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The best CD Player for the money i dont know that its the best for the money, but i just went from the cambridge audio 640c to a b stock cairn fogv2 with upsampling option and am very happy with the results.they . . .	729
Coping in an Age of Uncertainty i almost plunged for sacd. but ultimatly went for upsampled redbook. bottom line ,ive got hundreds of cd;s and one double format sacd that sounds pretty darn good in 2 channel . . .	188
Best Rock Albums in 2009, so far neko case middle cyclone	106
cable doubter no more agreed, im just very happy with the improvement, and im really probably in the same price range, if one were to pay full retail. one thing that they did other than sound so much . . .	75
Favorite Speakers at RMAF i thought one of the better sounding speakers there , were a brand called AYRA by raidho acoustics, pretty expensive stuff, but a top rate presentation of music played through some. . .	67
Report from Rocky Mountain AudioFest i thought the best sounding rooms were the mbl, and the wilson audio powerd with bat. a little disappointed in some of the little hotel rooms, thought it made for terrible . . .	45
"S" shaped tonearm ? great answers! it seems to me denon offered one of there older high end tables with interchangable arms both straight and S shaped.the 60L ? i dont recall but does anyone recall . . .	38
Do all good interconnects sound the same? of coarse they will sound different. i went from ps audio copper, to dh labs silver. both well designed, both similar in price, two completely different sounding cables	37
Classic records reissue - very disappointing ive found its hit or miss with most new records, with a few exeptions, RTI has been very good, and the niel young , and neko case albums have great sound quality. i posted about . . .	32
Lp's you'd like to see remastered pink floyd - the wall	32
cable upgrades , real or rip off i thank you all for the advice, im still not sold but will probably end up trying it out if possible before buying. thanks again	32
Been listening to The Beatles ... Tpreaves, i had the same feelings as toward the early stuff, but i bought the box set and have been listening , and i must say the early stuff has impressed me alot. just one . . .	31
Integrated amp reccomendations the cairn 4808 is an excelent integrated .sam tellig of stereophile gave a class a . alan at audiowaves is closing them out for 995.00 . it was money well spent for me. i wrote a . . .	30
Record Cleaners / RCMs if you want to go cheap, i recently purchased the " spin clean record cleaner" its a manual tub with a couple of brushes in it. very low tech. but effective. it set me. . .	29
CDP Upgrade i just went from cambridge audio 640c to the cairn fog v2 with upsampling to 192, it sounds fantastic but must say the controls are quirky and not that user friendly. but the sound. . .	29
Neutral Sounding Silver Cables? analysis plus	24
analog vs. digital better ? or just different my question was raised mostly because ill read a guy like mike fremmer who will say his listening to a 500.00 analog set-up blows away just about anything digital out there. and im. . .	22
Sonus Faber Cremona vs. Cremona M again, I know i have the original cremonas, ayre gear. last year i swithched to the analysis plus silver ovals. that seem to balance things out. lots of detail but still smooth. very happy with . . .	21
pro-ject speed box 2 , all they say it is ? thanks for the excelent input, it does seem worth a try. ill post my results soon	21
Ac cords or power conditioning first? i dont have any exp. with other mfgs. but i started with a ps audio power director, then moved on to cords , most recently the perfect wave line, and ran that through a power port . . .	20
Synergy i to believe in the like brand synergy thing. there is something to it. i think mostly what happens , using myself as an example. i had a matching pre, amp , and cd player. wanting. . .	19
Ayre vs Primare while not familiar with primare, i can say that i got into ayre seperates about a year and a half ago. i am very satisfied with ayre. i also recently sent in my preamp for the MP . . .	18
Good USED Speaker Cable Choices for $300-$500 ? i recently switched from analysis plus oval 9 to there big silver oval. for my system it was the right choice, big time. however for what it sounds like your trying to do , the . . .	18
Balanced outputs vs balanced design im wondering if a set-up offers single ended and balanced ins and outs can it be fully balanced? my reason for asking is i have a cairn nitro pre and ko2 amp with a fog 3 cd player. . .	17
My last pre-amp, Rowland Capri or Ayre K5xe ? i'll second the ayre. own a k5xemp with matching amp.happy as can be. good luck	15
Amp for Sonus Faber Cremona - old model hello, currently using ayre V-5xe amp and K-5xemp pre. with original cremona's, as i type this, the sound would be the best ive ever owned. [ not that ive owned alot ] but for the. . .	13
ayre K-5xe anyone tried the mp upgrade pinkus is correct, i will get this done , probably after the holidays, and will post the results	13
am i done ? i may try the cardas between amp and preamp,if i find a set at a price. but as i sit here listening to a sacd of elton johns tumbleweed connection, im pretty taken. yes it is an . . .	10
Polk LSi 15's ive had a pair of lsi-15's for about a year now and would agree that there are better speakers out there just not any that i know of at there price. ive been very satisfied with . . .	10
Best amp for Polk LSi15 back when had them i had a denon amp pushing them , and remeber being pretty happy with the sound	7
Classe vs Moon audio vs Ayre vs Pass probably more like praise of ayre than comparison to others, but i lusted after a W-7 simaudio for awhile, only demo at the dealer. thought the sound was awsome at the dealer, but . . .	6
RMAF and VTL i also heard the vtl avalon room with ayre digital as the source very good sounding room , one of the best at the show. how much was due to vtl ? such is the situation at such a . . .	6
integrated as a preamp my speakers jrwdo have 2 sets of posts but wont that short change the ones not hooked to the new better sounding class A amp	5
distortion at the end of record thanks for the great advise, ill try it out and see where it goes. thanks again jim	5
specification help thanks for the input.very useful	4
Sonus Faber Amati Homage Vs B & W 802d i found the sonus faber a superior speaker, with in store auditions. ended up with cremonas due to the lack of funds . have also spoke with a few people that have come to the same . . .	3
ayre V-5xe or Bel Canto ref500m currenly running the v-5xe with sonus faber cremonas, i find the bass to be great, not familiar with vonschweikert	2
Simaudio Moon Nova vs. Simaudio CD5.3X im unsure if the 5.3 is a fully balanced unit, if it is then yes its money well spent. if its just an option for xlr cables , then not so much	2
Compare BAT VK-600 against Audia Flight 100 i have not had experience with the gear youve listed, but i do believe that like branded product synergy is real and should be considered, as the designer looks at the sound of . . .	2
Queen II Reissue Hollywood Records i just picked up a copy. not the cleanest recording, slower passages definatly sound better than the harder rocking ones. i dont know about unlistenable, but it certainly could . . .	2
silver IC's placement well after trying one set, i was so happy i broke down and bought the other, i couldnt be happier. i got just what i asked for in terms of a more open and revealing sound. i think . . .	2
RMAF and Odyssey i gave there room a listen, and was very impressed. cant recall what speakers they were using, after listening to different rooms on and off for six hours. i forgot alot, but they . . .	2