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Upgrading form Pass integrated amplifier to a better one
Just sold the VAC 160i SE and acquired the Pass INT-250.Its a better fit for my room and with my Harbeth 40.2Better bass, more transparency, more detailed. Dont hear any drawbacks as the VAC was neutral for tubes and this PASS is not forwardPerhap... 
what speaker cable do you use on the Evolution Acoustics MM3 speakers or Harbeth speakers.
I upgraded to Synergistic Atmosphere speaker cables for the Harbeth and find the system has a bigger soundstage and yet very detailed and cohesive sounding 
Best universal disc player that has great audio reproduction?
sounds like you already made up your mind to buy the modded OPPO so why the hand wringing just buy it......if you have never auditioned high quality cables you have never really heard cables and it sounds like you dont want to even think about hea... 
Best universal disc player that has great audio reproduction?
the newer SR cables are way better than their older line modded or not.....just advising the man to try to audition them and if can get a good deal on an IC and PC to start there assuming the room is already well treated. A good IC or PC can easil... 
Best universal disc player that has great audio reproduction?
you can drop more coin on the modded OPPO sure but perhaps ask a dealer for a no risk demo of the SR power cable interconnect and speaker cable along with their power conditioning and you will see that its not your universal player that is holding... 
Best universal disc player that has great audio reproduction?
I tried the cerious and its not a serious contender....SR much better....Cerious is good just not able to make the Oppo.shine and wont do an ayre or mps-5 justice eitherI bought the SR cabling used so not 2K-4K closer to half price...fact of matte... 
Best universal disc player that has great audio reproduction?
I have a pricey playback design mps-5 in my main system which is better than the oppo 105 in my second system BUT costs way more.I recently upgraded the interconnect used with the oppo to my integrated amp and that made a big difference. The Oppo ... 
Cerious Technologies NEW Graphene Cables
I have an excellent condition cerious graphene extreme power cord for power amps std length available for sale for $275 
Anyone try the Synergistic Galileo UEF digital yet?
Just to be clear I mean the power cord not the usb interconnect 
Harbeth & VAC combo
40.1 still being shown at shows?40.2 supposedly better at bass among other things...... 
Harbeth & VAC combo
Vac 160i SE here with Harbeth 40.2 and took me awhile but am very pleased now.  It took tube rolling, power conditioning upgrade, tweak room acoustics (rugs corner bass panels) and lot of experimenting with speaker positioning to get it dialed in ... 
Question about new Oppo 4K player
is there any reason to buy the 105 over the 103 if you gonna just use the oppo as a slave drive to play dvd audio discs through an external dac? 
Multi format playback: DAC w/ DVD-A capability? Rip to HDD? Just get an Oppo?
if you are just gonna use the oppo as a slave drive to play dvd-audio and run it through digital coaxial to an external dac is there any reason to get the oppo 105 over the oppo 103? 
Evolution Acoustics MM2/MM3
I started with a MM2 and really enjoyed it.  I upgraded to the MM3 and couldn't be happier.if you gonna spend $$$ then imho it's great to have bass and treble control to adjust to diff room acoustic.I think even though expensive the MM3 with power... 
Synergistic FEQ, Black Box or Atmosphere?
Depends on room and your taste imho.if you like the bass you are getting then get atmosphere.