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best artists in the last 15 years
She likes to sing, "Ray Brown, Ray Brown!" in concert? 
New Rainbow remasterings are awful
A minor god would be a demigod. 
Re-masters again
Next time you see someone with that iPod in the ears, thank them! (Although I listen to a lot of music through my MacBook Pro.) 
best artists in the last 15 years
Prediction - Amy Winehouse will be gone and forgotten in under 5 years, as will many of the others mentioned above. There is a saying in the ancient Vedas of India - "Chewing the chewed." 
White Album, when's your last listen?
Great question and I have had no idea for 20 years why the best recordings take forever to be treated right. The Beatles albums didn't come out on CD until 1988 and then almost all of them sounded like crap. Now, here we are more than 10 years int... 
Which "Kind of Blue". I'm so confused
Ha! A bunch of used ones on Amazon for $3.98 and $4.00. OK, shipping might cost more if you insist on buying a sleeve. But you should have something around the house and can mail it USPS for 4-5 stamps. 
What equipment or event thrust you into the hobby?
Sept., 1969. A guy on my dorm floor had Dynaco speakers, Dynaco integrated amp, don't remember the turntable. I'd never seen or heard anything like it and spent the next 3 years drooling over the Allied Radio catalog.1974 - Went through listening ... 
Which "Kind of Blue". I'm so confused
Chip - Tvad will sell his for $4.00 (current market price) plus $1.50 shipping. 
White Album, when's your last listen?
Three or four years ago I tried to buy my nephew (he's a musician) some music for his high school graduation, stuff like Hendrix, Beatles, Miles Davis, John Coltrane. I found out he had most of it and what he didn't have, his school friends had ju... 
Which "Kind of Blue". I'm so confused
Do not get the original Columbia CD. It is mastered at the wrong speed, the music is veiled and compressed, and it is not what was performed by those legendary musicians in the studio. If you are as cheap as you say, you can surely find a used cop... 
White Album, when's your last listen?
So much music, so little time. "The White Album" rewards repeated listenings and foreshadows most of pop/rock of the last number of years. Timeless, indeed - what pop/rock/hip-hop is out today that we'll be discussing in 40 years?? (Nobody even li... 
Should I get the Art Audio Jota
That warm, slightly fuzzy sound has always been C.J.'s trademark. Was there in my first C.J. product from 1984 but I liked it then. First time music sounded inviting and warm. My girlfriend liked it, too. The last product I had was a 16LSII pre-am... 
Green Mountain Audio Eos
I just got notice from A'gon that the word "amazing" has been officially banned. 
Should I get the Art Audio Jota
Some recordings have inverted phase but it usually sounds, to me at least, as if only one or two mics were the culprits. The sound becomes "phasey" and puts pressure on my ears. Some of Hendrix's stuff was intentionally recorded out of phase, but ... 
i am looking for good small rack
Edyta and Karina on "Dancing With The Stars".