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Do you have a secret "guilty pleasure" recording?
Brian Wilson learned harmony from listening to his mothers Four Freshmen LP's. Beautiful. 
DSPeaker Dual Core 2.0: Tips and Tweaks Wanted
If you pass the entire source signal through the AntiMode, you are then hearing that source (including analog such as LP and tape) fully digitized, full range. The best way to use it is for bass only, either with subwoofers or bi-amped speakers. U... 
tube for ARC LS2B II preamp
Some listeners find the LS2 (and other ARC mostly-solid state models---the LS2 contains only one tube) to sound a little "dry" as well as bright (leading to their sound being characterized as "white"), so a tube that helps the pre achieve a more "... 
After Market Stands for new Magnepan .7's
Sound Anchors aren't as expensive as Mye's, and the models they make for Eminent Technology and Vandersteen are mandatory for getting the best from those speakers. 
Who are the most underground high-end companies
Hey, how do I get my posts here to single space? When I hit the enter button, my curser automatically drops two lines. 
Who are the most underground high-end companies
Some good ones already mentioned. Here are some more (okay, I own them all ;-):Clear Day CablesEAR-YoshinoEminent TechnologyGR ResearchHelius DesignsLondonMusic ReferenceRythmik AudioTownshend Audio 
Should we use ridiculously priced cables to listen to Rap?
Since most RCA jacks, spade lugs, and banana plugs are gold plated these days, cables are inherently bling. But Anti-Cables adds gold into copper for the wire in their cables! 
What are you favorite artists and songs to listen to on your system?
Marty, if you haven't already, give Danny Gatton a listen. He's a well-kept secret, a guitarists guitarist, Telecaster master. 
What are you favorite artists and songs to listen to on your system?
Thanks Tostadosunidos, I'll do that. 
Recording Quality and Different Studios
I prefer to buy LPs in a store locally. But then I live in the desert, and for much of the year the temperature inside a delivery truck out here is insane. Luckily there are stores not too far away that actually stock and sell LPs. When I do have ... 
How important are speaker cables to the sound emanating from the speakers?
Roger Sanders makes a speaker cable optimized specifically for Electrostatics. He explains the difference between the electrical characteristics they present to a power amp versus that presented by non-ESLs (the voltage versus current paradigm), a... 
What are you favorite artists and songs to listen to on your system?
Of currently working artists, Iris Dement is at the top of my list. Long-time favorites also include (amongst many others) Brian Wilson (song writer par excellence), Dave Edmunds (Rock n’ Roll master), Hank Williams (Hillbilly genius), The Everly ... 
What's your favorite lyric from a song?
B. Dylan : "Idiot winds, I’m surprised we can even feed ourselves". Who else would include himself in such a condemnation? 
So how many people are using subwoofers
A second for the Rythmik F12G, a sub made expressly for music reproduction. The G in the model designation is for GR Research, whose designer/owner Danny Richie collaborated with Rythmiks Brian Ding on the design of the woofer (a paper-coned versi... 
How important are speaker cables to the sound emanating from the speakers?
rzado may be right, but the first specialty high end cable I remembering hearing of (via Gordon Holt at Stereophile) was the Fulton Brown, in '75 or so. I may be mistaken about the exact timing, but I seem to recall reading about the problems with...