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Pre-amp with balanced suggestions?
This may not be the right forum for this, but I am selling a battery operated preamp on this site that, quiet honestly I believe is world class. It's a reflection audio OM1, and I believe you will not get a better preamp at the price I am offering... 
What is your favorite 1 hit wonder from the 70's?
'Beach Baby'. First Class 
Amp for Harbeth 7ES3
Hi John,I've owned a pair of these, and was using a naim 250 to drive them which worked wonderfully. I think the naim amps are made to drive these.Apart from this suggestion, you should also look at the leben amplifiers, which I'm told is a match ... 
Looking for warm sounding speakers
In my opinion, you could not go wrong with Harbeth 7es3's.Fantastic speakers with unbelievable mid-range quality.The only criticism is they don't work for hard rock, if you like your music loud. 
Bands that had a "masterpiece", w/ common theme
Genesis 'The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway' 
Music Servers vs. High-End CD & DAC--Help Please
There are many ways to set up a music server system, dependent on budget and room constraints, but once you go there, they're is no going back. In general, sound quality and flexibility are advanced, and it opens a whole new world of 'hi-res' reco... 
Ian Curtis passing: 30 years ago today
He was a true poet, with the guts to tell the truth.Joy Division cut through cut through all the bullshit and hit you where it hurts.From my perspective they had something truly unique. Majesty. But it was a true collaboration between all of them,... 
what was your wedding song?
Nat King Cole. 'Let there be Love' 
High Efficiency Speakers Your top 3 or more
I'd give a listen to 'Coincident' and 'Devore' speakers.They're at the top of my list. 
Comedy Albums
Bill Hicks is a HERO! 
bookshelf speaker
Proac make outstanding bookshelf speakers from their 'tablets' to the d2.Worth checking out. 
Berkeley DAC into preamp or amp ?
I have a berkley dac and am using it to drive a pair of ATC 50aslt's directly.I tried using it through my pre-amp, but felt the compromise was too pronounced.I use 54 attenuation on the DAC, this being the recommended.I am not a fan of digital, an... 
DACs with volume control ?
I have to agree about the berkeley Dac.I was in the process of going back to vinyl, because frankly, I was sickof listening to music using cd's and only being reminded of emotion.I am now using the berkely dac with a g5 apple as server, and I getg... 
any early 80's alt/soft punk fans out there?
I was also a fan of Simple Minds, specifically, Sons & Fascination and than, New Gold Dream. Unfortunately, after that they were spent in my opinion.The best band of the era though was Joy Division, and I loved Tony Wilson's (manger of factory... 
In the Air tonight DRUMS - phil collins on LP
I saw Phil Collins and Chester Thompson drumming together on the 'Wind & Wuthering' tour, and both of them are stunning drummers. Phil Collins is up there with the best of them, in fact I think it's his strongest and most natural ability. He i...