cytocycle

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$2000 CDP for Rock Music????
Nice setup! The Theta mentioned above will give you great bass (Theta does that, and I think some have remote volume if you wanted to bypass your Preamp temporarily until fundage becomes available). I've owned Wadia's and they have the subtle Deta... 
Does SACD & Redbook Playback req Two Interconnects
Thanks That's all I needed. So I guess I just need to configure the Dealers Demo to use three DAC's per channel.Chris 
Transparent Audio cables
I have used MIT since the Early 90's and still use them for my Hometheater but for 2 channel, the high end Transparent have made a larger difference(Positive) than any of my components. Both MIT and Transparent do their magic in the box, if you ca... 
Need to choose a good A/V Pre/pro
You use to be able to upgrade the EAD Signature to the current 8.1, the cost was $1700 or $2800 hundred... basically most of the boards are changed... I have a Signature also and it is going to be hard to replace it because it does 2 channel audio... 
Which system? EAD - THETA - CLASSE
I did the same as Jdevine, I bought the EAD Encore first while Theta sorted out their delivery times way back then, then I sold it and bought a used Ovation.... WOW two channel music was awesome with my Sonic Frontiers SFT-1 Transport (AT cable), ... 
Difference b/w commercial and consumer plasmas
Also Commercial and some consumer versions have loud fans up to 50db... so check that out.. the gateway is really loud and is pushed too hard. If you can get the higher resolution 1024x768 then you are ready for HDTV otherwise the lower is perfect... 
Small room big amp, need speakers
Definitely get accoustic treatments! I have a 11' x 11' room (in an apartment) which has huge standing wave problems but it allows me to have a dedicated room. I used ASC Studio Traps, Argent Lens and 4 sheets of diffuser to tame the room and it p...