macdadtexas

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Cable confusion and questions.
It's all subjective, and much of the really higher end stuff is famously just snake oil.with your set up, I would humbly suggest the Kimber 8tc, Signal Cable, or the Alpha Core. All great, reasonable choices. 
Name your lame duck artist........
Madonna +1Poison and Motely Crew (same band)DidoOasisI really like Mettalica though, I think a bunch of their albums absolutely rock, with great musicianship and excellent writing. 
Another great thing about analog......
Montreal in summer I completely understand, but why on earth would you spend a weekend in Boston in late January?? 
what happened to Cary 500MB?
I regularly get unsolicited offers on my Cary's. Cary still makes them, but only by special order. It reminds me of the Paradigm Actives, no one wanted them until they were no longer made, now they don't last a day, and the price continues to climb. 
what happened to Cary 500MB?
I liked these much better than the Spectrons that I had, but that's with my Magnepans, and amps are so speaker related, I can't say how they would be with other speakers. 
How to connect a subwoofer to the MF M6i?
any sub with hi level connects that go from the speaker terminals, they don't suck and of the power out of amp just the signal, to the high level terminals on the sub.Rel, many Definitive Technologies, Vandersteens, many Velodynes..... a lot of su... 
Your First Vinyl Album.
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 
Frustrated with new pre-amp and need advice
I had a problem with my Cary preamp when I first got it, and I got just the opposite response. The dealer put me on the phone with Dennis Had of Cary, he listened through the phone, apologized, told me to pack it up and ship it back. I had it back... 
Tequila's turn?
PTM, In general I agree with you as most of their tequilas do really suck, and I prefer Suaza's offerings to pretty much everyone's, but the best tequila I have tasted, for sipping not mixing, as I have said, is Quervo's Reserva de la Familia. It'... 
New CD player or DAC?
a new DAC 
Tequila's turn?
then you have never had really good tequila.If you try some of them that are a bit carmeley, with a hint of sweetness and a very distinct fragrence and tastegood stuff Once again, my favorite, for sipping, Reserva de la Familia from Qurevo. For ma... 
Which One Amp for the Magnepan 3.6's?
MofiMadness has a great suggestion, I would also say the Parasound JC-1's & Wyred4Sound 1000 monos.I have tried a ton of amps, including the Parasounds and the excellent Innersounds (now SandersSound) and along with the big Brystons (14bsst or... 
maggies with bryston 7bssts
yes, the JC-1's sound great with the 3.6R's. 
Magnepan Crossovers: Who makes them?
mostly if you are looking for pre-built, going with a Marchand X44 (or tubed x26/x126) or a Bryston or Behringer. 
B&W vs Vandersteen?
A buddy of mine uses the McIntosh 501's that we didn't like with my Maggies, but sound absolutely SUBLIME with his B & W's