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Have a happy birfday .

Good shit Mike, enjoy the gear .

Thanks for the input; if I were to choose an MDHT model it would probably be the Constantine, simply for the fact that I am afraid of getting too warm of a signature with tubes in both my amp and source. I guess my main interest is finding out if relatively high-end cdps, such as the SA8001, can compete with relatively high-end standalone DACs, such as the Lavry DA-10, DAC1, etc.

People loved my modded D2000 at the recent Head-Fi Chicago meet. I get the feeling that there was a shitload of placebo stemming from the wood cups I added. I still think they are kind of "meh", despite having dropped $400 for the pair after all has been said and done. If I can get $500 for them I'll say that the annoying woody was a worthwhile endeavor.

Slappa Hardbody Platinum 240-disk binder from Amazon. Saw a 320 on Todd's and thought it looked pretty pimp (for a cd binder anyhow), so I decided to grab one.

While my Marantz has been very enjoyable for the short time I've owned it, I cannot help but wonder what I will move to after I am finished with this unit. Really it comes down to sticking with redbooks and simply moving up to a better cdp (Cambridge 840C, Marantz SA8001 are a few possibilities) or keeping the 5001 as a transport and grabbing a dedicated DAC (CIA VDA2 interests me greatly). The flexibility of a standalone DAC would be nice, but is not totally necessary. Budget will probably be under $1,000. The rig as it sits now is CD5001 > SP MPX3 > JVC DX1000/Denon D2000. All suggestions are appreciated, thanks much.

Oh I agree, I did jump the gun a bit. Made me look like a bit more of an idiot that I would have preferred. Oh well. I'll get some tenure before I try it again (not saying I don't look forward to it though). Cheers everyone.

Eh, I'd rather grab a DX1000 and be done looking around. I somewhat enjoy my D2, but not enough to keep me interested in finding out what more Denon has to offer.

I wouldn't dream of it.

In an off-topic thread? Wow, you're strict . Maybe I'll just redo my intro: "Hey, I'm new. Sup?"

Were you looking for one?

Today I joined Head-Case. Jacob (soloz) told me to get my ass over here. I like that I can type the word "ass" as much as I please without some nancy giving me an infraction. assassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassass assassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassass assassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassassass Talk about exhilarating. Also, I heard that RSA sucks. Cool stuff.