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Replacing Sonic Frontiers Line 3 SE
unless you just have to spend 5k, there really isn't much that compares with your sf. the words 'extremely happy' don't show up often here. your amp may not like the change either. 
Using Bad Recording to Evaluate a System
any great loudspeaker plays pretty much everything well. you have just exposed a poorly designed loudspeaker. you are right to do what you did. many will disagree but, but virtually most of the music worth owning is a far cry from audiophileville 
Harbeth speaker serial numbering
does not matter 
Best live album you've ever heard?
larry coryell-live at the village vanguard......the great jazz trio-live at the village vanguard.....the rolling stones-get your ya ya's out....in that order.......top talent at the top of their game 
Paradigm Studio Monitors late 1980's
the 'export' may be the greatest of all their designs 
Reference DACS: An overall perspective
teajay's catagories are pretty much true with all cd players and newly mastered redbook cd's themselves. in fact, in the broadest terms all hi end audio falls into one of these two catagories. the real fun starts when the room they in wreaks havoc... 
avantgarde uno & duo
the unos and duos are unique and a conversation piece, but not the equal of the khorn or the belle as horns go. 
does anybody still listen
spent sunday morning with "atom heart mother" and "the sopwith camel" on vinyl. reading the paper doesn't get much better than that. 
What is the Best Amp to match with CJ ART??
cj would be 1st certainly 
Short floorstanders?
castle has two impresive floorstanders that will compete with the totems and cost less. tonally accurate and the furniture is second to none- they build the furniture for proac and others 
More Power is always good?
the grand pianos in a mid to big room thrive on a larger amp. lots of good integrateds for no more than the cost of the sugden. 
Does anyone like vintage speakers?
the golden age of loudspeaker design include many models which like lots more juice than the trendy vintage amp revival can muster. classic ar,advent,allison,dahlquist,apogee,fried,kef,epi,snell duntech,n.e.a.r.,and maybe the most underrated of al... 
Who was this jazz singer?
jewel maybe? 
Solid state or tube what to do??
keep your arcam 
Sonus Faber Cremonas or JM lab Diva
ever sit next to a piano being played in a living room or a mall or in a club? listen carefully to both brands with a bill evans or other piano disc in tow. don't let the audition turn into a female vocal fest. most modern hi end loudspeaker desig...