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What is next after Paradigm Studio S-40
Martin Logans! Happy Listening 
floorstanders on carpet over concrete
Try moving the speakers away from the back wall three inches at a time until the bass firms up. You may end up with them to far into the room so bass traps will be needed. When I ran my dedicated lines the most improvement was bass then detail. As... 
Running balanced. Difference between XLR vs. RCA.
The only way to find out what sounds better is to try both and use what works best for you as all systems are not alike! Alot will say balanced is better but if your eq. is not true balanced as stated above then balanced may not improve over singl... 
Recommended pre amp's w/excellent phono stage
Classe makes a few preamps with phono in your price range like the CP-45 or if you can spend a bit more go with the CP-60 Happy Listening 
Do Transports Matter???
Transports, Power Cords and Digital cables are all importantant, It's a make it or break it in my opinion and most others will agree too. Let Redbreard think what he wants about power cords as it's are gain and his loss! Hey Redbeard, I think you ... 
"Best" cable elevators?
Any type of paper cups or wood product would be best as it doesn't conduct static electricity, PVC or other types of plastic will conduct static on it's surface. Have tried many cable lifts and found no diffrence in sound, I think a big waste of m... 
Looking for advise
You may want to pick up a few used Lab power cords as you can get then for around $175-$225 for each here on agon. Happy tuning 
Classe CP-45 vs. CP-47.5 vs. CP-35
Running the longer interconnects will work but with your CP-35 I would run longer speaker wire unless you went with the CP-45, CP-45.7 or CP-60 then I would run longer interconnects. There are mixed opinions on longer interconnects VS longer speak... 
Speaker/Room help needed
Try some Echo Busters as they worked great for my room, The Bass Busters work very well for the boomy bass and gives a bit of reflection at the same time, good for that 3-d sound and image! How do you like the PS power cords? as I own around 13 La... 
HELP I need alot of audio advice....
The biggest improvement will be changing the cd player, maybe check out Sony 555, Rega or Audio Research CD-1 as all three are nice payers. How much are you into 2 channel, as in most cases it's tuff to get the best of both worlds HT and 2 channel... 
Classe CP-45 vs. CP-47.5 vs. CP-35
Check out a CP-60 it's the model before the Cp-65 but I have heard both and the CP-60 sounds much better than the 47.5 The CP-60 has a sepperate power supply and you can pick up a used one for around $1500. I run two Classe 25 amps along with the ... 
Looking for advise
I would not try to complete you task all at once with your budget so what I would do is purchase two Ultimate Outlets used here on AGON and this will set you back around $500 or so. I would use one for the dennon avr and one for the dennon dvd. Wh... 
Speaker/Room help needed
The first thing I would do is swap out the silver cables and try copper, as silver cables are more of a challege in matching with componets, may be borrow a friends pair of cables as this cost you no money. next thing I would do is remove the mons... 
Looking for advise
depends on your budget, check out the PS Audio products like the Ultimate Outlets and there interconnects and power director. Happy Listening! 
Surge/Power Conditioning For Amplifiers
The only surge or power conditioner I would even consider would be the PS Audio Ultimate Outlet or a Power Plant P-600 or P-1200. The U/O will quiet line noise by 40db and protect against surges. I use two high current U/O with two Classe 25 power...