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Dynaudio - Made in China vs Denmark
I've been kind of speaker shopping.  The first thing on my list is not MIC.  As someone mentioned, they are not a civilized country to buy from.  Between their complete disregard of intellectual property rights and outright theft of them.  I was i... 
iPad directly into Amp - okay idea? or bad idea?
I run an iPod into my preamp using a dock.  Funny how much listening I do with it.  Sound is quite good, but check out the sound settings in the menu to make sure any eq setting is turned off.   
Has anyone else auditioned something that really was terrible?
Been a few things.  VACs integrated, the early version.  We got it shipped in straight from the fairly positive Stereophile review. We assumed the best, told them it was broke and sent it back.  They replaced a resistor, a couple of caps and a tub... 
What are the best speakers you have ever owned and why?
There is no way to say how many pieces of gear have flowed through my system.  Literally dozens of speakers.  At times, like now, I have multiple pairs around.  But, here goes.  Non-descript store brand speakers.Magnepan 2.5RJBL L-1JBL XPL-90Audio... 
bose 1801 amplifier
Wasn't the 901 amp built with the eq built in and not defeatable?  If so, not suitable for normal speakers, as was already mentioned, and only the initial sealed versions.  To get the 901 to function, you need a massive "disco smile" EQ curve, sin...