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Best female vocals on CD
The very best is Jennifer Warnes CD - The Hunter. You will want to marry her. Also Kim Ritchey, Karla Bonoff, Mary Nielsen Chapman. 
phono pre-amp
The Electrocompaniet Phono ECP1 is a great unit - smooth and versatile - retails for 995 but you can get one from Audio Heaven for 700 - call 919 - 773-0666 - the guys name is Mike. You will not be sorry. 
Amp Suggestion
Check out the Electrocompaniet 180 monoblocks they are high current and can give a true musical sound through .5 ohm loads. They have a tube feel without the noise and are non-fatigue on the ears. 
Best mc cartridge for $ 1000.00 & under
Ditto on the Miro L0.4. Search no more. 
SCE Harmonic Recovery System
I have two of them. It depends on your front end source. I have the Krell30i and several transports hooked to it and it really helps the system . I also have one on a secondary system with a mid-fi 100 disc changer and tuner -ite does great there ... 
Best Interconnects for under $300 pair
Like I said get the Alpha Core - any compnay that let's you try theie units for thirty days has faith in their product without expecting you to - ask those others if they have as much in their stuff. 
Balanced cables for McIntosh
I have the exact same setup and use the Alpha-Core Copper Tourmaline - call the Cable Company or factory direct. I have tried MIT, Monster, Transparent , Audio Magic but these are the best and very reasonably priced. Happy listening. 
Amps suitable for Martin Logan speakers?
Go with the Electrocompaniet 120 - it has 120wpc and can handle loads down to .5 ohms. It sounds great and beats the Aleph 5 which I tried with my Logans - it was ok until this amp entered the picture-I think someone has one on Audiogon for 2200 o... 
Best Interconnects for under $300 pair
Spend even less and get better than anything listed here with Alpha Core. Either the silver or copper - can't beat them at any price. 
ELECTROCOMPANIET EMC-1 cd player
I have owned a EMC player for about three months now and it is really a great player. It has replaced the Sony SACD 777ES and has all but retired my Krell 30i wjhich I felt was the best until now. It easily beats both and certailny brings a great ... 
phono amp for high output MC carts
Check into the Electrocompaniet ECP 1 or the Blue Circle BC23 or for less is the Musical Fidelity X LP 2 monoblocks with separate power supply - I have one of these left and can let the package go for 550 with shipping. 
Speakers: all-time worst
Come on people - he said speakers not noise makers. 
Parasound HCA 2200 Hum problems
My CD player sends a signal into the television sets in all of my rooms with them and creates herringbone lines on a couple of channels. It does this when set to standby or powered up for play. If turned off completely there is no problem. I do no... 
What's happened to AUDIO magazine????
Somebody needs to still put out its October issue. 
CD player finally died. Need rec.
There are quite a few good DVD players out there that can handle CD"S pretty good. With the options of digital outputs on most all of them it gives you future options of getting a better DAC for it on CD playback while you enjoy the great entertai...