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Recommendations for a new SSP?
How's about a Cary Cinema 11a? 
Cal Audio mca 2500 and Dyn Confidence
Bulldogger, do you experience a light pop from the speakers everytime you turn on the MCA? I heard this from day 1 and it's been bugging me. Others said that it's normal because there's no speaker relays across all 5 channels. 
Pop with turn on/ off Primare 30 pre,A30.2 amp
Any update? I'm experiencing this with my CAL MCA2500 amp. 
Wadia 170iTransport - itouch vs classic ipod
I was looking at the Wadia 170i and decided to go with a Logitech Squeezebox touch and couldn't be happier. Just my 0.02. 
dac for squeezebox touch
I feed my squeezbox to a CAL Alpha Tube DAC via a glass toslink cable and it's definitely a step up.QN 
Newfound respect for McIntosh
I, too, owned a pair of 501 monoblocks driving a pair of 801Nautilus. While the midrange is really sweet and warm, the bottom end left a lot of room for improvement IMHO. They were replaced by a pair of Krell 650m and i couldn't be happier. My mus... 
Used amplifier/preamp combo for $2,000-$3,000
classe DR6 (pre) and classe 25 (amp) 
Wadia 151 PowerDAC or Peachtree Nova for Zu?
I had a chance to demo this DAC at the Audio Show in Emeryville. It was driving a pair of sonus faber monitors and it made my jaw dropped. It was sitting next to a Krell amp and it thought that was the amp driving the speakers. After the show, I w... 
Discovery cables....
How are Discovery Cables compared to Transparent ? 
Personal speaker evolution
Harman Kardon MunietteAR AcousticsParadigm Reference Studio 100v2Infinity Overture 3B&W Nautilus 805B&W Nautilus 801 
processor that could serve as a good preamp
get a CAL SSP2500 
I Need Help Picking a Sub
Velodyne DD10QN 
Blue Ray players with AVI playback capabilities
Sony PS3 
What is the best full range Speaker ?
I've auditioned Legacy Focus, Legacy Classics, Energy Veritas, B&W 804N, Klipsch, Aerial, Paradigm Ref100v2, B&W 801N, and the one I ended up buying is a used pair of B&W 801N. They amazed me every time I listen to them. Given enough j... 
need recommendations for sub for music
After B&W, HSU, Energy, Sunfire and Paradigm my current and still favorite is the Velodyne DD12.