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New $24,000 inter-connect
I paid $27,000.00 for a pair and I have to say they were 3x better than my $9.49 pair. 
Warmer sounding Solid State
Sunfire 300x2 
Like the new look to audiogon ?
hate it, terrible, sucks  
Bob Carver new tune expected
I have a sunfire tube preamp ($1200, used, refurbished)  going into my sunfire 2 x 300 ($1000, used, refurbished) going into my ML Ascent i's ($1100, used, and yes refurbished-new panels) and I'll put it up against ANYTHING 10x the price, anytime,... 
Best female vocal recording on CD?
Mary Black - Beautiful voice!!! 
Yanni or Laurel?
The real story here is if you can accept the fact that you hear one and someone else hears the other.  COOL!!If you can't accept that you have issues. 
Solid State Power Amps That Sound Most Like Tubes?
Sunfire 
Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable?
5K cables, heck $500 cables are for people who just think they need to spend more and more and then some more on their audio system.  It's almost sinful, but then again to each his own.  To people who don't believe me I always have 2 words that sh... 
Diana Krall
I always find it humorous when people on these audio boards (and I've been on a lot) tear down great artists who have produced great recordings by mentioning other artists (many of whom no one as ever heard of) as being so superior.  I guess it ma... 
What’s in your system today that you also had 10 years ago?
Sunfire 300x2 (fully restored).  Still looking for something under $3000 that's better.  Haven't found it but I'll keep looking. 
Any ideas on the Emotiva Xpa 1 Gen 2 vs other Mono or 2 channel amps?
emotiva XPA-1L can't be beat!  But, good luck finding any at this point. 
FLAC vs WAV
Without going into great details I would say I have an above average system.  To me wav. is better than flac.  Not a lot, but better.