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What have other owners of Tekton Design Ulfberht Speakers discovered?
Can the Ulf's be driven by a 10-watt 211 SET amp? 
Monitor Audio Pl 300ii vs. KEF Reference 5
@fast- good topic.  I heard the big PL500II's a while back locally here in Toronto area.  Whilst I could appreciate them from all the audiophile check boxes, for some reason they didn't gel for me into a complete package- I can't explain it.  They... 
Always long for (upgraded) first love: Sonic Frontiers Line 3
+1 to BRF's comments.  I also owned a Line 3 with SE+ and Dueland copper foil caps installed as well (they barely fit).  pcX and I coined it the 'Platinum Plus' Line 3 :-).  Still retains the 'too neutral' sound- bass is decent, but missing the or... 
Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD
Hi Guido- I currently use a Levinson 512 for SACD, but also have a Rowland Aeris Dac, and it's fantastic, however, even more (very slightly) pure and natural sounding to my ears is my newest addition- the Reimyo DAP-999EX Limited dac, and I have d... 
Is there a Blu-Ray player that does SACD and has Audiophile quality sound?
Yes there is, the one and only- Marantz UD-9004 with Tube Research Labs (RIP Paul Weitzel) power supply mods.  Believe this was an $6k player in the day- massive unit, superb built quality, sonics and video.  I run mine to a 14' Stewart screen wit... 
Paul Weitzel from Tube Research Labs
I wonder what will happen to Tube Research Labs now... 
Gabriel Gold IC's are they really this good?
So Steve has offered trade-up towards Halo provided I pay full pop for a 1m Halo IC @ $4,000. Seriously? How am I going to feel (like I am now with the original Reflections that I paid $2k for) when Halo 'V2' is launched a year or so from now, and... 
Gabriel Gold IC's are they really this good?
Steve- as you do not use a dealer network, and as I have paid you ~ $2,000 for an apparently now 'improved' product that is selling at a faction of that price, I would have thought the least you could do is offer a trade towards a Halo interconnec... 
Gabriel Gold IC's are they really this good?
What I do NOT like are the new much lower prices on auction for supposedly better versions. I have paid Steve like $2,000 for original Reflection IC's- look at the asking prices now... 
Magnum Dynalamb MD 809 t
Yes- excellent unit- they are in the process of updating the internal dac to accept 24/192. Also- you can request special teflon cap upgrade- good luck. 
Most musical stereo tube amp under 5K..
Wow- I can't believe my thread from 13 years ago has been revived!! Amazing when I think about all the amps I have been through since originally posting this... 
Bob Carver 180 Mono-blocks perform superbly
I wold be curious what opinion the OP has on the Ayon Triton (which I also owned and enjoyed) vs the Carver amps- it would appear he has kept the Triton as well... 
Aleph 3 - Its 2013, are they still awesome ?
I tried the Aleph 30- agree with everything Ejlif says- nice, magical on some types of music, but forget about big dynamics... I was using on higher efficiency Coincident speakers as well. I will agree with some of the other posts here on the adva... 
Speaker Cables With SET Amps
+1 for Ocellia Ref 
Tube Mono-Block Recommendation
+1 for CAT JL2