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Blue ray player with good audio
I would agree with you, the visual aspect of the Panasonic machines I've seen was always excellent whereas compared to the likes of Pioneer they always trailed (far) behind. I choose to purchase a Cambridge DACMAGIC that I use to enhance considera... 
'best front end' for power amp/speakers
Hi, always useful if you could give us an idea of your budget. Since you qualified the HDX as "a bit steep", I suppose there is some financial room for manoeuvre (?)There are a number of threads on cdp with variable output, for instanceCD Player w... 
Blue ray player with good audio
How much is your budget? And would a player + separate DAC be an option? 
Stand out phono stages
That should have read Fcrowder, of course. Abundant and honest apologies for misspelling the name, likely the worst error in writing to commit. 
Stand out phono stages
Fcrower nailed it. In defense of the original poster and many contributors, though, his line read "stand-out phono-stages" (not "best" and in plural)Pedrillo, if we may also include integrated stages, then I have to add both Tidal Presencio and Ti... 
Tidal electronics...
De-escallate guys, this is not religion, we're actually supposed to enjoy this. For my own part, this is merely a way to share information on brilliant or not-so-brilliant music I heard and the gear that reproduced it. Now, the mighty Tidal Presen... 
All time favorite speaker cables
Count me in for Argento Flow also!They haven't graced my system yet but each time I hear a system with a full loom, the desire to have them grows. 
Essential Zappa: what's missing from my collectio
Hi, yep, you need "Chunga's Revenge" also Mothers "Filmore East 1971" for the sheer exhuberance that Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan contribute.and then, of course Zappa & Beefheart "Bongo Fury"oh, and "Shut up 'n play yer guitar" 
Tidal Speakers owners
Hi Fla, power requirement is a favourite theme among Tidalists. I have adopted the view expressed by most: "don't parch them!" It would be a terrible waste if you lost the beauty of what these speakers can do because the amp runs out of breath. I ... 
Tidal Speakers owners
German forums, say no more ... I have once read an attack on Tidal, where someone - who had of course never heard the Preos preamp and had actually only seen pictures of its inside - accused Tidal of having plainly copied a Bryston preamp and sell... 
Tidal electronics...
My pleasure Tbg!Yes I am located in Frankfurt, Germany (btw, I noticed Audiogon have updated the country information for most 'Goners lately, just click on the moniker). So, please bear that in mind when I comment on price/quality relation. It's t... 
Tidal electronics...
Azjake, rest assured, Tidal's electronics are no alibi products: same build quality, same musical prowess, same window on reality. Only, as Geopolitis points out, whereas the speakers are in a more exclusive niche, there is more competition as far... 
Best Audio Related Story (or joke).
Let's go multimedia, here's an audio related classic from Not The Nine O' Clock Newshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSINO6MKtco 
Turntable isolation....
Oops, suddenly noticed this thread has been dormant for ten years. Oh well, just for general information then. 
Turntable isolation....
Hi, I noticed you are in Canada so this might be a solution that is excessively costly because of transport. Nevertheless, the representative in Germany, Christian Isenberg, is a guy who takes care for the products he distributes to a lonely limit...