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Anticables
I've used Anti-cables (speaker) for years and think they sound great.  I just ordered the new "improved" 3.1 wire to try  
Class D Amps Cable matter??
thanks all, acting up is a slight buzz in left tweeter, switched amps, same, switched tubes, same, switched interconnects and it seemed to go lower, so i think the left cable has something in it causing ???? I do use a furman power conditioner. 
Balanced interconnects advice
I went with the Audio Art IC-3 very nice for the price, def a upgrade over the RCA. thanks all 
DAC Recommendation around 2.5K
Closure: Thanks for all the help. Purchased a Chord QuteHD DAC. It is wonderful. Highly recommend. It is making known recordings seem more "open" and "real" I don't know the whole color vs. revealing thing, but it just sounds "musical". 
AURALiC Vega
i would like to hear more about auralic vega also against some of the others out there. 
AntiCables
this is helpful as i have the old anti-cable speaker wire and love them. however, the level 3 with the two 12 gauge twisted to be 9awg(?) sounds interesting for better low mid range and bass? 
DAC Recommendation around 2.5K
thanks for the all the assistance. love the dialog (even the dsd stuff) btw, i don't buy the dsd hype yet either. i'm sick of chasing formats when you don't know if it is the format or just better mastering by newer gear... anywayregarding why not... 
DAC Recommendation around 2.5K
thanks all keep it coming. i see the e20 uses a wall wart, does it require a outboard better power supply? 
Berkeley DAC Series 1, anything better 2.5K$
what cable being used from M51 to amp. 
Goodbye CD's
i burned all 1900 of my cd's to wav and flac, however holding them cause every once in awhile you find the rip had "noise" in it and have to do overI use EAC for rip. I resisted PC audio for long time but given the state of outboard DAC's these da... 
Isolation for DAC/Class D Power Amp
isolation on any device helps, now if there was only a way to zero out all rfi in air............... 
Class D vs Class A
I have Zen Adagio's, powered by Channel Islands D-200 Class D amps, Jolida fusion tube pre-amp on top. I find combo wonderful. I like the dynamic punch of class D amps and combined with the tube pre-amp (beautiful mids) sounds great to me 
Bandwidth Limitations Of Class D Amps??
At the NY Audio show recently, a few rooms had very high end class D amps that were superb. Other than a no-limit budget and ability to use a crane to move class A amps, my experience has been where top class D amps are just as good as some very e... 
DACs With Killer Built-In Preamps
I struggled with this issue but decided with DAC/DSD changing all the time, sticking with good tube pre-amp and separate dac. that is for main rig, for the pc setup in office, DAC into active speakers does it for me. 
DAC recommendation for an entry level system
parasound Zdac and you get a decent headphone amp to boot.....