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Some Musical Truths
"...God must be a boogie man..."Joni Mitchell 
'Goner thoughts on potential compatability issue?
You've got a point, Elizabeth. Thanks all. 
Recordings with BASS
This is incredible for bass-testing or simply listening:Artist: Anouar Brahen. Recording: The Astounding Eyes of Rita. Anouar plays the oud; Klaus Gesing,bass clarinet; Björn Meyer, bass; Khaled Yassine, drums of various tpes. I stumbled across th... 
What is your favorite 1 hit wonder from the 70's?
Brandy (You're A Fine Girl) by Looking Glass 
Work a nice tube integrated amp into my system?
Tom, Thanks so much for sharing the demo experience. The Unison does sound like a nice match! Unfortunately finances dictate that I hold off on buying right immediately.Buconero, Thanks for the suggestion! Not all but most feedback I've read about... 
Work a nice tube integrated amp into my system?
Zmanastronomy, I will have to investigate the Almarro for sure. Sounds quite interesting! Thanks for the recommendation. Mechans and Hack- appreciate your feedback also. I'll look into your suggestions as well. 
A great amp for some monitor audios
I can vouch for Musical Fidelity. My system consists of a Pioneer Elite receiver (VSX-45TX), MF A5 amp powering the front speakers (Monitor Audio Gold Ref 20's)a Jolida CDP and an oldie Onkyo turntable. Interesting mix but all things considered, a... 
Speaker Cable Suggestion
Can't speak to the Golden Cross (can't afford it either for that matter), but the Cardas Cross single-wire was a bad match in my system. System being Musical Fidelity A5 separates, Jolida cd player, Monitor Audio Gold Ref 20's. I'm using Harmonic ... 
Need cdp power cord recommendations.
I second Golden_ears vote for the JPS Digital. 
Power cable that will "calm" digital
Can say based on my own personal experience I agree with Jgiacalo and Foster_9. A JPS Digital AC connected to the Jolida 100 cdp improved naturalness and smoothness in a very big way. Brittleness in the highs is missing now, tightness, depth in th... 
Best player for Poorly Recorded redbook CDs?
Jolida 100. I'm sure there are many out there just as but I can recommend this one from personal experience. Mine has the Level 1 mods. Happy with it for 2 years now. I recently upgraded the power cord to the JPS Digital. In a word - wow. It made ... 
Recommendation for a new cd player??
Chgolatin2, FWIW, I can say I've been very pleased with my Jolida 100 with Level 1 upgrade(specs of which are probably found here or at the Underwood Hifi website). Price at the time (little over a year ago) was in your range. No knowledge as to w...