darrenlite

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Best Male Singers of the 20th Century
Frank Sinatra........hands down, IMO. 
How much does your system retail for?
Lost my way on my prior post.........I was stunned by some of the amounts spent by other people. 
How much does your system retail for?
Holy Cow, I feel a lot better about what I spend on audio...I've got a lot of extra stuff around but my "A" system has a Theta Compli, PS Audio HCA2 and PCA2 and PSB Stratus Gold i's.I just use various mid-low end Kimber, Cardas and Monster cables... 
What's your profession? Age?
Business owner, private post-secondary technical school. 42 years old.... 
Review: PSB Stratus Gold Speaker
I'd echo many of the above comments regarding the quality of these speakers. I've been a pretty serious audiophile for 20+ years and IMO Stratus Gold i's are my favorite speaker under $10k.They do everything very,very well and have no nasty edges.... 
song title that is memorable
By Cream.......... 
CD vs LP - Who cares when it's a crappy recording?
The quality gap between my best Chesky HDCD's for example, vs. some of the dreck that I own surpasses any incremental improvement in formats. I don't want to start an Audiophile war, but these mastering differences dwarf the differnces between cab... 
Biamping vs. Bridging Platinum Solo, Soliloquy
IMO, Bi-Amping (even passive) can definatly yield an improvement sonically. Bridging can yield more volume but always diminishes the quality, in my experience. 
NAD Reliability
I've found amps, pre's, tuners and receivers to be very reliable but have had several problems with CD players including a 5140 and a 502.