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Small room, "budget priced" speaker advice, please
Ascend Acoustics CMT-340 SE with shipping for about $600. 30-day satisfaction guarantee and five-year warranty. 
The Tubes
Reports of his death have been greatly exaggerated. Prairie Prince is alive and well. 
Best short-lived band?
Moby Grape 
What is a good, compact sized integrated amp??
Winsome Labs Mouse. 
Can anyone recomend any great bono/conga albums
Mongo Santamaria 
Your First Concert was.....
Robin Trower, 1976, Long Beach Arena. Steve Marriott's All Stars opened. After playing a couple of tunes, I remember Steve asking the crowd, "Do you wanna hear some Humble Pie shit?". We responded enthusiastically (of course). Enjoyed seeing both ... 
My favorite Steely Dan song has to be...
Hey Nineteen 
What's your favorite remake of a song
Jeff Beck "Cause We've Ended As Lovers" 
Polk LSi9...good integrated amp to drive these???
I'm using a PS Audio Trio C-100 ICEpower integrated amp with my LSi9's in the living room. My previous setup was a Transcendent Grounded Grid tube preamp with a gainclone amp. That setup sounds better to me at lower volume than the C-100. I live i... 
Power: Good or Bad
The gainclone amp is simplicity itself and sounds great. The 50+ watts per channel into my 6-ohm speakers is more than enough for my listening area. My LM3886TF amp is paired with a tube preamp. Siegfried Linkwitz of Linkwitz-Riley crossover fame ...