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Good DVD Concert? Steely Dan's Two Against Nature, Neil Young's Friends and Family, Led Zepplin's How the West was Won, Diana Krall's Live in Paris and Eric Clapton's Live in Hyde Park. All have . . .	57
If You Could Only Keep 3-CD's LP's , Which Ones? The Allman Brothers Band - The Fillmore Concerts; Miles Davis - Someday My Prince Will Come; and, Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks	54
Hate to ask...... Mid-fi HT sound quality is below hi-end! I mistakenly thought good HT also meant good music. After years of suffering through "bad" music on my Denon AVR 5600, Def Tech BP 2000, . . .	49
What CD player will warm my Thiel/Classe systm? Try some tubes in the line up. The California Audio Lab Sigma I or II DAC are great buys with their single 12AX7 tube output. Or, go to a tube preamp and use the integrated as a . . .	32
Analog point of entry... Two years ago I resurrected my B&O Beogram TX2 tangental turntable with mid level MM3 cartridge and bought a used Parasound phono stage for $125. Since then, I'm hooked on vinyl . . .	28
concert DVD recommendations "The Allman Brothers Live at the Beacon Theater" (Oct 1st release) is my latest new standard music DVD. Culled from their annual series of shows at the Beacon Theater, . . .	27
This ever happen to you? "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar," said Freud. If you enjoyed it, consider it a "gift" experience. Somethings are better appreciated and left as a mystery	27
Classe' amps Welcome to the CAP 151 club. I have an early "black" face version and love the full rich sound it produces. While shopping I was surprised to hear a distinct difference. . .	20
good jazz piano All the aforementioned are wonderful jazz giants each and everyone. Here's two more great jazz pianists on exceptionally well recorded releases. Ahmad Jamal's "I Remember . . .	20
Getting into Opera... need advice "Opera for Dummies" was a good primer and the local library should have plenty of opera discs to borrow. Get a handle on what are considered the "standards" . . .	19
I'm done Really Is there "Twelve Step Program for Audiophiles"? When will we be "tired of being tired" and acknowledge there are greater powers than ourselves? (No insult . . .	18
Best Musical Home Theater Speaker Sometimes life is filled with too many "could haves" and "should ofs". I could have built a GREAT two channel system and then built the home theater around . . .	14
I'm confuse Do i need a dac for my cd player ? A outboard digital analog converter (DAC) replaces the built-in DAC of your CD player. It's a way for you to get a different sound from your digital source. DAC's come in . . .	12
Used Pre-amp with HT pass-thru I second Comsmic void's suggestion about a tube preamp. I have a the Audio Research LS 16 as part of my HT set up and love what it does for my stereo music listening. A used LS. . .	11
Does EVERY component need break-in? I do it. My new ARCAM CD 92 sounded "OK" right out of the box but it wasn't as "full" and "warm" as I remembered it in the store. This weekend I put it on "repeat" for 36 . . .	10
Best Clapton and Davis CD? I second the vote for Clapton's Layla and Other Love songs but recommend The Layla Sessions: 20th Aniversary Editon Box Set (Sept 1990). It's the remastered original disc by the . . .	9
need a dvd player recommendation.. A very inexpenisve option is the Pioneer DVD DV 563A, $180 MSRP but typically $150 online. It gives me 90% of my Denon DVD 3800 (which is filmlike on my Mitsubishi HDTV). . . .	8
Miles Davis Kind of Blue...any options on cd? The cheapest way is to buy the Remastered Columbia/Legacy Edition available at any major CD selling store. It retails for $11.99 but you can often find it discounted for less than. . .	8
XLR vs RCA Play with both type of connections to see if there's a pleasing difference. I've read the XLR have more impact if you are running long cable runs. For short ones, it may make no . . .	7
Surround Sound Processor Pre-Amp Performance The Sunfire Theater Grand series is very good. I have the current III edition. You can find it new for $2,600-2,800 range, considerably less than the MSRP. Also, the II edition . . .	7
MIT T- 2 OR BETTERCABLES? FOR SPEAKERS I bought MIT T2 biwires speaker cables and recently got Transparent Musiclink biwires. I preferred the MIT T2. The MIT sounded "livier" and had more overall "energy" while the . . .	7
A problem with my ASL Hurricane..... Time to bring your 'Canes to the doctor. The meter reading clearly indicates something's not right. What the problem is can only be diagnosed by a tech. When I first got my amp . . .	6
Quality Preamp's with HT-Pass Thru capability? Audio Research LS 16 tube preamp-has built in pass through. Newest edition is Mark II. I got mine (Original edition) used and am very pleased with it. Reviews can be found at . . .	6
Listening practices After collecting music for over 30 years, I find myself centered around 30 discs I play on a regular basis out of 600 plus CD collection. My favorites include the Allman Brothers. . .	6
Sony 9000es vs. NS999ES I echo juaudio and encourage you to read the Absolute Sound from one or two back issues ago because the review of the NS999ES was pretty much an endorsement of the S9000ES. The . . .	5
Should I take out my AR-16 tube pre amp from HT? My preamp is the Audio Research LS 16 and my CD player is the Sony S9000es. When I played the two together it gave me a "leaner" sound. However, I preferred the ". . .	5
Advise on VHS/VCR to purchase New or Used?? You can buy a new S-Video JVC 3800 for under 150! I got two for $138/each three months ago off the net. (Search on Mysimon.com shopping engine for current best price.) Even at $. . .	5
Best HDTV Receiver I have the Hughes HDTV model and very pleased with it. Mitsubishi's model is the same one but with their name on it. I shopped and got a "package" which essentially . . .	3
Renee Fleming goes Jazz? You all got me searching and here's what I found. Yes, a new Renee Fleming release due May 10 (US) and she's covering a wide range of music not normally associated with her. . . .	2