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Harbeth speakers vs Audionote
For now...Dallas,Tx but by fall I will be back in Scottsdale, AZ.Thanks guys for your explanations!Jake 
Equitech Model Q vs PS Audio P10
I had the Equi-tech q 10 and it was stunning!I say was because very shortly after i installed it things started going downhill!From breaker replacements to shorted wires etc. and they have the SINGLE WORST customer service group i have ever encoun... 
Newbie to home theater...Help
Thanks guys for both of your help and insight! 
Greatest Children musicians of all times
Just don't post The Cowsills!!!" 
three of a kind
Zd542Want the center channel for t.v. and clarity of voices ex. enunciationDavehrab...Thanks for your info!Akg ca...You are the second person who has pointed me in this direction! Can you tell me the age of these models since release?Thank you all... 
Audiophile Fakery
E.I.C. speakers from the 80's [Read Extreme Consumer Ignorance! ]Red Rose with their products all outsourced and rebranded...The list goes on and on! 
Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga?...Gag Me?
Amazing what a excellent recording engineer can do!!!Tony's great but AT LEAST 20+ yrs. beyond his prime vocal wise...As for the Gag...Competent voice with surprising range but both kind of hanging on to each other for sales! Think Brittney's &... 
Kubala Elation vs Shunyata ZitronAlpha Power Cords
The Elations WILL give you more Dynamics,Clearer edges etc...But to your point the "warmness" goes through the line.Best,Jake 
Krell Restoration
To save a couple of bucks vs. trained personnel familiar with the unit seems like a bad trade off PLUS you will have a warranty from Krell that will mean something as opposed to one where the shop may be gone in six months!Good luck!azjake 
Joe Cocker...R.I.P.
Talk about a partier! Had just gone to work for RCA in 1973 and my first artist support role was with Joe...I had heard he was a drinker and when i picked him up at O'Hare airport in Chicago he came out to the street hammered and threw up right on... 
Can Silver Interconnects be bright in your gear
I believe Jerrott has given you sound advice that closely aligns what my personal quest has revealed! 
DAC improvements slowing down?
so what if your like me? Over sixty with a LARGE RECORD and CD collection who is not interested in yet another non worldwide standard of source and not interested in streaming?How important is my Dac now just to listen to my regular and MFSL gold ... 
A fond farewell to The Allman Brothers Band
First no Little Feat and now the end of the amazing Allman Brothers.No more Robin Williams and Dennis Miller's retirement!I am sixty two and screwed!,,...:-) 
Favorite Subwoofer
Wilson Benesch Torus Infrasonic Generators...Period!Ultra fast,tonally rich,endlessly ajustable, cosmetically WAF,beautifully constructed,paired with Raidho D1. 
Absolute Mystery
Just my two cents but I do in fact read Stereophile,TAS and HiFi+ all for different strengths each affords me.Yes in those three publications there are indeed MANY quirky characters about but no more then when I am with my audio buddies!We start o...