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Any audio gifts for Christmas?

For those of us who celebrate Christmas, didja receive anything audio-related as a gift this year? I got two pairs of Maple Audio Works "Ambiance" interconnects. Hooked up my phono stage and CDP this morning using the Ambiance cables, now the break-in period begins.
jeffloistarca
sugarbrie
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Not for me, but I bought one of my sister's family their first DVD player and some movies.
sc53
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I bought myself some interconnects for an "extra" system in the guest room, plus a power cord for a backup CD player. All very cheap! Then family and a friend gave me a big gift certificate for Borders, a bigger one for Amazon, and the remastered CD of George's All Things Must Pass. I can't wait to browse the music listings at the online and actual stores. I hope I wait a month or two to use them so I'll have a good wish list by then.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all.
Sarah
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dekay
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Yes, my wife purchased me 100 ft. of XLO 26 gage solid core copper six 9's Teflon cable, from Michael Percy, to keep me sane while I am otherwise downgrading the living room system. Other than slowly refurbishing an old Thorens TT I had run out of things to "play" with for the time being. She in return received a cute little "figural" Mandarin orange juice squeezer. The highlight of Christmas eve was watching "The Point" on video.
rgd
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Software and gift certificates for more software. We bought the daughter a dvd player so after dinner I get to dive into the rat's nest of wires she lives with and do the installation.
cornfedboy
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i bought my own "major" christmas gift: a boulder 1012 pre/dac, as i've indicated on a prior thread. it's pretty well broken in now and sounds FANTASTIC. i'm putting together a mini review for all you folks. my audio dealer is loaning me accuphase dp-75v and 85v players for comparison, so i'll be able to give some personal impressions of redbook vs. sacd for some discs done in both formats, using the boulder linestage and/or dac. i'm also trying to wrangle a burmester transport from another friend so that i can compare 16 and 24 bit digital output and st optical to aes/ebu and coax digital connectors. sounds like fun, eh? so, dekay, if you run outta stuff to occupy yourself, come to denver and lend a hand. BTW, was harry's movie on dvd? -kelly
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