Articnoise   Right now I have a 1M DHC Primer SPDIF (silver) cable connecting the Yamaha CDX-5000 (as a transport) to the Reference 7.1. The Reference 7.1 is connected to the Master 1 with a 1M DHC Complement ACSS (copper) cable pair. The Master 1 Is connected to the EQ with a 1M Monster Sigma...

icebear,    Hey, no love for Jennifer?  Oh well! For what it's worth I was lucky enough to meet Margo (and her band mates) a long time ago and I can report that she was very nice to speak with.

Funnily enough I have had various Yamaha CD players and I have never found them to sound as you describe (perhaps difference due to the particular model you had?) I have understood the same as you regarding what to expect regarding the Master 7 but after a long break in I am very impressed with...

Articnoise.  Thanks!              I am interested to find out what difference there is between the Reference 7.1 and the Master 7 in my music room system. Also it will be interesting to compare my current headphone system DAC (a Yamaha professional location monitoring 24/96 DAC) to the Ref 7.1.

Just a quick note. I received my Master 9 today and while I well know not to talk too definitively before a serious length of burn in (lately heard a couple of people posit that burn in has to do with a piece of equipment acclimatizing to the existing ground plane of your home's AC, but that's...

Colinharding, thanks! I have had the Yamaha's since high school and university days. The Fostex are 4 yrs old and the Audeze are the latest addition to my 'ortho team' .

Preproman, since you insist...     Fostex T50RP (for late night guitar practice), Audeze LCD-2 rv2, Yamaha YH-1000 and Yamaha HP-1 (Ansiotropic version). I am saving up for one of the Audio-gd headphone amps but that is for a later date I'm afraid!   MikeMercer, thank you! After all...

Here are some pix of my Music room. All the memorabilia on the walls is signed by the artists. I just added the ASC Tube Traps to the back corners and after many years of service my Pre-amp/DAC died and I have replaced it with the Audio-gd Master 1 and Reference 7.1 combination. I am extremely...