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PS Audio PP300 works great, but......
From my experience power cords make bigger difference then power conditioner. However, if you feel you done with power cords one possible way to bring your PS300 to life is give it better power cord. With you (correct) demend for high fidelity to ... 
Adcom Amps modified by Stan Warren
Yep!!! 
The best CD Player for the money
Sony 9000ES needs 100-200 hours to break-in. After that it shows much superior midrange and bottom then Sony 777ES or SC-1, particularly piano (I am pianist by education) and voice! Cost, new around $1,100 while 777 cost is around $1,500. Second, ... 
Cheap SACD Player or wait for DVD Audio?
i owned expensive SACD and now "cheap" one 9000ES Sony (I paid $1,075). To begin with, its bass and midrange are much improved, highs can be imroved as well (need to elliminate junky 50kHz low pass filter, there are, indeed about 200 titles: class... 
Power cord or conditioner for ARC VT100?
As a rule, the most "bang for a buck" is instalation of dedicated power lines. Next, is power cord and finally, power conditioner. For ARC 100 try Marigo Ultra II or muchbetter Electraglide COPPER (not silver) Fatboy. 
Sonus GP VS Vienna Mozart
Mozart, if you can afford then next in line for better bass 
Magic with Magneplanars?
High resolution powerful tube amps are great match with these brand of speakers. Matching solid state with tube amps is dangerous. You may easily break cohirence. Next, you said you are thinking of upgrading to SACD. Your speakers are hi-rez, they... 
Uno Owners-Which speaker cable ?
To Shoemaker: What amp(s) and speaker cables are you using? 
Sony SCD777-ES Custom output setting
Agrre with Jtinn, exeptone point. Your tweeters are in danger as well. Simple physics. You can heat them and smoke them. Call to your Speaker manufacturer. Another point, many miss on this one. If one of your front component(pre/power amps and spe... 
MIT Tube Cables and Solid State Amps?
Miss this good deal. I owned MIT Tube interconnects and speaker cable, they are COLORED; they sweet (overly, of course) and ameliorate solid state drek (ass oppose to solid state good, neutral staff). You don't have to pay a lot for the good cable... 
B&W N804 System Upgrade - Cary CD?
Everything starts in thr source "garbage in - garbage out". The SACD will bring you into enrirely different world. Much much better then vinil, better then DVD-AUDIO, second only to real-life event. I owned 777ES and now own 9000ES. The later one ... 
Shipping hassles with FEDEX
I experienced myself, heard and read horror stories about UPS. Here, more horror stories about FedEx. I have so far, good history with USPS. But I did not have any vlaims yest... Does anyone knows good shipping company? 
Adcom Mods by Supermod.
I can repeat word in word that Ehider stated. Stan Warren is one of the best Audio designers and innovaters in this country. I would add also, that speaking with Stan give me increadible educational experience. I am sending him next Tuesday Sony 9... 
Whats the best and quietest 12AX7 tube
Telefunken 12AX7 are the best. The best for money are Ei Yugo 12AX7. I had ones selected by Ken Stevens of CAT...quit, musical, involving etc 
Power Cord comparsion
Electraglide, lately, introduced some copper (conductors) power cords (Fatman etc). Much better then their silver ones. Worth auditioning.