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Audio Horizons TP 2.0 Preamplifier
Forgot about active pre amplifiers, they all degrade sound. I would recommend you to check transformer pre amplfiers such asAudio Consulting Silver RockVan Den Hul Passive PreAntique Sound Lab Passive TDI spent a lot of time with active pre amps a... 
Stealth cables comparison
Dear Klin By the comparision with the other cables, I definetely choosed UR. This cable is liquid, silky and very fast. Which cables we compared against to UR are Nordost SPM Reference/MIT 750 CVT/Audioquest Dragon/Transparent Jumper cable for Wat... 
Stealth cables comparison
Stealth Ultimate Ribbon versus Nordost SPM Reference cable. SPM's retail price is around 3000$, 2.nd hand 1.500 USD. Associated equipment, Revell Salon speakers D&B Lab mono pair of custom made tube amps and pre Goldmund CD Player 1-TREBLE UR ... 
amp for B &W 801
Please see my site below. People says that this combination works surprisingly good with 801. 801 definetely needs high watts and high damping factor. http://www.arduman.com/aa/Sayfalar/ozhan/ozhan.htm 
1 million dollar speaker made by Kharma
Very good idea indeed. A genius marketing strategy. I am an audiophile and rapidly following up media, I never heard about this Kharma brand. But after seeing the topic, I searched for their web-site, found the products and checked most of them. I... 
rca to xlr - best way?
www.interlinkhouse.com They do Stealth Cables XLR>RCA or vice versa. Call Serguei Timachew he will sort out what you need. 
3-D Imaging: How??
I think other guys wrote enough to achieve 3D which I beli eve the most difficult part of hi-end. They are right, most of the recordings do not have dept concern, you need test recordings to critisize your system. You have good equipments but what... 
Two integrated's for bi-amping?
Dear Sam, I am also bi-amping my B&W 801 with solid state to bass and tube puss-pull monos to mid/highs. I have mainly great result. I put a passive pot to reduce the solid state signal level to match the signal levels of 3 amps. Problem is I ... 
Different & inconsistent sound quality
As well as dirty power lines, the outside noise seriously effect the backround blackness of sound. This noise can not be heared directly so we don't mind so much but if you check with dB meter in the night and afternoon, it is really so much. Also... 
Revel,salon vs B&W Nautilus
I listened both at the same place, at the same eqipment at the same time. I voted to Rewell Saloon. B&W 801 Nautilus came to me bright at the upper treble with a lots of unnecessary bass. The bass characher was boomy and lot. I found B&W n... 
Best used transport under $2000?
There's a CEC 5100 Belt Drive transport demo USD 850 at Audioadvisor.com I have one, this is really good transport. Also the better demo one at the same site CEC TL-1 or TL-2 around USD 1.500-1.600. Go with them 
whats the beat on MIT cables
MIT's are such cables that no other can beat them. Audioquests are always bright with less bass response because of solid cores inside. MIT's have to be burned in definely for 150-200 Hours first (Factrory says 48 hours but needs more) The magic o...