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Sending a 110 lb amp to the manufacturer for cleaning/calibration. Good idea? How to ship?
+1 nonoiseLMAO 
Small Footprint SS Power Amps
small and very good sounding, and a bargain at $875https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisaa033-audio-alchemy-dpa-1-stereo-amplifier-solid-state 
Why not more popular?
I owned quite a few floor standing monkey coffins/box speakers including; Nearfield Pipedream (10K prototypes), Genesis Vs (HPs personal pair), Usher 6371s... and before all of those, Accoustat 2+2s with upgraded servo ampsand after the monkey cof... 
What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report
John Denver Live in Australia 
What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report
Jackson Browne Solos Live Vol #1 
Pioneer Elite PD65 classic CD player
My PD65 was modified by Musical Concepts including outboard power supply. The laser died and are no longer made. You are welcome to it for parts and possible use of the power supply. Just cover shipping 
Switching to battery power
Yeti, but they are 'relatively' expensive, but provides a pure sine-wave  
Your advice needed, speakers to buy $8K to $13K
Most every speaker mentioned are unduly/unwieldy heavy. I offer you Emerald Physics OB (I have 3.4s). There's a couple models available right now in AGon ads. Both had an MSRP in ~ $10K range, but now available < $3K 
All things being equal (hypothetical) which do you prefer, XLR or RCA?
Simply stated differential balanced means no signals are on the same boards, which 100% eliminates cross talk. Anything less, should NOT be considered Hi-End 
What do you have on order RIGHT NOW.
elliot, if it has the stock oem power supply, believe me, you haven’t heard it yet. Go to ebay. The person I bought my LPM (Linear Power Module) from had very detailed pics that helped me buy it. Pretty simple, but time consuming. Also get the Rho... 
What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report
Ella Fitzgerald Sings Cole Porter Verve 
Definitely lonely to be an audiophile
not many audiophiles around me that I know of. Most non-phile guests I invite over can't shut up and listen 
Amp with best bass control
A powerful class D amp based on IcePower AS1200 module. They come up very reasonably priced in the classifieds. See MerrillOf course if you still think you have to spend big money then the Rowland class Dhth 
Schiit Urd CD Transport vs Marantz CD6007 Player
@audioguyI too have a HD CD-1, extremely well built and handsome. Even more-so is the white version which is/was only available in AsiaI bought it after my Musical Concepts moded Pioneer PD 65 Stable platter player (used as a transport) finally di... 
"Mytek Empire monoblock power amps, with GaN based technology."
GFiAsk to have Tammy contact you. She is the one who authorized taking down my thread about the EVS 1200 after Ric asked that I take it down as he was no longer physically capable of continuing to make them