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Sound loss/ windows?
75 feet away? Wouldn't even worry about it. My nearest neighbor is about 35 feet away from me never had a complaint unless my windows were totally open as were theirs but it was after 10 p.m. and it was really cranked 105+. 
Song intros that really grab you? ?
Pink Floyd "Wish you were here" for acoustic guitarPink Floyd "Money" for bassLed Zeppelin "Heartbreaker" Electric guitar 
Vote for best US made solid state amp
one look inside a Rowland will tell you its the best built amplifier available. 
I've a confession to make don't tell my wife
test your speakers using several different brands of cones the differences can be drastic had Mirage M1 Si speakers one brand sounded absolutely great the others sounded terrible I couldn't believe how much different they could sound. So experiment. 
Best set-up for up to 9k retail?
TWL what would you venture to say a turntable which would better my Audio Aero Capitol Mark 2 CD player would cost? Read today the Teres 135 is better sounding than a VPI TNT 4 using the same arm and cartridge on both tables. Didn't know the lower... 
New Police remasters/SACD....
DSOTM are you serious? Any other Floyd releases scheduled yet? 
New Police remasters/SACD....
anybody heard it yet? Good? 
3 or 4 cones under speakers /cdp which better WHY
hello for the 3 point planes concept to be accurate the 3 cones must be placed in a exact perfect triangle configuration. Now this is easily accomplished with light components or speakers but try it with a pair of 485 pound Dunlavy 5 speakers its ... 
hum Being caused by ??
I realize you weren't talking about lifting the AC grounds. My amplifiers have a switch for balanced/RCA input it was on balanced when humming. Just trying to give more information about the problem so others could possibly help me figure out how ... 
Name three of yours the most favourite drummers
John BonhamNeil PeartLars Ulrich (Metallica) 
hum Being caused by ??
ok connected the CD player via balanced outputs into main upper range amplifiers,I disconnected all other wires for the bass crossover/amplifier.I used cheater plugs to lift all the AC ground pins I still have the same resulting hum as before? Any... 
SW-800 Subs & CLS's
I think the Adcom amplifier will not be capable of driving the woofer towers. The load is just too low 1.6 ohms. The amplifier you should get would be a Levinson 23.5 the crossover is very good from the factory. Can be improved with XLO internal w... 
What is best tube mono's for Dunlavy SC III's?
VTL 450 SIGNATURE amplifiers work and sound great on my Dunlavy SC IV speakers excellent bass more power than you would ever use or need. 
VTL 750 Reference multicap upgrade to infinicaps ?
when the reference 750 was originally released it used the multi caps which were subsequently updated to infini caps few months later. I purchased pair with multi caps last week the upgrade is $2k so wanted someones opinion who's actually had the ... 
The Worst Speaker you have ever heard.
Wilson Puppies 5 they would be asking to much at half of their list price. WITT's much worse though.