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Top Ten Speakers of All Time?
Vandersteen, Theil, Dunlavy, ProAc, Alon. 
Speakers to Mate with McCormack?
I own Meadowlark and Vandersteen. No comparison. The VS "house" sound is much better to my ears. Fuller, richer, great sound stage in all dimensions. 
convergent jl3 monoblocks versus jl2 stereo
It is technically possible to substitute KT88, Ken Stevens strongly urges that you not do that in terms of sound quality however. 
Has anyone tryied RS Cables new Illume?
Have you had a chance to audition the Illume yet? 
Vandersteen x-over and IC?
I bought the x-overs designed for the 5As - which are supposed to be good. I just wonder if the pre to amp interconnect becomes less important in matching with the amp since it would seem the presence of the x-over would play a much greater role i... 
Amplifiers:A Keeper for Life. Do you know of one ?
Convergent Audio Technology JL-2. Purity of SET with enough power (100Watts, Class A) to drive almost any speaker out there -- that make'em easier to "keep for life" 
recommendation of a sound level meter
Are the "corrections" for the RS Meter how much you need to add or susbtract to the meter reading or how far off the meter reading are? For example:Does "30Hz +3" mean that a 80dB reading is really 83 or 77 
What's the difference between the Audio Research..
REB1208, what are you using now? 
What's the difference between the Audio Research..
A "bright" cd player may not sound so bright in a "dull" room. 
What's the difference between the Audio Research..
They claim electical, optical, and mechanical part changes. I upgraded from MKI to MKII and I thought it was an improvement - more clarity and articulation making it easier to understand lyrics and sense microdynamic shading. Looking inside, the o... 
How do you clean your type of stylus?
Record Research LP#9. 
Top Ten Speaker Cables of all time?...
It seems to me that cables invariably act as frequency tone controls with the specifc effects determine by inductance/resitance/capacitance.If this is true, it would seem that there can be no best cable as it becomes almost totally system dependen... 
recommended power cords - Naim CD5/Flatcap2?
I have heard the same from NAIM, and found it to be true when I owned their equipment. CD and Pre/Amp. 
best tube integrated under $5000 ?
Aranov 961i $3,600 
Best monoblock tube amp with Vandersteen 5A
Holygrail, Regarding your comment on the subwoofer, is there not an improvment in the mids and his as a result of removing low bass out of the main box, and the freeing up of the main amplifier not having to drive the bass? I thought the use of VS...