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Levinson or Krell
I have heard both extensively. The Wilsons are very revealing speakers but a little on the dry side by themselves, in combination with the Krell they get pretty analytical and fatiguing after a while. However being this a matter of preferences, I ... 
MOST tubelike solid state amp
Do yourself a favor, do'nt miss trying the Lamm M1.1 hybrid monoblocks, will give you the best of both worlds. 
Power Cond-best? Hyrda? CFX? PP? Burm 948? others?
As to conditioners I sustitued a PS 300 on my digital front end with a mini A.M. Stealth, great improvement, am looking foward to put it's bigger brother in for my amps. But as to power cords, guys do yourselfs a favor and check out the JP Maximum... 
Verity Audio Parsifals: Shipping and collecting
Check out Service By Air, they handled my Parsifals coming out of Canada very well (1-888-722-3919). As to collecting ask for wire transfer into a domestic bank DO NOT accept postal money order, it will take forever to collect, at least it did for... 
Cd Player shootout ; which is the best of the best
I just had the Mephisto at home this week end for a brief shootout with my 861. It was only two afternoons and one night (8 - 10 hrs. in total), the Mephisto d/a section was not burned in yet since it was being used with a separate d/a due to lack... 
Cd Player shootout ; which is the best of the best
Guys'n gals (think there are some ladies in the group), thanks very much for your feedback. So far the information received is confirming initial impresions that all these units althou with small different traits are overall very good and will pro... 
Suggestions on CDP
Do yourself a favor, check the new Wadia 831, or if budget limits, get a used 830 which you can later upgrade. 
Looking for smooth SS pre amp
Check the Ayre And Placette audio. 
BAT POLL...
Or if you want to step to another level go to a Jeff Rowland model 8T, is the maximum level of all the traits you described. 
Any good and cheap CD racks?
You are right Chelillingworth, it does sound crazy. Just curiosity, what do you do with the jewel cases?, liner notes?Maybe you can sell the jewel cases to Chstob. 
verity parsifal amp match
You should try Atmasphere. They have a 160 watt I think the model is M-1. It's an OTL amp., but do'nt be fooled by it without investigating them. This guy Ralph I think is his name, has been around forever and has a cult of beleivers with very goo... 
Rowland 8TiHC vs. Lamm M1.1
Dan, you are right in that the three should have a similar character in their sound. But remember that in this hobby even small improvements cost a lot of $. I would be caution about JRDG answer to your inquiries, I think that the MC6 is more a pr... 
Rowland 8TiHC vs. Lamm M1.1
Dan, just ignore this Chriskh guy. The MC6 is what Rowland is trying to push, however there are a couple of things I dislike. The MC6 does'nt have the gain selector switch that models 8 have. I find this specially usefull since I run my Wadia dire... 
Jeff Rowland amps, any coments?
One of the most musical and better build pieces of electronic gear around.If you look hard you can find some amps. that do certain things better, but you will be hard pressed to find one that does every thing so good. Models 8(not sure about the o... 
Rowland Amps.....which one for me
Going in the right direction .The Parasound is agood amp., but the Rowlands are great amps.Any Rowland of 200 watts or more will be ample power for your speakers, and their sweet presentation will complement very well the highly detailed nature of...