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Best "Green River" Available on Vinyl?
I think the Sweet Thunder release of Green River sounds best.It comes up on the used market every once in a while. 
Is fiberglass safe?
Fiberglass is through out your house as it is in most houses. Fiberglass is in or around your A/C or heating system. If your have an old system that is externally insolated it is done with standard insolation. If new and externally insolated it is... 
Which cable has most impact - IC, Spkr., power?
I would think IC to source equipment would make the most differace BUT not if all your other cables were of low quality. Then I would think any one of them. 
Brown out
Differant manufactures recommend differant limits but the rule of thumb is no more than 10%. I do not allow more than 5% myself. 
MF Beatle Boxes are awfully dear.
Lloydc,Check this out on EBayItem #160325191686.Japanese Beatles Blue box set. 
whole house protection
Just remember that a surge protector does not protect you from brown outs. They are two differant things and require differant devices for protection. The later is less costly to protect you from. 
why so many benchmark dac1's on audiogon?
I think it is mostly people wanting the USB model. They sell the one without to get the one with. The benchmark does not seem to lose much money in the used market, reason unknown. Most items when they are updated the older ones used price tanks. ... 
Best tubed pre-amp w/phono stage for ss amps?
Try a Nagra PL-P, very open and detailed preamp and same for the internal phono state. You can also try one of the ARC preamp w/phono. There are some of these on the used market also. 
pc to dac?
I am purchasing the Berkeley Alpha dac. But I also need a really good Sound card in your PC. Ihave an Audio 24/192 but was adviced to get a Lynx. The Berkely is one of the best I have heard & the cost is very good for what is does do. 
FMS Blue
The web site for FMS is below. I have some of his newer cables. The Blues are about 20 or more years old. If you need a cable for your center speaker send me an email we can work out a deal. Alex worked with AudioQuest then went on his own. Your B... 
Should I be worried if buying a 5-6 year old CDP?
If I could can get it serviced and like the sound then I would buy it. 
Solid state power amps.; on or off?
I have Sim Audio W6s & a W3. I leave the amps for my front speakers on all the time so thier ready to go and switch the center & rear amps via a 12 volt trigger. Leaving them on is like leaving on a 30 watt light bulb per amp though.I turn... 
Good USED XLR Interconnect Choices for $300-$400?
GhstudioIn a studio they have live music being recorded for the first time and or the master of that recording session that they use, not a copy of a copy of a copy and so on and so on, I could go on forever with this LOL. If all we had were those... 
HELP I think I have an electrical issue??
Well I talked with one of thier service tech an he said this happened to a friend of his that has a home theater also.He said his friends unit was on the same feed as the power for the home theater so they changed that around so it was not. Then h... 
Is A Live Concert Stereo Or Mono
I would think the individual instrument would be mono with there own speaker location. So we would here the drummer center keyboard guitars and other instrument where the group players would be located for the concert. The same as it is when we li...