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transport w best detail retrieval and 'weight'
Spectral SDR 3000 transport has anything you want from CDs. 
What's under YOUR CD player?
Aurios Pro at the top of the structure under the CDP.Bright Star Big Rock in the middle.Aural Thrills Turntable Isolation Box at the bottom. 
B & W 805 Nautilus with SET........
It was Wavac 300B, not Wavelength 300B. Sorry! 
B & W 805 Nautilus with SET........
I'm using Cary 300SE Signature to drive a pair of B&W N805 now. I auditioned a pair of Merlin VSM-M with B-BAM driven by Wavelength 300B one year ago and don't remember any dynamic compression or loss of definition of low-frequency instruments... 
Biggest Sound in the Littliest Box
Judit, pricewise, N805 only cost 1/13 of my total system including record player. That's why I appreciate N805's performance very much. 
In this corner, weighing in at....
Sean, do you still think clearaudio/souther TQ-I is overally better than ET-2? I also have an ET-2 on Sapphire & a unmounted TQ-I. 
David Berning "Holy Grail" 45 SE ZOTL now exists
How much is it? 
Quality of Stereophile Class A speakers at 2K?
In my opinion, those 3 Class A Restricted Extreme LF should be compared against Class B Restricted LF rather than Class B Full range. In other words, there are 2 threads in the speaker rating system. 
Biggest Sound in the Littliest Box
B&W Signature 805. 
Why Linear Tracking never took off?
Twl, are Regas, VPI HW-19 IV, & Sotas better than Revox B79x? 
RCA to XLR adapter, advantages of special boxes ??
The kind of adapter differs from regular analog RCA-to-XLR adapter because S/PDIF & AES/EBU have different communication protocols. The DAC won't recognize the S/PDIF protocol riding on AES/EBU connector if you use analog RCA-to-XLR from BAT o... 
Opinions on preamps
Audio Consulting's Silver Rock with C37 treatment. 
Nautilus 805 setup question
Taking the grilles off makes the tweeter look unlike a microphone. Another tweak makes N805 easier to drive for SET is temporarily taking out the woofer & adjusting the position of the foams inside so that the foams do not block the back wave ... 
Nautilus 805 setup question
Did you also take off the grilles of the tweeters?Did you put the supplied foams on top of the tweeters? 
Box speakers that sound like Electrostats?
Verity's Parsifal Encore is worth a consideration.