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Help Me select Mini
How do I tell which mini I have...? About this computer doesn't tell you anything about year...ThanksTony 
My Audible Illusions Modulus 3B arrived
Glad to hear it! I've been loving mine with the MC phono board for some time now. Arts a hoot, glad to see he is still at.Tony 
Cables for Dynaudio C1 Sig
Crimson Music Link. I use them all around and was smoked when they replaced HT pro9+'s on my Special 25's.... I also use them on my Marten Dukes. Try them, and you'll never swap cables again. 
VPI Aries owners
+1 for the Black diamond Racing pucks package made for the Aries table and motor. 
Review: Dynaudio Special Twenty-Five Monitor
Congrats... The Special 25 are a great all round speaker. I've owned mine for over ten years and although they are now in a second (bedroom) system I still think they are a great value for the money.One cheap tweak you may want to consider is how ... 
iPad as a music server?
Depending on the power requirements you may need to use a powered hub to get things right... iPad -> USB hub-> USB dac. 
Mac sound quality
The optical out on the Mac isn't the best way to go. Rather then spend a lot, I went with a M2Tech hiface with the BNC fitting. I run that from a powered hub, and use a apogee BNC cable to the Levinson. Use one of the many software players and it ... 
List of tube integrateds with headphone out
Add the VTL IT-85 to your list... it's a solid all-round performer. Tony 
a better digital front
The single most dramatic change I made was upgrading wires! Google "crimson r.m. Music-link". Start with the speaker cables, and then change out every interconnect. They take some breaking in but you will be amazed by the performance of these litt... 
Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever?
Wow did you guy's ever loss me... But it gives me something to learn about.Tony 
Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever?
Wow did you guy's ever loss me... But it gives me something to learn about.Tony 
Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever?
WTF... Is all this about short single ended interconnects.I'm running 6 meters (18 feet) of Crimson cable from my BENT NOH Passive to vintage VTL Compact 100's without any problems. And unlike the Lightspeed the Bent (using S&B 102 mkII) has 6... 
Best Sounding Passive Preamp
An Axiom from Luminous audio... You can't go wrong at that price it's a no brainer. Great to have as back-up.Tony 
Digitalmeisters - Thoughts on Olive.....
Dedicated Mac Mini is the way to go as long as you don't start a "Mac Mini - Best Server Ever" thread... LOL 
Levinson 360 vs Benchmark
I can't comment on the Benchmark, but you'll have to pull my Levinson 360s out of my cold dead hands, before I let that baby go...It just does everything right.Tony