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As A Youngster, What Unit Puqued Your Interest In All This?
At 11 years old, in 1981 listening to After the Gold Rush by Neil Young hiding out in my bedroom listing on a portable cassette recorder. Now I’m older and because of Neil young and that little tape deck I’m now pushing past $200k in equipment.  
The best speaker cables you’ve had
In my system now.. TRANSPARENT AUDIO REFERENCE XL SPEAKER CABLE with REFERENCE XL BALANCED INTERCONNECT, XL POWER CORDS and TRANSPARENT HDMI DIGITAL.    
Wilson WP 6 vs 7 for home theater
HiI have a set of Wilson 6 with a cub as my center and a Velodyne sub in a big open room with 30ft ceiling and the system sounds very good. But in my HT room I run all top of the line Marantz HT amps DVD and receiver along with a PS Audio 1000 pow... 
Which DVD player
Marantz 9600Nice! This is what I use and I love it. 
Speaker Recommendation Needed
The little Magnepans 
Own Piega p10 thinking Vandersteen 5 or 5A
Hi I sold my P10 and bought a set of C8LTD and I could not be any happier. The P10 is a very very good speaker and for the used price coming in around $5000.00 I think it is one of the best deals going.(I sold my set of P10 for around that amount)... 
Upgrade to Piega C10's??
I went from the P10 to the C8LTD and I could not be any happier.That is not in any way putting down the P10. I loved that speaker. But the C8LTD is just that much better. 
Own Piega p10 thinking Vandersteen 5 or 5A
Hi Thanks for your input.I now have a line on a set of Piega C10. So I will be spending time with the Vandersteen 5A and the Piega C10. I will update you with the out come.Thanks again! 
Looking for 42in Plasma TV Please help
Gateway. I have one in my bedroom set up and love it. I could have spent $2000.00 more and the plasma would not have been any better.You will need good power cables interconnects and a good power con or plant like the PS Audio 300. 
tubed pre for vandersteen 3a sig's
No pre if you can go from CD player to amp then to speakers.Go for good cables. IHO you will get much more for your $ spending it on very good cables and not a pre. IHO a pre can just get in the way. 
Vandersteen 3x Owners: More Bass?
Hi This is what I did. I have a set of 3A sig I did add a sub and ran a set of Transparent ultra XL and a set of $125.00 jumpers. The sound was very nice but I got a wild hair and bought a set of Transparent ref XL cables. I put the ultra XL on th... 
What is best center speaker?
PS it was the ribbon that burned up. The ribbon in the PC4 center just can not take the Bryston at 250 watts. The P5 and P10 work well and can play any movie at any sound with the Brystons even working in mono or 400 watts.The Wilson watch can pla... 
What is best center speaker?
Thanks all for you input. I have bought a Wilson watch center. This is a good match with the Piega speakers and I can push the watch past any place I would want to go. 
What pre-amp would you choose
Hi I would like to keep the price under $2000.00 and have a remote 
Bryston or Genises B-200 stealth
IT is strange that folks think I am pushing past the limit.With the same set up except useing transparent bi plus. I could open past the 1 a clock mark, in fact I could open up all the way. I do not turn it that high for the most part but could ti...