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Beginning the Analog Adventure
Thank you all for your responses...definetely will take your advice and chill on purchasing new equipment for awhile. as for the DIY projects where can I find plans to build my own phonostage and RCM? I can hold my own with a soldering iron and ha... 
Speaker upgrade
the new ML summits retail at 10,000 my friend's dad loves hisI have spent some time listening to the 803d's which sound great, and a little birdie told me that they are selling better than the new 802d's 
Processor hunt....does this animal exist??
What about looking for a Krell HTS2, not the current 7.1 but the 5.1 previous model, the sound is very good, and you can pick one up for around 3 grand or under. I replaced my stereo preamp and separat processor combination for this unit alone and... 
Best Preamp for under $1750.00
Another preamp to look at is the Adcom GFP-750. It retails new for well under $1750 and can be found for much less used. For the money it is a very good preamp which offers both passive and active operation. 
CD players in $2K range with balanced output
hey, thanks for all the advice, just a little twist on the question: if my friend's system is all moon (p-5 and w-6's) how would that change your advice, or would it?thanks again 
CD players in $2K range with balanced output
yeah so basically this is an afterthought question to see what else is out there for a friend, probably a year ago I picked up a krell KAV 280 cd player for about 2 grand. I auditioned it against all the cary models, the classe cdp 10. I really lo...