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Miss your audio when traveling?
try 8 months away from home post KatrinaMy main system - the amp and pre and in boxeselectrical surges may have hit them during the stormmust get them to Richard Grayhow does one cope? music in the car (those 6 hour trips)and my bedroom system hau... 
If You Like Bill Evans, You'll like ....
Bill Evans Rachel ZDanielo Perez 
decent integrated to replace NAD 3400
Milpai - thanks for the humorthanks everyone for the inputthe Jungson sounds interesting as I only have to hook up a dvd and cd to itTom 
Does having an object inbetween the speakers bad?
cables play a big partthe acoustic zen speaker and interconnects image very wellI bought a couple of diffusers to put between my speakers and tv - the tv is back slightly from the front of the drivers. Von Schweikert's image so well you don't noti... 
Talking Heads Remastered
great release, haven't seen the dvd extrasbut the extra cuts are wonderfulI also saw individual albums recently released with the extrasif I only picked up two it would be Remain in Light and Fear of Musicgreat remastersTom 
Solid state amp for Von Schweikert vr4jr's
what about Audio Research D200 or D240 what preamp are you using? 
Plasma 42 inch ....
I bought a 50" Pioneer Elite a month agothe Six generation really refined the black levelswhat a pictureI debated going smaller (43") and was glad I bought the larger screen (ymmv according to viewing distance)10' away the 50" is great and you rea... 
best subwoofer for less than $1000
do it right and you don't need a subwoofer"Von Schweikert" 
Joan Baez - Do I just not get it?
stay away from Joan and try Joni (Court and Spark, Hissing.. and Heijira are all excellentif you like singer songwriters of that era go for Laura Nyro - fabulous stuff Angel in the Dark and Looms Desire are wonderful recordingsTom 
What is the most important cable?
put your most refining cable from pre to ampput your most natural sounding cable from cd to preexperiment a lot, synergy synergy synergythat stated I use Acoustic Zen Matrix from cd,phono out, etand Straight Wire Crescendo betweeen pre and power a... 
Why are CDs so hard to open?
Ethanh has it rightI'll add a hair more detailundo the hinge on the lower leftraise the cover up and you can pull the sticker right offTom 
Are reviewers biased towards equipment they own?
reviewers are not only biased to what they own or are given, they also are biased when the manufacturer takes out a large page multi month ad in their magizine. 
ARC LS2 gain reduction
I had the LS2 - don't recall gain reductionperhaps that was a fuse you wired into itthe LS5 does have a gain reduction switchcall Arc and they will help you outTom 
Pink Floyd concert DVDs
a side notecommercially availible islive in Pompeiimaking of DSOTMRoger Waters LiveDave Gilmore liveall worthy choices 
Jazz recommendations?
Peter Martin