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Creek 5350SE vs Rega Mira 3
Naim n-Vi integrated CD/DVD player/processor/amplifier. All-in-one unit - costs like $6K. Get some good $2-3K speakers and some speaker cables and you are good to go at your budget. Plays movies too. 
Holy Moly Blu-Ray Disc Players below $300
Wait! Wait!! Don't buy yet!!! 
Creek 5350SE vs Rega Mira 3
Go listen to something like these and see what you think.System 1:Musical Fidelity A5.5 integrated amp and CDPRevel M22 stand mount speakersVPI Aries Scout turntable with Grado Platimum cartridgeSystem 2:Naim Nait 5i integrated amp, CD5i CDP and N... 
"The Death of High Fidelity"
I read the above with fascination and some horror. I have some modern recordings that are highly distorted (almost anything by John Mayer) or shrill and flat sounding (almost anything I own from Sony Classical made in the last ten years), and some... 
Audio Dealers in Greater Portland OR Area
Fred's Sound of Music on Hawthorne St. www.fredsoundofmusic.com 
cambridge audio 640c v2 annoying click?
Boy, I had never cared about this until you pointed it out. I took my head phones off, stopped my CD, started it again, my 640C V2 clicked, a little bit. I still don't care. It has tremendously good sound for the cost - not high-end per say - but ... 
Best setup for Totem Arros...
Try these combinations:Shanling CD-T80, andUsed Musical Fidelity A3.2 integrated amplifier (A3.5 if you can find it in your budget, or add used MF CDP too)-spatial resolution will make Totem Arros disappear, among other good thingsorused Naim CD5(... 
What started you on the merry go round?
Not really an epiphany, but a long trail to the rabbit hole. When I was young, my parents (dad) listened to a lot of music on this funky system he set up with an HH Scott tube receiver, old Garrard record changer and two large "full spectrum" spea... 
A hard look at the effect of cables
If the Meridian approach was a smashing commercial success, I guess it would be more popular among manufacturers. Market forces, whatever they may be, seem to dictate otherwise. I got a kick out of your analogy with the fashion industry - perhaps ... 
Need advise regarding small bookshelf monitor
Wharfedale Diamonds 9.1 or 9.2, B&W 686, PSB Alpha, Paradigm Atom, Era Design 4. 
A hard look at the effect of cables
I am just curious, if multiamplification is such an obvious advantage, why don't I hear more on this site about Meridian speakers? Specific execution by that brand, or not as great in general practice as in theory? Or is it marketing psychology - ... 
What are the treasures in your vinyl library?
Just received well over 100 LPs from my father's collection ranging from vintage mono from around 1950 to pre-digital early 1980s. Very broad range of stuff. I have only a vague idea what treasures are buried in there, but will get back to you on ... 
A hard look at the effect of cables
HA! No worries, the sub does add a quite a lot to any recording by Missy Elliott. Badonkdonkdonk. 
Which components knocked you out on first listen?
System 1. Revel Ultima speakers (not Ultima 2) fed by Mark Levinson CDP, pre and amps, in a stereo shop in Santa Barbara, CA. I have heard a lot of other great speakers (e.g. Wilsons, big Magnepans, Quads, etc.) fed by extremely expensive electron... 
Fvorite pop/rock albums of all time
Led Zeppelin - Houses of the HolyThe Beatles - Abbey RoadThe Rolling Stones - Exile on Main StreetDave Matthews - Under the Table DreamingSheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club