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What do I need for customs if purchased in Canada & ship to US?
I bought a used B & W subwoofer from Canada....had it shipped via UPS to TX.  Unknown to both me and the seller, the import duties are assigned based on the country of manufacture.  Since the sub was in the original box and B & W products ... 
Amps for revel salon 2
Several good suggestions here...adding alongside something like the Pass 250.8 should be Dan D'Agostino as well as Jeff Rowland....all have great synergy with Revel.  Additionally, I've had a couple opportunities to hear the most current iteration... 
New in 2017
New Alison Krauss coming out in late February........ 
Musical Fidelity M5Si vs Rotel 1592 Integrated
I concur on the Musical Fidelity....I have been using the M6Si for two years and think it is a great piece.  I can't speak to the internal DAC though as I have used a dedicated DAC.  FWIW, I just upgraded to an amp costing several magnitudes more ... 
Looking for a DAC < $1500
+1 for Mytek.  I have the Manhattan and it is a great sounding piece with super cosmetics.  Analog pre-amp is very good as well. 
Building a collection
Pink Floyd- PULSEElton John- Live in Australia Mozart- Complete Piano Concertos by Mitsuko Uchida (Decca)Beethoven- Symphony Cycle--John Elliot Gardiner (Archiv)Tchaikovsky- Piano Concerto #1- Lang Lang (sacrilege I know) (DG)Gershwin- Piano Conce... 
2016: a new year for music....
Check out Parker Millsap : The Very Last Day.  Brilliant in every way.  Album of the year for me....by a landslide.  Extremely well recorded too.   
Your Go to CD to Impress
Well, I always reach for The Rite of Spring conducted by Eiji Oue on Reference Recording(RR-70CD). Very dynamic - Powerful - Engaging!+1For someone not familiar with the Rite of Spring it might not mean much, but if you are.....prepare to have yo... 
Naim Unitiserve or Antipodes DS?
I saw the new Naim Uniti Core server at RMAF.....great looking piece with an excellent user interface and very attractive price. More advanced than either the older Uniti-Serve or HDX and at a fraction of the cost.  That said, it is important to ... 
"Best" Beethoven 9 Symphonies Recording, Digital
Like everything else, peoples taste in Beethoven varies wildly, but I can heartily recommend John Eliot Gardiner's Beethoven.  The classical music show on NPR called Performance Today broadcasted a live performance of Gardiner conducting Beethoven... 
Your favorite one-man band!
My boy Lindsey Buckingham armed with an electric guitar, a looper, some effects pedals and a click/rhythm trackMega dittos on this one! 
Jeff Rowlands Amp and Dac vs. VAC amp and DAC
Audirvana is quite good....and simple which is worth a lot.  There is also an ios app you can use to control Audirvana via a iPad or iPhone. Regarding servers, the Aurenders are supposed to be great, but in terms of value, although they are optimi... 
Jeff Rowlands Amp and Dac vs. VAC amp and DAC
rinpoche,By all accounts, the Wireworld Platinum cables ricred is using with his Rowland gear are excellent and that should be a solid bet.Don't let anyone turn you off of the Audioquest interconnects though.  I use Niagara's which are a recent vi... 
Just entered the world of high resolution audio
Try the new album "Undercurrent" from Sarah Jarosz.  Wonderful musician and great sounding album.  It is on sale at ProStudioMasters right now in 96/24.  They've labeled it as "country."  It isn't so don't let that turn you off. 
Just starting with high-res music files
Interesting comment about the Bossy track from JD McPherson.  I had the same experience from the free download.....thinking "Good grief, this isn't much of a sales pitch for HDTracks!"  Coincidently, I somewhat stumbled into seeing him in concert ...