sluggo

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Sonus Faber Signum
your dealer is feeding you a solid line of b.s. you need at least 2 ft. from the port to rear wall. tell him to bring the speaks to your house, lest you damage them on your own. if he won't go this extra 1/2 mile, forget it. NEVER, EVER BUY NEW PR... 
Tannoy
call john barnes at audio unlimited (ads in stereophile and tas). (303) 691-3407. john stocks the churchill and others in the upper end of the tannoy line and can get you anything else you want. 
Info on LFD Mistral...?
hey, eldragon, i've got a cd for you to try, if you don't already own it. seriously. it's called "spirit" and is done by a swedish acoustic trio, vasen, playing a nylckelharpa, viola and guitar. northside, NSD6004. 
Info on LFD Mistral...?
wasn't sam tellig the same guy who, several years ago, recommended the use of wd-40 or armor-all on cd's? yeah, like his opinion's worth anything. remember, too, the guy gets PAID to write for stereophile! another member of the world's oldest prof... 
Using a demagnitizer on compact Discs?
better than any magnet, put the cd's you plan to play in a pre-heated oven (350 deg. F) on a greased cookie sheet for about 2 1/2 hrs. CAUTION: this will likely melt your software, but it will give you sonically more satisfying results than you're... 
Optimum speaker placement
try the cardas homepage for an excellent short piece on speaker placement in the 2 ch world. i'd not even try to mix a 2 ch with 5ch in the same room. you cannot hope to get optimal 2 ch sound when you've got video stuff between your 2 ch ("main")...