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Please help me improve my system - next steps?
How well are your speakers set up in your room compared to your friend?Also, you have different DACs (yours is in the Transporter, I believe). That could make a difference.Try his DAC with your Transporter and see what that does.I'd expect the Tra... 
I could cry
So is the cat sorry? 
MBL 121 to full range speaker
Dylan,OHm provides a generous in-home audition program, which is the best way to evaluate speakers.When I heard the mbl 111s, I was actually expecting to hear a bigger difference than I did. That's not to say that the sound was the same, because t... 
Adding a Squeezebox - Upgrading Path?
There ya go!Glad you were able to work it out. 
MBL 121 to full range speaker
We were just recently informed that OHM now has a distributor in Germany and seems ready to take on MBL and German Physiks in their home turf.OHM uses the omnidirectional Walsh driver for most of the audio range except the very top end. German Phy... 
What amp are you using with your Gallo 3.1's?
"Could it be that their seperates are that much better than the integrateds?"I suspect at least some of the Mc integrateds are not as high current and less able to handle complex loads well.I remember looking at several Mc integrated models for my... 
Adding a Squeezebox - Upgrading Path?
"Originally I hooked the Theta to the integrated amp via Kimber Kable interconnect and then the Theta and the Squeezebox via digital coax."This sounds like the right connections to get the squeezebox to feed the DAC.Not sure why it didn't work tho... 
I could cry
Cats will be cats.My cats did that once in my apartment. Stored records make grreat scratching posts! I still have the shredded label edge sides to remind me. Gotta give them credit, they didn't pee either. At least the records went "unscratched".... 
MBL 121 to full range speaker
Yeah, I've heard mbls and can honestly say the OHMs are certainly competitive at a minimum and do a lot of the same things for a fraction of the cost. 
MIT cables and super tweeters
"I don't trust network boxes in cables and never will.My very limited experience with MIT cable is the they have a bigger sonic signature then any other cable on the market."Trust your ears, that's all that matters.If two cables sound different th... 
How is it ? that a tuner smokes the table ???
Its probably just that you happen to prefer the sound of the tuner. 
Thinking of moving to a Headphone system, thoughts
Bear,I have a pair of Stax sr-80 pro headphones. They are far from the best Stax phones out there though. They are not the ultimate in low end extension,, but are very enjoyable and non-fatiguing otherwiseI like electrostatic headphone designs lik... 
How do you train your ears?
"The real thing unamplified should be the standard. "Of course the real thing should be the standard. Everything else is just a reproduction of the real thing.Some genres are amplified naturally though in live performance. That should be considere... 
Most intriguing DAC?
That would have to be the Benchmark based on combination of high detail/resolution, jitter immunity, and relative value. 
Anyone heard Blue Circle Penny's?
No, but I have heard many OHM Walsh speaks and would really like to hear the Pennys. Penny's use the OHM Walsh CLS driver for all but the low bass as I understand it.I've heard MBLs and the OHMs are competitive. They are designed to go nearer to w...