I have a 7 meter toslink cable in our home theater system, there is no degradation of the signal comparing it with one that is a couple of feet.
edit: so I've never tried it with music, but it's a fairly resolving HT system.
A couple of metal CDs I've been meaning to get for a while. Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale and Neurosis - The Eye of Every Storm.
And payed for Halo 3 Legendary preorder for a friend's birthday.
Pass on the Grados maybe. I can't let go of the L3000s though. You can get an R10 for around $3500 if you look.
Strangely the system I didn't like them in was a balanced Supra XLR. Even after Mikhail rolled in the more synergistic tubes.
I wouldn't get one until March/April 2008 which point I'll be settled in nicely with my job.
Do you know what serial number they were? Do you know if they were as bright as the CD3000 (I've grown to really dislike)? Any comparison to the Qualia you're borrowing? I'm not considering the Qualia, the midrange was a bit too sterile/recessed.
This is a shaky quest. I received lots of great feedback in my L3000 thread and most of it was very good advice and I'm thrilled with my purchase.
Feedback from those that own/have owned/heard the R10 would be appreciated. I would especially like detailed or lengthy descriptions. Thanks.
(As for my own thoughts on the R10 my two encounters with them were polar opposites)
22K gold looks very good.
Most of the jewelry in the US is 14k or 18k not nearly as impressive. IMO platinum suits fairer skin and gold darker.
But if I were to plate an amp it would be platinum (unless I got an incredible rate on gold in India), though most people would probably mistake it for silver \