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Talon Roc subs - worth it?
Follow-up: I wasn't able to audition the Genesis, Vandersteen, or Mirage subs (I'm sure they're very good), but I did get a chance to hear the Talon Rocs. I found them to be tight, very fast, and well built. So I bought two. Thus far, I'm very ple... 
Will there be stereos in Heaven? Cables?
someone will be good enough to play a few good notes when I run out of tracks and they start shoveling dirt on top of my box. 
Running bi-wire cables backwards OK?
Thanks for the info everyone. I'll give it a try running the cables reversed. Don 
Talon Roc subs - worth it?
Thanks for the good advice everyone. 
2 Channel Pass Through for Home Theater
Some high-end preamps do come with a dedicated SSP by-pass circuit for the kind of system you are comtemplating. This feature is showing up on more high-end preamps every year since there is clearly a market for it (many audiophiles can't afford 2... 
Your Favourite Desert Island Discs
I agree with Musikdok -- depends on the day & mood. So I would hope to have in hand a mix of different "good" stuff to cover my usual urgings: Hugh Masekela - Hope (lively and rhythmic), Abbey Lincoln - A Turtle's Dream (deep and blue like the... 
Your Best Hobbies (other than Audio)
Paragliding: open, airy, smooth, beautiful, relaxed "floating lounge-chair" pace or aerobatic crescendo (whichever suits me at the time), the pure sound of wind in my lines, the soothing feel of wind on my face, and always exhilarating. 
THE BEST SMALL SPEAKERS
"Best" is always subjective and depends heavily on the price range you are looking at. If price is no object you should try to find a pair of B&W JB Silver Signatures to audition. They are the best "small" speakers I have ever heard, and they ... 
Help deciding on DD/DTS Pre-amp
The Nakamichi CA-1 (with or without DTS option) is very nice. I spent a lot of time listening to the Classe SSP-25 and other units in the $2000-$5000 range and ultimately bought a CA-1. It has great bass management features, dull-zone option, tape...