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Best Rock Album in 2010
Le Noise! 
Top 5 Hamburgers
Azaud: 4 million air miles. Everyone in my family thought Up In The Air was my life story. 
Top 5 Hamburgers
Best Sandwiches:Italian: NYC: Bar Stuzzichini, Defontes, Porchetta, Terroir, TorrisiChicago: Birchwood Kitchen, Joe BostonsSF: Cane Rosso, Ironside, Orson, Sandbox Bakery, The RefugeLA: Phillipes, Santa Fe Importers, Langers, Bay City, Claros, D' ... 
Top 5 Hamburgers
Agree with Brent's. Super great hand cut lox. 
Top 5 Hamburgers
MacdadLove that place. I also love Joe Boston's in Chicago for Italian Beef and the Gibson Brothers in Santa Maria style tri-tip.Concerning Houston, I love Dot's Coffeeshop for their chicken fried. Amazingly good. 
Best Private Retreat Using Closed Headphones
I agree with DMob here. There is a wonderful headphone store in Portland called 32 Ohm. You may wish to call them. A wealth of product and opinion. 
Three best audiophile CD/LP in your collection
Joni Mitchell Hijera; Paul Kelly May 1992, Willie Nelson Teatro 
Top 5 Hamburgers
Yes Phaelon, I was probably wrong for starting this thread. But there again, it is now one of the top ranked. 
Devore Gibbon 3XLs: anyone have these?
Harbeths and Spendors are classic "English" monitors that put tremendous engineering around the mids. ATCs are very much emphasize an analytical approach--not warm like Harbeths--more clinical and don't favor sources or genres.Devores are more org... 
Your Personal Soundtrack
CWLONDON. downtime. 
Your Personal Soundtrack
Kind of like mellow tubey magic. I have a small collection of 200 albums (1950s to today) but love a warm soundstage and simple playing. For classics, I love the first three Band albums (Chestfever!), most of the early Bob Marley catalog, mid 70s ... 
Proac response D2 or Harbeth for a Leben cs-600
Love ATC. They never work with tubes, unless you mate a tube pre-amp with their active ones. 
Proac response D2 or Harbeth for a Leben cs-600
NotecHe said "but which speakers." I wanted to expand his playing field. 
Devore Gibbon 3XLs: anyone have these?
Finns cost twice as much but probably not twice the enjoyment. I would choose the Gibbons.If price was key, I would probably look at active ATC 16s with a nice pre amp or the Zu Souls with tubes as legitimate contenders. 
Devore Gibbon 3XLs: anyone have these?
In Living Stereo in NYC is a wonderful place to audition these. I just did this in the city recently, where I heard these exact speakers driven by a Leben 300 SX tube amp. Amazingly organic and sweet sounding experience. I demoed Stevie Wonder, Bo...