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Trying to find someone with a cable cooker in Metro NY
insearchofprat,geoffkait is a good-hearted person but his statistics about being correct are not that great. 
A good taste of DSD--what is your experience?
jbhiller,It was not much of a work. It was from memory.To answer your question about embracing the format and how to run it, etc...SACDs get converted to .DSF files. It is for convenience (less clutter in the room, simpler access, portable applica... 
Trying to find someone with a cable cooker in Metro NY
insearchofprat,The only thing anyone can say is "good for you". That is frequently used instead of "whatever" but I really mean it.At some point, not so long ago, a well-known person around here was preaching that orchestra would, in almost those ... 
A good taste of DSD--what is your experience?
"I have some Rolling Stones DSD CDs produced by ABKCO in 2002."I think geoffkait is asking about a batch of CDs (NOT SACDs) that say "DSD" on them. I would think that they are same as CD layer of initial hybrid SACDs. Just converted from ISO files... 
Trying to find someone with a cable cooker in Metro NY
insearchofprat,I am not disputing that you hear differences and that they are for better. However, the list is so long and all-inclusive that it seems a bit exagerrated. A casual reader may conclude that sticking her/his cables in the refrigerator... 
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geoffkait,"Please pass the popcorn! šŸæ "Ā Be careful, popcorn is not good for dentures. 
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jay23,Groceries were not my analogy but gnoworyta's (OP's) although I do approach any shopping in the same way.What is so "sacred" about high end audio equipment that it should be exempt from a break in price? Televisions, computers, appliances, c... 
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jay23,No, I don't. Does anything like that even exist? I mean, local audio stores. 
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benjie,I may not have negotiating skills but I spare you from whining about squeezing a few percent from some sale. If goal when shopping is to be taken seriously, I may fail sometimes according to you although I do not recall anybody trying to ge... 
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benjie,"So I guess when you guys go to buy a car you pay sticker price for it, no negotiation just pay the price."Walk in, ask for final price making sure the dealer is aware there will be no negotiations afterwards, if for whatever reason it is n... 
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To scramble above post a bit, but not too much... If you did that in my shop, you would be standing by yourself as I would have laughed at you and walked away.YOUR bad behavior in my shop would have resulted in you leaving with nothing.We "fired" ... 
Trying to find someone with a cable cooker in Metro NY
insearchofprat,I have no recommendations. Someone may have some experience with contacts etc. and may chip in.Slightly related to this, but nothing to do with cable cookers or freezers, I recently (a couple of months now) bought speaker cables. At... 
Classical, Rock, Jazz etc. are your tastes evolving with time?
There has never been a "favorite type of music" but rather "favorite artists or songs". Hey, I even count Mistadobalina as one of my guilty pleasures. Along Copacabana, Beethovenā€™s 5th piano concert (Claudio Arrau), Achy Breaky Heart (yes, I just ... 
Most annoying song, period.
"Repeat until your $5.00 of credit is goneMaybelline by Chuck Berry"Sure way to make me stay. 
Most annoying song, period.
unsound,The radio jingle for : " Cars for kids ". Ā  :-(You need to listen to it again. You have not mastered it yet....KARS FOR KIDS, KAY-AY-ARE-ES, KARS FOR KIDS