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Best speaker in nearfield listening
Reference 3a Royal Masters. 
Best Monitor Up To 5K - Tube Friendly
Try to find a pair of pre-owned REFERENCE 3a ROYAL MASTERS (just the monitor portion of LA SUPREMA) for under $2000. 92db efficient, musical, fast and correct. Acutally serves as a great monitor for studio work. Altough no longer in my reference s... 
Best Monitor Up To 5K - Tube Friendly
Try to find a pair of pre-owned REFERENCE 3a ROYAL MASTERS (just the monitor portion of LA SUPREMA) for under $2000. 92db efficient, musical, fast and correct. Acutally serves as a great monitor for studio work. Altough no longer in my reference s... 
Opinions of Reference 3A speakers
I have had many componets over time. Although, I am not currently not using the ROYAL MASTERS, I would never sell them. Rather, I put them in storage as a "keeper". One of the most neutral and fast Monitors. 
Best Travelin Music
Depends what your "trip" is! Dead - Europe '72; Beatles Abbey Road. 
Avantgarde Duos -speaker cables
I have found that thfollowing tri-wire works well with the BAT mono VK60SE Amps: KIMBER SELECT 3038 (Sivler) to the large Horn, NORDOST SPM - REFERENCE to the small Horn and KIMBER SELECT 3033 (Copper) to the Subwoofer. I understand that Nirvana i... 
Best Zappa album
Great question! Zappa's bands have incoprporated so many great players using numerous musical boundries. I saw Zappa numerous times going back to 1971 at the Fillmore East (NYC). I categorize Zappa in three stages. The early stage being the MOTHER... 
What is the best AES/EBU?
Synergisitc Research DR Squared with Master Contol Center is awesome. For a more lucid approach: look into Kimber Select. Transparent Audio XL works well with Levinson. 
BAT Equipment vs Audio Research
I currently have BAT VK60 SE Monos, VK50SE Pre-amp and VKD5SE CD Player. This stuff rules! My only experience with AR was a previous home-demo with an AR REF 1 into my KRELL FPB 600. I found the soundstage broad and spacious (this was okay) but I ... 
Uno Owners-Which speaker cable ?
Ditto Shoemaker's remark: what is a 1.5 Version? Also, are you going to single, bi or tri-wire? The horns are so efficient and do not necessarily create "slap-back" upstream, you should first try single wiring with jumpers (better than the ones th... 
Uno Owners-Which speaker cable ?
What type of gear do you have? Describe the Output Posts on your amp(s). What type of sound are you seeking..."slam" or "finesse"? Prostar 
CDP isolation platforms
Innner-tubes are cool. Certainly, the CDP will be isolated from the Rack. However, the inner resonance generated from within the CDP will "bounce off" the inner-tube and back into the CDP. I subscribe to the theory used in SYMPOSIUM products. The ... 
bat vk60 stereo vs monoblocks...
VK 60 Monos (a/k/a VK 120) provide complete separation of stereo signal which provides for a awesome pahantom image in the center. Also, the SE upgrade, although expensiver does make a difference. 
PS Audio used with BAT VK-60 monoblocks
The BAT VK-60 SE Mono-Amps are awesome! Please check out the Amps ASAP. Prostar 
Top Ten Speakers of All Time?
AVANTGARDE DUOS - Version Two. After owning these speakers for the past month (with BAT "SE" gear), I just may terminate my relationship with Audiogon (just kidding). These days, I'd rather be listening to music, as opposed to talking about it. Fo...