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You know you're an audiophile if--
find yourself lying in bed unable to sleep thinking "have i isolated all my cables from vibration when i was crossing them at right angles?" 
How can anyone afford this ?
there are many sociological essays on materialism, social disorginazation and fetishism available for the person obsessed with more more newer newer now now. read up and understand why things are the way they are in the post-modern world of plenty... 
Kudos to Madisound
they are a great resource for finding drivers and repairing older speakers when i don,t want to spend premium prices for origonal parts. madisound is my first choice when looking for help in this area. first rate personal service too. 
How can anyone afford this ?
go with minimalist gear that sounds great and is hard/impossible to resell because no one ever heard of it.that way you havn,t spent a ton of money and can buy some music. look up audionervosa on the urbandictionary.com. good luck and good topic. ... 
Suggest new bands to listen to
agree on john butler trio and the cd. very nice music and i do not understand why they are not more well known. 
drive by truckers
mikethere wasn,t an opportunity for me since it wasn,t previewed in st louis. i have it ordered on dvd. if you go please write a review. 
Rogue Metis vs. Emotiva USP-1
i have a system with the usp-1 and xpa-2. for under 1000 dollars it is a real value. so good i take it for granted. my only problem is at 70 lbs it isn,t easy to move around. i was also interested in bryston, wyred4sound and parasound halo product... 
Quality In Wall Speakers
parasound has some for reduced prices on audioadvisor. they also have a sub and eq for in wall use. i,m sure the martin logans and b and w s are good too but more expensive. lots of companies have gotten into archetectural speakers. home theatre m... 
Celestion Ditton 110 erplacement Tweeter
i had a similar problem with some german speakers and i called madisound in madison wisc and got some vifa titanium tweeters for under a 100 dollars on sale and they are very nice. but if you want these speakers to be origonal then maybe they coul... 
Best Audio Store Name?
the man that owned the hi fi fo fum stores in st. louis and colorado recently passed away. ron bliffert was a very interesting man and i will never forget seeing the blue meters of mcintosh amps for the first time in his store in 1970. he opened s... 
cable to a separate power line
please restate question. 
drive by truckers
as a loyal steve earle fan i would disagee. but hayes is just starting out so i'll pay attention. i have one of his cds and i;ll relisten today. for another suggestion for some real americana how about ray wylie hubbard and gurf morlix. i love the... 
Do I need preamp?
i looked it up and there are 2 aux inputs so you will need a phono preamp hooked to the unit and your table hooked to it. musical fidelity, cambridge and many others make phono input units that would work great with the rega. many others too are a... 
Wadia 170i alternatives?? Onkyo and others??
if your daughter is like most younger people i would suspect any dock with some rcas out would never be heavily scrutinized as we audiophiles tend to do. 
peachtree decco as a preamp:?
i have used the origonal decco as a preamp as well as the emotiva usp-1 preamp/musical fidelity vdac with my emotiva xpa-2 amp. i prefer the emotiva preamp with it's bass management and phono section but the decco is fine too. maybe a better tube ...