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Which NOS to use on Audio Research pre amp?
Gold Aero if you could get them. 
B&W N805's hump in the upper bass. What to expect?
Sorry, Mkfisher2000, I have owned N805 since 2000, changed the placements many times, and never had the hump Stereophile described. 
New B&W Nautilus Speakers??
CARY 300SE Signatures.The difference of appearance I noticed maybe due to different resins. 
B&W N805's hump in the upper bass. What to expect?
It depends on your room acoustics. your listening position may have a dip in the upper bass. 
New B&W Nautilus Speakers??
I just bought a pair of Signature 805. So far, the mileage is only 19 hours. comparing to Nautilus 805, Signature 805 are obviously more coherent, more continuous, airier, much more low-level details. It makes my CD-transport and DAC combo have so... 
What's under YOUR CD player?
Ron, mind if I comment on your question. I also have SAP Relaxa 1. I firstly tried it under my CD transport & found the result was the best. However, the balance leaned toward high frequency maybe because the digital out, which was on the corn... 
transport w best detail retrieval and 'weight'
Spectral SDR 3000 transport has anything you want from CDs. 
What's under YOUR CD player?
Aurios Pro at the top of the structure under the CDP.Bright Star Big Rock in the middle.Aural Thrills Turntable Isolation Box at the bottom. 
B & W 805 Nautilus with SET........
It was Wavac 300B, not Wavelength 300B. Sorry! 
B & W 805 Nautilus with SET........
I'm using Cary 300SE Signature to drive a pair of B&W N805 now. I auditioned a pair of Merlin VSM-M with B-BAM driven by Wavelength 300B one year ago and don't remember any dynamic compression or loss of definition of low-frequency instruments... 
Biggest Sound in the Littliest Box
Judit, pricewise, N805 only cost 1/13 of my total system including record player. That's why I appreciate N805's performance very much. 
In this corner, weighing in at....
Sean, do you still think clearaudio/souther TQ-I is overally better than ET-2? I also have an ET-2 on Sapphire & a unmounted TQ-I. 
David Berning "Holy Grail" 45 SE ZOTL now exists
How much is it? 
Quality of Stereophile Class A speakers at 2K?
In my opinion, those 3 Class A Restricted Extreme LF should be compared against Class B Restricted LF rather than Class B Full range. In other words, there are 2 threads in the speaker rating system. 
Biggest Sound in the Littliest Box
B&W Signature 805.