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Home Theater IMAX Experience w/ A Robinson-Youtube
"My personal experience, over years of playing with this stuff, is that building a top flight system takes quite a bit more meticulous effort to achieve a quality final product, and that there's a right and wrong way to do things for best results,... 
Set-Up Advice for Vandersteen 1Cs
"I have been looking at the amps from china and one big question is how low powered can I go on these?"Pretty much as low as you want. The 1C's are very easy to drive. You would have no problem with a well made 20-30 watt/channel tube amp as long ... 
Advice on System Synergy
Can you give an example of some of the recordings? Also, what kind of music is it? 
DAC help For my tube rig
These are all good choices but you need to have some input here. Its no different than the process you went about when selecting your Shindo/DeVore combo (and an excellent combo it is). For me, I love Ayre and wouldn't hesitate to buy a QB-9. But ... 
Need "warm" interconnects advice
I told you. 
Home Theater IMAX Experience w/ A Robinson-Youtube
"I do find some of his recommendations interesting, but most of the time he demonstrates and suggests that all of this is, ultimately, "left up to your ideas, choices, and interpretations as what choices you make, equipment options and choices you... 
Need "warm" interconnects advice
I bet that if someone made a $64,000 pair of cables, someone would buy them. 
Recommendations for CL rated speaker cable
I didn't mean to suggest Blue Jeans was not good in any way. I buy my cables from Cable Co. They're just a retailer as well. I was only curious."As part of my audio evolution, I quit spending money on audiophile cables years ago. This was a practi... 
Set-Up Advice for Vandersteen 1Cs
"The issue with this is that some of the components on the video side do not have seperate audio/video cables. They have HDMI output only. I'm trying to find a solution for that that gets the HDMI passed through to the TV and the audio to the amp ... 
Set-Up Advice for Vandersteen 1Cs
"I'm not sure I understand. I don't want multichannel. I just want 2 channel, but I do want to get the audio from my video devices to my system because I definitely won't have space for two systems and I don't want to purchase a sound bar or just ... 
Set-Up Advice for Vandersteen 1Cs
If the speakers are in good shape and came with the bases, you got a very good deal. I sold mine a few years ago and got over $500 plus shipping. Just follow the setup instructions in the manual and you should have no problems getting great sound.... 
Wilson Audio Sasha 2 & Avalon Indra
If these speakers are for you, the only answer that matters is yours. 
Need "warm" interconnects advice
How do you tell if a cable is neutral? 
Recommendations for CL rated speaker cable
"05-08-14: Bob_reynoldsI second the Blue Jeans /Belden suggestion. They've been my cable source for many years."Does Blue Jeans actually make their cables or are they just a retailer that buys bulk from companies like Belden and cuts them to whate... 
$6000 budget question
"I rarely get imaging beyond my speakers, and I think it's highly dependent on the recording, if the lights are on, if I'm wearing my glasses and if I've had some wine/bourbon/scotch"The electronics play a big part in that. Imaging beyond the spea...