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repair or replace luxman preamp
Does anybody know a (reputable, experienced) shop on the East Coast that can re-cap a Luxman R117 ??  
Help me find WARM speakers a la Sonus Faber
I have the VA Beethoven Baby Grands. VAs are v similar to SF - v musical, but I find the (older) SFs too veiled. I have not heard the Olympicas, but have heard the Venere 2.5. The 2.5s are rather coloured & sound different from the prev genera... 
Vienna Mozart Grand or Beethoven Baby Grand
i have heard both the beethoven baby grands and the mozart grands. (i bot the beethovens). they r totally diff speakers sound wise and technically. the mozart is a 2.5 design w/diff crossover. i think the baby grands sound much better. however, th... 
Recommend a forward speaker
dennis, i have the same conundrum as you - i m looking for a more fwd/involving speaker. (also, i have the exact same repsonse to the veritys.) i would like to hear the piegas, usher be-718, talon hawks, merlins plus others. i've read alot about t... 
Jolida CDP question
hmmm...that is weird...i also have the jolida 100 level 1 mod...(i switched to NOS rca 5751 blackplates); my jolida has lots of detail & is v transpartent (sim i-5 integrated, epos 22 speakers)...i just tried the silver audio silver bullets 4.... 
Jolida JD100...giant killer or all hype?
so, Ozzy62, what's the verdict with the jolida ?? 
Replace Cary 303/200 with what?
i'm sort of going thru the same thing...i just bot the ayre cx7. the first thing i noticed about the cx7 was its well-defined bass. also, it brings out subtle 'textures' in the music and has lots of detail. actually, in my system (sim i-5 integrat...