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Best 2 Channel Amp under 5k
electrocompaniet - and when ya spend more money on 'em, it's yust for more power - all their amps are excellent, imho. even their lowest-powered model - the aw60ftt - puts out >60amps current. i won't switch amps unless/until i can afford some ... 
New Music vs. New Equipment
even tho i have only ~1000 albums & ~100 cd's, it's prolly all i'd really *need*, as i have some stuff that hasn't seen daylight for at least a year, if not longer. but, i still go to the record shops every now-n-again, yust cuz it's fun to pu... 
Melos updates worth it?
if ewe have the fotentiometer, & it's workin' fine, i'd keep it as-is, & wait 'til melos finishes their gnu fotentiometer they're working on. then send it for everything at once. the capacitor updates are prolly worth it, but the alps wolu... 
Is My Room Large Enough?
tom, i've put ~250k miles on 4 alfas in the past 9 years - as reliable as any yapanese & svedish (non-saab) cars i've prewiously owned - & much more reliable than my friends' german cars. never have owned a spider, tho - only sedans-n-coup... 
How good is the Kenwood KT 917 tuner?
phunny, i thought he was asking about kenwood, not pioneer... and, avguygeorge, i agree, that many nice tunas came outta yapan. 
Subwoofers pro or home?
18" drivers may be slower than the woofers of your monitors, making it harder to smoothly integrate, but, w/a good x-over & a low-enuff x-over point, it can be done. before taking the plunge, czech out vmps' www re: their larger sub - i have a... 
Cary tubes?
i found the cary pre extremely neutral, tight & fast - not at *all* tubey. but, this was in direct comparison w/the rogue 99, which was *very* coloured, imho... amplification was a pair of electrocompaniet amps im biamped mode, driving meret r... 
Cary tubes?
i had a cary slp98 pre for a while, & it was wery nice - better than the magnum version of the rogue 99. customer service is also excellent. but, my current melos music director is in another league altogether than the cary.re: the cary amp, i... 
CDP suggestions for bright system?
redkiwi,i can't disagree w/what yure saying, but if widener's only source is cd, then i tink he's kinda stuck, cuz his amplification & speakers are ackshully quite good, at their price-points in terms of sound-quality & neutrality, imho...... 
CDP suggestions for bright system?
hi redkiwi, i generally agree w/ewe in trying to seek neutrality - not trying to balance a bright component w/a dull one, etc. however, in the case of digital hardware, the only way to awoid this, is to stop using cd's, imho... ;~) this, obviously... 
Best complete turntable set-up for 500
i agree w/everything said here so far, but i must weigh-in especially on the side of buying used - ewe will get an order of magnitude better going used at this price-range, imho... 
Acoustic Energy AE 1 s
i am partial to electrocompaniet for solid-state amps - yust happen to have an aw100 f/s too... ;~) 100wpc into 8 ohms, 190 into 4 ohms, class-a, >80 amps current. selling cuz it ain't bridgeable, & i am going to run a pair of electro amps ... 
CDP suggestions for bright system?
i'd recommend one-o-dem cheap tube buffer stages like the ase z-man, or a similar musical-fidelity unit - dunno its model #. i have an ase z-man that served me well until a melos tube preamp made it unnecessary. still kepin' it for a second system... 
Best Balanced and singal ended pre-amp?
melos ma-333/music director had units w/both balanced & single-ended - at least mine does. remote control for wolume-n-balance, too... excellent sound, awailable used (w/o fono) for $2k or less... fono was awailable in a 3rd chassis...btw, i'd... 
Preamp with Remote ?
streetman, my melos has a remote - dunno if it can be updated. call melos audio restorations in las vegas, nv. tell brant i sent ya