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"Best of 2001" lists: Jazz
Great list ...except ya gotta wonder the selection for Diana Krall: The Look of Love ... in my opinion, badly recorded, over orchestrated and very average enginering... If I heard another Krall demo at CES, I was going to trash the place, shes goo... 
Modify Power Cord with 90 degree IEC plug for ML?
jeffssoundvalues.com and ask him to make up a PS Audio mini lab cable with a right angle adapter the same as he did for me....great Cable and excellent connector ...(I have 2)You will need footers to raise the ML DAC .. I use ISO PADS (cork-rubber... 
The Canadians that visit the site
Matt Nalbandian - In Ottawa, passionate Audiophile wannabe, think he has a good ear, can hold a note !here is my Audio Web page : http://www.angelfire.com/mn2/mzn50/best regards !!Matt 
Philips tells industry: "Don't Mess with the CD "
It truly is an amazing company, read what they have invented over the past years, most of what Sony has is from Philips...I just went out and bought 10 philips lightbulbs...did my part !! :) 
Just purchased Wilson Maxx's. Now what ?? Amps?
simple...Halcro Dm58 ..unreal combo at CES 
Someone should kick me in the keester
So true, yes EVERYONE says digital is digital the signal is 10101010 10101011Sometimes you get a digital cable that is put together and you get the same signal but like :101010?0 10?01011The transfer..suffers .. I always say for digital, it more t... 
switching from Tubes to SS
My choice would be either Halcro DM38 (to be released soon) or if you can swing it a pair of Halcro Dm58 monos ...my taste that these are the absoultly the best SS amps. 
Best tube pre-amp with remote vol. control
Listened to lots of them at CES last week, my choice for warmth, dynamics, imaging, softness, airy ...name it.. is the VAC(Valve Amplification company) Signature Series and the VAC Virtu 105/105 Series amp...unreal !Matt 
my Talon Khorus sounds bad
Mass music is often really badly recorded, I have heard the Talon and thought they were very even and balanced sounding.Do yourself a favor, pick up a XRCD Jazz CD and/or Gold CD and test, or pick up a Radiohead CD for Quality and see.. I have a q... 
How can I ship to Canada so Buyer pays no Duty?
Shipping USPS to Canada will incur a $5 admin fee but the end user will still pay taxes(fact of life) Insurance is a bad thing either UPS/FEDEX or USPS, sometimes it can take months.Its know that one of the only ways is to ship to a company and ma... 
35 and 40 ft runs-Balanced will be expensive
I picked up BetterCables 10M (33FT) XLR and did the job great till I could afford a sonically better cable.For the price, they are very good cables 
accuphase 75 vs. electrocompaniet mk11
Cornfedboy, let us know on the DP-85, I thought it was the best CD/SACD player at CES (IMHO) and am interested in one, but very $$$ ..Would this player eliminate a DAC ?Matt 
Proceed AVP or Meridian 561?
Long time ago I had the NHT 2.5 and AVP, was a nice combo, but had an ATI amp.I cannot speak on the meridian, but if you are also a music fan, the AVP has superb 2 chn DACs with analog by-pass and now can decode 96/24. Make sure you get the AVP wi... 
Pass Labs 350, Bryston 14ST, Classe 350M
I have to agree on the Pass X-350/600, one of the smoothest tubey "fat" amp out there .. I would also recommend the levinson 336 in that class, as well as the Halcros if you can swing it...at the end, your Genesis 200 speakers and you will dictate... 
Best jazz either purchased or released in 2001
IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT (FACD 006) A tribute to Julie Lodon, features Doreen Smith(vocal)This from a small canadian label, probably one of my reference CD due to the quality of the recording. Excellent jazz and just a perfect soft cd that "layer...