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Bose 901 series VI & Yamaha A-S2000
.I was at a party in an apartment about 20 years ago when I first heard the Bose 301. They sounded really good. A few years later, I heard the Bose 901 in someone's home, they sounded really good also. Both times I heard them, I was not doing any ... 
Bob Carver 180 Mono-blocks perform superbly
.Below is an email conversation that I had with Bob Carver asking why the Silver 900's only come single ended with no XLR option.Dear mitch4t,Hi '4t,No XLR connections on my amplifiers! I get great sound with a single ended vintage RCA input. The ... 
Bob Carver 180 Mono-blocks perform superbly
.I have been following Bob Carver's listings of his amps on eBay over the last year. He has totally redesigned his legendary Silver Seven amps. He calls the new beasts the Silver 900. They deliver 900 wpc of tube power, nearly double the power of ... 
Are CD players dead
. Anonymoustao, well said.. 
MERRY CHRISTMAS
.You guys are the coolest. Many thanks to all of you. I appreciate all of the help and advice that all of you have freely given me for ten incredible years to achieve great sounding music.Happy Holidays.....be cool,mitch. 
Modern day female jazz recommendations
.Vanessa Rubin. 
Magnepan announces the 20.7
.I want a pair.. 
One of my closest friends is gone.
.About eight years ago Brooks rebuilt and modded an Oracle Delphi mk2 table for me. An Audiogon member referred him to me. Today I saw another Oracle turntable here on Audigon that I wanted to buy. I Googled Brook's website to get his phone number... 
Would you pay to listen?
.Now that I think about it, guys pay good money to get on a plane, rent a hotel room and buy food to go to CES or RMAF and other shows to see and heard hi-end systems. So, they ARE paying. Even if they drive to the event, with the high cost of gas... 
How Many Audiophiles Have Do You Know?
.or the rarest bird of all, an audiophile couple.Whoa...now that's REALLY rare.There are about 8 of us in the world and each of us has about 25 Audiogon aliases. LOL!!. 
Why CD players will never be dead
.It reminds me of the final days of my TT when I could listen to the whole album without having to flip over and clean before playing side 2. The ritual in the end was bogus. It was music we all fell in love with, not rubbish technology & its ... 
How do we remember 1970s amplifiers?
.In the 70's, I was still a receiver dude. Separates were a little too esoteric for me back then. The thought of a separate amp was light years away.. 
ARC LS-27 or ARC ref-3
.Taters, the LS27 may be better than the Reff3, I've never heard the LS27, but the Ref3 is a stellar preamp. You will be very pleased if you buy the Ref3.. 
Does your system take you there or...?
It takes me there and back again. 
Driving my Kappa 8's
Do you have the Kappa 8 or 8.1? The 8.1 is much easier to drive.