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Has anyone listened to or auditioned Verity's new Arindale speaker ?
Congratulations garebare on purchase Paul Manos one of the rare good guys in audio.  
New Klipsch Forte IV
The forte iii I own need to be placed within a foot from wall and will give you tight feelings your body bass I ha e them on 8 inch base make a huge difference   
Devore or Audio Note or other sensitive speakers: wanting to listen in Denver
An extremely overlooked speaker is living voice ibx line. they are hard to get in states borber patrol audio they are end game for high effincy speakers.not talking out of my ass i have owned every everything from kharma 3.2 to innersound panels a... 
Thor- TPA-150- any thoughts
you are hearing impaired..have an axe to grind...if anything thor amps are lively and dynamic..shocker for tube amps 
I want to use the Tidal music service but my dac
I use a bluesound pod ...sounds great for the money..no kidding! 
CD Sound ; Esoteric x-03 versus Oppo 105
I have a oppo 105 and krell sacd standard 3..krell has more resolution,soundstage is not even close and greater dynamics..etc at its going price now not that more expensive 
Living Voice OBX-RW or Harbeths and Lamm 1.2s
I have living voice obx r2 powered by thor tpa-30..lively and do percussion better than any speaker I have owned and sound better than previous owned kharma 2.1...awesome sounding speakers in a 14 X 18 room..always paranoid if I have to much speak... 
Looking to hear from Thor owners
living voice speakers are a great match for my thor 30tpa.drive them with very little juice with hidiamond power cords.these 3 components are so underated..no high price advertising 
Redbook & SACD value
$2000 used! 
Redbook & SACD value
A used krell mk3 will kill all above mentioned players imhop.I have an oppo 95 and it is great sounding but for 1k more the krell beats it in resolution and dynamics..imaging may be slightly better with oppo..I was shocked how good this krell play... 
Good tube preamp with Sony 5400
thor audio preamps with teds upgrade kills...what a improvement in sound!i am usually skeptical..but I have been to teds house when he lived both in ma. and ct. now in texas..most down to earth dealer in audio..he probably doesn't profit much in t... 
does import cds sound better
shm imported disc is $84 3X the price of a dire straits cd remastered..how much can you can you improve on an original recording,.I find remastered sacd recordings are not worth it 
Lots of detail, great imaging, not much bass?
What is house music? 
Amps and pre amps to improve on VMPS RM40 system
You have good components.Led zepplin cd are compressed and do not do sound well with hi end components.You need good softare when you are in this hobby or else you will not reach full pontential of your components. 
Piega's "New "Spk line: "Improved or Just Hype?"
I was not impressed with the piega line.