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Musical Fidelity A324 DAC as good as Tellig says?
Don’t trust the review. Instead of bringing your CD transport to the store, I suggest you borrow one for extensive home trial. This is the only way you can be sure if you will like it. 
Best Test CD
The test CDs you mentioned are mainly for system calibration. You need different music to fully evaluate a system. These are what I used when I was shopping for speakers.1. Master of Chinese Percussion track 1, The Poem of Drums – this is a 10 min... 
Seems right hand side is louder, need helps
Have you considered the possibility that you might have ear wax? It happened to me before. 
Basic Q re: Active Cross-Overs
I would not recommend it. To get the benefits of active crossover you must cut out the build-in crossover of a speaker and drive the speaker elements directly from amps. But you cannot do that with the Prodigy because its crossover is a key compon... 
PS Audio vs. Monster - cleaning up the power
You got a great setup. I sincerely suggest that you give PP600 a trial and forget about UO and Monster. Clean power is much more important to the front-end than to the power amp. You will be supprised how much more benefits that extra few hundred ... 
PS Audio vs. Monster - cleaning up the power
Sounds like you should be ok. Do you experience any hum problem? 
PS Audio vs. Monster - cleaning up the power
Star grounding is a grounding technique that connects all the ground wires to a single point and than connects that point to the ground. The resulting topology looks like a star and hence the name star grounding.Ground loop hum is caused by the re... 
PS Audio vs. Monster - cleaning up the power
I will suggest you buy a used PS Audio PP-600, plug it in one of the outlet of the dedicated 20-amp line, and plug all your front-end audio equipment to the pp-600. I will than plug the power amp to the other outlet of the dedicated 20-amp line. T... 
What is the most expensive?
I would say the original gramophone by Thomas Edison, a museum piece, priceless. 
New to the tube world
Try http://www.vintagetubeservices.com/ 
How good does it get?
Your question is impossible to answer. Audio is a 100% subjective sport. The best speaker is the one that you enjoy most in your room with your particular setup. No one else can tell you how much money you spend will give you how much "better" spe... 
what is the best speaker cables for martin logan
There is no such thing as the "best cable" it all depends on your taste and the rest of your system. I like Harmonic Tech Pro-9 plus. Cardas and Audioquest are also good choices but may cost a bit more. I suggest you borrow some and try them in yo... 
BAT VK50SE or CJ Premier 16LS Series ll
Dannyv:I am not sure what impedance mismatch problem you have been hearing. I have been using a BAT-VK50SE to biamp Theta Dreadnaught for a few years with great results. My speaker was Martin Logan SL3 and recently, upgraded to Vandersteen Model 5... 
Recommended SACD of " Smooth Jazz "
There are the ones I like most.Antiphone Blues, FIM SACD 050. This is not really smooth Jazz but if you like sax, you will love it.Jazz at the Pawnshop, FIM SACD M 034. A classic. Jazz lovers much have.So Real, dmp SACD-15. This is definitly smoot... 
Help I got a big time Hum in my system
Go to the PS Audio web site (http://www.psaudio.com), under the toolbox tab there is a humbuster tool that gives you a step-by-step guide to hunt down the source of the hum.