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Jazz is not Blues and Blues is not Jazz.......
Two left ears:I don’t really know whether your comment about jazz and blues is meant to be sardonic. Please seehttp://www.gregtivis.com/articles/Jazz-and-Blues.phpfor starters.  
High Performance Audio - The End?
Objectively, audio standards are declining as consumers continue to choose convenience over quality. Many people in this forum themselves care more about convenience. Subjectively, Imho there is no such thing as ultimate resolution because we all ... 
A Couple Little Things I'm Wondering About
I have placed my speaker cables in the nearest inter-galactic black hole. As a consequence, I have zero interference and noise. I don’t hear a thing, as a matter of fact. 
All New Magico A5 Loudspeakers // Biggest "BANG" For Your BUCK On The Market ?!
Might be the biggest bang in my wallet. There will be no doubt about that part of it.  
To venture back into vinyl or not,...that is the question.
At $500 CDs are better. At .... I don’t know, $2,000 and up, $4,000 and up?, vinyl is better. Jssmith, I grew up with vinyl. My first LP was The Rolling Stones 12 x 5, age 9. Since then I’ve added 6,000+ LPs, About 200 45s, and 300 78s. I listen t... 
I bought another Class D amp and didn't get what I paid for!
In the late 1990s, my wife and I were in the Catskills for leaf-peeping season and our wedding anniversary. We spent an afternoon in Woodstock doing some window shopping that evolved into real shopping as often happens. I saw a small copy of the W... 
Think fast: What would you take?
I’d take my memories. And once I’m resettled, I’d put some thought into why the fires are happening, how my lifestyle may be contributing, and make some course corrections. At the end of the day, our audio hobby is just stuff. In the meantime, the... 
Help me understand "the swarm" in the broader audiophile world
ONE:Well, if 2 are better than 1, and 4 are better than 2, then are 8 better than 4; are 16 better than 8? 32, 64, 128, 256...? (Is that a straw man argument, or, lacking other evidence, simply taking the argument to its logical conclusion?)TWO:A ... 
Leave tube amps always on?
I have a pair of Futterman OTL3s, modified from pentode to triode. If I’m listening and have to walk away for up to an hour or two, I leave them running. Otherwise, I turn them on, wait a half hour, and when I’m done, they go off. Reasons:- fire h... 
Woofer pumping possibly due to tube amp when playing vinyl
I'm with Mr Miller. Clamp it down. I also have the cabinet bolted to a brick wall that my VPI HW MK IV is sitting on.I have a Velodyne 15" sub with it's pwn power supply, and use Altec 604Cs. No pumping unless I dial up the sub volume, which is no... 
A pragmatic view of cartridge expenses / many questions
Yes. vdH. Been sending them there for decades. I get nervous with the thing in the mail but there haven’t been any mishaps yet. I hear there is a guy in NJ that is supposed to be good and that I could drive it to but I have no experience with him.  
A pragmatic view of cartridge expenses / many questions
Cd318,I found the Shure V15 type III, IV, V and MR on eBay. ONE of them is supposed to be the one, the others, also-rans. Supposedly useless without the microridge stylus. ? 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Mammithguy54,I have heard from a few people that the remasters are good. I’ll let you know if my experience is any better than yours. I’m guessing you are the same age as I am.  
Analog or Digital and why?
I’ve been listening to vinyl for 55 years. It’s what I have learned to listen to and what I have accustomed myself to. I have 6,000+ LPs, maybe 300 CDs. Digital sounds thin and sometimes gritty to me.I am able to hear - without knowing beforehand ... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Btw, I just bought the 2-LP sets of the Jimmy Page remasters of Zoso and Houses of the Holy. I have all the Led Zeppelin LPs except for the last two.