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Tinnitus - do you have ringing in the ears?
Can also be due to a blocked eustacian tubeHome remediesOr poor drainage of cranial sacral fluid. This may be adjusted by an osteopathic doctor or by cranial sacral release: a procedure where the doc moves your head to align your spine. 
Any tweaks recommded for under cd player?
"Ceramic" foot sanding stones at Walgreen's etc for ~$5.00. 
High WAF, simple, integrated amplifier
I would suggest the Denon D-F101s which is probably at least the equal of Arcam but much,. much cheaper due to high volume. 
the smoothest sounding speaker
and the kit ZRT 
the smoothest sounding speaker
Here's one When the drivers like this have incredibly low distortion, and the design is well implemented, you get a non-fatiguing "listen all day" type of soundI think (as of today) driver distortion is my biggest detterent to enjoying the music. ... 
How does one get off the merry-go-round?
Phd and RX8man LOL!!!!!!!!Is the conseling working? If so, sign me up. 
How does one get off the merry-go-round?
Listen to the music, not the stereo. If the stereo does not let you do that you will never be free!Many audiophile components are voiced with a particular sound. This can be exciting at first but after a while the colorations get tiresome and it's... 
Speaker audition: a novice’s journey
Hope Tannoy is on your list. They have some great speakers for under $15,000WestminsterYorkminster 
Solid state recorders
Marantz's top of the line, $1,500 PMD 580 has pretty poor signal / noise ratio and dynamic range. Much worse than an average CDP.# Recording MP3 Bit-rate (Selectable)# Mono: 160, 128, 96, 64, 32 kbps# Stereo: 320, 256, 192, 128, 64 kbps# Sampling ... 
Rawson Resale......
Rawson resale must be pretty good. While I don't know what others have paid, it appears people are asking more for the amps than what they bought them for. Sort of goes against what Tim is trying to do.Maybe he should open up a dealer network if t... 
Solid state recorders
I spoke with Marantz and they now have an R-C 600 remote control for their PMD560/570/580. Also you can put in track markers and be able to skip from track to track.They rate their 2 gig flash (not SD) at 3 hours for standard 16 bit CD quality.Won... 
Solid state recorders
Thanks for the observations. The technology looks like it has promise but maybe not there yet. 
SS amp mosfet 'haze' - ever experienced this?
Welcome to Audiogon, Michael and thanks for the post.Hope you stick around. It's always nice to hear from people in the know. 
Best next step to upgrade sound?
The big $20K Snells are poorly designed IME but the small floor standers are a hidden gem. I heard the older $1,400 Snell E.5 and much, much better than Monitor Audio in the same room at Cosmophonic Sound in NYC. Had rear tweeter to even out room ... 
battery powered with 'vivid' sound
Well, in that case, you need solar cellsand more solar cells my friend.