Newbie to this forum. Thanks for opportunity to post. I'm the original owner of a Sansui G9000DB purchased in 1978, considered by many to be among the finest of all vintage Japanese receivers. It's still in high demand and would be easy to sell for probably 50% more than I bought it for (probably about $800). For several reasons (size, care, maintenance, age, etc.), I'm considering replacing it with something along the lines of an Onkyo A-9555 (I don't need a tuner).

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i'm french , sorry for my English,
i have a pair of revel salon (MK1) from several year (i'm the first owner) and since 4 month i have one midrange driver out of order.. and Revel don't have solution for the moment because they lost all spare units during the move of the factory

I think it's an incredible story and not adapted with this class of speakers. for the moment, i don't know when my speaker will be ok....

i hope soon...

anybody have the same pb here ?

The fellow must be smoking dope...He just signed a trillion dollar pork bill funded with money we do not have. This new thing spends another $75 billion in printing press dollars.

I guess 'living within our means' does not mean government, again.

I do not know if this is a winner or loser. The DOW dropped about 40 points as he spoke and now is selling flat for the day so the markets have not made up their minds yet.

First I did not mean to "hijack" the thread. I really enjoy reading my monthly issue of Stereophile but a review of speakers costing $100,000 is relevant to who?

Like I stated before the high end audio market will be flat or decrease because of the reasons stated but in addition to that todays artists are "products" and not musicians. Does it matter if you listen to Madonna and Spears on an iPod or good system? Are you really going to hear things you never heard before?

I have recently purchased a Musical Fidelity KW DM25 transporter and dac. http://www.musicalfidelity.com/products/archived/kwdac.html

One of the reasons for choosing this model, was that it offered a switchable facility for the dac - you can switch between the transport and a spare spdif connection.

I am now keen to use computer based audio as well as CDs.

My question is: What is currently thought to provide the best sound quality given my set up?

We're all about the ears here, but I was wondering if there are any 'sharpeners' of other sense experiences.

I don't bother with video, but enjoy watching with an aficionado. To me, they are movies and 'film' is OK, but not a passion.

Partial foodie, but I prefer to cook rather than frequent restaurants.

Love wine and wine tasting. Fun scent and taste experiences.

Avid reader, but I look at books like I do fresh water fish...read and release, so no leather or vellum accumulation at my casa; but I love leafing through people's book collections.

Frustrated by its low fidelity, my iPod had been collecting dust ever since I purchased it two years ago. Then in December, as I was leafing through my new Rolling Stone, I came across something that I thought would help me salvage my iPod. Rolling Stone was recommending a speaker and iPod dock combo for the "true audiophile" on your Christmas list: a set of Audioengine 5 speakers and the Wadia 170iTransport dock. The key was the Wadia 170 which,

Frustrated by its low fidelity, my iPod had been collecting dust ever since I purchased it two years ago. Then in December, as I was leafing through my new Rolling Stone, I came across something that I thought would help me salvage my iPod. Rolling Stone was recommending a speaker and iPod dock combo for the "true audiophile" on your Christmas list: a set of Audioengine 5 speakers and the Wadia 170iTransport dock. The key was the Wadia 170 which,

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Agree or Disagree:
Between the print (Stereophile, TAS, HiFi+, etc.) and the Internet publications (TONEAudio, GoodSound, Enjoy The Music, Affordable$$Audio, SonicFlare, etc.), it seems to me that we have an abundance of quality reading material for our hobby.
Add to that all the forums and things look pretty good right now. The next step is recruit the next generation, by dumping mp3's and dynamic compression. Then we will have provided the growth for future generations of audio hobbyists.