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Best Concert DVD
Concert DVDSteely Dan - Plush Jazz (latest tour)Talking Heads - Stop Making SenseThe Who - Royal Albert Hall w guestsYes - House of BluesSade - Lovers RockDiana Krall - Live in ParisI also enjoy those classic album reviewsSteely Dan, U2, EJ, The WHo 
Three best Dylan albums???
Blood on the TracksOh MercyBlonde on BlondeI saw Dylan this last go rounda performance not to be missed! 
Upsampling the way to go? ?
TonyI directly A/B'd my upsampling 24/192 EVS Millenium II to an ARC DAC3 and CD2 and felt that the Millenium showed much more detail, low level resolution and presence.Haven't heard the CD3, but my results were amazing compared to those two ARC p... 
Which Audio Research Preamp?
THe SP9 is a very nice preampI own the LS 5 which is all balanced ins but is a spectacular preamp - more open than the ref-1a very musical piece - light years above the LS2 I had beforean LS 15 16 or 22 is a lateral move, you are not really gainin... 
Acoustic Zen speaker Cables ..In general
Acoustic Zen have very nice tonally balancevery revealing image wise - layering and body to musicthey get acoustic instruments rightI've owned Harmonic Technology and AZ is a step further in revealing and unveiling the musicthe sound is less grain... 
Anyone heard new Mach II versions of Acoustic Zen?
JC AUDIOany comments on your mach II versions?thanks 
Looking for additional cable ideas...
how about Acoustic Zen Satori?very revealing and tonally correcttom 
A/B test of interconnects - Will this work???
cables are very system dependantI tend to want to listen to a cable exactly how it will go in my system and for at least several hours or more likely several days to get a truer flavor (tube warm up is always a factor).I like to keep going back to... 
Is It Worth Modifying an ARC LS16?
I've heard that Mullards can open up an ARC preamp 
Is It Worth Modifying an ARC LS16?
newbeehere is their websitehttp://www.greatnorthernsound.com/Steve Huntley worked with Audio Research, Wadia and Cal Audio Labs. His upgrades are designed to extract the maximum performance out of the equipment. 
Is It Worth Modifying an ARC LS16?
I have a friend who did the modifications to either an LS16 or LS 25 (sorry can't remember which model), I was quite surprized, the results were stunning. I have an LS5 which I feel is outside of the Ref2 the best Arc preamp that I have heard. I a... 
Stereo or Home Theater?
an emphatic StereoI have an extensive 2 channel setup that includes a proton 36" tv and dvd player. In the room I am using it in 14' by 27' it is more than adequate and the stereo sound is earth moving, friends who have been over have been quite i... 
The best books on music
Insightful music books?Hard to beat the Beatles coffeetable book for reflections and rare photographsBoth Sides Now on Joni Mitchell was nice, as was Talking Heads "THis Must Be The Place".I also like the MusicHound albums review books by genrePop... 
Best sub for B&W matrix 805
A friend has two Vandrstein subs with his 804's, they sound seemless together 
Better magazine, Stereophile or Absolute Sound
Stereophile is more easy to readbut one beef I have is they rarely compare components at the same price, they will compare a unit to it's now obsolete upgraded predicessor but will not compare it head to head with other viable optionsthat brings p...