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Seeking Speaker Recommendations
I'd look to late April or May for active news on Aether Audio.Bob 
Seeking Speaker Recommendations
spenceroo,I have been to Bob Smith's house a couple times in the past few months.  Each time I heard one of his former speakers in a just average system and I was very impressed.  Bob and I have become good friends since he did the Level 3 mod of ... 
Seeking Speaker Recommendations
seadweller,Where are you located?  If it's anywhere close to the north central portion of Indiana, you could hear the speakers I was talking about.I've heard all the speakers you mentioned, and owned a pair of Von Schweikert Vortex Screens for 18+... 
Seeking Speaker Recommendations
Not to be ignorant, roberjerman, but what does doing that prove about the speakers dynamic sound? 
Seeking Speaker Recommendations
The DCM Time Windows were very good speakers in their day.  I loved them.  However there's no way that they are live, as in possessing jump factor dynamics like a horn.There ill be a speaker returning to the scene that does have the jump factor, i... 
VMPS speakers--Who has had great success in bringing their VMPS speakers to new heights?
Thanks for the tips, Doug.I'm a compulsive list maker--seriously.  And I also like to draw to scale pictures of my system, just because.  Jim Smith's book Get Better Sound says the number one thing that most folks do is put their equipment between... 
VMPS speakers--Who has had great success in bringing their VMPS speakers to new heights?
Thanks, Doug, for that discussion.  I think I will build a wide version of a strong stand--maybe 2 ft. wide at the top and wider at the bottom just to try this orientation out.  I'd make the bottom 2 ply thick of MDF and also make it deeper in the... 
TT mats
I've got to agree with noromance.  I've used many different mats and they all were different, but not overall better to what was already used.  Certain pieces of music seemed to like one while others sounded somewhat better with another.  NO mat w... 
How was the sound of your TDSS upgrade to your Nuforce Ref 9 amps?
Got to give an update on the TDSS level 3 upgrade to my Nuforce Ref 9 SE V3 monos. The amp module on my left amp went dead so Bob S. at TDSS replaced it while adding a different damping material between the module and the chassis on both amps. All... 
VMPS speakers--Who has had great success in bringing their VMPS speakers to new heights?
Thanks you for the detailed reply to my inquiry.  Did I get this right, you said I should experiment with the angle of the front by slightly raising the back side of the speaker so it would be angled down slightly?  I figure I can build a strong e... 
VMPS speakers--Who has had great success in bringing their VMPS speakers to new heights?
Hey Doug,I just read your review on the landscape orientation of the Ulysses by Daedalus Speakers.  I am very interested in your thoughts after 5+ years.  Do you still think it was a good thing putting the speakers on their sides at about ear leve... 
exceptional voices of female singers (non-classical)
I love the Eva Cassidy album Live at Blues Alley and she can definitely sing in a variety of ways.  Dianne Reeves is a great jazz singer, and Dianne Schurr is another great singer. 
Has anyone tried these stunning new CPT power cord?
Thanks lak,I have a friend who owns a CPT-1200 and is going to bring it over to listen soon.  He's been telling me the same thing for awhile.  If that makes as big a difference as the CPT-150 did on the DUDE, I may be convinced.I haven't had much ... 
Has anyone tried these stunning new CPT power cord?
I recently added a CPT-150 to power the TRL DUDE preamp.  It made a tremendous difference in sound over the TRL cord I used previously and the WyWires Juice II cord before that.  The TRL cord adds some organic sound and a little more grunt to the ... 
Morrow IC's
I’ve had the MA-3 & 4 ICs, and the SP-3, 4 and 5 biwired for speaker cables. There is little to no difference in sound between any of the models. This is in a VERY high resolution system with VMPS RM40 ribbon speakers. I’m guessing that the MA...