bezeemya

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Pioneer DV-37 vs. Sony DVP-9000ES
I truly love my 9000es. Easily replaced the dv37. Detach. cord is also nice. 36XBR400 mates very well. No need to adjust things on the 9000es much. Picture is so film like out of the box. It will replace the Audio Refinement cd complete If the 900... 
Best Preamp under $5k??
Once again, I second the ARC LS25. Just wish it had detachable power cord. Power supply in this unit is incredible. Mated with Music Reference RM200 tube amp it is the best of both worlds...for now. 
Sonic Frontiers AVM2 - anybody heard it
Love mine as well. Not to happy about paying retail for it but that aside the balanced hookups are sweet. This replaced a new B&K REF30 (which burnt up $4k. worth of amplification first time I hooked it up). Use it with seperate ARC LS25 pream... 
2 Channel Pass Through for Home Theater
Have to agree with j_k. I also use a ARC LS25. Pristine & impecable sonics (slight lack of harmonic decay as in RF1). This was a discontinued model & purch. nex for little >$2k. I use the ls25 with a Music Reference RM200 tube amp by Ro... 
Home Cinema Poisoning my System?
Some speakers may lend better than others to providing a good match for vertical placement as center channel. I use an Audio research LS10 ss/pre w/Music Reference tube amp on (now defunct flagship) Soundwaves-(4.5)Point source spkrs by Vero resea...