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Who makes the best passive volume control?
Has anyone tried the Myth? I understand that it also uses some sort of LDR:http://www.myth.rs/myth_audio/mythpreamp.htmlhttp://www.audioasylum.com/forums/amp/messages/14/149808.html 
Can you recommend some classical CD's for me?
My classical journey started with "Your Hundred Best Tunes Volume 2". Very well recorded CD I feel. Unfortunately they are out of print. But in the link below you have "used" CDs that are in very good condition.http://www.amazon.co.uk/Your-100-Bes... 
Jennifer Warnes fans?
I got "The Well" SACD quite sometime back. It did not take me more than 1 listen to get hooked on her voice. Awesome. I have the "Famous Blue Raincoat" and "The Hunter" cds as well. One of the artist whose albums I would like to collect. I was luc... 
JVC XRCDs -- your experience?
Dawgfish,I hope you are aware that JVC engineers really go through a very systematic and careful way to engineer these CDs. I have read elsewhere that 99% of the CDs on the market are not mastered so carefully and hence do not sound as good. XRCD ... 
What Cables should I try?
http://signalcable.com/silverresolutionspeaker.htmlThere is another gentleman on this forum who uses Signal Cable Silver Res with his Wilson Audio...you will need to check with him. 
Which Quads: 12L2 or 11L Monitors?
It can be found under the High-Performance Audio (Brands) link:http://www.overtureaudiohometheater.com/high-performance-audio/high-performance-audio-brands 
Which Quads: 12L2 or 11L Monitors?
Masswineguy,The 500 hours is a rough estimate based on my personal experience. But I certainly luv the Quad dynamic speakers. You would be hard-pressed to find a competition in their range that can do music better. I have mentioned in my posts bef... 
Which Quads: 12L2 or 11L Monitors?
I cannot provide opinion on the Quad 12L2. But in 2005, I listened to the 11L and the 12L. I was impressed with the 12Ls. Nothing wrong with 11L, but I felt the 12L had more bass impact over 11L and everything else remained the same. I believe tha... 
High Quality Fuses in Amps
Bicycle_man,How did your test go, with the cryoed fuses? 
Is this the END of DAYS for the high end CD player
Hardly. Isn't it fun to get your CDs out and play them in the player? Like Art has mentioned above, my next buy would be a SACD player that has USB, Optical and Coaxial inputs, cause digital files are fun too. BTW, last month I got myself a Sony C... 
Promitheus and Wyred4Sound
Mike,Thanks for your input. I purchased the Parasound A21 in Feb this year. Pretty happy with it. 
What is the BEST WAY to download music to an ipod?
I found Sharepod to be the best software to download/upload songs from PC to iPod and vise versa. You don't have to have iTunes on your machine. This is a simple software that does not have a "install" process. Just download and use...that simple.... 
Signal Cable
I echo what Srg has said. All my cables are Signal Cables, including the new HDMI ver 1.4 that I acquired last week. I feel that are a wonderful bargain and can easily beat some expensive ICs/speaker cabled that I tried in my system before. 
balanced vs. unbalanced sound quality
Jdub39,I had the same question on the same amp I own - Halo A21. The Parasound brochure does indicate using a XLR input for the best possible sound. But when I asked this same question to Parasound they mentioned that it did not matter. A search o... 
Personal speaker evolution
Bose AM-5 Series II 1994 to 2001.Walkman/Discman with cheap headphones from 2002-2004, since I moved to the US and started off from zero.Quad 21L 2005 till date.