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Does Hannah Reid of London Grammar have the most captivating voice today?
Funny, was just listening to If You Wait before moving on to Xx when I came across your thread. :) 
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@lancelock : Congratulation on taking the plunge! The Janszens will be an interesting matchup? 
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Orange is the new Black. :)  
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@lmswjm : Bill M, Congrats. That's a cool color finish choice. You'll have to post some photos on the system page. Looking forward to your feedback and contributions here in this thread. 
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@milpai : I went with the 4ohm version. The 8ohm version was announced just after I received my pair of Double Impacts. Most in this thread have the 4ohm version. The 4ohm version are easy to drive, as some are doing so with LTA MZ2/S. 
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@waltersalas: Chris, your posts have been educational for me. Thanks for the wonderful write-ups on your evaluations of the Ulysses and the Double Impacts. I believe I said that you should hold on the them, no matter what, in response to your fir... 
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Kenny and Charles: It's good to learn more about your backgrounds and where you are now in your audio journeys. Vitop, thanks for your comments on tube and solid state systems and preferences.One of the problems I'm having is tied to being recent... 
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Charles and Tom, Thanks. In your case Charles, would you say that your personal reference for 'musicality' and what you prefer is based on your time in the analog realm which has led you to your choices in system build and synergy? (Tom, I'm not s... 
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Are those of you who are using tubed components, primarily or mainly running analog as your source? Thanks. 
Parasound vs Primaluna vs Alternatives
@whacky:  In your initial post you stated this:"Ideally I would love something that would increase my sound stage and provide as holographic and precise an image as possible. Absolutely love closing my eyes and feeling the exact space of the recor... 
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@corelli:  It's incredible how music can be such an amazing time-machine. Your post took me back 17 years to a very small restaurant in Girona, Espana, where I heard the Koln Concert for the first time. Had I been with my date, I probably would ha... 
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@johnmarzy: Thanks for sharing your time at the Positive Feedback room. Very helpful. And well written,...took me there.  
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Kenny, given your love of piano, here is one that is much more off the beaten track (tracks 1, 4, and 8): In Search of the Miraculous, with music by Fazil Say, Alan Hovhaness, Vache Sharafyan, Siobhán Cleary, John Surman and Rabih Abou Khalil. And... 
Center Channel on an Integrated Stereo Amplifier
Your current BDP will output multichannel via HDMI to your receiver.The argument for upgrading is only if you want to get a more up to date BDP (and more specifically a UHD with current video processing) and possibly more output options, like anal... 
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@steakster : Terrific write-up and read, and informative. The mags should let you freelance for them. Thank you, very much!