twoleftears

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CD Transports
Word to the wise: Audiolab. 
Classical Music for Aficionados
I just saw that Steven Hough had come out with a new disc of Brahms 116, 117, 118 & 119.Anyone heard it?Any thoughts on it--or some other cherished version--vs. the great Lupu? 
cable connection
Assuming interconnects are currently identical, then between CD and preamp (here the Linn principle would apply). 
Help me choose an integrated tube amp? OR separates
I don't know if one of the various Raven models fulfills all of your wish-list, but I'd certainly start with a careful study of their website. 
Help with upgrade bug...
New CD player and acoustic treatment of room will do the trick.  Keep the Forests. 
Anyway to use the DAC in an integrated cd player with an outboard transport?
Does the component have a digitial input or inputs?  A quick check on the unit will tell you.  If so, connect transport to input, and CD player normally out to preamp/integrated.Luxmans certainly have this feature, and some other makes/models too,... 
McIntosh, your experience?
If you have a rowboat, and over the years you gradually replace each and every piece of wood that the boat is made of, at the end of that process, is it the same rowboat?If you have an audio company where all the original principals retired, other... 
Wanted: Lightweight Krell KSA-100 Clone????
If the clone is anything like what a clone should be, it's not going to be lightweight.  Mutually exclusive.  You'll have to rethink or buy a handtruck. 
New integrated amp
Call Johnny Rutan at Audio Connection in New Jersey.All indications are that the Virtuoso really is available now.David Belles has been building up to this over a long and distinguished career of products. 
Tweaks that work? (yes very subjective topic)
Absolutely best tweak ever: save up all the money you would have spent on a dozen or more tweaky products, some inexpensive, some not, and then use it to upgrade a component in your system, or to pay for room acoustic treatment. 
Best small, desktop speakers, $500 or under (new or used)
Another +1 for AudioEngine. 
IsoAcoustics GAIA footers: impressions
I agree that this is a topic insufficiently explored.It would seem to make sense that if the speakers are tightly connected/coupled with the tops of the stands, using Gaias on the bottom of the stands should work.On the other hand, if you put Orea... 
High end units in the U.S. market that are not black?
Instead, can we just list the makers that offer silver or champagne in other parts of the world, but only (on some products at least) black in the U.S.?Marantz, Denon.Any others? 
Directionality Explained
Do herringbone wires sound better than chevron wires or vice versa? 
What Do You Think . . . and How Does It Work?
When he starts referring to himself in the third person you know you've got trouble.