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Audio Aero Prima Dac
Yes, it is. Try doing a search is discussion forums on Audio Aero. Decide for yourself. 
Anyone still do insightful or intelligent lyrics?
Gumbei: wow; many of your posts are always worth checking out. You, and Sean and TWl and a few others are a great way to start a thread mid-way through it.Considering the thread's topic, well done!....again.Oh yeah, Sting still and has always writ... 
Digital Front End: Critical Listening
This really is the law of diminishing returns. The jump from an off-the-shelf Radio Shack player to Marantz is more than worth the differance in cost.But, having made that jump, is the differance between your Marantz and 'high end' worth the extra... 
MSB Platinum CD II vs. Audio Aero Capitol MkII
I would not ever say my AA CD player sounds 'boomy' Perhaps the opposite is true. I did get a chance to listen the MSB Platinum but the circumstances did not make for a good comparison. The vendor was using a solid state amp and the speakers were ... 
Tube Research Labs multi channel preamp
Tube research has an excellent rating. If you can swing the bucks, go for it. 
Favorite all-in-one remote control?
Hey Neil; wow. Here comes the shot-gun marriage with computers and lots of us Audiophiles. Great post. Just wish I could understand it. 
would this Deter you from buying used gear????
This has been a fun thread. Thank you Goodbits for bringing it back around so that we can enjoy the 'B' side.I get the feeling that lots of folks who think insurance will cover theft have not asked their insurance agent about this. I was going to ... 
4 meter component video cables, what's good?
check out www.fatwyr.com they will build you what you want. Also, the folks ar Verrstar have really good High Definition component cable and will build to suite. 
Website to buy SACD
www.sa-cd.net is good, I agree with Sogood. 
Please explain balanced outputs
When both sides are balanced this is the better route. Swampwalker is correct that many amps might have XLR inputs but they are still unbalanced and a special circuit will compensate. When this is the case, use unbalanced. 
Connect my McIntosh to what???
I would never use a switch in the back of one component for one amp, much less two amps. I think two of them would draw too much power.Also, I am a believer in plugging amps into seperate circuits than CD players, preamps, etc. While this is not a... 
Help with Scaler / Line doubler for HT setup
Go to www.avsforum.com.This other web page is a bit cumbersome---compared to Audiogon---but it does serve it's purpose.Good Luck! 
Help Converting Cat 5 to component video and Audio
Are you sure you want to use Cat 5 for audio? If you are running your own wire, there are better choices, especially with video. 
z squared any good?
I won an auction a while back and I now have three pair of them. I did search the re-sale market and I was confident that I could sell them for much what I paid for them. I am keeping them. They really do sound good. They do require some break-in ... 
Review: VeraStarr 1m Silver Reference Interconnect Interconnect
I picked up a set of High Definition video cables from them a while back. I don't think I will be looking to 'upgrade', these are all I need.