khaki8

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Best electronics for Thiel CS3.6 ?
Get the Gamut monoblocks for sale here. You rarely see these and they are powerful and tube like. 
Best table & arm combo for $10K
Go for the Teres table with the Schroder arm. I like it better than the Graham and the Triplanar both of which I owned. This will run you about $5600 with the Schroder 1 and spend the rest on phono section and cartridge. 
AZ Silver Ref II vs AZ SIlver Ref I?
Call Joe at JC Audio. He's has both and can give you the scoop. 
Albertporter only needs 50
Max, Leave it alone and listen to music. You're driving yourself crazy! 
Albertporter only needs 50
Drubin, I think he has a booth at CES. 
Albertporter only needs 50
Max, There is a doctor in Michigan who uses a 1 step program to put you out of your audio misery. Name's Kevorkian. Supposed to work real good. 
Finest integrated SE under U.S. $ 6,000.00
Audio Note Meishu 300b. 
Comments on Audio Note CD Players
Call a dealer to get the info. Try joe at JC audio. He has alot of experience with all levels even up to the looney tunes priced Dac 5. 
Comments on Audio Note CD Players
I have a 2.1 cd player and find it to be excellent. It is not as good as the 3.1x balanced dac and CEC transport that I have in another system but has the same signature- very open with little glare. 
Most Architectural Turntable/Best Looking?
Teres Audio is the simplest and coolest looking. 
best CD transport available?
A CEC TLIx modified by Reference Audio Mods. 
Preamp Deal of the Century
I just recently got an Audio Note M6 with phono and separate step up transformer. It is clearly better than the Cortese that I had. But... it should be for the retail price of $20K. The instruments have more depth and sound more natural and there ... 
Vacuum Audio Labs
Doesn't look very Ongaku to me. The driver tube is a 2a3 in the Ongaku. Beware. 
Tenor amps..."to pre or not to pre"
I have an Audio note M6. Before that I had the Supratek Cortese which was good but the M6 is on another level completely and this includes the phono section. All the Audio Note products that I have had have quite a different signature. When you fi... 
I'm taking votes
Get an Audio Note DAC3.1 balanced. Start here. You haven't heard CD's until hear this. I didn't like listening to them until I got one of these.