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Do power conditioners help with unwanted hum/noise
It really depends on what the source of the hum/noise is. You need to define the problem before throwing money at it.Kal 
B&W Nuatilus
The new ones are 'almost' indistinguishable from the old. Kal 
SACD/CD Question
Aceto-My response was only meant to underscore your point that, although such allegations have been made by many, there is no evidence that such has been a policy for any label. I did not intend to admonish or criticize you.Kal 
B&W Nuatilus
New line. Diamond tweeter, new crossover, new LF diaphragms, modified cabinet. Many(!) models.Kal 
DVD-A, SACD with Cal Audio 2500 series Gear
Sony TA-P9000ES. Discontinued but they show up.Kal 
B&W Nuatilus
Ask again in a few days. B&W is hosting a press event on Wednesday.Kal 
SACD/CD Question
You wrote: "Without any corroborating evidence, I must mention that in the print media I noticed a story that said these bi-discs would have intentional degradation of thesound quality of the old format, another said that the player would degrade ... 
SACD/CD Question
There's no assurance that the CD layer is superior to a contemporary Redbook release. If you want to compare hybrid CD layer with previous/older issues, that's another story.Kal 
What's a good integrated with a theater setting?
Take a look at the Linar 10. Integrated multichannel amp.Kal 
SACD/CD Question
1. As Metralla says, there's no reason to buy hybrid SACDs for the CD layer if you are not going to get an SACD player in the near future.2. The differences between those various releases on the same label is not the medium but the mastering.Kal 
Sex and the balanced interconnect.
Yup. In fact, putting aside potential advantages in regard to noise pickup, the security of the connections and connectors makes all the fancy RCA permutations seem like toys.Kal 
Sex and the balanced interconnect.
You asked: "I wonder why this is the standard. RCA and phone plug interconnects are all male-to-male."The answer is that it makes it nearly impossible (without significant effort) to connect an output to an output or an input to an input. With RCA... 
ASC sub trap
There has been discussion of it on www.avsforum.comKal 
Sony SCD-XA9000. Comments, Opinions?
The Sony won't play DVDs of any kind.Kal 
Sex and the balanced interconnect.
I find this difficult to understand. The gender of XLR connectors is defined by whether they are outputs or inputs. You might check the crossover to see if you are looking at the right ones.