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Conrad Johnson vs. McIntosh Tube Gear
Mike Sanders builds some great amps.....I have a pair of his mid monos paired with a conrad-johnson Classic 2SE and it is an awesome combo 
Your three favorite audio dealerships?
Spearit Sound in MAAudio Video Therapy in NHGoodwins MA 
Thoughts on the Rogers EHF-100?
Nice amp.....build quality is superb. 
What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report
Shout by Gov't Mule 
Customer Service
I have received great support from Conrad Johnson, Quicksilver, Magnum Dynalab , and NADNAD really stepped up to the plate, despite what others may say about them, they went above and beyond. 
EL34 & 6L6 characteristics
I bought a used pair of Quicksilver Mid Monos a few months ago. The previous owner changed out the EL34 tube with 6L6g Tung Sols. I thought they sounded very good. I previously owned a VTL 50 watt amp that used 5881/6L6 tubes, it was a nice soundi... 
Quicksilver amps an appropriate match for Wilson Sophia?
Quicksilver build quality and more importantly sound quality is excellent for the money. On a total impulse buy, not even looking for an amp I picked up a pair of Mid Monos back in November from a fellow A-Goner close by. They are GREAT amps for ... 
Cable Box Digital 5.1 converted to Digital Stereo
FYI, I had to go out of the TV rather than the analog out of the cable box.....I had a nasty ground loop hum that only appeared in that config. 
Cable Box Digital 5.1 converted to Digital Stereo
My Comcast box will only output dolby bitstream, even if I set it to stereo in the main audio menu and in the setup menu that is invoked by pressing menu with the unit off....Comcast had no idea how to help me so fortunately my TV's dac downmixes ... 
Walking Into A Brick & Mortar High End Audio Store
I found a great place where they are very helpful and have some really nice gear on display....Audio Visual Therapy of Nashua NH....great place , nice people and best of all no tax... I picked up an Anthem MRX 510 for my father from them and they ... 
Importance of Amplifier versus Preamp?
Of course you want the amp and preamp to be faithful to the source but after using several preamps with my amp (McCormack DNA 125) I realized one thing quickly....that the amp was not the bottleneck. In fact that amp went through several upgrade p... 
Please help a rookie –used amps for magnepan 3.7?
McCormack DNA 225 or 250s are awesome amps...... 
Cable Box Digital 5.1 converted to Digital Stereo
if your tv has an optical output it will most likely deliver a 24/48k stereo PCM signal to the DAC..... 
How good are recievers these days?
Update: The ARC room correction utility is awesome. I did the USB upate and ARC software update in about 5 min. The firmware updates and ARC utility are super easy to use. I did a quick Auto ARC with 5 measurement points, the computer traced the r... 
Importance of Amplifier versus Preamp?
I believe the preamp is more important, this was evident as I moved up the food chain... most important though is the synergy between the preamp , amp and speakers. You can have great equipment that doesn't gel vs. very good gear that sounds right...