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Has anybody tried the Reed 3P?
Wow - that video is short but perfectly clear. Extremely clever engineering.Regards, 
TAD Reference 1, Rockport Altair, EA MM3
I don't know how you could go wrong with the TADs. Every demo I have heard of those fabulous speakers thrilled me to the core of my audiophile being. ;-)I also think they may hold their value a tad (whoops) more than the other two.I am very enviou... 
How will you split $3000 between phono and cart ?
The Parasound JC3 phonostage has quite a pedigree. Regards, 
Ted Denney, and Synergistic Research's Powercell
I believe that Antonkk lives in Moscow. That makes a couple of suggestions noted here tricky.Regards, 
Favorite 300B: Sophia vs KR
Terrific post, Gwalt. Thanks so much.Regards, 
Shunyata Triton
Interesting report. Do you plan to plug the Triton into the outlet directly?Regards, 
EVS modded Oppo 95
02-21-12: Goatwuss writes:Looks like Modwright goes a bit more heavy duty into the analog mods (ie. adding tubes and a new power supply), whereas EVS can do some digital stuff too. (ie. clock)Actually, Ric's background is in analogue amplifiers. T... 
Do you believe in Magic?
What was the other outlet?Regards, 
Pure silver wire: solid, stranded or Litz wire?
back25beat10 - got it. Thanks.Regards, 
Pure silver wire: solid, stranded or Litz wire?
I tried to search eBay for a seller called "back-promo" but it said that the eBay ID was not found. Is that the correct spelling?Regards, 
speaker cables for Wilson Sophia
It does sound a bit far-fetched. There has been a story on the Internet that extremely high capacitance speaker cables affected certain amplifiers (I believe naim were mentioned) causing oscillation, but one would imagine (if the report is true) t... 
AMR PH-77, ARC Reference 2, Allnic H-3000, Octave
02-25-12 Agucela writes:Output is either via single-ended RCA or "convenience" XLR (ie, the single-ended output is available on an XLR but there is not an actual balanced output).Lamm provide the same on some of their equipment. On my ML2.1, there... 
Solid State Phono Pre-amp Recommendations
Sutherland Ph3D = $1000Sutherland 20/20 = $2200Quite a difference. If you can stretch to the 20/20 you may also want to consider the Parasound JC-3 at $2350. It likes 100 Ohm cartridges.Regards, 
Opinion on Target CD's
Will these two links help?http://www.targetcd.com/andhttp://www.keithhirsch.com/target-cdsRegards, 
Best sounding Santana debut and 3rd album
12-11-11: Rja writes:There is also an Audio Fidelity gold version (relatively recent) of the 1st CD but I have not heard it (may be out of print, not sure).I don't think so. I am a Platinum subscriber and have all the Audio Fidelity Golds.Regards,