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On the draining of resonance.....
I am not quite sure what your point is:-/ That 1. The idea of internally generated vibrations being materially harmful to sound reproduction is unsound, 2. Even if it is harmful, which you doubt, (see 1 above), there is nothing to be done about it... 
On the draining of resonance.....
I think the idea here is to remove excess or spurious energy from your system so it doesn't interfere with the good vibrations:-/ Whether it is internally or externally generated, resonance isn't an instantaneous or infinitely singular event that ... 
Toslink versus HDMI for two channel audio
Thanks 
Used 804 N or S vs New CM10 S2?
So how do you like the 1090 with CM10s? 
Used 804 N or S vs New CM10 S2?
804s will be too revealing for this system, can't recommend them. CM 10's are nice. Will be curious to hear if Adcom sounds better than your Marantz as a preamp. A friend was recently looking at the CM10s and decided they liked Focal's new towers ... 
which $1k used floorstanders for 35wpc tubes?
This might seem like an unlikely match, but I heard the original Primaluna Prologue (35 wpc) played with Dynaudio Audience 72's and they sounded terrific together. Source was vinyl. I also support Focal and Vandersteen suggestions. 
RCA to Beolab cable and its power adapter
I would contact Sounds Heavenly http://soundsheavenly.com, they should be able to help you. 
Perfect Debute Albums
Resurrecting old thread because I heard a Boston song in a restaurant today, and I remember at the time it was released my music junkie friends couldn't stop talking about the production level of the album, almost eclipsing the musical content whi... 
Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive?
Update since 2007:"1: What do you drive (daily & weekends)?"daily - still a Metro Bus - or my 1998 Isuzu Oasis "soccer van" (although all the soccer players are grown up and gone.weekends - the 1991 BMW 318i with lots of dents - got a really b... 
collaboration where sequel tops the original
Frogman got it right. I was thinking of loose collaborations like Derek and the Dominos, the Traveling Wilburys, Byrne and St Vincent, etc. 
Speaker cables for KEF LS 50 and Peachtree 220SE
Thanks. 
Is computer audio a bust?
This is depressing. I ripped about 60 of my CDs and more importantly have purchased and downloaded 30 odd high res albums all in FLAC format based on advice from HDTracks. I will experiment with my current computer set up between files ripped in F... 
Someone point me in the right direction
I finally heard the Arcam irDAC this week with Rogue Sphinx integrated, Harbeth P3ESR speakers and very good cables all around. I compared the irDAC to the Naim DAC-V1. The Arcam had very good PRaT, resolution and spatial structure. Top end was ai... 
Speaker cables for KEF LS 50 and Peachtree 220SE
Transparent entry level cables and Audioquest quadraflex bulk cables. Have just noticed these traits with audioquest GBC and Type IV with solid core LGC in general. Sometimes it is the ticket, sometimes it isn't. Looking for other suggestions in b... 
Speaker cables for Kef LS50....
Thanks for the reply, you may want to try the silver wires again.