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PS Audio P500 opinions/experiences
It made a phenomenal difference to my system, raising the performance up to what it should be for an expensive CJ tube-based system. I just plug the factory-supplied cords, two from the pre-amp and one from the cd player, into the regenerator sect... 
Which components knocked you out on first listen?
The Boulder Rocky amplifier. 
best concert venue
Mountain Winery in Saratoga, CA-- no question. 
Upgrade to new Conrad Johnson Premier 140 ?
While waiting for thenew PR 140 I had ordered,I borrowed a Premier 11A from the dealer. In retrospect, I liked the 11A much better! The vocals were much more clear. For some reason, the PR140 DOES sound a lot like transistors. Maybe it's the negat... 
How does this happen--CD defect?
I once purchased what was labeled to be Kansas' "Point of No Return" cd. It turned out it had a different Kansas cd recorded on it, definitely not the "Point of No Return" I had intended to buy! I guess sometimes they slap the wrong labels on them... 
most analog sounding CDP
Musical Fidelity NuVista 3D CDP. 
Are Wilson speakers
Wilson speakers ARE cold and sterile. Try some musically engaging speaker lines, like Sonus Faber and ProAc. 
Audio Physic Virgo or Sonus Faber Cremona
I auditioned the Virgos through SS at a stereo store, and I thought they sounded truly horrible-- congested, raspy, immediately fatiguing. I could not get out of the room fast enough! I auditioned and eventually purchased the SF Cremonas. I auditi... 
Best of your best - Your Top 25
Hey, Metralla.....we've got the SAN JOSE SHARKS... Pacific Division Champions (again) and #2 seed in the Western Conference, heading into the National Hockey League playoffs!!....GO SHARKS! BEAT THE BLUES! (ST. LOUIS, that is!) We also have The A... 
Best sub 1k tube pre amp for ss amp
Dare to be your own "Budget Boss" !! Failing that, I would recommend a CJ PV-11 or CJ PV-5. 
Guidance for a college student...
Take the aerospace job. Lawyers are a dime a dozen, and new lawyer wannabees fresh out of law school are 2 cents per hundred thousand, at the most!Believe me; I know! 
How to Identify which Is the
OK, here's the answer. Brian, owner of The Analog Room, volunteered to come over to troubleshoot. Within abouit a minute, he found the problem. One of the fuses in the power amp had blown out, although there was no red LED indicator lit up in the ... 
Best integrated Tube amp as an intro to tubes
You should post this under the "amps/preamps" forum, not here under the "cable" forum. 
How to Identify which Is the
Thanks for the responses. As of this morning , it was a very distant left channel, and no right channel. I tried a different (borrowed) CD Player-SAME RESULT.I tried reversing the CDP out to the preamp--same result.I then tried reversing the L and... 
What music do you want to play really loud?
Boston, particularly "More Than a Feeling"