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Viking Acoustic L'Instrument Grande Voix First Impressions
Congrats Will on putting together your dream system. Enjoyed hearing about each step of your audio journey as well as your journey through your health issues. Now it’s time to sit back and enjoy the music. I wonder how your system would sound with... 
Transports
Found one much cheaper. These are hard to find and I think no longer in production. Just wanted to know if anyone has the combo and can tell me what sonic benefits they experienced. 
Tubed Preamp recommendations?
Having owned two Audible Illusions preamps, I would strongly recommend them. You can’t beat the performance or the price. I think ones currently for sale on Audiogon for $1950. 
Looking for a speaker cable with a relaxed sound.
I’m ready for the haters, but one of my favorite speaker cables that did pretty much everything right and, had a nice slightly warm sound to them is the Cardas Clear Reflection. 
Package Lost in US Customs
I responded to a post recently regarding FedEx and a similar problem. Luckily, I was able to go to the hub and retrieve it. The funny thing is FedEx didn’t have any records of me picking up the 110lb package, and called me over a month later advis... 
Class-D recommendation
Currently I’m checking out a Class D amp. I have been reading some pretty impressive reviews on the Merrill Veritas Monoblocks. 
Interesting Fed Ex encounter...
I had a similar situation. FedEx lost a preamp that was very expensive. It was shipped in a 110lb crate. I’ll give you the short story. The crate should’ve arrived in two days, after 6 days tracking showed it was on its way back to the city it was... 
seeking recommendations for a preamp
There’s a refurbished Audible Illusions M3b on US Audiomart for $2400. I currently have one and it’s hard to beat especially at that price. It also has a phonostage. 
MHDT Orchid or Lampizator Amber 3?
I was about to ask a similar question. I was told that I should use the Amber 3 with volume controls as a dac for my CD player and also as a preamp. I’m curious as to how the Amber 3 would perform as a preamp. I currently use the Audible Illusions... 
Recommendation for an audiophile speaker cord that is not "bright"?
I would also agree with those that recommended the Cardas Clear Reflection. I auditioned them against some speaker cables that I thought for sure would blow them away, but they ended up bettering them.  Not overly warm, and not bright at all, for ... 
Daedalus Ulysses
If anyone is looking to purchase a pair of Daedalus Ulysses speakers someone on UsMart is selling for $6500. You can get the final v2 upgrade for $2500 and pretty much have a $20k pair of speakers for $9k. Just wanted to put that out there. 
Buyer is claiming damage that was done by him!
Just a question for edkc1 since you have Fedex experience, if the boxes were damaged to the point of being opened would fedex document this, especially since it’s an insured item. 
Jay's Audio CDT2-MK2
Sorry I just read all the prior post and they answered my question. 
Jay's Audio CDT2-MK2
I hope I don’t sound too ignorant about high end components, but I’m confused about the cdt2-mk2. I’m confused as to whether it’s just a transport or is it a stand a lone CD player. If it’s a transport only what quality dac are people using to get...