lgregoir

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What music do you want to play really loud?
Yulunga from Dead can dance... 
Small integrated with decent headphone outputs ?
Sugden has an one... 
Plinius or YBA?
Take them both home and try them in your system... This is the best advice I can give you.They both are great units... Of course, I am biased towards the Passion but your ears should make the decision.Just one thing, listen to both amps at differe... 
Best upper end CD player with digital inputs
Sim Audio Moon Eclipse 
The Listening Chair - What type do you use?
Dutailier Glider Chair. AvantGlide Collection, Paris model. The best Glider chairs in the world 
Moon Nova or Eclipse?
I have a Sim Audio Eclipse and I have to say I love it. I cannot talk about the Nova but I'm sure it's not a waste of time... I cannot see a company making an excellent unit and a piece of crap unit as well... I'm sure the Nova will have some simi... 
Incredible CD sound for $1500??
Atoll CD100 is a great cd player for the price...I beleive it's around $1000.It's worth to audition. 
And the Verity Taminos ?
They don't have the same transparency as the Fidelios... The Taminos are more boomy in the lower octave...I personally love Verity Audio. I feel that they make some of the best speakers in the world (Lohengrin). One the other hand, I beleive the T... 
Audiogon Abbr. Dictionary
SOTA State of the art 
SimAudio Nova/Eclipse owners: IC of your choice?
I have an Eclipse player going to a YBA Passion Amp. I was using Siltech SQ-88B interconnects before. I now use Lieder "La Canzone" interconnects. The Lieder IC sound pretty much like the Siltech but less grainy, less harsh (not that the Siltech w... 
Worst remote nomination...
Sim Audio Moon eclipse. The remote is fine except it weighs a TON... No kidding, the remote weights something like a pound and a half... 
Paradigm Monitor or Studio?
The Studio 40 are defenitely very good (actually, the studio line is very good). 
Do we break in our componets or do our componets ?
Here's a tip, let your friend break in your new equipment for 2 months... Don't listen to it at all until it's broken in... Once broken in, bring back the new item in your system. If it sounds harsh and then later start sounding better then it's y... 
Operas... Any fans?
I seem to appreciate more Italian and French Operas. Don't know why since I don't understand italian at all... They sound more smooth to my ears than German or English operas (which sound more brutal to me).I totally agree that the singing is very... 
Looking for a Speaker in the $15,000 Range
I would choose the Parsifal... But that's just me... I just don't know if they would sound good in your system (or any speakers for that matter). I guess you have to give it a try...And by the way, I totally disagree with Kerimf. The parsifal have...