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Need Advice on a Low End CD Player Giant Killer
the Nakamichi Music Bank multidisc system is best I have heard, As implemented by McIntosh Labs in the MCD 205 
@inna Tell me your speakers and I'll tell you who you are
Fun thread for sure....Vandersteen 7 Mk2 in Audi Phantom Black PearlRalph my moniker takes some fishing about to deciper...but as some think ( wrongly ) I must be named Tom....Jim 
Best Footers for DAC?
HRSthey some with high end Aesthetix DACdid wonders under my NAIM u-serve 
Vandersteen Treo CT vs Mag 3.7i speakers
get both....Vandersteen 7 in my main listening room and a pair of Apogee Stage on sound anchors in my hunting/fishing therapy / work room vintage museum.....yes they really are apples and oranges.... 
Vandersteen Treo CT vs Mag 3.7i speakers
get both....Vandersteen 7 in my main listening room and a pair of Apogee Stage on sound anchors in my hunting/fishing therapy / work room vintage museum.....yes they really are apples and oranges.... 
Charley Hansen (Ayre) Passed Away
a man of true and deep principlehe will be missedthere is no negative feedback in heaven, so he shall be hailed there also as a visionaryi certainly held his work in high regard and owned some of his reference and then R-Twenty gear over the years... 
Shahinian Obelisk vs VandersteenTreo
certainly visually stunning !!!!! 
Shahinian Obelisk vs VandersteenTreo
that link takes me right to Manaforts lawyer.... just kiddingi like your attitudes about not  having an understudy visible and yet waiting in the wings... so i have a vintage room system where i keep the backups - its really is a work room.... 
Cartridges: Complete Scam?
Why waste time with this guy ?he clearly has no relationship with a decent dealer who in an hour or so with his table could show him what a better cartridge could do in his system.... or notbut then it would be solved for HIMgoing to be a rough pl... 
Shahinian Obelisk vs VandersteenTreo
gdnr.....leave the mxr on ! they take quite a bit to really warm up and bloombut i can assure you they are very very goodi first heard them driving model 7 at RV’s 
PSE Studio V acquisition
Dean is still around in the scene, he detail designed some of the revolutionary Vandersteen M7-HPA amplifiers in intense collaboration with Richardand yes the PSE stuff was and is fantastic ! 
Shahinian Obelisk vs VandersteenTreo
i ran my 5a with Mac 202, then Ayre VX-R, then got 7, then upgraded to VX-R Twenty, traded that in on Vandersteen Monoblocks.i will say that i have heard Quattro really sing on Ayre, Quicksilver, VTL, Aesthetix, ARC and Atmosphere amps...with the ... 
Shahinian Obelisk vs VandersteenTreo
bummer on the waitgood that RV can rebuild.... i forgot to ask him about this yesterday...silver lining - me personally i would take this , golden opportunity to get that second set of nice backup speakers..my list in descending order:7 mk2Apogee ... 
Recommendations
try a pair of Vandersteen 2 with a low pass filter to emiminate the small room gain 
Shahinian Obelisk vs VandersteenTreo
IF they are same spikes as 5a they are very nice and IMO very reasonably priced for audio jewelry- i bought 6 when i made maple amp stands for my Vintage Mac gear to bi-amp my Apogee Stages..you can bet that was a very interesting conversation wit...