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BI-AMPING
In-line attenuators, as JMCGrogan suggests, will probably work fine. I happen to have volume pots on my ss amp that peform the same function, and that allows me to bi-amp a 170wpc ss amp with 60w tube monoblocks. Lovely sound, with the added benef... 
Jolida components: Seems to be many for sale ?
I've owned a Jolida tubed cd-player for about a decade now, averaging two hours of use a day. Great sound w/o a single problem. The all-steel remote is still the most dangerous weapon in my house. 
how much of a difference should equipment make?
With due respect to Sgordon1, Walker Audio peddles among other things, a "Reference Record Clamp" made of no more than $10 worth of brass and $5 worth of lathe-work, for $1750, a "Talisman Magnetic Optimizer" for $275, and vibration pads and point... 
how much of a difference should equipment make?
What RLwainwright said: "We have a winner!! Differences between speakers are *huge* compared to that found in good-quality, well-constructed equipment and cabling. You are much better served by improving the following:1) Speakers2) Speaker/room in... 
R. Majewski sent me his latest album. Sublime.
Yes, I wish it were more widely distributed as well. I've been a big Bobo Stenson fan for about a decade now, and as you may know, he doesn't do--or hasn't recently recorded--a lot of standards. But honestly, I've never heard anyone play them bett... 
Ravi Shankar passes.
Back in 2005 or 6, the wife and I got two, free, last minute tickets to Ravi Shankar's concert in Portland. His daughter Anoushka was with him. Though we had a couple of cds, we weren't exactly fans--we hadn't even thought about going to the conce... 
Why no as many post about music vs equipment......
Where the male of the species is concerned (and I'm one, so I know of what I speak), if there's equipment--metal, wood, electricity, etc--there's obsession. We're like crows. Something flashes and we go toward it. We'll deny it and claim that it's... 
I wrote Robert Majewski about his recording . . .
Albert Porter listed the links in the thread I started called "Holy Smoke. Robert Majewski, Bobo Stensen"In the meantime, Majewski's webpage is here, and there's a contact link on the page.http://robertmajewski.eu/ 
Music that everyone else loves but you just don't
My test is: have I ever bought an album? If so, do I continue to listen to it? On that score, your list coincides with mine. I would add Sinatra to that list (Tony Bennett is NOT I repeat NOT on the list) and the blues as a genre. 
Melody Gardot "The Absence"
I thought her first two albums were superb, and the second of the two--My One and Only Thrill--one of the best albums I've ever heard. I can't think of a singer, male or female, whose song writing and singing reach such a high level. And then ther... 
Bourbon and rock n roll
Woodford Reserve, Bulleit are my favorites. 
Help Me Name a New Band
Soda, Seven, and Jerkstore. 
Help Me Name a New Band
Bawdy Planet 
Favourite ECM Titles
Charles Lloyd, "The Call." With Billy Hart, Bobo Stenson, and Anders Jormin, this album is, for my money, at the top of Lloyd's recordings. You hear a lot about Lloyd's new group, which includes Jason Moran, but I've never heard him better than on... 
Brad Mehldau
I can't yet hear it myself. I've tried, but for whatever reason, Mehldau doesn't hit me where I live.