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Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better?
Isn't it possible that a good product, like cream, rises to the top of a discussion? Especially when it's being mentioned by a new listener? Why does repeatedly talking about a product automatically smack of conspiracy? We gotsta lighten up here f... 
How long does cable technology take to 'turn'?
I have to believe being a cable manufacturer/fabricator is a brutally competitive business that makes survival let alone success difficult at best. Why do so many enter this area? Is it because the cost of materials and overhead is low enough to a... 
Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better?
I've heard both. The Marantz can't begin to keep up with the Modwright. Not even close. A laugher. 
Alternative Rack to Salamander
Lou, have you considered replacing your stock Salamander shelves with Neuance shelves? Or, instead of Neuance shelves, placing some Symposium Rollerblocks under your components? You'd have to crunch the numbers, but it seems like this might be a m... 
Pure Note Paragon vs. Kimber Select
I have owned a number of silver cabling including the Kimber 1030 Select, Ridge Street Audio MSE II and Poiema!!, Acoustic Zen Silver Reference, Empirical Audio Holophonic PC and now the Revelation Audio Paradise. The Kimbers are fine neutral cabl... 
Pure Note Paragon vs. Kimber Select
Redkiwi, I guess you're question was posed to me, so I'm going to respond. I visit these forums because they are a great source of ideas, and because they offer invaluable user experience with products I might consider purchasing. User opinions ar... 
Pure Note Paragon vs. Kimber Select
Wire sounds differently in every system because no two systems are comprised of the same elements. Wire, perhaps like no other system component, needs to be heard in one's own system to be properly evaluated. Therefore, Raquel's suggestion to buy ... 
Help-Line in my RPTV-need conditioner for HT
Have you ever NOT had the lines? Have you tried swapping in another TV...just any other TV in the house to see if the lines are present?If you have no lines on the replacement TV, then it's your RPTV. Really, though, isn't this all an excuse to va... 
Help-Line in my RPTV-need conditioner for HT
Steve, you need to methodically plug each component directly into your TV first to determine if the lines you're seeing are a result of one of them. Plug just your cable or satellite box directly to the TV first. If no lines, then add the Tivo int... 
Do Kimber KCAG's sound bright????
I'd stick with copper. When I owned a Bryston amp, I always preferred the sound of my system wired with copper. 
What about a product can irritate you?
That's why Man invented the wheel, lads. 
What about a product can irritate you?
Ed, Ray and all others who are frustrated with CD packaging, the EZ CD Opener is your tool! $1.50...and the best tweak I have ever purchased. 
Jimmy Smith - RIP
I'm thankful I discovered Jimmy in the last five years, or so. I first heard "The Sermon" on a Starbucks jazz compilation disk that my mother gave me as a Christmas gift. I immediately bought the "Sermon" album, and soon thereafter purchased his "... 
VAC Phi Beta 110 Integrated
Congratulations, Scotty! The Phi Beta looks like a heck of a unit. I also own the Phi 110/110, and your description is spot on. When you get tired of that Phi Beta, please drop me an e-mail. :) 
Why do intelligent people deny audio differences?
Was it Dan Quayle?Who once said: "For NASA, space is still a high priority."-- Vice President Dan Quayle, talking to NASA employees, 9/5/90 (reported in Esquire, 8/92)