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Which component has the most importance?
I wasn't talking about you either. See what I mean ???I'm talking about basics. You obviously missed that.And I'm talking about the designers. They make no apologies.My vote goes person first, everything else second. 
Which component has the most importance?
That's pretty funny Ohlala. Always seems like all dealers in the responses. This place is loaded w/ dealers. That's the problem.Same thing in the "real world". You talk to someone in the industry ..... most of them do only one thing, and then blac... 
Which power amp to try?
I asked a rep what he felt was an example of a very suitable speaker, or possibly the limit, for this amp and he mentioned the BE-218's, which I hadn't heard of before . Here's the amp.http://www.nuforce.com/Product-Stereo-Amplifier.htm 
Universal players as a transport
Thanks Reuben. I'm gonna drop him a line this week. Former East Bay here ..... I try to keep my eyes open. It's obviously all about performance (with value). And innovation.I haven't been so thrilled about the design either, but the guy on Stereop... 
Universal players as a transport
If you look over at Tweak Audio, he's got a digital-out mod for the Oppo 980. $200. bucks + $169. unit cost. He's got some interesting ideas w/ this 32 bit DAC also, the AKM 4397.So it might be worth investigating. I've been thinking about writing... 
X-RAYv8 w/ X-DACv8
Hmmm. I'm sorry to hear that. I haven't ventured into SACD yet, although I've been looking at the X-05 (and even the SA-60) very keenly. That would explain my clamping comment. :)Too bad to see the few that popped up for sale so quick(the X-05), a... 
X-RAYv8 w/ X-DACv8
Thanks for that. That's the info that has come my way this week. It was also what I saw when I opened the tray. But not being an expert on transports ..... I might be more concerned with what happens after the disc goes in (clamping and drive mech...