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Actually no I really don't need much or any gain I suppose, thats part of the reason why the Dragon won't work very well, just way too much gain. I actually have been looking a few transformer volume control options but honestly I just don't know that much about them.

You have no idea how long that would take

I think Dusty is on the right track here, if you are going to use them a lot and they are speakers you really want and plan to keep for years then go ahead and get them. You can worry about room acoustics later.

Any thoughts on the Modwright pre-amps?

I need more than the two inputs it has and my lazy ass needs a remote

Yes I do believe they have 10kOhms input impedance.

A pair of these D-Sonic Magnum 500M which are driving these Selah Audio 3D

I'd like some recommendations for a pre-amp. Not really concerned if its tube or ss though I would prefer tube. Only real requirement is to keep it under $2k and it must have a remote volume control (remote source selection would be nice as well). So far these two have caught my eye a bit: http://diyhifisupply.com/diyhs_basie.htm and amb's beta22 if I can find someone to build one for me .

Wow I didn't even know this was coming out thanks for the heads up!

You might also want to consider the LR 1 Line Router from Mapletree Audio

Still pretty early on but so far they seem to have an amazing horizontal off-axis response. As far as the vertical off-axis response it's pretty good except for the treble as pretty much all ribbon tweeters suffer from rather poor vertical off-axis response.

Time for the previously promised pics:

The speakers arrived yesterday and while I'm just driving them with an old rotel amp till the new amps arrive I must say that I'm already impressed. They have this wonderful ability to to totally disappear in the room and let the music take hold of you. Very engaging, dynamic sound. Great stuff so far. I'll post some pics tonight if I can pull myself away from listening for a couple minutes .

Well it was 6 or 7 million tubes

If I didn't just buy new speakers I'd be all over this

I've only heard them once before but I was completely blown away. Wonderful tonality and powerful dynamics. I'll of course post more impressions and pictures after they arrive. This particular pair is a demo pair with very little use, I paid $2850 shipped they are $5K new. I'll be powering them with a pair of monoblocks that use the ICE power modules that are used in all the belcanto, ps audio, etc amps these days.

Could be a cool thing for people that watch a lot of movies with headphones.

Well the speaker bug has bit again, I just couldn't pass up on a deal I saw for a demo pair of these: They are Selah Audio 3D's. http://selahaudio.com/id134.html

Yep

I'm not surprised you didn't like them when I heard the edition 7's I thought they were the worst headphones I'd heard. I really doubt Ultrasone can make a decent sounding headphone.

I think most of the negatives of tube amps that you describe are stereotypical of bad tube amps. Good tube amps can sound just as fast and as detailed as good solid state amps. Also the WA6 uses an output transformer so the quality of the transformer can have just as much of an effect on the sound as the tubes can.

Any suggestions on a good card reader? Needs to be multi-format (CF, SD (SDHC if possible), xD, MMC).

Cool I'd like to hear your uber-k340s

I'll be hosting a meet on Saturday March 31st. Feel free to post in this thread what you plan to bring if anything. PM me for location and directions.

I think only the manufacturers would have those numbers and we know how forthcoming companies are when it comes to their sales numbers