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Best Tube Preamp with Biamp Capability
Do yourself a huge favor: keep your SP11 and go with anactive crossover instead. Removing the passive crossovercomponents from the amp/speaker interface is the best wayto improve any speaker's resolution. Unfortunately you'llstill have the mid/twe... 
What is a "transmission line" speaker?
Outstanding post Sean!!I've been living happily with my Kinetic Audio Labyrinths (http://www.kineticaudio.com/audiophile.com ... those aremy set of speakers in the picture!!). They are similar inconcept to Bud Fried's old IMF designs.These are tru... 
Review: Denon DCD-1560 CD Player
Totally agree.I've still got my 1988 DCD-1520, the predecessor to the 1560. First it was my main player, then it served as a transport feeding a Wadia 25 DAC, and now it is the CD source in the bedroom system. I use the variable outs to feed the a... 
Pass Labs or Audio Research Solid State Amplifiers
Hey Sean - I got my Labyrinths back in '96. Fell in lovewith the sound of transmission-line bass done well and cameacross Kinetic. Not a very big company but they sure do makesome great t-lines. Also make their 12" woofers, 6.5" mids,and 1" dome t... 
Pass Labs or Audio Research Solid State Amplifiers
You may want to consider a couple of older (early 90s) ARCsolid-state amps: the D-240mkII (120wpc/8ohm) and theD-400mkII (200wpc/8ohm). The amps are fully balancedlow-feedback class A/AB designs biased to run class A forthe first 15/30wpc while do... 
rock/jazz fusion
John Scofield's "A Go Go" with Medeski, Martin, and Wood still blows me away every time I hear it.I also love Scofield's "Hand Jive" 
Mitsibushi Montero TV ad song
First off: the three answers to the original question are actually refering to a commercial for the Mitsubishi Lancer. That's the one with the BNL tune. Unfortunately, the original poster was asking about the commercial for the Montero Sport.*THAT... 
Comments Fanfare FT-1A vs. Mangum Dynalab MD-100
I've had the Fanfare FT-1A for about 2 years now. When Icompared to MD Etude (predecessor to the MD-100), sound andreception were too close to differentiate on any appreciablelevel. Both were superb and I could have gone either way.Went with the F...