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Best drink while listening to your rig?
Now, here's a non sequitur.... listening to the Dead ("American Beauty") while sipping a 2000 Margauz.... actually, both are a little rough (wine needs to age), so maybe they are compatible. 
Best drink while listening to your rig?
Audiphanatik,none of that appeals to me, but I hope you don't mind if I found your post to be hysterical! 
Best drink while listening to your rig?
OK, Auiophanatik!!! You know what you like! So, do those choices go with all music, or do you mix and match? 
Biggest Live Miss 23 years ago today............
The original Fairport Convention 
I need a female jazz vocalist. No Krall, No Norah
Tierney SuttonChristine Tobin (avail only in Europe)Lizz Wright 
SPeakers 90% of your sound
garbage in, garbage out 
Names of Bands...
Thanks, Ben....of course! 
Best one box CDP, Got it short listed to Four
I don't know how anyone can reliably say what's best without knowing what the rest of your system is. 
Names of Bands...
Uriah Heep invented something, can't remember what (the cotton gin?). 10cc is supposed to be the average volume of a typical male's ejaculation...whatever...What about:Fairport Convention(Nick Cave and) the Bad Seeds 
Choral or Classical Vocal Recordings - Must Have
Barbara Bonney's disc "Fairest Isle"....a great CD of early English music (Dowland and the like). Fantastic in all respects. 
Which artists do you just not get?
Kublakhan,I didn't take your comments to mean you were arguing or debating! Not in the least. I don't know much about Coltrane, the man. My comment about "it's people I don't get" was meant to be a little tongue-in-cheek and to refer to people in ... 
5 best underrated or unknown bands and why?
phil, yes he did! And I went right to eBay and bought a couple of LPs! 
How good are Cabasse loudspeakers
Go for the Cabasse...no question. Superior detail and imaging. 
considering re-entry to vinyl Linn 12
Tom's ("Twl") suggestions are to be taken seriously. I have a similar setup, but with the Linn Arkiv cartridge.I have found the solid state Blue Circle phono stage to be extremely compatible, although many Linn aficionados will curse me and say th... 
Better than Norah Jones...?
Yes, Eva Cassidy's "Live at Blues Alley" will blow you away. But, for someone more closely comparable to (and better than) Norah Jones, give Lizz Wright a listen.