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Contemporary composers. Please help.
I like Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov symphonies. 
Did anyone experience Audio Prism's Ground Control
Another review in Stereo Times. 
Best Male & IEC plug for high current power cords?
IMO: Cost vs. performance, Furutech FI-11 terminations. Available in 3 flavors, bare copper, gold plated and silver plated. 
Wyred DACS
BTW: Are they planning a transport for use with the I2S input? 
Wyred DACS
According to their site, DAC2 has volume control that can be bypassed. Seems to have all the bells and whistles at a (relatively) reasonable price.Awaiting reports of sonic performance from users. 
Metheny show...who is excited?
I've gone to 2 Metheny concerts, both were outstanding. I agree about the guitar-synth though, my least favorite part of his albums and concerts. 
HDCD VS SACD
Seems to me, and I could be wrong, that MS bought HDCD and pretty much forgot about it. Makes me wonder why they bothered to buy the HDCD technology. 
Fleetwood Mac
I've always been partial to "Pious Bird of Good Omen" alhough quite different from the titles mentioned in the OP. 
Newbie Q: How do small woofer speakers reach 32Hz?
Bottom line: most don't! 
lessloss blackbody
Reviews coming on 6moons. 
Is it normal for the woofer to move in/out slowly
Here's a question I have concerning this. What would damage the tubes more, surge from turning pre-amp on and off repeatedly or leaving pre-amp on most of the time? 
lessloss blackbody
Yes, 3 possibilities:1. They work, positive effect.2. They have a negative effect.3. They do nothing, they have no effect.Unlike the last thread on these, there are reports from actual owners. So far the owners are reporting option #1. 
lessloss blackbody
While a certain amount of skepticism is always healthy I would point out that the naysayers here have not even seen one of these things. How do you know that they cannot work?Quite different from, I tried several out and in my opinion they had no ... 
lessloss blackbody
In my previous deleted thread most posters declared that these could not possibly have any effect other than imaginary. My contention was that perhaps we should keep an open mind.I should point out that, at the time, no one posting had any experie... 
Advice on going from mid level to high end
I would consider an upgrade to the DNA-1 by Steve McCormack at SMc Audio.