niravp

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Help me spend my $1500, interated or separate?
A Plinius 8200 or 9100 should be within your budget.From what I hear, Plinius mates well with Dynaudio, although I do not have firsthand experience with the pairing. 
Favorite Music When Having Sex
Massive Attack? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? 
Getting into Opera... need advice
Thanks everyone for the thoughtful and detailed responses. I really appreciate all the help.I will head out to the library some time next week and start borrowing CDs. 
Small and satisfying. Please help me.
I am going to second the suggestion for Gallo Acoustic's spherical speakers... a friend has a set of them and they sound great for the size. 
CD transport is making noises....
TIC -Thanks for the advice. I bought my unit from an Audiogon seller (who has been very helpful).But, if ASL will repair it free of charge, I'll defintiely give them a ring.Nirav 
CD transport is making noises....
Thanks for the response. I'll pop off the lid and take a look, but I'll probably have to put it in the shop for a while. 
CDP with 2 sets of outputs?
Arcam CD-92 has two sets of unbalanced outputs. I'd bet that other Arcam products do as well. 
How to Identify which Is the
Begin with the source, and switch the left/right interconnects until you figure out which component is the problem.For example - connect the Right output of your CD player to the Left input on your pre, and connect the Left output of the CD player... 
Scratchy/Noisy volume knob on Audio Refinement Amp
Thanks for the advice, folks.I too noticed that the noise comes and goes, but don't think I've found a correlation to time from being turned on.I guess I'll call my dealer up, but I really don't want to send my amp off and be without music for a w... 
New Air cd: Talkie Walkie
There was a post on audioasylum that tore into 'Talkie Walkie' as having too much dynamic compression. Haven't heard it myself, though. Loved Moon Safari.