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Musical Fidelity DACs: X-DAC vs A3.24
Yup, I've heard all 3. To my ears the XDAC is the best of the lot. The A3.24 is very nice but I found the bottom end to be a little bit mushy where as the XDAC is quick, with good tonal balance but still musical. I'm not a big fan of the Benchmark... 
Where are you from this Christmas..
Ho Ho Ho from Wellington, New Zealand. 
Zu Tone/Druid Tonal Anomalies
Yeah Stew, I was pretty dubious that they would change that significantly as well but change they did! Good luck. 
Zu Tone/Druid Tonal Anomalies
I've never heard the Tones but apparently they have the same tonal signature as the Druids with a bit less bottom end. I had a pair of Druids for about 3 months which I then traded up to the Definitions.Like you, when I 1st got the Druids I though... 
REALITY CABLES ?
Tin cup what do Isoclean fuses have to do with Reality Cables?????? 
Audio cables or Audio gear from N Z or Australia
Slinkylinks cables, great value, Perreaux & Plinius amplification, Osborn speakers.Lotta of this kit around the world, I don't think most of the owners find it very "comical". 
Acappella/Vocal Jazz/Gospel recommendations?
Tks Jerome, I've got a few Bobby McFerrin discs, he's excellent. I like Take6 but the problem I've found is their recordings are really horribly compressed, to me they almost don't even sound like human beings! And yup, I agree with the Ben Harper... 
Any good Tuba Classics or Trombone classics Cd
JJ Johnson is the man on jazz tombone.The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Vol. 1 Fantastic album, a Rudy Van Gelder Blue Note re-issue. Added bonus, Clifford Brown is on it!Couldn't recommend it more highly. 
I am thinking of buying the Avalon Osiris.
Don't be afraid, just do it 
Jimmy Smith's best albums?
Hmmm, surprised nobody's mentioned "Root Down", I always thought that was a classic of his. 
Butler amps?
Usual caveat, listen to it in your system before you buy it. Now that's out of the way, I own the Butler amp in question.Firstly, it's got lots of grunt so no problem in terms of speaker efficiency.The 6 moons "psychoendorsement" is pretty accurat... 
pre-amp with home theatre pass through
Modwright SWL 9.0 
Townes Van Zandt fans?
I just picked up "Our Mother The Mountain" which is 1 of his earliest recordings and "Rear View Mirror" which is a later live compilation. Both superb and gives you a good overview of the breadth and depth of his work.I saw the film a few weeks ag... 
kr audio-help
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