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Why is my amp distorting?
One channel or two? What about the speakers, have you switched them? Do you have more than one source component? You probably have already thought of all of these, but your posting doesnt mention them, so just in case....good luck. 
20th Century Composers
like van morrison and john williams, he isnt dead yet, so it is hard to talk about his "legacy", but I would say, minimalism and Einstein On the Beach 
Okay, now I think I've seen it all...
I think they are cool...no big deal certainly 
20th Century Composers
Ok so to answer the posed question (at last), for me: Coltrane, Stravinsky, Glass 
20th Century Composers
right. But in the long run it's WHAT THEY COMPOSED that matters, the value of the compositions,, not just the fact that they "did their own thing". Everyone from pure hack to genius can do their own thing, make a living, whatever, but that's not w... 
20th Century Composers
Re John Williams.. compare him to Beethoven???? All they have in common is that maybe they wrote for violins. 50 years after Williams is dead no one will remember him for anything serious concerning music. See you at the movies 
Best On-Line source for SACD's
Music Direct---amusicdirect.com....great selection,,good prices. 
Greatest American Rock and Role Bands of ALL Time
Eagles 
Use a gDVD/CD player as transport with a good DAC?
Even better, get a cheap Sony SACD player and do the same thing. Then you can have your cake (standard CD's through the dac) and eat it too (the great SACD's through the analogue output of the Sony). 
5 most overrated movies ever......
Star Wars Episodes 1 to 5,000. Clones one and all. 
What after the old CD player? CDP, SACD or DVD-a?
I think it depends on what price bracket you are in. At the super high end, sticking with CD's may be the thing. But as you creep down the scale, to me it makes sense to get an SACD player with digital out for the CD's--the SACD's are great, the m... 
LISTENER Magazine...What Do You Think?
I subscribed for a year a few years ago and found all the"humor" pretty boring--not funny and not really a style for a complete issue of a mag on stereo. I remember one great review of the Harry Smith Folk Anthology cd set. I bought the set based ...