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Fav Consecutive Albums by An Artist
Husker Du. Zen Arcade followed by New Day Rising.Allmans. Fillmore East then Eat a Peach.Also agree with the Little Feat and Steely Dan mentions. 
Shunyata Research's Denali 2000T ???
The latest Stereophile has a piece on the Denalis. Says it beats the AQ Niagara line, which had beat out the previous Shunyata line. 
Who is the WORST Audio Shop?
@jafant "As above regarding all dealers/retailers in the greater NYC area, no surprise there. New Yorkers are well documented as being "rude" all around.Only suckers would patron those establishments."What an asinine and uninformed statement. 
Pass Labs XA30.5 in my system?
@hardball @jaybe noted "I have this amp, wonderful, hope to soon move to the .8 series." EXTREMELY important: could you please give me your considerations? Well, it's a good sounding amp. Drives my 85db sensitivity ATC speakers just fine. 
Pass Labs XA30.5 in my system?
I have this amp, wonderful, hope to soon move to the .8 series.Stereophile's measurements:http://www.stereophile.com/content/pass-labs-xa305-power-amplifier-measurements#GIlEwhIt3MzcHIZ2.97 
Audiophile Humor
Description of a setup, maybe you’ve seen something like it. Not a joke per se, but still humorous. This has actually been hanging around the web for a while.Turntable - A vintage VIP Boyscout circa 1966 recently upgraded with a custom plinth hand... 
Audiophile Humor
@dill  take a pill bro 
Paradigm and Revel
Well I guess you could apply this "boring" theory to many aspects of life-- books, favorite foods, etc. But one needs to avoid over-generalizing, and thinking that everyone thinks alike. I've tried many components in my system, and just cause they... 
Paradigm and Revel
Isn’t the term "hater" a bit of an immature simplification? I owned Revel M106 speakers since they first came out, replacing PSBs. I was enamored with their smoothness and coherence. Got the itch to upgrade after a year, looking for a bigger and m... 
Pass X 250.8 or Pass 30.8 question?
Aside from the power rating, the sonic character of these two Pass amps is also different. The class A amp is a bit "softer", with less sharp transients, and perhaps a bit more "romantic" sounding. Not meant in terms of a strong coloration, but al... 
CD Copy Nero
Use a burn program made for audio, such as eac or dbPoweramp. Copy and burn at the slowest speed possible. The better Japanese discs work best. Avoid internal drives and all slim drives. Use an external drive such as this https://www.amazon.com/gp... 
Best interconnect burn-in method
yes 
Class D = Trash?
Class D has a way to go before it can compare favorably with a good class A or A/B amp. I dumped Class D monoblocks with Class A inputs because they still didn't come close. In my opinion. 
suggestions for Windows 10 software please, , laptop to USB DAC, AIFF files, remote app
some people just feel like victims I guess....... 
Light Harmonic LightSpeed USB: best USB cable under $1k?
There is no "best on the market" that you'll find agreement on. They're all good but are system- and preference- dependent.