard. 
Tubed preamp suggestions?
Dannoh what preamps are you referring to? We need a brand name and model designation. As far as the tape inputs go, I concur, on all of my preamp I've run my cd player (primary source) in through the tape inputs bypassing the selector switch for a... 
Opinions on the Faroudja DV 1000 DVD/CD player?
I haven't used the player but I will say this, I looked at an ad for this player today and the thing that struck me was a lack of even component video outputs. If you don't care about video no big deal, but if you want to watch movies I would thin... 
Making a Difference
Thanks Jeff, the more attention directed to that corner of the world the better off we all are. I can imagine also that as a frequent traveler to Asia this is probably hitting you harder than many, as if it weren;t difficult enough already. 
If you had $500 to spend, how would you spend it?
How 'bout sending some of it to a tsunami relief fund and using the rest for the tune up at Sota? It'll make you feel good and your table sound better. 
Full Function preamp
I would think you might consider the Kora and take advantage of potential synergy with your amps. I think either choice is a good one though and there are at least a few of both of those preamps available on Audiogon right now. Try picking one up ... 
Tubed preamp suggestions?
Thanks again everybody but I've come to a decision. Just closed a deal for a Herron VTSP1A line stage and I am also going to pick up a Camelot Tech Lancelot Pro battery powered mm/mc phono stage. This should give me great sound and decent flexibil... 
Tubed preamp suggestions?
Thanks for all the responses. To answer Metralla I think I can finance the two items by selling my Supratek. I thinking a Joule or Herron linestage for under $2K and a Camelot Lancelot Pro phono stage for $4-500 and I'm all set. Perhaps not quite ... 
Sonus Faber CONCERTO-Tube people, how much power..
I used to have a pair of the original Concerto Grand Piano's and drove them very nicely in a medium sized room with a 70 watt per channel c-j Premier 11a. When I switched amps to an Air Tight ATM-1 with 30 watts per channel I found them to be too ... 
Are Preamps necessary?
David,I'm just taking a guess here but if you're able to listen to music right now that Yamaha amp is probably an integrated, in which case you wouldn't need a preamp because you basically already have one. That's just a guess, am I right. All a p...