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Blown away by Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1
There are several SACD choices listed at http://www.sa-cd.net/search/chopin+piano+concerto. The Rubinstein and the Argerich/Dutoit are two of my favorites. 
R.I.P. Brent Rainwater a.k.a.
Brent's Audiogon moniker was "brainwater". 
Nothing but speakers in the listening room?
Sgr, My equipment room adjoins the dedicated listening room behind the speakers. All electronics, including the CD player, are on three racks in the equipment room. I have access to all that equipment via three adjacent 40" tall tinted-glass cabin... 
PurePower APS power cord
Bigamp,The Elrod Statement Gold power cord on my PurePower 2000 made a huge improvement over the stock cord: Improved macro and micro-dynamics; greater resolution and fullness; tighter and more powerful bass; better soundstage and imaging; improve... 
PurePower APS power cord
Bigamp,The Elrod Statement Gold power cord on my PurePower 2000 made a huge improvement over the stock cord: Improved macro and micro-dynamics; greater resolution and fullness; tighter and more powerful bass; better soundstage and imaging; improve... 
APL NWO Owners
I've been very happy with the Elrod Statement Gold power cords, Kubala-Sosna Elation interconnects/speaker cables, and the Critical Mass Systems Black Diamond shelf for my NWO-M. Each of these products enhanced the resolution, naturalness, vividne... 
Elrod Statement Gold Owners Please
I started with two Elrod Statement Golds; on my amp and CD player. I was impressed enough to buy a third one for the power re-generator. The old Statements are excellent power cords, but the Gold version is a significant improvement. For my detail... 
AC regenerator
I get better dynamics with my CD player and amp plugged into the PurePower 2000 re-generator than to the wall. 
sound difference MIT ORACLE AC1 vs ELROD vs PURIST
I haven't heard the other two but I've been extremely happy with the superb Elrod Statement and its Gold version. I have described Elrod's qualities and gave my detailed impressions in my review:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?fcabl&12... 
Differences between various Quantum devices
Mauidj, PurePower 2000 is superb; it added clarity, cleanliness and dynamics to my system and provides constant 120V/60Hz power. I bought it from Brent Rainwater at rainwateraudio.com. Brent can answer your question better than I can. Also purepow... 
Differences between various Quantum devices
David12, My QX4 is plugged into the wall and the PurePower 2000 is plugged into the QX4. The CD player and amplifier are fed by the PurePower (no pre-amp). When needed, the PP has reserve in its battery; so, I have not had current problems with my... 
Differences between various Quantum devices
David, I have the PurePower APS 2000. Plugging in the PP2000 into the QX4 lowered the noise floor significantly in my system. Cleanliness, clarity, and most sonic characteristics improved at a level of a component upgrade. To get the most out of t... 
Review: APL Hi Fi NWO 4.0 Master Edition CD Player
This is an update to my first impressions of the NWO-M upgrade to my APL HiFi NWO-4.0SE.Out of the box the NWO-M was impressive. (See my first impressions above.) At about 140 hours the upper bass and lower midrange began to open up, creating grea... 
Review: APL Hi Fi NWO 4.0 Master Edition CD Player
I must admit that when Alex Peychev announced the NWO-M upgrade, I hesitated because I have been very happy with my NWO-4.0SE and didn't feel a need for an upgrade. I expressed my satisfaction with the 4.0SE with many superlatives in an Audiogon r... 
Did anyone experience Audio Prism's Ground Control
Thanks Bud!