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Parasound Halo JC-1 factory capacitor change
Email Parasound. They are VERY prompt! 
Best Sounding CD / SACD player under 15K
Kiwi,I was wondering if you have compared the Cary to the Esoteric K-05. How do the 2 compare? Both are in the same price range.Also noticed that you have deleted your "System" from audiogon. 
Nordost Blue Heaven speaker cable..what a delusion
I moved from Nordost to Signal Cable Silver Resolution. I had the 4 Flats though. But I compared Blue Heaven ICs to Signal's and the BH were not as refined, to my ears. 
The usual suspects: S1, Cirrus, Tempesta, MMM1
Ok, lets get back to the original topic please! 
Marantz sa-11s3
Review here:Marantz SA-11S3 Review 
Parasound CD-1
$4500 CDP without DAC or SACD, is probably hard to sell. I did a double take in the Audioadvisor catalog. Could not believe the price, especially coming from Parasound for a CDP without any INPUTs. Maybe some others can justify the price. 
Cables more hype than value?
From my personal experience cables do make a difference. But no where as close to a difference that the room treatments did. I had the Nordost Flat lines and then compared them with Nordost Blue Heavens and Signal Silvers. Currently have the Signa... 
Solid state amp around 2000-2500 used or new
Parasound A21. 
I feel like an idiot; lessons learned
Jwmazur,What cleaner do you use?Thanks 
I feel like an idiot; lessons learned
Great learning. I have learned that speaker placement is probably the biggest improvement in the grand scheme of "system setup". Replacing all your electronics may not yield as much a benefit as "careful" speaker placements give.Now sit back, rela... 
New DAC: TEAC UD-501 anyone listen yet?
Analogshop,What transport are you using to get the DSD data to the DAC? This is an interesting area for me and I have started to look at universal transports and DSD DACs.Thanks 
Input Sensitivity
The 1.5V is for the amp to deliver it's FULL POWER. You don't want that to happen. So you have the volume control to control the entire 2.2V that the CDP is delivering to the preamp. The preamp will start with 0 and go up from there. I don't know ... 
Room treatments
Brianpack,You should see some GIK Tritrap pics to understand that the "17 inch surface collecting bass" statement is simply not true. 
Fuses that matter.
Chuck,Checked your system page. Thank you for posting your feedback. The AMR is interesting, based on the fact that you replaced those expensive fuses. What did the AMRs do in your system that the others could not? For me, Santa is coming with 2 m... 
SACD vs Analog
Dinster,Was it the rumble or drone sound of the needle touching the record, that you missed with SACD?