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Words From the Wise
1. Don't get started in the first place! You are better off remaining a virgin or smoking cigarettes.Do whatever it takes not to get hooked...shock therapy, hypnosis, probes under eye-lids while watching a movie of some disturbed shmuck trying to ... 
Power Cords Snake Oil ??
?!¼?ion:Why not have forum sub-categories under "CABLES" (IC or PC.)ie.Forum>Cables>for those who "do" hear a differenceForum>Cables>for those who "don't" hear a differenceI now belong to the former after being a rabid member of the la... 
Verdict on Pure Note, Ridge Street w solid state ?
In my system...VPI TNT V / JMW 12.5 / XYZ 1000 AiryPass Labs Aleph OnoWadia 23 (used as transport)Audiomeca Enkianthus DacPass Labs X1 pre-ampBryston 7 BsstB&W Matrix 802/S IIIVelodyne HGS 18/IIPure Note ICsAcoustic Zen MC2 or Signal Cable AES... 
Check out this new review: Harmonix power cord
Here is another!Check the last paragraphs, or so.http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/equipment/0102/combak.htm 
LP shelf recommendations?
You are absolutely correct, Marakanetz. Sorry I forgot the other dimension and also didn't notice that you had pointed this out previously.Are you "Expedit" owners satisfied with the product? (Mine is the one with 25 cubicles.) I've been delighted... 
LP shelf recommendations?
I second member Justlisten's suggestion.I just bought one "EXPEDIT" unit. When you see it on the website it looks like it wouldn't hold three books and a balalaika without toppling! Don't mind first-impressions, see it in the store.I put it togeth... 
Violin Concertos
Hello Aliu,If you don't mind some "off-the-beaten (bowed)-path" repertoire, try the Barber and Korngold violin concerti. A fine sounding CD is available on DGG with violinist Gil Shaham, André Previn and the LSO. Another fabulous "new (1977)" vio... 
Most Sublime Beethoven Symphony
Hi Cwlondon,I am hardly a guru of Beethoven, I'll leave that to the more learned critics of Fanfare, Gramophone, etc...but I strongly encourage you to listen to Carlos Kleiber's (with Vienna Philharmonic, on DGG) recordings of the 5th and 7th symp...