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Why my system has detail but no body & warm vocal?
Newbee above stated "In my experience, cables may make a big difference in the highs (you can roll them off, or brighten them up)but they won't give you any warmth in the mid/upper bass area where vocals predominate".I will have to totally disagre... 
Wash, Cut, Polish & Demagnetize
I have found 2 disks of the same recording never sound exactly alike. Do other people agree with this statement? Or not? If the disks are different how does one A/B compare a stock disk vs. the treated disk if they never sounded exactly alike to b... 
Some of my favorite songs are......
Stevie Ray Vaughn "Rivera Paradise"Pink Floyd "Wish You Were Here"Dire Straits "Latest Trick"Fleetwood Mac "Landslide"ZZ TOP "Fool For Your Stockings" 
Advise Needed, Best speakers for approx $15,000
look for used pair of Genesis 201's or 200's no way you can do better at this price level. Genesis is once again producing the 201 system so parts are available.These are truly world class speakers. IMO 
Best Passive Preamplifier's
placette is extremely transparent adds nothing to the signal. 
Polk SDA SRS 2.3 Speakers: Any thoughts on them?
Mirage M3 Si for around same price is much better speaker overall. 
Resolution Audio Opus vs. Audio Aero Capitole MKII
Sutts you tried the Capitol 1 with other transports is this correct? Wondering because tried my Capitol 2 Fed by Theta data 3 transport [which is very close or maybe better than a Levinson 37] using XLO UNLIMITED Aes/ebu cable there was a improvem... 
Resolution Audio Opus vs. Audio Aero Capitole MKII
where is your location? I'm 92553 zip code could audition no problem. The Capitole 2 
Accuphase, MF Trivista OR Song?
see my response to thread "impedance mis matched"for the address of a company which sells XLR adapters which reverse the phase so the wire wouldn't need modified for a Sony. 
SCD-1 Questions...
#1 correct not truly balanced. #2 switch to custom will sound better. 
impedance mismatched ?
I was surfing last night and saw a company which sells a XLR to XLR with pin #1 lifted to avoid the famous pin #1 problem I will post there site address soon.http://www.audiogear.com/AudioAdaptors.html 
Help with Hi Power Tube Amp Selection
the Wolcott is pretty particular about the cables you use with it especially in the midrange you don't want cables which are thin or lacking body in the mids. The VTL 450 has a bit more mid range body than the Wolcott and cable matching isn't quit... 
impedance mismatched ?
ok player returned for service they didn't find a hum problem with the balanced outputs player returned today still has the hum problem with balanced outputs.Plug player into outlet on entirely different circuit which is original to the house 1985... 
Greatest Guitar Band
ok heavier but here goes Iron Maiden 
Rock Lyrics - Best Reference to Other Rock Group
Lynyrd Skynyrd in "Sweet home Alabama" mentions Neil Young"I heard old Neil put her down"."I hope Neil Young will remember a Southern man don't need him around anyhow".