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Recommendation Lindley/Ry Cooder
I saw Lindley with Warren Zevon around 81. He is a great studio musician that never got his due! 
Music you would like to turn someone on to.
Stan Ridgway and Chris Whitley are 2 of my favorites that are not greatly known in the mainstream. Alot of other stuff which I like,but not all of their music. 
panasonic sa-xr45 vs marantz sr-5400
Most of the people that I hear agaist the new Digi amps are those that have a vested intrest on using conventional or have synergy issues with them.They are remarkable value compared to what has come from Japan\orient in the way of A\AB receivers ... 
CD's for auditioning
One old tune I like to use is "Feel The Benefit" By 10CC as it has a wide array of insrtuments.Supertramp "Crime Of the Century"SRV "Little Wing"Carpenters-Hits as I had seen her perform and know her voice well.Anything you know really well! 
Modern day equivalent of KEF 104.2s?
I might be off in left field on this,but I listen to generally the same type and other tyoes of music and I would look to trying Metal Driver Technolgy speakers like Acoustic Energy AE-1's or similar speaerks as they excel in transparency and Bass... 
Transparent's Network Boxes
I cannot get past adding a network to cables as that ingest something which over rides the purity of the signal. Living in Maine I have heard their wires and am not impressed for teh price.www.nearsota.com 
How much does your system retail for?
Bob ,stop being so modest!NEAR SOTA 
I need more cowbell....
You need more Cowbell!Wow, I need some great wild sex with a beautiful blonde!Geez,with a setup like that ,if it did everything I want and was good synergisticly I would not change a wire.I'd ask christopher walken what he did to get more Cowbell ... 
Favorite SS Amp?
Plinus & Sim Moon-Neither have I heard,but from what has been told they would be a good match for my speakers.Any amp that is good synergisticly with your speakers and Pre would be a favorite.I would take a LAMM any day though! Baaaaahhhhh! 
Helping a friend put together a sub-$1000 system
For an amp try one of the new Digital amps. People are raving about the JVC's and Panisonics. The JVC can be bought for as little as $180 I think.Get a Philips 963 if you can. Here is a system I put on paper awhile back.JVC Digi AMp $180 J&R's... 
Cables and Loud Hum
Well using unsheilded wires are better to use ,but there are those times when interference creates problems.Sometimes hum can be due to the Transformers in the amps we use. If you can get away with not using sheilding it is always better for home ... 
Want more high frequency extension
Give it a few more yrs Matty and you'll feel time is passing you by!Larry 
How Revealing Should a System Be?
allmusic.com You go there too! I like that site for research into artist. 
B&K 200.2 OR Rotel RB-1080?
I feel that B&K is a slightly better Co. and have owned both in the form of Amps and Pre's.That is as detail as it gets because unless there is a synergy issue that's what I have experienced.I stay away from NAD because they have poor build qu... 
Phono stage and preamplifier opinions....
IMO it is always best to go seperates when possible. You could buy a Hagerman Phonostage and just add it to the Forte if that does everything right for you.I have a slew of items I need and want and there are several cost effective Phono Satges yo...