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USPS SHIPPING OVERSEAS
I've shipped hundreds of cables all over the World with USPS Priority International and have never had a lost shipment or damaged good. I have complete confidence in the USPS.  
Do you like Mexican music??
Listened to some Los Lobos and some Los Lost Boys last night and confirmed that I still don't care for Mexican music. 
Patricia Barber, Cafe Blue "un-mastered"
I have the Japanese  XRCD version of this piece and it is quite good. I haven't listened to the un-mastered SACD version yet.  
USB DAC Dumb
Check out the Mutec-3 or even less money the Mutec-1.2 
Lo-Fi, Mid-Fi or Hi-Fi- What's your system and why?
willywonka, I've tried most of what you are talking about, even had the multi-bit in my system. It's a good $300-$600 dac (however you have it configured) but the NuWave DSD DAC is so much better there is no comparison. I new I could never achieve... 
Controlling a PC with Monitor or Smartphone
If you use JRiver you can go headless with JRemote. But... You will need a monitor and mouse to initially set everything up. Then you can go headless to play music and do minor things like making a playlist. I leave everything hooked up but I use ... 
Do you like Mexican music??
I like Spanish and Latin, but Mexican music reminds me of Polka Music. Not for me. 
Lo-Fi, Mid-Fi or Hi-Fi- What's your system and why?
I had the Bifrost and it was a bottleneck in my system. It's not a bad DAC, it's just not a great one. I went with a PS Audio DAC and it was much better.  
What's needed with my Macbook Pro to stream music like they do at HI-FI shows?
matt00, an LPS stands for Linear Power Supply.  
What's needed with my Macbook Pro to stream music like they do at HI-FI shows?
The Sony is a proprietary server that only plays it's own file format. I won't go that route. The MackBook Pro is an excellent PC to use as a server/renderer. I have the PS Audio NuWave DSD DAC and find it to be an exceptional DAC. I would include... 
Dodgy - Audio dealers?
If you don't feel comfortable with them, use someone you do feel comfortable with. 
Best Drum Solos
I can't remember if it was Chicago or Three Dog Night, but the solo was called "Motorboat to Mars". 
Powerful, smallish floorstanders with high WAF?
I have the Focal 918 profile' and went to the Sonus Faber Venere 2.5 in walnut and the wife was very pleased with the looks. In sonics, they are much livelier and balanced than the 918's. The bass is very similar, but the midrange is... beautiful.... 
Good looking Towers for < $2000?
I recently bought the Sonus Faber Venere. I highly recommend this speaker. They are very easy on the eye's also. 
In a lot of these threads people say without the room being treated
I made my own treatments and put them at the 1st and 2nd reflection points. Built frames to go around them and voilà. In a small room, treatments are critical. In a large room where you can set up a near field listening system, it's not as critica...