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"Best" audio rack for under $500.00?
Check out Adona - they list regularly here - very high quality at a very modest price - $500 definitely has you in the park - I am happy with mine and feel like it would take 3-10x to better ithttp://adonacorporation.com/audiorack.html 
Can you recommend reasonable speaker cable
Check out the Goertz MI2 - excellent for the money 
Von scheikert VR4jr what are you using ?
I heard the Channel Islands D200/VR4jr rig at the HE2006 show last weekend and it blew my away. I and a number of others thought it was one of the best sounding rooms there. Jum Wang from Harmonic Technology was there and I asked him which of his ... 
Need Recommendation of PC speakers
I'll second the TADs - get some NOS tubes and you'll enjoy them. Not petite thoughOR check the Klipsch site for their refurbished stuff - got a great rig for under $100 
Audio Server Newbie...Does This Make Sense?
Fishbone - good job, you pretty much have it figured out. Don't forget the interconnects and when you get it, conside upgrading the power cable for the DAC - they are quite sensitive to this tweak.Figure the average album stored Apple Lossless wil... 
Lifting speaker cables
FWIW since MT brought it up, many of the demo rooms at last weeks Stereophile show had their mondo cables neatly arranged on a variety of lifts. Of course this could just be the cable rep making sure his babies got in the spotlight...Then of cours... 
Up to the Minute: Streaming Bits to Audiophile DAC
Good questions. One persons opinion. From the top:Pro audio people don't see DACs as playback devices. They seem them as a way to get digital into the analogue world and onto their master tapes - I think... Very important to distinguish between tr... 
Best CD sleeves out there
I second Nsgarch with the Discosox recommendation. I keep all my CDs in them (about 1,00 now). When I get a new CD, I open the box, grab the booklet, and slip it in a DiscSox. Then I rip the disc to my harddrive and put it all away for safekeeping... 
Home Entertainment Show in Los Angeles
Saturday I spent the day at the VTV Expo. My impression was that traffic was very poor and certainly below Charlie's expectations. Hope he and the other exhibitors do better today. There was a bit of cross-traffic from the Sheraton. There was a ba... 
Home Entertainment Show in Los Angeles
I too just returned. It's my first audiophile show and the experience was like seeing my bookmarks come to life. Great to see and hear so much stuff I only read about. For instance handling the Oyaide and Acrolink stuff... The carbon fibre wall pl... 
Your 5 Fav Rock Concerts
1967 - Monterey Pop Festival - in particular Otis, Janis, Jimi and Ravi Shankar1968 - Woodstock - Jimi again, the Band, Mountain and Country Joe1969-70 - A Who/Led Zeppelin concert at an outdoor amphitheater in Maryland2003 - Dixie Chicks "On Top ... 
The best power conditioner for less than $1K?
Highly recommend the BPT products - Chris can do some nice things in your price range. Whether it gets toobey or not, its for sure your system will sound better. No matter how your system morphs going forward its a piece you will never need to cha... 
Blue Note clothing
It's nice gear - I'm wearing mine now - Just take them at their word and when they tell you to order up a size, do 
Will a Full Page Ad Guarantee a Review?
One of the basic truths in advertising is that ads are more credible when the brand or product is supported by public relations - especially in the form of third party endorsements (real or implied) such as a review.Meaning that manufacturers know... 
Will a Full Page Ad Guarantee a Review?
So riddle me this...Let's suppose for a moment that those sneaky manufacturers are actually throwing not only free gear but advertising dollars at magazines in the vain hope of letting us know their products exist and are availableAnd let's suppos...