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California Audio Labs CL 2500 MCA Thoughts???
Stay as far away from CAL as possible. Their equipment sounds good, but it had and has frequent reliabilty issues...take it from someone who has owned their products and been burned.  
Solid state to tube
Cannot say enough good things about Quicksilver. I own Mono120s using KT120s and drive them with either his Line Preamp (6922 version) or my AI M3B, and this is an end game set up for me, period. The power, dynamics, and naturalness of instrumenta... 
Roger Waters Live Last Night in Glendale,AZ
Huge Floyd fan here, but ZERO time for Roger Waters. To answer his "Is anybody listening?" question from The Wall, the big fat answer is "Not to you they are not."  
Post binding for crude tone control
I hate to break it to you, but if a speaker is inherently too hot on top, it is a losing battle trying to change that, as you are attempting to change its core voicing. No amount of cable swapping, binding post configurations, or EQing will solve ... 
South Florida
Criminal housing costs in South Florida mean no one can afford to eat...forget hi-end.  
Audible Illusions M3A preamp just stopped outputting any signal
That's definitely odd. Yes, check all of the obvious culprits first, but if you know it's the AI, my advice is get it checked by someone other than AI. You can get it repaired quicker and for less.  
What are/were the best sounding cheap components you have ever had?
NAD 7225PE 25W receiver I used from 1991 to 2015...beautiful sounding and the most reliable component I've ever owned. It remained powered on for years (no kidding) with not one hiccup.  
Interested in your experience/opinions on the best from Nelson Pass
First Watt M2...absolutely wonderful amp that does everything right. Wouldn't sell it even if I was living in a van down by the river.  
Large amp fan for Classe CAV150
Yes, you are killing your amps doing this... bad idea dude.  
The new dynamic in speaker pricing
These manufacturers know that the people who pay these exhorbitant amounts are almost never audiophiles. They also know these buyers are the most easily sold a bill of goods in terms of value. I saw this ALL the time when I worked in audio...guys ... 
Speakers known for great midrange.
Spendor 1/2s without a doubt...insanely musical and "right" sounding. That's why I own 2 pair and will never ever sell them.  
The worst sentence in audio writing
And for the love of god, AG, can you please delete Tubebuffer's posts... Please?  
The worst sentence in audio writing
I agree that detail retrieval does not have to be at the expense of a certain frequency band, but I also agree that the ol' "could not believe the crazy new detail" sentence is just lazy writing. Reviewers who are also good writers take the time a... 
Need suggestions: High pitched female singers
Mariah Carey. I used to have a lot of nice crystal, but no more.  
Dynaudio - Made in China vs Denmark
Chill out, dude...Dynaudio isn't going to manufacture sub-par crap, whether it's made by Danes or the Chinese. Trust your fellow human beings to make a good product.