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Speakers with Rotel amp
What are you using for a cd player.I still think you need to revisit you amps.What are your present speakers. 
Speakers with Rotel amp
Start with the amps.I am not a fan of Rotel.Mi FI at best.The fatigue is painfullafter a short listen.Made in China.I am sorry not much will sound good with the Rotel.The guy with the Radio Shack comment was not far off.The AMP are not very good. 
Help! Need tube preamp to finish system.
My response was geared at sedond.Marchman pop in a rouge you have a real system not a toy like Sedond has.This guys an idiot.He has adcom for amps and is spending 2500.00 on a pre.Go figure 
Help! Need tube preamp to finish system.
Your problem is with the Adcom Midfi at best.I suggest you get a HI FI amp and then you might get some of what your looking for.The Rogue would be just fine if it had an amp to feed its signle to.Get yourself a new amp yu will later regret the sel... 
integrated amps
Rouge Audio Tempest.If its half as good as the other Rogue products its a sure winner. 
Inteligent high end cableing
The fact that a 299.00 cable sounds better than a 1200.00 Wireworld Eclipse III is not subjective to ones taste.it flat sound outright better.I have a friend who has over 100K in a sytem and he put in the 299.00 Line level interconnect because it ... 
Processor only - No preamp?
Buy an inexpensive decoder only.Luxman f-116 can be had for 100.00.Its all you need.You have the right idea.Sit back.HDTV is comming in 3/4 years.its already hear but every broadcastor will be broadcasting in HDTV by 2004.Its worth the wait.You wi... 
Inteligent high end cableing
One more thing.The Coincident Super Eclipse will trounce the Puppys and the Avalon.Not a brag a fact. 
Inteligent high end cableing
i have spent many hours listing to different calbes.I have listened to JPS,Audioquest,Wireworld,Tara labs,MIT garbage,Nordst crap.The best interconnect I have heard is from a small Canadian Speaker Mfg.Coincident Speaker Technology.299.00 for a 1M... 
Revel VS Avalon
I have heard both.Neither is the best I have ever heard.Not bad but not the best.Spending large sums gets you braging rights not allways the best sound. 
Marantz or Denon receiver ?
Go with the Marantz.I have a Sr 880.Its a great unit for Home Theater. 
Best CD/DVD cleaners & tweaks?
The auric Iluminator.Email me if interested.I have access to it a a good price. 
Best Cables For Thiel+Classe
Coincident CST I.Best you can buy.Only 299.00 dont let price fool you. 
Tube advice
I have just replaced my Valvo ECC88 with a siemens 7308/Ecc188.The improvment was fantastic.I swapped it out and latter that day the wife sat down to listen to some tunes.She looked at me and said,how much cash did you drop.The sytem sounds amazin... 
Diy "recepies" for speaker wire anyone?
If you use good quality wire.Copper conductors teflon dialectric with a good copper shield.This is the basis for a good cable.They will sound as good as some of the very expensive cables.Cost has no bearing.There are some 1k cables out there that ...