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The new OPPO Digital UDP-203 question
maybe purity relates to some sort of interference (tho why they cannot shield it I dunno)otherwise they are going to sell you a more spendy player with streaming 
Acurus A150 v. Bryston 4b
China used their junks to sail all over the world.China can make to spec. (ask Apple) and if you need 5,000 engineers to work on something next week - it can be done; not even India can match that yet.China today is about where Japan was in the 19... 
What are the smallest speakers that are clean and flat down to 20hz?
Yes, about 40 Hz should do it for most music (unless some crazy person uses real cannon in an overture)and 3.7 Maggies will do a decent job on 40 Hz or so - and... it you think about how thin they are, maybe they are the smallest... 
Best Cheap Amps for Magneplanar Speakers
used PASS for a single kilobuck? 
Can I put a 60" tv behind my Magnepan 3.7i speakers?
BTW, Wendell at magnepan told me he likes Diffusers and they need to cover a lot of area... 
Can I put a 60" tv behind my Magnepan 3.7i speakers?
Good - you don't have to worry(except about whether the TV's speaker will add ot or mess up your sound...) 
Best Cheap Amps for Magneplanar Speakers
Are there any solid-state designs that will give a similar sound to what frogman describes for tubes?  (I have a tube pre if that helps).I know there are MOSFET amps that are designed to simulate the circuit topology and sound of single end triode... 
Best Cheap Amps for Magneplanar Speakers
Thx Dave.  I cannot find any ... 
Non shielded interconnects for connecting to tube integrated gear
if we send a 20 kHz signal down a cable with and w/o that tiny capacitance, what will happen? 
Can I put a 60" tv behind my Magnepan 3.7i speakers?
I have a 55" plasma TV between my Maggie 1.5QR's - and slightly behind.  If you want to experiment, toss a blanket over the TV.It sounds like you want to use the TV speakers as a center fill channel?I've done it.  I ain't proud of it, mind ya' but... 
Non shielded interconnects for connecting to tube integrated gear
As Jim Morrison put it: ride the snakeBut ask yourself - how could using a non-shielded interconnect possibly help? 
Tubeyist sounding Pre-amp?
Audio Electronic Supply AE-3?? 
The new OPPO Digital UDP-203 question
Inner detail will disappear from the next $500 model and you will need the ID module to get it.They are also going to drop Musicality but will have a firmware upgrade for that. 
MIT Cables new "Articulation Control Console" $45.000 for speaker cables?
I thought it was $80,000maybe they are selling you a blem? 
Acurus A150 v. Bryston 4b
what about a NuPrime bridgeable STA-9 ??"high output current drive capability"