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No nonsense Power Strip
Audioparts Inc has one for auction here in the power cord section. Can't speak to the unit nor the seller but its another choice. Chris Hoff @ BPT also makes one that received a good review (if those things make any difference to you). It comes wi... 
REGA APOLLO CDP
just read a review of it from a guy who bought one in Milwaukee so its available now and it doesn't do SACD 
Balanced power compatabilty census
Never tried my big amp on it as the manufacturer advises against it. Cdp/transport and DAC seems to work well but tubed preamp does not - severely chokes it. 
BPT Clean Power Center - Anyone know about this?
I own one and think it works well on certain pieces and not so well on others. I highly doubt there will be any benefit on the Brystons as there wasn't on mine. My tubed preamp did not fair well either but I did have some success with my DAC and t... 
Dedicated power,long power cords - waste of time?
My home is a split level and the floor the room (quasi-basement)is on is concrete and is not accessible from below. Neither is it accessible from above as there is no way to fish a new line in. Yes I guess I could take power from inside to the out... 
Where are you from this Christmas..
Happy Holidays from just south of Calgary, Alberta where its an unseasonally warm 52F outside. 
Philips SACD-1000 repair and mods?
UNless you can find another one for parts you pretty much have a boat anchor on your hands. The 2 chips that typically fail apparently are no longer around so most repairs and mods are not available to you. Alex at APLhifi could be contacted to co... 
Speaker stands for Reference 3A De Capo i
check out www.skylanstands.com where they have made custom stands for many speakers including yours. They offer standard sizes as well and I can say that I have always been very pleased with what they have built for me and no I don't own the compa... 
Best moderately priced tube amp stands?
check out www.skylanstands.com . Noel does great work at great prices. 
Bitstream DAC won't lock onto CEC transport
I had both the Bitstream and IDAT on hand some time ago. Using my Sony DVP-S7000 as a transport I had some problems locking the signal in when using the Bitstream but not the IDAT-44. Doesn't really answer your question but maybe the Bitsream is m... 
tall solid speaker stands?
contact Noel over at Skylan stands - does great custom work for more than reasonable prices...www.skylanstands.com 
SS intgtd- Ayre; YBA; Sugden; Bel Canto; Accphse ?
Seeing as its your "B" system I'd get the new Bryston B100SST with the built in DAC (sell yours). Well given the efficiency of your speakers as previously suggested the B60 would work as well (also has the dac option available). Of course a demo b... 
SACD player as transport or dedicated transport?
I am using a XA-9000ES as a transport (and for SACD) and I am happy with its results. Are the SCD-1 and its lesser brother the 777 better - probably but they are getting long in the tooth. I haven't compared mine to many others but in my system ha... 
SS amp mosfet 'haze' - ever experienced this?
According to the Stereophile review of the 14B-SST the amp has "bipolar output transistors". You can always e-mail James Tanner @ Bryston who typicallt reponds to all inquiries the same dayhttp://www.stereophile.com//amplificationreviews/725/index... 
Amp Stand for Bryston 4BSST
e-mail Noel @ skylan stands. Makes great products for great prices.Did a nice job for my 14Bhttp://www.skylanstands.com