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Purist aqueous vs Venustas IC
The cheaper Museus does have that warmth that the Rotel CD player can benefit. I would also look at the Museus powercord. They do wonders as well for neutral sounding components like your Rotel CD player.GOOD Luck 
VPI turntables come with phono cables?
Can one use regular interconnects for the phono cable or does it need one of those cables that has some grounding in them attached to another small piece of wire. 
Upgrade from Spendor SP 1/2, what's next?
I've had Spendors for quite sometime. Great speakers, on the warm side of the spectrum.Suggest you audition a pair of harbeth SHL5s- quite different frm the spendor line, more detailed and transparent but still has that beautiful midrange.YMMV. 
Has anyone heard the VPI Classic yet
On another note, offtopic, great as it may seem, the Classic is a bang for buck, value for $ turn table.Has anyone compared this with the TW Acoustic Raven One TT ? It may be obvious from a price point that the Raven one is 3x more expensive than ... 
Best Arm for Raven One?
Has anyone here tried using Origin Live, Rega or Moerch tonearm with the Raven one ? 
Has anyone heard the VPI Classic yet
"i also have the arm fluid damped, and it was a noticeable improvement over no fluid at all. how about you?"Eric, nice comments! how does one do the arm fluid damped ? is this something that vpi does at the factory ? 
What is the chain of importance in analog system ?
Hi Cmalak,No apologies not needed. Yes, that's what i meant.Thanks.Noli 
What is the chain of importance in analog system ?
cmalak,Would be good to know what synergistics tables, cart, arm, phono stage would be for suggestions ?It could be anything from Michell, VPI, Rega, others on that price range.Thanks. 
Best Arm for Raven One?
Phantom definitely!! 
Harbeth P3ESR /amplification
I recently heard a friend's system with Bel canto S300i integrated driving the old HLP3es2, I thought it sounded very good as well.The bel canto are cheaper than the LFD's. 
Upgrading from Wilson Sophia 2's?
before doing any speaker upgrades I would probably consult ASC (acoustical science corp) to see if they can suggest some improvement on your acoustics if you haven't done so.Sophias for the most part I heard them are not really aggressive speakers... 
Best Power cord for McCormack DNA 225 or 250
If you can swing for the Shunyata Python, that would be a very good pc for the mccormacks.the Audience is also very good, but I liked the Python the best. 
Who has dumped the power conditioner?
i think it depends on one's electricity and were one lives.I noticed that power conditioners help if your powerlines are near offices, industrial factories, sites like that.In third world countries, powerconditioners do help a lot.In the US, i can... 
Best Cable Match for LFD LE III and Proac D Two
for $500 below, the Analysis Plus Oval 12s are hard to beat.I understand LFD makes a bi-wire version of their speaker cables, those are also nice from what i gather. 
SS integrated amp to drive Wilson audio sophia/WP7
the accuphase has a very linear sound. Warm sounding but with details. Very balanced sounding.I would imagine it will go well with the Wilson speakers. They seem to go well with most hi end speakers I heard them with.the Naim are known for their p...