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What Meatloaf and Beer Have Taught me about Audiophiles
beyond meatloaf  
Develop a hierarchy for phono playback
I hate this sort of thread, but I am bored turn on a news channel  
Picking speakers 3000-5000 budget
I can’t keep track ot the many speaker suggestions the tracking algorithm broke :)  
What Meatloaf and Beer Have Taught me about Audiophiles
@tubeguy76 Maybe it's like sausage in restaurant culture, customers can't see what goes in so they make shortcuts. To be honest, it's not my favorite dish. Sometimes my wife gets it right, and then I can't stop. I ate a lot in New England where (s... 
What Meatloaf and Beer Have Taught me about Audiophiles
Mulligatawny soup - looks like a stew!   
Develop a hierarchy for phono playback
I would say the better the cartridge, the more important the phono stage. So if you have 2000 dollars don't spend half of it on the phono stage. If you have 10, yes, absolutely. @ghdprentice is up there with his system, way across the 10K per comp... 
Picking speakers 3000-5000 budget
again KLH is value on steroids  
Wanting to upgrade my speakers
yes the Lintons could work  
Wanting to upgrade my speakers
so you want speakers just right for your room size, and the most speakers for your money. KLH, Monitor Audio, Wharfedale, KEF, PSB, Klipsch, Paradigm, Arendal, Aperion to name a few, look for  their bookshelf versions.    
What is a "reference" system?
I have one very modest system. To me a reference system is someone else's setup. If it were mine, I imagine I would have to have several homes, audio rooms, 3 or 4 decent setups to call one reference, one that is the most balanced, neutral, not ne... 
Picking speakers 3000-5000 budget
you keep asking if a speaker will do x and y well and we keep telling you a good speaker will do x y and z. I lost track of your swinging from one brand to another, with very different sizes, sounds and sensitivities. (Good) speakers (good meanin... 
Favorite Song Lyrics of All Time. What Say You?
anyone can write words. The magic is to dip them into a story, a narrative, a timeless legend so that they come alive. I would have to go with McCartney, too many great lyrics    
What Meatloaf and Beer Have Taught me about Audiophiles
the civility, class and warmth of these comments is repulsive. Can we just go back to be ourselves?  
Upgrade ....streamer or amp?
I just don't deny facts and don't live in a parallel, imaginary universe  
Speaker choice without need for deep bass
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