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USPS and UPS have both been great. FedEx likes to put my packages on the stoop of the summer cottage next door to me, notwithstanding that both properties are plainly marked. It's gotten to the...

When I decided I needed a good system and started auditioning gear about 8 years ago, I already had a sound in mind, and just trusted my ears to tell me when I had heard what I wanted.

Now to be...

“There's a dealer on another forum who will tell you exactly how any combination of audio gear will sound. Naturally, the brands he carries are better.“

Yup. I usually manage to ignore him, but...

Haven't heard the Personas, but when I was speaker hunting back in 2011 I did check out the Paradigm S8s. Way too tipped up for me.

That same day I heard the Salon 2s, and soon afterward...

Quieter, more precise location of players in soundstage, more depth of soundstage, richer sound, more drive and detail in bass.

As the prevailing wisdom on Audiogon is to start with source and/or pre-amplifier, that's what I did. Can't say I've AB'd whether they do the most good in those components or the amps, but I can say...

When I bought my Symphonic Line monos from him (essentially as demos, he had ordered and imported them for someone else who barely took delivery and returned them after less than a month) he...

I look forward to using the biological imperative theory to justify system cost!

Robert has mentioned that the Rhythm platforms are more substantial - but I'm not a tech wiz and you'd be better off speaking to almost anyone else about how it is that they do what they do.
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I have the Apprentice XLs under my monos and speakers. I found they made the biggest difference under the speakers, but they did have a quite noticeable beneficial effect under the amps as well. I...

I remarked on the Audiogon thread that there was some subtle racism/xenophobia going on, and the butt-sore screeching reaction I got from one of the resident gas-bags there about my "lack of...

Laptop with Jriver and cheap USB cable, nothing fancy! I'm just starting to dip my toes into computer audio.

Just received my Regen yesterday and have been checking it out. Wow is all I can say too!

I stayed up until 2:30 last night listening, couldn't pull myself away. Hearing new things in music...

The only other amp I've had in the house with the Revels is the Plinius SB-301. That was a damn fine amp too, pretty dynamic with great bass. The SL monos are better, but given the price disparity...

He is absolutely a character! I bought my Symphonic Line monos and CDP from him, and whenever I call him with a question I make sure to set aside an hour because the conversation can easily run that...

Neither really, I went with them based upon the available reviewer/user consensus that they tended to speed up attacks and leading edges, while also providing more detail and better decays.
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Thanks Mark!

The Star Sound platforms definitely make a positive difference. It's like they remove a layer of film from a window between you and the music. Attacks are faster and more detail...

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Tube pre and SS power...because both kinds at once makes the listening experience a threesome!

SSIA. My new Symphonic Line Belcanto CDP has optional DAC inputs (USB, coax and toslink) and accepts up to a 96kHz 24 bit signal. So I finally have joined the computer audio world by buying JRiver...

Sorry for the late reply - I have been using Sistrum Apprentice XL platforms under my Salon 2s since January. I liked them there so much that last month I put another pair under my Kraft 250 monos -...

Those are my Salon 2s and my late buddy Orbis. Pic is from 2012. We said goodbye last month after he was found to have a large tumor on his spleen that had ruptured. I decided he deserved a quick...

So what size shells does that howitzer fire?

Like the SL amps, your Hegel has substantial power supplies. Exactly what the doctor ordered for big, not so efficient speakers like ours. Makes all the difference in the final sound, from deep...

Thanks, guys. Mike, you're exactly right about what is needed from accompanying gear. I don't always buy into the current market-speak excuse-making mechanism that tells us Speaker X only drilled...