kthomas

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Power cords at ridiculous prices?
At the very least, if you're to the point of spending $1K on a power cord, it makes a person wonder how much has been invested in the whole system. If I was at the point of having $1K to spend on my system, was convinced that a power cord could/wo... 
Never Used -- in Sealed Box
There seems to be several variations of this that all are perplexing - "2 yrs old, been in a box for the last 23 mos.", or "one year old - less than 20 hours of use". Who buys a super nice piece of electronics and then never uses it? The only recu... 
bookself for Krell 300i?
The best local shop here carries Krell and Dynaudio and heartily endorses the combination. I had a pair of the 1.1's for a week at home connected to the Krell KAV-500 - I thought they sounded great. 
Small Speakers w/ Full Range Sound
I'd look at the Dynaudio line - they have several monitor speakers and some relatively small footprint floor-standers that all sound excellent in their Contour series. Very satisfying low end, IMO. 
Naim Nait 3r or Linn Majik
I own the Linn Majik - it's a fabulous little unit - very musical, compact, easy to use and built great. I don't know anything about the Naim, so I'm not voting for one over the other, just saying that the Linn is a real nice piece should you go t... 
Lexicon DC-1 or Theta Casa Nova
I, too, would like to hear recommendations on what level of outboard DAC it would take to sound significantly better than the MC-1 fed by a digital source. On most pre/pros every input is converted to digital and then back to analog, so you're lis...