Jkalman,

It would be easy enough to just answer DITTO. I believe in speaker cables & power cords. I run fully balanced from CD to amp. Phono is a different story. One of my phono stages yes, the other no. And you are 100% IME that interconnects have much less relevance when you are running balanced. The Lamm room was incredible. The BAT room was a little small but it did some things incredibly well. I heard some of the best Piano ever. I run full VTL pre & amp. I heard it at HE 2004 (I think) and went nuts over the sound. WP7s, Watchdog, & VTL MB750s & 7.5. They were using the ARC cd player. I went to Audio Aero but then switched to Meitner. The latest is amazing. I love SACD, but am a Vinyl guy at heart. The new EMM definitely brought SACD much closer than I ever thought.

Now let me shift gears. Never mind XBox & Playstation, Get the Nintendo Wii. I love it. It will make a grown up a kid again. It is such a wonderful technology. If you don't like it I will buy it off of you. The Sports package that comes standard is the way to go. That will keep you busy for a long time. You will do excercise while listening to music.

All the best.

dgad July 08, 2007 19:59

I wonder how your system would sound w. tube amps. I know the AYRE are excellent & very non solid state. I just think the Wilson speakers benefit from tube amps. It is subtle though. I haven't heard the D tweeter from B&W but owned the 801s. I found the treble to hot. I hear the diamond tweeter changed things. I just knew that the Kevlar drivers are going to still dominate the sound. They play great loud, but not low.

dgad July 08, 2007 01:07

Had a thread. Decided to shut it down for personal reasons. I might open it up in the future. Time will tell.

dgad July 03, 2007 02:56

Jkalman,

I have discovered that a lot of your positioning to be consistent with mine with a room of similar dimensions. The room looks beautiful. Enjoy!!!

dgad July 02, 2007 03:57