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The best speaker you ever heard?
APL Hi-Fi Gravitas NB-1! 
Best Integrated, period.
After having lived with the APL UA-S1 which was then upgraded to the UA-S4 I can say that IMHO its the finest amp Ive heard so far. 
Amplification for Wilson Watt Puppy 7s or 8s
Dob what was rest of equip when Spectron and Wp7s were good? 
Best Integrated Amp
I compared the APL with the Dartzeel combo, the MBL(6010/9008) combo and the BALabo combo and still own the APL. 
Best Integrated Amp
APL UA-S4 should be on your list. 
The scoop on itunes artwork
You can pick the size e.g. 300x300 or 600x600 and you get to see suggestions before you pick your wanted picture.Works great. 
The scoop on itunes artwork
Peter_sartwork in the squeeze system is very easily handled with an application that can be downloaded for free called album art downloader. It downloads a file called Folder.jpg and puts in every record folder you have on your drive. 
Amplification for Wilson Watt Puppy 7s or 8s
Lubes, unfortunately 6moons have no feeling for uncolored sound. The APL has better bass than the spectron. Also the APL is revised edition now even better. It can be bought with money back guarantee so if you dont like it you can return it and ge... 
Amplification for Wilson Watt Puppy 7s or 8s
Lubes, my recommendation is to go for the APL amp it will drive the WPs effortlessly and the most musical youve heard them much better than my older combo. Good Luck! 
Amplification for Wilson Watt Puppy 7s or 8s
I used to have wp7s with a Spectron MIIISE amp and VTL 7.5 pre. I replaced the spectron and vtl with the APL UA-S1, it made à big difference and i havent heard the Wilsons as good before or after that. In short the sound moved from hifiish to live. 
TW-Acustic Arm
Curio, I quote:"01-18-10: CurioInteresting to note that some of you have already chosen other arms over the 10.5 without even hearing it. My understanding is that Thomas has Phantom, Breur, Schroder, etc. tonearms. Am sure he has compared his own ... 
TW-Acustic Arm
01-18-10 Curio Said it were your words, sorry for the confusion. 
TW-Acustic Arm
Hi Thomas i know you like the breuer therfore my question but if i understand correctly you chose a pivoted arm before a dynamic?Tks 
TW-Acustic Arm
Hi Thomas can you describe what does this arm superior to the breuer? Tks 
Ayre QB-9 USB DAC
Yes aes is the same as spdif but takes more electronics to implement so aes is worse for shorter cables. Afaik there is only one real asy USB chip in existence in the world and i think none of the mentioned companys use it?